batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10989-l11080
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l10989-l11080
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 10989-11080
start: '10989'
end: '11080'
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: "“This is from GOD, for GOD provideth for whom he pleaseth without measure.”"
summary: The passage recounts Mary’s acceptance and care under Zacharias, miraculous
provisions found with her, Zacharias’s prayer and the annunciation of John, Mary’s
election and annunciation of Christ Jesus, and Jesus’s future signs, including
speaking in the cradle, making a bird from clay by God’s permission, healing,
raising the dead, and confirming the law.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Mary is accepted by God, placed under Zacharias’s care, and found with provisions
in her chamber.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Mary says the provisions are from God, who provides without measure.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Zacharias prays to his Lord for good offspring.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Angels announce to Zacharias a son named John, described as witnessing to
the Word from God and as righteous.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Zacharias objects that old age has overtaken him and his wife is barren.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: 'Zacharias receives a sign: he will not speak to people for three days except
by gesture, while remembering and praising his Lord.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Angels tell Mary that God has chosen and purified her above the women of the
world and command her to worship and bow down.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The passage refers to rods thrown to cast lots over who would have the education
of Mary.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: A note says the rods were thrown into the river Jordan, and Zacharias’s rod
floated while the others sank.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Mary is told she will bear the Word from God, named Christ Jesus the son of
Mary.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Mary asks how she can have a son when no man has touched her; the angel answers
that God creates what he pleases by decree.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Jesus is said to speak to people in the cradle and when grown up.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: God is said to teach Jesus scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel, and
to appoint him apostle to the children of Israel.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: Jesus is said to make a bird-like figure from clay, breathe on it, and have
it become a bird by God’s permission.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: Jesus is said to heal the man blind from birth and the leper, raise the dead
by God’s permission, and tell people what they eat and store in their houses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:16
text: Jesus says he comes to confirm the earlier law, allow part of what had been
forbidden, and call people to fear God and obey him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The Lord who accepts Mary, provides without measure, answers prayer,
creates by decree, teaches Jesus, and permits Jesus’s signs.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mary
description: A chosen and purified woman cared for by Zacharias, found with provisions,
and told she will bear Christ Jesus.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Zacharias
description: Mary’s caretaker who prays for offspring, receives the announcement
of John, and receives a three-day sign of restricted speech.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angels
description: Messengers who announce John to Zacharias and announce Mary’s election
and the birth of Christ Jesus.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: John
description: Promised son of Zacharias, named John, described as witnessing to the
Word from God and as one of the righteous prophets.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Christ Jesus, son of Mary
description: The Word proceeding from God, announced to Mary, described as honorable
in this world and the next, taught scripture and wisdom, appointed apostle to
Israel, and associated with several signs by God’s permission.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Priests disputing over Mary’s education
description: Figures in the note who dispute over who should have Mary’s education
and cast lots with rods.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine provider and creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God provides for Mary, answers Zacharias, creates by command, teaches Jesus,
and permits Jesus’s signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: chosen woman and recipient of divine provision
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mary is chosen and purified, and provisions are found with her in the chamber.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: guardian and supplicant
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Zacharias takes care of Mary and prays for good offspring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: announcing messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Angels call to Zacharias and speak to Mary with announcements from God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: promised righteous son
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: John is announced as Zacharias’s son, a witness to the Word, and one of the
righteous prophets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: Word from God and apostle to Israel
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Christ Jesus is named the Word proceeding from God and is appointed apostle
to the children of Israel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: announced mother of Jesus
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mary is told she will bear Christ Jesus, son of Mary.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: recipient of sign of silence
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Zacharias receives the sign of not speaking to people for three days except
by gesture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: worker of signs by God’s permission
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Jesus is said to animate a clay bird, heal, raise the dead, and disclose
hidden domestic information by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: contestants for guardianship
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The priests dispute over Mary’s education and decide by casting lots with
rods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Mary’s chamber
literal_form: chamber or apartment where Mary is visited by Zacharias
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: miraculous provisions
literal_form: provisions found with Mary; note describes seasonal fruits appearing
out of season
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
- id: sym:3
label: three-day silence and gesture
literal_form: restriction from speaking to people for three days except by gesture
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: rods for casting lots
literal_form: rods or arrows thrown to determine who should educate Mary
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Jordan water
literal_form: river Jordan water in which rods sink or float
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: the Word proceeding from God
literal_form: the Word from God, identified in the passage with Christ Jesus
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: cradle speech
literal_form: Jesus speaking to men in the cradle
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: clay bird
literal_form: a bird-like figure made of clay and brought to life by breath with
God’s permission
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: scripture, wisdom, law, and gospel
literal_form: teachings given by God to Jesus
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Mary cared for in the chamber
summary: God accepts Mary, Zacharias cares for her, and he finds provisions with
her, which she attributes to God’s immeasurable provision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
- id: scene:2
label: Zacharias receives the promise of John
summary: Zacharias prays for offspring, angels announce John, and Zacharias receives
a sign of three days of non-speech except by gesture.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Mary chosen and commanded to worship
summary: Angels tell Mary that God has chosen and purified her and instruct her
to be devout, worship, and bow with those who bow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Lots for Mary’s education
summary: The passage and note describe a dispute over Mary’s education, settled
by rods cast into the Jordan, where Zacharias’s rod floats.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Annunciation of Christ Jesus to Mary
summary: Mary is told she will bear Christ Jesus, son of Mary; she asks how this
can occur without a man touching her, and the angel says God creates by command.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Jesus’s appointed mission and signs
summary: God teaches Jesus scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel, appoints
him apostle to Israel, and Jesus announces signs including the clay bird, healing,
raising the dead, and hidden knowledge.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Confirmation of the law and call to obedience
summary: Jesus says he confirms the previous law, permits part of what had been
forbidden, and calls people to fear God, obey him, and serve God as Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine provision in sacred seclusion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mary is secluded in a chamber under Zacharias’s care and is found with provisions
that she attributes to God’s immeasurable provision.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the provision but does not explicitly explain its mechanism
beyond attributing it to God.
