batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l13129-l13192
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l13129-l13192
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 13129-13192
start: '13129'
end: '13192'
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 includes translator's notes about a theft accusation and a
warning not to judge by prejudice, followed by Qur'anic statements that separation
from the apostle and association of companions with God lead to hell, Satan deceives
and commands alteration of God's creature, believers who do good works enter gardens
with rivers, evil is recompensed, righteous believers are not treated unjustly,
Abraham is called God's friend, and God owns what is in heaven and earth.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note recounts that Tima Ebn Obeirak stole a coat of mail, hid it at a Jew's
house, and the trail of meal from a holed bag led to the house where the coat
was seized.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The note says Mohammed was asked by the sons of Dhafar to defend his companion's
reputation and condemn the Jew, but a revelation commanded judgment by the merits
of the case rather than prejudice.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A note adds that Tima later fled to Mecca, returned to idolatry, attempted
robbery by undermining a wall, and was crushed when the wall fell on him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says whoever separates from the apostle after true direction and
follows another way will be cast to burn in hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says God will not pardon giving him a companion, though he may
pardon other crimes to whom he pleases.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says infidels invoke female deities and rebellious Satan beside
God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Satan is described as cursed by God and as saying he will take a portion of
God's servants, seduce them, insinuate vain desires, command cutting off the ears
of cattle, and command changing God's creature.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says Satan makes promises and insinuates vain desires, but his
promises are deceitful.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says the receptacle of those who follow Satan is hell, where they
find no refuge.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says believers who do good works will be led into gardens through
which rivers flow and will remain there forever.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says evil is rewarded, doers of good who are true believers are
admitted into paradise, and they are not unjustly dealt with.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The passage identifies Abraham as orthodox and says God took Abraham for his
friend.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The passage states that to God belongs whatever is in heaven and on earth
and that God comprehends all things.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker and judge who curses Satan, pardons or does not
pardon, leads believers into gardens, takes Abraham for his friend, and owns what
is in heaven and earth.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the apostle
description: The apostle from whom separation after true direction is condemned.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Satan
description: A rebellious and cursed being invoked by infidels, who seduces servants,
insinuates vain desires, commands acts upon cattle and God's creature, and makes
deceitful promises.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: believers who do good works
description: People who believe and do good works, including male or female true
believers, admitted into gardens or paradise.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: those who give God a companion or follow Satan
description: People described as led aside, taking Satan as patron besides God,
and assigned hell as their receptacle.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Named as orthodox, followed in law by the righteous, and taken by God
as his friend.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Tima Ebn Obeirak
description: A companion in the note who stole a coat of mail, hid it at Zeid Ebn
al Samn's house, later fled to Mecca, returned to idolatry, and was crushed by
a wall during an attempted robbery.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Zeid Ebn al Samn
description: A Jew at whose house the coat of mail was hidden and who produced witnesses
saying he had it from Tima.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: sons of Dhafar
description: A group who asked Mohammed to defend Tima's reputation and condemn
the Jew.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: In the note, Mohammed is approached by the sons of Dhafar and is said
to have been reprehended by revelation for a rash intention about the case.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God pardons or does not pardon, assigns hell, admits righteous believers
to paradise, and does not deal unjustly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: cosmic owner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says whatever is in heaven and on earth belongs to God and that
God comprehends all things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: true-direction authority
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Separation from the apostle after true direction is manifested is condemned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: deceiver-tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Satan seduces, insinuates vain desires, and makes deceitful promises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: false patron
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Taking Satan as patron besides God is said to lead to manifest destruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: righteous recipients of paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Believers who do good works are led into gardens and true believers who do
good works are admitted into paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: condemned wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Those who give God a companion or take Satan as patron are described as mistaken,
destroyed, and assigned hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: friend of God
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage states that God took Abraham for his friend.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: thief and punished wrongdoer in note
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The note identifies Tima as stealing the coat of mail and later being crushed
during an attempted robbery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: accused possessor with witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Zeid's house contains the coat, but he produces witnesses that he had it
from Tima.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:11
label: partisan advocates
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The sons of Dhafar ask Mohammed to defend Tima's reputation and condemn the
Jew.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:12
label: admonished adjudicator in note
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The note says Mohammed considered defending his companion but was commanded
to judge according to the merits of the case.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell
