batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l12892-l12958
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l12892-l12958
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 12892-12958
start: '12892'
end: '12958'
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 addresses obedience to the apostle, divine witnessing and protection,
scrutiny of the Koran, proper handling of news, fighting for God's religion, consequences
of intercession, reciprocal salutation, resurrection, and disagreement over the
ungodly whom God has overturned or led astray.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Good that befalls a person is said to be from God, while evil that befalls
a person is said to be from the person themself.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says the apostle has been sent to men and that God is a sufficient
witness.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Obedience to the apostle is equated with obedience to God; the apostle is
not sent as a keeper over those who turn back.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Some people profess obedience but then secretly meditate at night on a different
matter; God is said to write down what they meditate.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The audience is asked to consider the Koran, with the claim that a non-divine
source would contain many contradictions.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: News of security or fear is not to be immediately divulged but referred to
the apostle and those in authority who can understand the matter.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Without God's favor and mercy, the audience would have followed the devil
except for a few.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The apostle is instructed to fight for God's religion and to excite the faithful
to war, while God may restrain the unbelievers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: A good intercession brings the intercessor a portion of it, and an evil intercession
brings a portion of it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: A salutation is to be answered with a better salutation or at least returned
in the same form.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: God is said to take account of all things and to gather people together on
the day of resurrection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The audience is described as divided into two parties concerning the ungodly,
whom God has overturned for what they committed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The sole deity, described as source of good, witness, protector, recorder
of hidden meditation, stronger than unbelievers, accountant of all things, and
gatherer on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the apostle
description: A messenger sent unto men; obedience to him is obedience to God; he
receives news and is instructed to fight for God's religion.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: man
description: The addressed human being to whom good and evil may befall.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those who profess obedience but meditate by night
description: People who say obedience but privately devise a different matter after
leaving the apostle.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: those in authority
description: Authorities among the community who, with the apostle and his chiefs,
can understand the truth of a matter.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: the devil
description: A figure whom the audience would have followed without God's favor
and mercy, except for a few.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the faithful
description: Believers whom the apostle is told to excite to war.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: the unbelievers
description: Opponents whose courage God may restrain and whom God is stronger than
and more able to punish.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: intercessor
description: A person who intercedes between people with either a good or evil intercession.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: the ungodly
description: A group concerning whom the audience is divided; God has overturned
them for what they committed.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sole deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage declares there is no God but God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: witness and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is called a sufficient witness and a sufficient protector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: judge and gatherer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God takes account of all things and will gather people on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: sent apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says the apostle was sent unto men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: communal war leader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The apostle is instructed to fight for God's religion and excite the faithful
to war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: morally accountable human
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Good and evil that befall the addressed human are explained in relation to
God and the human self.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: secret dissenter
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They say obedience but secretly meditate on a different matter by night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: authorized interpreter of news
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: News should be referred to the apostle and those in authority, who can understand
the truth of the matter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: misleading adversary
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Without divine favor and mercy, the audience would have followed the devil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: believing combatants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The faithful are to be excited to war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: opposed unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: God may restrain their courage and is able to punish them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: mediator with consequence
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: A good or evil intercession gives the intercessor a portion thereof.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: overturned wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: God has overturned them for what they committed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Koran as divine discourse under scrutiny
literal_form: the Koran
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: night meditation
literal_form: meditation by night
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: salutation exchange
literal_form: salutation returned with better salutation or the same
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: day of resurrection
literal_form: day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Apostolic obedience and hidden dissent
summary: The apostle is presented as sent to men, obedience to him is linked with
obedience to God, and secret dissent after professed obedience is said to be recorded
by God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Discernment of revelation and news
summary: The audience is asked to consider the Koran and to refer public news of
security or fear to the apostle and authorities rather than spreading it immediately.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Command to fight and divine restraint of opponents
summary: The apostle is told to fight for God's religion and stir the faithful to
war, with the expectation that God may restrain the unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Reciprocal intercession and greeting
summary: Good and evil intercession each return a portion to the intercessor, and
salutations should be reciprocated or improved because God takes account of all
things.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Resurrection and judgment over the ungodly
summary: God is declared the only deity who will gather people on the day of resurrection;
the audience is divided over the ungodly whom God has overturned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment and accounting
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God writes down hidden night deliberations, takes account of all things,
punishes, overturns wrongdoers, and gathers people on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames judgment doctrinally rather than as an extended narrative
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection gathering
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage states that God will gather people together on the day of resurrection
and that there is no doubt of it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: Only a brief doctrinal statement is present; no detailed afterlife itinerary
appears.
- id: motif:3
label: authorized messenger mediating divine obedience
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Obedience to the apostle is equated with obedience to God, and the apostle
is sent to men with God as witness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly use covenantal language in the excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: reciprocal moral return
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Good or evil intercession returns a portion to the intercessor, and greetings
are to be returned or improved under God's accounting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is ethical and social rather than a ritualized offering or
bargain.
- id: motif:5
label: divine wisdom and discernment of revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The audience is asked to consider the Koran for contradiction and to refer
news to authorized figures who can discern the truth of the matter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is inferred from instructions about discernment rather than
from a named wisdom figure.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 12892-12894
quote_or_summary: Good is from God, evil from the human self; the apostle has been
sent unto men and God is sufficient witness.
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 12895-12897
quote_or_summary: Whoever obeys the apostle obeys God; those who turn back are not
under the apostle as keeper.
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 12898-12901
quote_or_summary: Some say obedience but secretly meditate otherwise by night; God
writes down what they meditate, and the apostle is told to trust God as protector.
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 12902-12904
quote_or_summary: The audience is asked to consider the Koran; if it were from other
than God, many contradictions would be found in it.
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 12905-12911
quote_or_summary: News of security or fear should be referred to the apostle and
authorities; without God's favor and mercy most would have followed the devil.
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 12912-12916
quote_or_summary: The apostle is told to fight for God's religion and excite the
faithful to war; God may restrain the unbelievers and is stronger and more able
to punish.
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 12917-12920
quote_or_summary: Good intercession and evil intercession each bring the intercessor
a portion, and God overlooks all things.
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 12921-12923
quote_or_summary: A salutation should be answered with a better salutation or the
same; God takes account of all things.
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 12924-12926
quote_or_summary: There is no God but God; God will gather people on the day of
resurrection, and God's speech is true.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 12927-12930
quote_or_summary: The audience is divided into two parties concerning the ungodly;
God has overturned them for what they committed, and one whom God leads astray
has no true path.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based directly on the supplied English passage and notes no
external parallels. Motif labels are candidate classifications using the supplied
taxonomy and should be reviewed.
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: |-
Translator footnotes in the supplied passage were not used for separate motif extraction except where they clarify the immediate passage context; no external comparison claims were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l12892-l12958
passage_sha256=901571fe916a4ba69a558143a8e4fb453558a320d82b8066f27dc19b527ccac1