batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10592-l10646
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10592-l10646
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 10592-10646
start: '10592'
end: '10646'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage contrasts the devil’s threat of poverty and command to covetousness
with God’s promise of pardon, abundance, and wisdom. It instructs believers about
giving alms openly or secretly, helping the poor, and seeking God’s face rather
than worldly gain. It promises reward and freedom from fear for those who give
alms, condemns usury, describes usurers rising from the dead like persons touched
by Satan, and warns that persistent usurers are companions of hell fire. It commands
believers to remit remaining usury, repent, and avoid injustice.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The devil is said to threaten people with poverty and command filthy covetousness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to promise pardon and abundance and to give wisdom to whom he
pleases.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Alms may be made visible, but concealed alms given to the poor are described
as better and as atoning for sins.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Good given in alms is said to redound to the giver, be repaid, and be known
by God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A group of poor people is described as unable to travel on the earth, thought
rich because of modesty, and not asking with importunity.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Those who distribute alms night and day, privately and publicly, are promised
reward with the Lord and absence of fear and grief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Those who devour usury are described as rising from the dead like one whom
Satan has infected by a touch.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to permit selling and forbid usury.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Those who return to usury are described as companions of hell fire who continue
there forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: God is said to take blessing from usury and increase alms.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: True believers are commanded to fear God and remit what remains of usury.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: If believers do not remit usury, war is declared against them from God and
his apostle; if they repent, they may retain the capital of their money.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine figure described as rich, worthy of praise, bounteous, wise,
knowing deeds, directing whom he pleases, rewarding alms, forbidding usury, and
declaring war through his apostle against noncompliance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the devil / Satan
description: Adversarial figure who threatens poverty, commands covetousness, and
is associated with a touch affecting those who devour usury.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: wise of heart
description: People said to be the ones who will consider the gift of wisdom.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the poor employed in fighting for the religion of God
description: Poor people described as unable to go to and fro on the earth, modest,
and not asking men with importunity.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: those who distribute alms
description: People who give their substance in alms night and day, privately and
publicly.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: those who devour usury
description: People who practice usury and are described as rising from the dead
like one touched by Satan; those who return to it are assigned to hell fire.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: true believers
description: The addressed believers commanded to fear God and remit remaining usury.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: God's apostle
description: Figure named with God as the source from which war is declared against
those who do not remit usury.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: giver of pardon, abundance, and wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God promises pardon and abundance and gives wisdom to whom he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: knower and rewarder of alms
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God knows alms and deeds, and good given in alms is promised repayment and
reward with the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: forbidder and judge of usury
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God forbids usury, removes blessing from it, increases alms, and is linked
to warnings against continued usury.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: tempter and afflicting adversary
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The devil threatens poverty and commands covetousness; Satan is linked to
the disordered rising of usurers from the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: recipients or recognizers of wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The wise of heart are said to consider the gift of wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: modest poor recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage identifies poor people who do not ask importunately and are to
receive alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: rewarded almsgivers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Those who give alms night and day, privately and publicly, are promised reward
and freedom from fear and grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: condemned usurers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those who devour usury are condemned and contrasted with permitted selling.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: companions of hell fire
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those who return to usury are called companions of hell fire and remain there
forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: commanded believers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: True believers are directly commanded to fear God and remit remaining usury.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: associated war-proclaimer
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: War is declared from God and his apostle if the addressees do not remit usury.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wisdom
literal_form: wisdom given by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: alms
literal_form: substance or good things given to the poor, privately or publicly
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: face of God
literal_form: the face of God as the desired end of giving alms
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Satanic touch
literal_form: a touch by which Satan infects the one rising from the dead
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: hell fire
literal_form: hell fire in which persistent usurers continue forever
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: capital of money
literal_form: the principal sum retained after repentance from usury
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Contrasting promises of devil and God
summary: The devil threatens poverty and commands covetousness, while God promises
pardon and abundance and gives wisdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Instruction on alms
summary: The passage instructs that alms may be public but concealed alms to the
poor are better, atone for sins, and are known by God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Condemnation of usury and afterlife consequence
summary: Usurers are described as rising from the dead like those touched by Satan,
while those who return to usury become companions of hell fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Command to remit usury
summary: True believers are commanded to fear God and give up remaining usury; failure
brings a declaration of war from God and his apostle, while repentance permits
retaining the principal.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine gift of wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Wisdom is explicitly given by God to whom he pleases and described as much
good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives ethical-theological instruction rather than a narrative
quest for wisdom.
- id: motif:2
label: almsgiving repaid by God
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Good given in alms is said to redound to the giver, be repaid, atone for
sins, and bring reward with the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy label is broader than the specific legal and devotional
context of alms.
- id: motif:3
label: divine judgment of economic wrongdoing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Usury is forbidden by God; persistent usurers are threatened with hell fire
and a declaration of war from God and his apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The judgment is tied specifically to usury and injustice, not to a full
judgment-scene narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: disordered resurrection of the condemned
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Those who devour usury are described as rising from the dead like one infected
by Satan’s touch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The resurrection image is brief and functions as a warning against usury.
- id: motif:5
label: hell fire punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Those who return to usury are called companions of hell fire and remain in
it forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy includes fire only as a symbol and divine judgment as a motif;
the passage does not elaborate a wider underworld journey.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10594-10600
quote_or_summary: The devil threatens poverty and commands covetousness; God promises
pardon and abundance and gives wisdom to whom he pleases; only the wise of heart
consider this.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10600-10610
quote_or_summary: God knows vows and alms; visible alms are acceptable, but concealed
alms to the poor are better and atone for sins; alms are to be given from desire
for the face of God and will be repaid without injustice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10610-10615
quote_or_summary: The poor who are engaged in fighting for God's religion cannot
travel freely, are thought rich because of modesty, and do not ask people with
importunity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10616-10618
quote_or_summary: Those who distribute alms night and day, in private and public,
are promised reward with the Lord, with no fear or grief coming on them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10619-10629
quote_or_summary: Those who devour usury will rise from the dead like one touched
by Satan; God permits selling and forbids usury; those who return to usury are
companions of hell fire forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10630-10634
quote_or_summary: God takes blessing from usury and increases alms; those who believe,
act rightly, pray, and pay legal alms have reward with their Lord and no fear
or grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10635-10641
quote_or_summary: True believers are commanded to fear God and remit remaining usury;
if they do not, war is declared from God and his apostle; if they repent, they
retain their capital and must not act unjustly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10645-10646
quote_or_summary: The note explains the phrase about the face of God as acting for
a reward hereafter rather than for worldly consideration.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is didactic and legal-ethical rather than mythic narrative; motif
candidates are limited to explicit theological images and actions in the passage.
No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does not compare traditions
or motif families.
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 and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to available motif families and symbols.
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