literal_form: A place of burning and receptacle from which no refuge is found.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: gardens with rivers
literal_form: Gardens through which rivers flow, where believing doers of good remain
forever.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: paradise
literal_form: A destination into which true believers who do good works are admitted.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: cut ears of cattle
literal_form: Satan says he will command people and they will cut off the ears of
cattle.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: female deities
literal_form: Female deities invoked beside God by infidels.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: coat of mail in meal bag
literal_form: A stolen coat of mail hidden in a bag of meal, with meal escaping
through a hole and leaving a track.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Theft accusation and admonished judgment
summary: A note recounts a stolen coat of mail hidden at Zeid's house, the tracking
of meal to the house, Zeid's defense with witnesses, and a revelation commanding
judgment by the merits rather than prejudice.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Punitive death in the note
summary: A note says Tima later fled, returned to idolatry, attempted robbery by
undermining a wall, and was crushed when the wall fell.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Warning against separation and association with God
summary: The passage warns that separating from the apostle after true direction
and giving God a companion lead to hell or serious error.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Satan's seduction and false patronage
summary: Satan is cursed, announces that he will seduce a portion of servants and
command ritualized alterations, and is described as making deceitful promises.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Paradise and recompense for deeds
summary: Believing doers of good are promised gardens with rivers and paradise,
while evil is recompensed and no patron or helper exists beside God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Abraham and divine possession of cosmos
summary: The passage commends the religion of one who submits to God, follows Abraham's
law, and states that God took Abraham as friend and owns what is in heaven and
earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with hell and paradise outcomes
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage distinguishes condemned wrongdoers assigned hell from righteous
believers admitted into gardens or paradise, and states that evil is rewarded
while believers are not treated unjustly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to the passage's stated eschatological rewards
and punishments.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife destinations as places of punishment and reward
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage presents hell as an unhappy destination or receptacle and gardens
with rivers or paradise as destinations for believing doers of good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives destination imagery but does not provide a detailed
itinerary or map.
- id: motif:3
label: Satanic deception and false patronage
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Satan seduces, implants vain desires, commands alterations, and gives deceitful
promises, while those taking him as patron perish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is approximate; the passage emphasizes deception and
patronage rather than a full trickster narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Righteous adjudication over partisan prejudice
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The note explains that revelation commanded judgment according to the merit
of the case rather than prejudice or partisan defense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This is drawn from the translator's explanatory note rather than the main
translated verses in the excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Friendship with God as religious exemplar
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage names Abraham as orthodox and says God took Abraham for his friend,
presenting him in connection with proper religion and righteousness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states divine friendship but does not elaborate a beloved
narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13133-13148
quote_or_summary: 'Translator''s note: Tima steals a coat of mail, hides it at Zeid''s
house, meal leaking from the bag leads searchers there; Zeid provides witnesses;
the sons of Dhafar ask Mohammed to defend Tima and condemn the Jew; revelation
commands judgment according to the merits of the case.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13149-13152
quote_or_summary: 'Translator''s note: Tima later flees to Mecca, returns to idolatry,
attempts robbery by undermining a wall, and is crushed when the wall falls.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 13162-13165
quote_or_summary: '"whoso separateth himself from the apostle... we... will cast
him to be burned in hell"; the journey there is called unhappy.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13166-13170
quote_or_summary: God will not pardon giving him a companion; those who do so are
in wide mistake; infidels invoke female deities and rebellious Satan beside God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 13171-13177
quote_or_summary: God curses Satan; Satan says he will take a portion of God's servants,
seduce them, inspire vain desires, command cutting ears of cattle, and command
changing God's creature; taking Satan as patron leads to manifest destruction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 13178-13181
quote_or_summary: Satan makes deceitful promises; "The receptacle of these shall
be hell, they shall find no refuge from it."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from provided passage.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 13182-13185
quote_or_summary: Believers who do good works are led into "gardens, through which
rivers flow" and remain there forever by God's promise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from provided passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 13186-13190
quote_or_summary: The passage says outcomes are not according to desires; evil is
rewarded; no patron or helper exists beside God; true believers who do good works,
male or female, are admitted into paradise and not unjustly dealt with.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 13191-13192
quote_or_summary: The passage asks who is better in religion than one who submits
to God, works righteousness, and follows Abraham the orthodox; God took Abraham
for his friend, and whatever is in heaven and earth belongs to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Main figures, scenes, and symbols are explicit in the supplied passage. Motif
assignment is limited to the provided taxonomy and marked cautious where labels
are approximate. No comparison claims were extracted because the passage does
not itself develop a comparative claim beyond internal references.
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 content is based only on the provided passage and metadata; translator's notes are treated separately from the translated verses where relevant.
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