batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10903-l10986
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10903-l10986
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10903-10986
start: '10903'
end: '10986'
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: God is said to have chosen Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family
of Imran. The wife of Imran vows the child in her womb to God's service; after
giving birth to a daughter, she names her Mary and commends Mary and her issue
to God's protection against Satan. Notes identify the wife as Hannah or Ann, describe
her barrenness and prayer for a child, discuss genealogical traditions about Imran
and Mary, and relate traditions about stoning the devil and Mary and her son being
protected from the devil's touch at birth.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as choosing Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family
of Imran above the rest of the world.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The wife of Imran vows what is in her womb to God's service and asks God to
accept it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: After giving birth to a female child, the wife of Imran names her Mary and
commends Mary and her issue to God's protection against Satan.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Sale's note identifies the wife of Imran as Hannah or Ann and reports that,
while aged and barren, she desired a child after seeing a bird feed its young.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:5
text: The note says Hannah asked God for a child and promised to consecrate it to
temple service, but the child proved to be a daughter.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: The note explains the dedicated child as one detached from worldly occupations
and wholly devoted to God's service.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:7
text: The note says a female could not minister in the temple as a male could.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A note connects the phrase about Satan being driven away with stones to a
tradition in which Abraham repelled the devil by throwing stones when tempted
not to sacrifice his son.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The same note says Muslims throw stones at the devil during pilgrimage ceremonies
in the valley of Mina.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: A note reports a tradition that every newborn is touched by the devil at birth
except Mary and her son, from whom God placed a veil between them and the evil
spirit.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The note says Mary and her son were therefore considered free from sin like
the rest of the children of Adam.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Sale's note reports a Christian criticism that the Qur'an was thought to confuse
Mary the mother of Jesus with Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, because of shared
names, but the note also presents counterarguments from Qur'anic chronology and
Muslim commentators.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine being who chooses lineages, hears and knows, receives the
vow, and is asked to protect Mary and her issue.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Adam
description: Named among those chosen by God.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Noah
description: Named among those chosen by God.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Family of Abraham
description: A chosen family or lineage named with Adam, Noah, and the family of
Imran.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Family of Imran
description: A chosen family or lineage; the following passage concerns the wife
of Imran and Mary.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Wife of Imran / Hannah / Ann
description: The woman who vows her unborn child to God, gives birth to Mary, and
commends Mary and her issue to divine protection; Sale's note identifies her as
Hannah or Ann.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Mary
description: Female child born to the wife of Imran, named Mary, commended with
her issue to God's protection against Satan.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Satan / devil / evil spirit
description: The adversarial being from whom Mary and her issue are commended to
God's protection; in notes, the devil tempts Abraham and touches newborns except
Mary and her son.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Abraham
description: In a cited tradition, Abraham drives the devil away with stones when
tempted not to sacrifice his son.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Mary's son
description: The issue of Mary; in the note, Mary and her son are excepted from
the devil's touch at birth.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine chooser, hearer, knower, and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God chooses certain figures and lineages and is invoked to accept a vow and
protect Mary and her issue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: chosen ancestor or lineage
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran are named as chosen
above the rest of the world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: mother who vows unborn child to God
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The wife of Imran vows what is in her womb to God's service and later names
the child Mary.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: dedicated female child
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Mary is the child born after the vow and is named and commended to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: adversary repelled or excluded
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Satan is named as the being from whom protection is sought and is also described
as driven away by stones and kept from Mary and her son by a veil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: patriarch resisting demonic temptation
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: A tradition says Abraham threw stones at the devil when tempted to disobey
God regarding sacrifice of his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: protected exception from demonic touch
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:10
basis: A tradition says Mary and her son alone were not touched by the devil at
birth because God placed a veil between them and the evil spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: dedicated womb
literal_form: the child in the womb vowed to divine service
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: temple service
literal_form: service in the temple / God's service
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: stones against the devil
literal_form: stones thrown at the devil
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: protective veil
literal_form: a veil placed by God between Mary and her son and the evil spirit
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: bird feeding young
literal_form: a bird feeding her young ones
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Chosen lineages
summary: God chooses Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran
above the rest of the world.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Vow of the unborn child and birth of Mary
summary: The wife of Imran vows the child in her womb to God's service; after giving
birth to a daughter, she names her Mary and commends Mary and her issue to God's
protection against Satan.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Hannah's desire for a child
summary: A note reports that Hannah or Ann, aged and barren, desired a child after
seeing a bird feed its young and promised to consecrate the child to temple service.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Stoning the devil
summary: A note recounts Abraham driving the devil away with stones and relates
this to the pilgrimage practice of throwing stones at the devil in Mina.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Veil against demonic touch at birth
summary: A note reports that God placed a veil between Mary and her son and the
evil spirit so that the devil's birth-touch did not reach them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Genealogical discussion of Mary and Miriam
summary: Sale's note discusses the claim that Mary the mother of Jesus was confused
with Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, and presents chronological and commentator-based
distinctions.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: chosen sacred lineage
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The passage names Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran
as chosen by God above others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states divine election but does not specify a formal covenant
or kingship; taxonomy links are broad.
