batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l12547-l12611
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l12547-l12611
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD; lines 12547-12611
start: '12547'
end: '12611'
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 gives rules and exhortations concerning inheritance, marital
authority and reconciliation, service to God alone, kindness to vulnerable and
neighboring persons, condemnation of covetousness and ostentatious charity, belief
in God and the last day, and divine recompense that does not wrong even the smallest
amount.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Every person is assigned kindred to inherit part of what parents and relations
leave at death.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those with whom one's right hands have made an alliance are to receive their
part of the inheritance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: God is described as witness of all things.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Men are said to have preeminence above women because of advantages God has
caused one to have over the other and because men expend substance maintaining
wives.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Honest women are described as obedient and careful in their husbands' absence.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: For feared perverseness, the passage instructs rebuke, separation into apartments,
and chastisement, followed by ceasing quarrel if obedience returns.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: If breach is feared between husband and wife, one judge from his family and
one from her family are to be sent; if reconciliation is desired, God will cause
agreement.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The audience is instructed to serve God, associate no creature with him, and
show kindness to parents, relations, orphans, the poor, neighbors, companions,
travelers, and captives.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: God is said not to love the proud or vain-glorious.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Covetous people, those who recommend covetousness, and those who conceal what
God has given them are associated with a shameful punishment for unbelievers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Those who give wealth in charity to be observed by people and do not believe
in God or the last day are criticized.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Whoever has Satan for a companion is said to have an evil companion.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The passage asks what harm would come from belief in God and the last day
and giving alms from what God bestowed, since God knows those who do this.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: God is said not to wrong anyone even the weight of an ant; a good action will
be doubled and recompensed with a great reward.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who is witness of all things, high and great, knowing
and wise, giver of bounty, knower of almsgivers, and recompenser of actions.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Kindred, parents, and relations
description: Family members connected with inheritance and kindness obligations.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Alliance partners made by right hands
description: Persons with whom an alliance has been made and who are to receive
an inheritance part.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Men or husbands
description: Men are described as having preeminence and as maintaining wives from
their substance; a husband's family supplies one judge in a marital breach.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Women or wives
description: Honest women are described as obedient and careful in husbands' absence;
a wife's family supplies one judge in a marital breach.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Two judges or arbitrators
description: One judge from the husband's family and one from the wife's family
are sent to address a feared breach.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Recipients of kindness
description: Parents, relations, orphans, the poor, kin-neighbors, stranger-neighbors,
familiar companions, travelers, and captives are named as recipients of kindness.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Proud, vain-glorious, covetous, and ostentatious givers
description: People described as proud, vain-glorious, covetous, concealing divine
bounty, or giving charity to be observed by people.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Those for whom a shameful punishment is prepared in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Satan
description: A figure described as an evil companion for whoever has him as companion.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Believers and almsgivers
description: People imagined as believing in God and the last day and giving alms
from what God bestowed.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is called witness of all things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine reconciler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: If the two parties desire reconciliation, God will cause them to agree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: divine giver and knower
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage refers to what God has given or bestowed and says God knows those
who give alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: divine judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God will not wrong anyone even the weight of an ant and will double and recompense
good action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: inheritance kin and kindness recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Kindred inherit what parents and relations leave, and parents and relations
are named among those to whom kindness is due.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: allied inheritors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Those with whom right hands have made alliance are to receive their part
of inheritance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: household maintainers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Men are described as expending substance in maintaining wives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: obedient wives
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Honest women are described as obedient and careful during husbands' absence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: marital mediators
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Two judges, one from each family, are sent to compose a feared breach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: social dependents and neighbors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The passage lists vulnerable persons, neighbors, companions, travelers, and
captives as recipients of kindness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: condemned arrogant and covetous persons
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: God does not love the proud or vain-glorious; covetous and ostentatious givers
