batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l13559-l13628
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l13559-l13628
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13559-13628
start: '13559'
end: '13628'
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: O TRUE believers, perform your contracts.
summary: The passage opens Chapter V, instructing believers to fulfill contracts,
observe pilgrimage restrictions and sacred rites, avoid revenge and injustice,
abstain from specified forbidden foods and idolatrous practices, and recognize
the completion of religion and divine mercy, with an exception for necessity through
hunger. Notes explain the chapter title as referring to a table said to descend
from heaven to Jesus and clarify pilgrimage, sacrifice, idols, and the setting
at Mount Arafat.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Believers are commanded to perform their contracts.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Brute cattle are permitted as food except for stated prohibitions and except
game during pilgrimage.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Believers are told not to violate God's holy rites, the sacred month, offerings,
ornaments on offerings, or travelers to the holy house.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: After pilgrimage is finished, hunting is permitted.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Believers are warned not to let hostility over exclusion from the sacred temple
provoke transgression or revenge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Believers are instructed to assist one another in justice and piety, not in
injustice and malice.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The passage lists forbidden foods and slaughtered animals, including carrion,
blood, swine flesh, animals invoked in another name than God, strangled animals,
animals killed by blows, falls, horns, or wild beasts, and animals sacrificed
to idols.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Division by casting lots with arrows is declared unlawful and impious.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: God says he has perfected the believers' religion, completed mercy upon them,
and chosen Islam as their religion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: A person driven by hunger to eat forbidden food without intending sin is said
to find God indulgent and merciful.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: A note says the chapter title comes from a table said to have been let down
from heaven to Jesus later in the chapter.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: A note identifies the day of revelation with the pilgrims' visit to Mount
Arafat during Mohammed's last visit to the temple of Mecca.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker who ordains, commands, warns, perfects religion,
completes mercy, and is described as severe in punishing yet indulgent and merciful.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers
description: The addressed community commanded to fulfill contracts, observe ritual
limits, avoid forbidden foods and practices, and cooperate in justice and piety.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: travelers to the holy house
description: People traveling to the holy house seeking favor from their Lord and
to please him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those who have apostatized from their religion
description: 'A group named in a warning: woe is pronounced upon those who have
apostatized from their religion.'
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jesus
description: Mentioned in a note as the recipient of the table said to have been
let down from heaven later in the chapter.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Mentioned in a note as making his last visit to the temple of Mecca
during the pilgrimage of valediction.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine lawgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God ordains what he pleases and issues commands through the passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and merciful authority
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that God is severe in punishing and also indulgent and
merciful to one compelled by hunger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: commanded covenant community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The believers are addressed with commands to perform contracts and follow
ritual, dietary, and ethical rules.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: protected pilgrims or visitors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage forbids violation of those traveling to the holy house seeking
divine favor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: warned apostates
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage pronounces woe upon those who have apostatized from their religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: recipient of heavenly table in note
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note states that the table was said to have been let down from heaven
to Jesus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: pilgrimage figure in note
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note connects Mohammed with the last visit to the temple of Mecca and
the pilgrimage of valediction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: contracts
literal_form: contracts performed by believers
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: holy rites
literal_form: holy rites of God, identified in a note as pilgrimage ceremonies of
Mecca
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sacred month
literal_form: the sacred month during which violation and revenge are forbidden
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: offering with ornaments
literal_form: the offering and ornaments hung on it; a note describes a sheep led
to Mecca with garlands, green boughs, or another ornament marking it sacred
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: holy house and sacred temple
literal_form: the holy house and sacred temple associated with pilgrimage and Mecca
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: forbidden foods
literal_form: carrion, blood, swine flesh, improperly invoked or killed animals,
and animals sacrificed to idols
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: arrows for casting lots
literal_form: arrows used to make division by casting lots
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: table from heaven
literal_form: a table said in the note to be let down from heaven to Jesus
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: Mount Arafat
literal_form: Mount Arafat visited by pilgrims according to the note
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Opening command to fulfill contracts and observe food and pilgrimage limits
summary: Believers are commanded to perform contracts, are allowed certain cattle
for food, and are told that game is not allowed during pilgrimage.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Protection of sacred pilgrimage rites and travelers
summary: Believers are instructed not to violate God's rites, the sacred month,
offerings and their ornaments, or those traveling to the holy house.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Post-pilgrimage conduct and ethical cooperation
summary: After pilgrimage, hunting is permitted, but believers are warned against
revenge and directed to cooperate in justice and piety, not injustice and malice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Dietary and anti-idolatrous prohibitions
summary: The passage forbids specified foods and forms of slaughter, including animals
sacrificed to idols, and also forbids division by casting lots with arrows.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Completion of religion and mercy with necessity exception
summary: God declares the religion perfected and mercy completed, chooses Islam
as religion, and allows mercy for one compelled by hunger without intent to sin.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Heavenly table note
summary: A note explains the chapter title by referring to a table said to be let
down from heaven to Jesus later in the chapter.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Pilgrimage of valediction note
summary: A note places the revelation on the day of pilgrims visiting Mount Arafat
during Mohammed's last visit to the temple of Mecca.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: contract obligation as sacred order
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage begins by commanding believers to perform contracts and embeds
this obligation in divine command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The text uses the word contracts rather than narrating a covenant-making
event.