- id: motif:2
label: unborn child vowed to divine service
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- covenant
- sacred_birth
basis: The wife of Imran dedicates what is in her womb to God's service and asks
God to accept it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The text is explicit about the vow and dedication; classification as exchange
or covenant is interpretive.
- id: motif:3
label: barren woman receives or seeks a consecrated child
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
- sacred_birth
basis: Sale's note says Hannah or Ann was aged and barren, desired a child, begged
God for one, and promised to consecrate it to temple service.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The note reports commentator tradition; the excerpt does not explicitly
narrate the conception as miraculous.
- id: motif:4
label: female dedicated child and restricted temple role
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
- sacred_birth
basis: Mary is born after the vow, but the note states a female could not minister
in the temple as a male could.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The ritual or institutional consequence is explained in a note rather
than fully narrated in the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: repelling the devil with stones
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: A note explains Satan 'driven away with stones' through a tradition about
Abraham throwing stones at the devil and through the Mina pilgrimage rite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link is functional and approximate; the available taxonomy
has no specific apotropaic-stoning category.
- id: motif:6
label: protected holy birth from demonic touch
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
- miraculous_child
basis: A note reports that Mary and her son alone were shielded by a divine veil
from the devil's touch at birth and therefore not guilty of sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a reported tradition in Sale's note, not a direct statement in
the translated Qur'anic verse.
- id: motif:7
label: temptation against commanded sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: A note says Abraham was tempted by the devil to disobey God by not sacrificing
his son, and drove the devil away with stones.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The sacrifice episode is only alluded to in the note and not narrated
in this passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note explicitly treats the ritual stoning of the devil at Mina as a commemorative
continuation of Abraham driving the devil away with stones.
claim_level: same_function
target: Abrahamic devil-stoning tradition and Mina pilgrimage rite
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage gives Sale's account of the tradition and ritual but does
not provide independent historical evidence for origin.
- id: claim:2
claim: The note reports a proposed identification or confusion between Mary the
mother of Jesus and Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, based on shared names and
family-name parallels, while also arguing against that identification.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Mary mother of Jesus and Miriam sister of Moses and Aaron
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage presents this as a disputed criticism and supplies counterarguments;
it should not be treated as a settled identification.
- id: claim:3
claim: Sale suggests that the tradition of Mary and her son being shielded from
the devil's touch may relate functionally to the idea of Mary's immaculate conception.
claim_level: same_function
target: Christian doctrine or motif of immaculate conception
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The connection is Sale's interpretive suggestion, not an explicit comparison
made in the Qur'anic wording itself.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10908-10910
quote_or_summary: God chooses Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family
of Imran above the rest of the world; these are described as a race descending
one from another.
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 10911-10917
quote_or_summary: The wife of Imran vows the child in her womb to God's service;
after giving birth to a female, she names her Mary and commends Mary and her issue
to protection against Satan.
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 10919-10935
quote_or_summary: Sale's note discusses two figures named Imran or Amram and identifies
the later Imran as the father of the Virgin Mary, with related family traditions
involving Elizabeth, Zacharias, John, and Jesus.
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 10936-10953
quote_or_summary: Sale's note reports that some Christian writers thought the Qur'an
confused Mary mother of Jesus with Miriam sister of Moses and Aaron, but argues
the Qur'an elsewhere distinguishes Moses and Jesus chronologically and that commentators
separate the two Amrams by about eighteen hundred years.
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 10954-10959
quote_or_summary: Sale notes that Mary is called sister of Aaron in the Qur'an but
not sister of Moses, and adds that some Muslim writers imagined Miriam was miraculously
preserved alive until Jesus's time to become his mother.
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 10960-10968
quote_or_summary: Sale's note identifies Imran's wife as Hannah or Ann, says she
was aged and barren, desired a child after seeing a bird feed its young, prayed
for a child, and promised to consecrate it to temple service; the child proved
to be a daughter.
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 10969-10973
quote_or_summary: Sale's notes explain that the Arabic term means one free from
worldly desires and wholly devoted to God's service, and that a female could not
minister in the temple as a male could.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10974-10979
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says the phrase about Satan driven away with stones
alludes to Abraham throwing stones at the devil when tempted not to sacrifice
his son; Muslims commemorate this by throwing stones at the devil during pilgrimage
ceremonies in Mina.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 10980-10986
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says a tradition holds that every person is touched
by the devil at birth except Mary and her son, because God placed a veil between
them and the evil spirit; this is linked to their freedom from sin and Hannah's
recommendation of them to God's protection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The main vow, birth, naming, and protection elements are explicit. Several
motifs and comparisons rely on Sale's explanatory notes and reported traditions
rather than the translated Qur'anic verse alone.
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: |-
No taxonomy symbol references were assigned because the supported symbol list does not include womb, stones, veil, temple, or bird.
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