batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10531-l10589
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10531-l10589
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10531-10589
start: '10531'
end: '10589'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'Abraham asks God to show him how the dead will be raised. God instructs
him to divide four birds, place parts on mountains, and call them so they come
swiftly to him. The passage then gives exhortations and similes about almsgiving:
charitable spending is compared to multiplying grain; sincere giving is rewarded,
while hypocritical or reproachful giving is compared to earth washed from a flint
and to a fruitful garden destroyed by fiery wind. Notes identify commentator traditions
about the birds and compare the bird episode to Genesis 15.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Abraham asks God to show him how God will raise the dead, saying that he asks
so his heart may rest at ease.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God tells Abraham to take four birds, divide them, place a part on every mountain,
and then call them; the birds will come swiftly to him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage compares spending substance for the religion of God to a grain
of corn producing seven ears, each with one hundred grains.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Those who give for God's religion without following the gift with reproaches
or mischief are promised reward with their Lord and freedom from fear and grief.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Alms made ineffective by reproach, mischief, display before men, and unbelief
are compared to earth on a flint being washed away by violent rain, leaving the
flint hard.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Those who give from desire to please God and establish their souls are compared
to a garden on a hill that bears fruit twofold with rain or dew.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: A garden of palm-trees and vines with rivers and fruits is imagined as being
struck by a violent fiery wind and burned while its owner is old and has weak
offspring.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A note reports commentator details that the four birds were identified as
an eagle or dove, a peacock, a raven, and a cock, cut up and later restored to
their first shape and joined to their heads.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: A note states that the bird episode seems to be taken from Abraham's sacrifice
of birds mentioned by Moses, with additional circumstances.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Abraham
description: The figure who asks God to show him how the dead will be raised and
who is instructed to divide and call the birds.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker who answers Abraham, gives the bird instruction,
and is described as mighty, wise, bounteous, rich, merciful, and seeing what people
do.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Four birds
description: Birds taken and divided by Abraham, with parts placed on mountains
and called back to him; commentator notes identify several bird types and describe
their restoration.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: True believers
description: The addressed audience instructed not to invalidate alms by reproaches
or mischief and to give from good things gained.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hypocritical giver
description: A person who gives to appear before men, does not believe in God and
the last day, and whose alms are compared to earth washed from flint.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sincere givers
description: Those who lay out their substance from a desire to please God and establish
their souls.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Old garden owner with weak offspring
description: An imagined person who has a fruitful garden, reaches old age, has
weak offspring, and then sees the garden burned by fiery wind.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: requester of resurrection demonstration
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Abraham asks God to show him how the dead will be raised.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine instructor and reward-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God answers Abraham, gives instructions for the birds, and promises reward
or speaks through moral signs about giving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: dismembered and restored creatures
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The birds are divided, placed on mountains, called, and described in notes
as returning to their first shape.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: addressed moral audience
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage addresses true believers and instructs them about almsgiving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: giver whose alms are invalidated
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: This figure gives to appear before men and is compared to a rain-stripped
flint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: giver seeking divine pleasure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: These givers spend from a desire to please God and are compared to a fruitful
garden.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: vulnerable owner in parable
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The imagined garden owner is old, has weak offspring, and loses the garden
to fiery wind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountains holding bird parts
literal_form: mountain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: four divided birds
literal_form: four birds divided and called back
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: multiplying grain
literal_form: grain of corn producing seven ears and one hundred grains in each
ear
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: rain-stripped flint
literal_form: flint covered with earth, struck by violent rain and left hard
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: fruitful hill garden
literal_form: garden on a hill watered by violent rain or dew and bringing forth
fruit twofold
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: garden with rivers burned by fiery wind
literal_form: garden of palm-trees and vines with flowing rivers, burned by a violent
fiery wind
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Abraham asks about raising the dead
summary: Abraham asks God to show how the dead will be raised; God questions his
belief, Abraham explains his request, and God gives an instruction involving four
birds, mountains, and a call.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Similes of almsgiving and reward
summary: The passage compares sincere charitable spending to multiplying grain and
a fruitful hill garden, while warning that reproachful or hypocritical giving
is ineffective.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Burned garden warning
summary: An imagined prosperous garden with rivers and fruits is destroyed by fiery
wind when its owner is old and has weak offspring; the passage presents this as
a sign for consideration.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Commentarial restoration of the birds
summary: A note gives later commentator details about the species of the birds,
their cutting and mixing, placement on mountains, and restoration when called.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: demonstration of resurrection through divided birds
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Abraham asks how the dead will be raised, and God provides a demonstration
using divided birds that come swiftly when called; the note elaborates their restoration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The main passage gives a terse instruction and outcome; detailed restoration
mechanics come from the translator's note about commentators.
