batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l12180-l12215
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l12180-l12215
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 12180-12215
start: '12180'
end: '12215'
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: these shall have their reward with their LORD; for GOD is swift in taking
an account.
summary: The passage contains notes on prayer postures, Mohammed and the Koran,
a report about Omm Salma and women who fled for faith, comments on idolaters'
prosperity and believers' hardship, possible identifications of converts and Ashama
of Ethiopia, and an exhortation to true believers to be patient, constant-minded,
fear God, and expect reward and divine accounting.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note reports a saying attributed to Mohammed instructing prayer while standing
if able, sitting if not, and lying down if unable to sit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note identifies Mohammed as being associated with the Koran in the referenced
words.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note says words were added after Omm Salma observed that God often mentioned
men who fled their country for faith but not women.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A note says some followers of Mohammed observed the prosperity of idolaters
while they themselves were suffering hunger and fatigue.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A note lists several proposed identifications for the persons meant, including
Abda'llah Ebn Salam and companions, Arabs of Najran, Ethiopians, Greeks, or Ashama
king of Ethiopia.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: A note says Gabriel brought Mohammed news of Ashama's death, after which Mohammed
prayed for Ashama's soul, displeasing some hypocritical followers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states that certain persons will have their reward with their
Lord and that God is swift in taking account.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: True believers are exhorted to be patient, excel in patience, be constant-minded,
and fear God so that they may be happy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure who is said to mention faithful migrants, give reward,
and be swift in taking account.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Named in notes as giving prayer instruction, being associated with
the Koran, and praying for Ashama's soul after receiving news from Gabriel.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Omm Salma
description: One of the prophet's wives who reportedly observed that God mentioned
men who fled for faith but not women.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mohammed's followers / true believers
description: Followers who experienced hunger and fatigue; true believers are addressed
with exhortations to patience and fear of God.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Idolaters / enemies of God
description: A group described in a note as enjoying prosperity, ease, and plenty.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Proposed converts or righteous persons
description: Persons variously identified as Abda'llah Ebn Salam and companions,
Arabs of Najran, Ethiopians, Greeks, or Ashama king of Ethiopia, with some described
as converted from Christianity to Mohammedism.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: The messenger who is said to bring Mohammed news of Ashama king of
Ethiopia's death.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hypocritical followers
description: Followers who were displeased that Mohammed prayed for a Christian
proselyte whom he had never seen.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine rewarder and accountant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to grant reward with the Lord and to be swift in taking account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: prophet and ritual instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is cited as instructing prayer postures and praying for Ashama's
soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: speaker prompting inclusion of women
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Omm Salma reportedly observed that women migrants for faith were not mentioned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: addressed faithful community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: True believers are directly exhorted to patience, constancy, and fear of
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: prosperous opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The idolaters are described as prosperous enemies of God while followers
suffered hardship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: possible righteous converts
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note identifies the persons as possible converts or as Ashama, who had
embraced the Mohammedan religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: news-bearing angelic messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Gabriel is said to bring Mohammed the news of Ashama's death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: displeased critics within the community
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Some hypocritical followers are described as displeased by Mohammed's prayer
for Ashama.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Koran
literal_form: Sacred text named in a note as associated with Mohammed.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: ritual prayer postures
literal_form: Standing, sitting, or lying down while praying, depending on physical
ability.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: reward and account
literal_form: The promised reward with the Lord and God's swift taking of account.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: flight for faith
literal_form: Men and women who fled their country for the sake of their faith.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Prayer according to bodily ability
summary: A note reports that Mohammed instructed a sick or unable person to pray
standing, sitting, or lying down according to capacity.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Omm Salma and the mention of women migrants
summary: Omm Salma observes that men who fled for faith are mentioned while women
are not, and the note says words were added in response.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Believers compare hardship with idolaters' prosperity
summary: Followers of Mohammed note the ease and plenty enjoyed by idolaters while
they themselves suffer hunger and fatigue.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Ashama's death and prayer for his soul
summary: Gabriel brings Mohammed news of Ashama's death; Mohammed prays for him,
and hypocritical followers object because Ashama was a Christian proselyte whom
Mohammed had not seen.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Reward, accounting, and exhortation to believers
summary: The passage promises reward with the Lord and states that God is swift
in taking account, then exhorts true believers to patience, constancy, and fear
of God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine reward and swift accounting
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly says that the persons have reward with their Lord
and that God is swift in taking account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is primarily exhortational and exegetical rather than a narrative
judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: faithful endurance under hardship
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Followers are described as suffering hunger and fatigue while opponents prosper,
and true believers are exhorted to patience and constancy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a moral-exhortative pattern rather than a fully developed mythic
episode.
- id: motif:3
label: departure for the sake of faith
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The note refers to men and women who fled their country for the sake of their
faith.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives the motif only as a note explaining added words, not
as a detailed migration story.
- id: motif:4
label: prayer for a distant deceased convert
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mohammed is said to pray for Ashama's soul after Gabriel brings news of his
death, despite not having seen him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The scene appears in commentary material and no supplied taxonomy family
directly matches it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 12180-12184
quote_or_summary: 'A note cites Al Beidwi and a saying of Mohammed: pray standing
if able, sitting if not, and lying down if unable to sit; Al Shafe directs sick
persons to pray lying on their right side.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: line 12185
quote_or_summary: A note explains that the referent is Mohammed with the Koran.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 12186-12190
quote_or_summary: A note says words were added after Omm Salma, one of the prophet's
wives, observed that God mentioned men who fled their country for faith but not
women.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 12191-12197
quote_or_summary: A note says followers observed idolaters' prosperity and regretted
that enemies of God lived in ease and plenty while they themselves were perishing
from hunger and fatigue; the prosperity is explained as short-lived.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 12198-12209
quote_or_summary: A note gives alternative identifications of the persons meant,
including converts from Christianity and Ashama king of Ethiopia; Gabriel brought
news of Ashama's death, Mohammed prayed for his soul, and some hypocritical followers
objected.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 12213-12214
quote_or_summary: '"these shall have their reward with their LORD; for GOD is swift
in taking an account."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 12214-12215
quote_or_summary: '"O true believers, be patient and strive to excel in patience,
and be constant-minded, and fear GOD, that ye may be happy."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is largely commentary and exhortation rather than continuous
narrative; motif candidates are limited to patterns explicitly present in the
supplied lines.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a comparison to another tradition or motif family beyond internal taxonomy classification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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