- id: motif:2
label: miraculous child promised to aged or barren parents
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
basis: Zacharias is promised John despite his old age and his wife’s barrenness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The birth itself is not narrated in this passage, only the promise.
- id: motif:3
label: sign of temporary silence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Zacharias asks for a sign and receives three days of restricted speech except
by gesture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly corresponds to this sign.
- id: motif:4
label: election and purification of a holy woman
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mary is declared chosen and purified above the women of the world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a status declaration rather than a full narrative episode.
- id: motif:5
label: lot-cast guardianship decision
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rods are cast to decide who will have Mary’s education, and the note describes
Zacharias’s rod floating while others sink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is specific to the guardianship dispute; no broader taxonomy
reference is supplied.
- id: motif:6
label: sacred birth by divine decree without male contact
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
- miraculous_child
basis: Mary asks how she can have a son when no man has touched her, and the angel
answers that God creates by saying, Be, and it is.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes divine creation by decree; it does not narrate
the birth event itself.
- id: motif:7
label: miraculous infant speech
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
basis: Jesus is said to speak to people in the cradle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is announced prospectively, not narrated as an enacted scene.
- id: motif:8
label: animation of a clay bird by breath
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jesus says he will make a bird-like figure of clay, breathe on it, and it
will become a bird by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied symbol or motif taxonomy reference directly covers clay animation
or breath animation.
- id: motif:9
label: healing and raising the dead by divine permission
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Jesus says he will heal congenital blindness and leprosy and raise the dead
by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The resurrection motif is present as a power or sign, not as a detailed
afterlife narrative.
- id: motif:10
label: divinely bestowed wisdom and scripture
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God is said to teach Jesus the scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The teaching is stated, not narrated as a process.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: A footnote explicitly compares Mary’s divinely provided food with a story
of Fatima receiving multiplied food and answering with the same words; both function
as signs of divine favor expressed through unexpected provision.
claim_level: same_function
target: Footnoted story of Fatima bringing food to Mohammed and receiving an abundance
of bread and meat
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator’s note, not by the main
Quranic passage; it supports functional similarity but not direct historical dependence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 10989-10993
quote_or_summary: Zacharias cares for Mary; whenever he enters her chamber he finds
provisions, and Mary says, “This is from GOD, for GOD provideth for whom he pleaseth
without measure.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10994-11001
quote_or_summary: Zacharias prays for a good offspring; angels announce John as
witness to the Word from God and a righteous prophet; Zacharias notes his old
age and his wife’s barrenness.
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 11002-11005
quote_or_summary: Zacharias asks for a sign and is told he will not speak to people
for three days except by gesture, while remembering and praising his Lord.
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 11006-11009
quote_or_summary: Angels tell Mary that God has chosen and purified her above the
women of the world and command her to be devout, worship, and bow down.
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 11010-11013
quote_or_summary: The passage calls this a secret history and says rods were thrown
to cast lots over who would have Mary’s education.
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: note l, within lines 11044-11055
quote_or_summary: A note says priests disputed over Mary’s education; twenty-seven
went to the Jordan and threw in rods, all sinking except Zacharias’s, which floated,
so Mary’s care was committed to him.
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 11014-11017 and 11062-11063
quote_or_summary: Angels announce that Mary will bear the Word proceeding from God,
named Christ Jesus son of Mary, honorable in this world and the next; he will
speak in the cradle and when grown.
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 11064-11067
quote_or_summary: Mary asks how she can have a son since no man has touched her;
the angel says God creates what he pleases and decrees a thing by saying, Be,
and it is.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 11068-11070
quote_or_summary: God will teach Jesus the scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel
and appoint him apostle to the children of Israel.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 11070-11076
quote_or_summary: 'Jesus announces signs: making a bird-like clay figure and breathing
on it so it becomes a bird by God’s permission; healing the blind from birth and
the leper; raising the dead; and telling people what they eat and store.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 11077-11080
quote_or_summary: Jesus says he confirms the earlier law, permits part of what had
been forbidden, and calls people to fear God, obey him, and serve God as Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: note d, within lines 11024-11027
quote_or_summary: A note says commentators report Zacharias alone entered Mary’s
apartment and found winter fruits in summer and summer fruits in winter.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: note e, within lines 11028-11034
quote_or_summary: A note recounts a story of Fatima bringing food to Mohammed; when
uncovered later the dish was full of bread and meat, and she answered with the
words of Mary’s statement about God’s provision.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main narrative motifs are explicit in the supplied passage. The only comparison
claim depends on a translator’s/commentarial note included in the provided text
and is therefore marked medium.
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: |-
All observations and motifs are limited to the supplied passage and notes. Taxonomy references use only the provided available_taxonomy_refs.
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