batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l11929-l12003
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l11929-l12003
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 11929-12003
start: '11929'
end: '12003'
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: The passage contrasts those pleasing God with those under divine wrath
and destined for hell; states that rewards and punishments have degrees with God;
says God raised an apostle among the believers to recite signs, purify them, and
teach the Koran and wisdom; interprets the misfortune at Ohod as resulting from
the believers themselves and occurring by God's permission; rebukes those who
stayed home and made excuses; and declares that those slain at Ohod in God's cause
are not dead but alive with their Lord, rejoicing in divine favor. It concludes
that those who obeyed God and the apostle after being wounded at Ohod and do good
works shall receive a great reward.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage contrasts a person who follows what is pleasing to God with a
person who brings God's wrath on himself and whose receptacle is hell.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that there are degrees of rewards and punishments with
God and that God sees what people do.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God is said to have graciously raised up among the believers an apostle of
their own nation.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The apostle is described as reciting God's signs, purifying the believers,
and teaching them the book of the Koran and wisdom.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A misfortune at Ohod is explained as coming from the believers themselves,
while what happened when the two armies met is said to have occurred by God's
permission.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Some people were urged to fight for God's religion or drive back the enemy,
but answered with an excuse for not following.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Those who stayed home and spoke about their slain brethren are challenged
to keep death back from themselves if they are truthful.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Those slain at Ohod in God's cause are declared not dead, but alive and sustained
with their Lord.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The slain are described as rejoicing in God's favor and as having no fear
or grief concerning those who have not yet overtaken them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Those who hearkened to God and his apostle after being wounded at Ohod, and
who do good works and fear God, are promised a great reward.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who sees actions, grants favor and bounty, permits
events, sustains the slain alive, and gives reward or punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Believers
description: The community among whom God raised an apostle; they had previously
been in manifest error and suffered a misfortune at Ohod.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Apostle of their own nation
description: An apostle raised among the believers to recite signs, purify them,
and teach the Koran and wisdom.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those slain at Ohod in the cause of God
description: The slain are said not to be dead, but alive with their Lord, sustained
and rejoicing in God's favor.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Those who stayed at home
description: A group who did not go out to fight, made excuses, spoke of their slain
brethren, and are described as nearer to unbelief than to faith.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who hearkened after a wound at Ohod
description: People who responded to God and the apostle after being wounded and
are promised great reward if they do good works and fear God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Two armies
description: The opposing forces that met on the day associated with the events
at Ohod.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is associated with wrath, hell, degrees of reward and punishment, seeing
deeds, and not letting the reward of the faithful perish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: divine sustainer and benefactor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Those slain in God's cause are sustained alive with their Lord and rejoice
in God's favor and bounty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: faithful recipients of instruction and reward
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: Believers receive an apostle's teaching, and those who obey God and the apostle
after a wound are promised a great reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: apostolic teacher and purifier
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The apostle recites signs, purifies, and teaches the Koran and wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: martyrs alive with their Lord
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Those slain at Ohod in God's cause are declared not dead but alive and sustained
with their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: excuse-making stayers behind
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They stayed at home, gave an excuse for not following, and are said to speak
with their mouths what was not in their hearts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell as receptacle and destination
literal_form: hell, described as the receptacle of the one who brings God's wrath
on himself and as an evil journey thither
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: degrees of reward and punishment
literal_form: degrees of rewards and punishments with God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: book of the Koran and wisdom
literal_form: the book of the Koran and wisdom taught by the apostle
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: wound at Ohod
literal_form: a wound suffered at Ohod before renewed obedience to God and the apostle
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: life with the Lord after being slain
literal_form: those slain in God's cause are sustained alive with their Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Contrast of divine pleasure and wrath
summary: A person who follows what pleases God is contrasted with one who incurs
God's wrath and whose destination is hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: God raises an apostle among believers
summary: God grants favor to believers by raising an apostle from among them who
recites signs, purifies them, and teaches the Koran and wisdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Misfortune at Ohod and the meeting of two armies
summary: The misfortune at Ohod is attributed to the believers themselves, while
the meeting of two armies is described as occurring by God's permission.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Those who stayed behind and their excuse
summary: Some are urged to fight or drive back the enemy but claim they would have
followed if they had known there would be fighting; the passage says their speech
did not match their hearts.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: The slain at Ohod are alive with their Lord
summary: Those slain in God's cause at Ohod are not to be reckoned dead; they are
alive with their Lord and rejoice in divine favor, without fear or grief.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Reward after wound and obedience
summary: Those who hearkened to God and the apostle after being wounded at Ohod,
and who do good works and fear God, are promised a great reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment through reward, punishment, and hell
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes God's wrath, hell as a destination, degrees of rewards
and punishments, God's knowledge of deeds, and the preservation of the faithful's
reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and exhortative; extraction identifies the recurring
pattern without adding external comparison.
- id: motif:2
label: Revelatory instruction by an apostolic teacher
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God raises an apostle who recites signs, purifies believers, and teaches
the Koran and wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is limited to the explicit teaching of wisdom in
the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: The slain in God's cause live with the divine
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Those slain at Ohod in God's cause are declared not dead but alive and sustained
with their Lord, rejoicing in God's favor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states continued life with the Lord for the slain; it does
not narrate a bodily resurrection scene in this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: Testing of faith through defeat, wounds, and renewed obedience
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: The misfortune at Ohod, the distinction between faith and unbelief, and the
later obedience of the wounded faithful form a pattern of trial followed by promised
reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not use initiation language; the motif label is a cautious
functional description.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 11929-11931
quote_or_summary: "“who bringeth on himself wrath from GOD, and whose receptacle
is hell? an evil journey shall it be thither.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 11932-11933
quote_or_summary: There are degrees of rewards and punishments with God, and God
sees what people do.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 11934-11937
quote_or_summary: God graciously raised an apostle among the believers to recite
signs, purify them, and teach the Koran and wisdom; they had previously been in
manifest error.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 11938-11942
quote_or_summary: After the misfortune at Ohod, the passage says its source is from
the believers themselves; what occurred when the two armies met was by God's permission.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 11942-11948
quote_or_summary: Some are told to fight for God's religion or drive back the enemy;
they answer that they would have followed if they had known, and the passage says
they were nearer to unbelief than faith.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 11949-11954
quote_or_summary: They are said to speak with their mouths what is not in their
hearts; they stayed home and said their brethren would not have been slain if
they had obeyed them; they are challenged to keep death back from themselves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 11955-11957
quote_or_summary: "“those who have been slain at Ohod, in the cause of GOD” are
not to be reckoned dead, but are “sustained alive with their LORD.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 11958-11963
quote_or_summary: The slain rejoice in God's favor, are glad for those who have
not yet overtaken them, have no fear or grief, and know that God does not let
the faithful's reward perish.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 11964-11967
quote_or_summary: Those who hearkened to God and his apostle after a wound at Ohod,
and who do good works and fear God, shall have a great reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 11969-12003 notes n-u
quote_or_summary: 'Sale''s notes identify textual and interpretive details: the
apostle is linked with Mohammed and Koreish; wisdom is glossed as the Sonna; the
Ohod misfortune is connected with disobedience and abandoning a post; and the
wounded followers'' later march is described in commentary.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the main passage. Motif labels are cautious
where doctrinal statements are mapped to broad taxonomy categories. No comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-textual
comparison.
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: |-
Line range includes both translated passage and Sale's notes. Main extraction relies primarily on the translated passage; the note evidence is retained only as contextual metadata and not used for unsupported motif expansion.
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