- id: motif:2
label: ritual boundary around pilgrimage
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage distinguishes conduct during pilgrimage from conduct after pilgrimage,
protects sacred times, rites, offerings, and pilgrims, and names the holy house
and sacred temple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is legal-instructional material rather than a mythic journey narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: sacrifice and sacred offering
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The passage mentions offerings, ornaments marking offerings as sacred, and
animals sacrificed to idols as forbidden.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage regulates sacrifice and offerings; it does not narrate a sacrificial
myth.
- id: motif:4
label: food taboo and purity boundary
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage lists forbidden foods and prohibited forms of animal death or
dedication, while allowing an exception in cases of compelled hunger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly names food taboo or purity law.
- id: motif:5
label: divination by lots prohibited
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage declares division by casting lots with arrows unlawful and impious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a prohibition, not a story of divination.
- id: motif:6
label: divine judgment and mercy in law
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns that God is severe in punishing, pronounces woe on apostates,
and also says God will be indulgent and merciful toward necessity without intent
to sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The judgment is expressed as warning and legal consequence, not as an
enacted judgment scene.
- id: motif:7
label: heavenly table bestowed on a holy figure
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A note explains the chapter title by saying the table is fabled to have been
let down from heaven to Jesus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This occurs in an editorial note referring to a later part of the chapter,
not in the main legal passage itself.
- id: motif:8
label: sacred mountain pilgrimage setting
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A note associates the revelation with pilgrims visiting Mount Arafat during
the pilgrimage of valediction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The mountain appears in a note, and the available taxonomy has symbol
'mountain' but no specific pilgrimage-mountain motif family.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 13559-13566
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to perform contracts; certain cattle are allowed
as food, with exceptions including game during pilgrimage; God ordains what he
pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary with short quoted phrase in canonical_text.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13567-13572
quote_or_summary: Believers are told not to violate God's holy rites, the sacred
month, offerings, ornaments hung on offerings, or those traveling to the holy
house seeking divine favor.
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 13573-13580
quote_or_summary: After pilgrimage, hunting is permitted; believers are warned not
to seek revenge over exclusion from the sacred temple and are instructed to cooperate
in justice and piety, not injustice and malice; God is severe in punishing.
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 13581-13593
quote_or_summary: The passage prohibits carrion, blood, swine flesh, animals invoked
in another name than God, animals killed in specified improper ways, animals sacrificed
to idols, and casting lots with arrows; woe is pronounced upon apostates.
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 13594-13599
quote_or_summary: God declares religion perfected, mercy completed, and Islam chosen;
one compelled by hunger to eat forbidden food without intent to sin is promised
divine indulgence and mercy.
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 13600-13603, note d
quote_or_summary: A note says the chapter title comes from the Table, said to be
let down from heaven to Jesus later in the chapter; it also notes the chapter
is sometimes called the chapter of Contracts.
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 13621-13624, note p
quote_or_summary: A note says the passage was revealed on Friday evening, the day
of the pilgrims visiting Mount Arafat, during Mohammed's last visit to the temple
of Mecca, called the pilgrimage of valediction.
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 13608-13610, note h
quote_or_summary: A note explains the offering as a sheep led to Mecca for sacrifice,
with garlands, green boughs, or another ornament on its neck to distinguish it
as sacred.
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: The legal and ritual observations are explicit. Motif labeling is cautious
because the passage is primarily prescriptive law with explanatory notes, not
narrative myth. No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does
not support a specific external 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: |-
Extraction uses only the provided passage and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif families and symbols when directly supported.
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