- id: motif:2
label: divine reward for sincere giving
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage promises reward and absence of fear or grief to those who give
without reproach or mischief and compares sincere giving to fruitful abundance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is primarily moral exhortation; 'sacred_exchange' is an interpretive
taxonomy fit rather than an explicit label.
- id: motif:3
label: failed offering or charity nullified by hypocrisy
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Alms given for display and followed by reproach or mischief are said to be
of no effect and likened to soil washed from hard flint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate a full judgment scene; judgment is expressed
through moral warning and simile.
- id: motif:4
label: prosperous garden destroyed by fiery wind
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage presents a garden with palms, vines, rivers, and fruits being
burned by a violent fiery wind, as a warning image for reflection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: No available motif family precisely matches this parable image; it should
remain a candidate motif pending review.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage's bird episode is explicitly compared in the supplied note to
Abraham's sacrifice of birds mentioned by Moses, identified as Genesis 15, with
additional circumstances.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Abraham's sacrifice of birds in Genesis 15
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is from the supplied translator/commentarial note, not
from the main Qur'anic passage itself; it states 'seems to be taken' rather than
proving historical dependence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10531-10534
quote_or_summary: Abraham asks God to show how the dead will be raised; when asked
whether he believes, he answers that he does but wants his heart to rest at ease.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10534-10537
quote_or_summary: God instructs Abraham to take four birds, divide them, place parts
on mountains, call them, and they will come swiftly; God is described as mighty
and wise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10538-10541
quote_or_summary: Spending substance for God's religion is compared to a grain producing
seven ears, each with one hundred grains; God gives twofold to whom he pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10542-10547
quote_or_summary: Those who give for God's religion without reproaches or mischief
receive reward with their Lord and are free from fear and grief; fair speech and
forgiveness are better than alms followed by mischief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10548-10555
quote_or_summary: Believers are told not to nullify alms by reproach or mischief
like one who gives for public display and lacks belief; this person is likened
to flint covered with earth, washed by violent rain and left hard.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10556-10561
quote_or_summary: Those who give to please God and establish their souls are likened
to a garden on a hill that bears fruit twofold under violent rain, or under dew
if no heavy rain falls.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10562-10567
quote_or_summary: A person is asked to imagine a garden of palms and vines with
rivers and fruits, then old age and weak offspring, and then the garden burned
by violent fiery wind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: note z, lines 10575-10583
quote_or_summary: The note reports commentator identifications of the birds and
describes Abraham cutting and mixing them, placing four parts on mountains, calling
them by name, and the parts rejoining into their first shape with their heads.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: note after z, lines 10584-10586
quote_or_summary: The note says the episode seems to be taken from Abraham's sacrifice
of birds mentioned by Moses, with additional circumstances, and cites Genesis
15.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 10568-10570
quote_or_summary: True believers are instructed to give alms from the good things
they have gained and from what God has produced from the earth, not choosing the
bad for alms.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The main resurrection and almsgiving images are explicit. Some motif taxonomy
assignments are interpretive and should be reviewed. The comparison claim relies
on the supplied note rather than the main passage.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Only the supplied passage text and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to the provided available motif families and symbols.
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