are criticized.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: recipients of shameful punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: A shameful punishment is said to be prepared for the unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: evil companion
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The passage states that whoever has Satan for a companion has an evil companion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: proper almsgivers
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Belief in God and the last day is paired with giving alms from what God bestowed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: right-hand alliance
literal_form: alliance made by right hands
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: inheritance share
literal_form: part of what parents and relations leave at death
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: last day
literal_form: the last day
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: Satanic companionship
literal_form: Satan as companion
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: weight of an ant
literal_form: even the weight of an ant
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: doubled good action
literal_form: a good action doubled and recompensed with a great reward
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Inheritance and alliance obligations
summary: The passage assigns kindred to inherit from parents and relations and requires
allied persons to receive an inheritance part, with God as witness.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Household hierarchy and marital discipline
summary: The passage describes male preeminence and maintenance of wives, obedient
wives, and steps to take when perverseness is feared.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Family mediation of marital breach
summary: A feared breach between husband and wife is addressed by sending one judge
from each family, with reconciliation attributed to God if desired.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Monotheistic service and social kindness
summary: The audience is commanded to serve God alone and show kindness to a list
of kin, vulnerable persons, neighbors, travelers, and captives.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Condemnation of covetousness and display charity
summary: Proud, covetous, and ostentatious charitable behavior is condemned, and
Satan is named as an evil companion.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Divine accounting of belief, alms, and good action
summary: Belief in God and the last day and giving alms from God's bounty are commended;
God is said not to wrong even the weight of an ant and to double a good action
with great reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment and exact recompense
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage mentions the last day, shameful punishment, God's refusal to
wrong anyone even the weight of an ant, and doubled reward for good action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is legal and exhortatory rather than a narrative judgment
scene.
- id: motif:2
label: Covenantal or alliance obligation
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Those with whom right hands have made an alliance are assigned a share of
inheritance, and God is witness of all things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The term used in the translation is alliance; the passage does not narrate
a formal covenant ceremony.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacred exchange through alms and divine reward
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage connects giving alms from what God bestowed with divine knowledge
and recompense, including doubling a good action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The text frames the act ethically and theologically; it does not describe
a ritual exchange in detail.
- id: motif:4
label: Wisdom-guided reconciliation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: In a marital breach, judges from both families are sent, and God is described
as knowing and wise while causing agreement if reconciliation is desired.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The wisdom motif is inferred from divine attributes and mediation procedure,
not from a wisdom tale or explicit wisdom quest.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 12547-12550
quote_or_summary: Kindred inherit from parents and relations; persons allied by
right hands receive an inheritance part; God is witness of all things.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 12551-12559
quote_or_summary: Men are said to have preeminence over women and to maintain wives;
honest women are obedient and careful in husbands' absence; feared perverseness
is met by rebuke, separation, and chastisement, ending if obedience returns.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 12560-12563
quote_or_summary: If breach is feared between husband and wife, a judge from each
family is sent; if they desire reconciliation, God will cause agreement and is
knowing and wise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 12564-12568
quote_or_summary: Serve God without associating any creature with him and show kindness
to parents, relations, orphans, the poor, neighbors, companions, travelers, and
captives; God does not love the proud or vain-glorious.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 12569-12572
quote_or_summary: Covetous persons who recommend covetousness and conceal what God
has given are condemned; a shameful punishment is prepared for unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 12573-12576
quote_or_summary: Those who give charity to be observed by people and do not believe
in God or the last day are criticized; Satan as companion is called an evil companion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 12577-12580
quote_or_summary: The passage asks what harm would befall them if they believed
in God and the last day and gave alms from what God bestowed, since God knows
them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 12581-12583
quote_or_summary: "“GOD will not wrong any one even the weight of an ant” and will
double a good action and recompense it with a great reward."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 12585-12611
quote_or_summary: Translator's notes explain the old Arab alliance-inheritance custom,
male privileges, preservation of husbands' substance, separation from bed, wife-beating
limitation, appointment of two arbitrators, kin-neighbor meaning, concealed bounty,
and the ant as an extremely small measure.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized translator notes.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif assignments
are limited to available taxonomy labels and should be reviewed because the passage
is primarily legal and exhortatory, not narrative myth.
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 passage itself does not explicitly compare these instructions to another tradition, text, or motif family beyond supporting internal motif candidates.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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