batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l13704-l13784
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l13704-l13784
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 13704-13784
start: '13704'
end: '13784'
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 recounts divine covenants with Israel and Christians, warnings
over broken covenant, the coming of an apostle and revelatory book as guidance
from darkness to light, polemic against claims about divine sonship, and Moses
urging his people to enter the holy land despite its giant inhabitants; after
refusal, the land is forbidden to them for forty years of wandering.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God accepted a covenant from the children of Israel and appointed twelve leaders
from among them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The covenant is associated with prayer, almsgiving, belief in apostles, assistance
to them, and lending to God; the promised reward is expiation of evil deeds and
entry into gardens with flowing rivers.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Because the covenant was broken, the passage says God cursed the covenant-breakers,
hardened their hearts, and accuses them of moving words of the Pentateuch from
their places.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Those who say they are Christians are also said to have had a covenant and
to have forgotten part of their admonition, resulting in enmity and hatred until
the day of resurrection.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: An apostle and a clear book of revelations are described as coming from God
to manifest concealed scriptural matters and guide followers into paths of peace,
out of darkness into light.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage rejects the statement that God is Christ the son of Mary and affirms
that the kingdom of heaven and earth belongs to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Jews and Christians are represented as saying they are God's children and
beloved; the reply denies special immunity by pointing to punishment for sins
and God's freedom to forgive or punish.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Moses tells his people to remember God's favor, including prophets appointed
among them, their constitution as kings, and gifts not given to other nations.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: Moses commands his people to enter the holy land decreed for them and warns
them not to turn back.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The people refuse to enter because a gigantic people inhabit the land.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Two God-fearing men advise sudden entry through the city gate and say that
victory will follow if the people trust in God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: The people tell Moses that he and his Lord should fight while they sit; Moses
then prays, and God declares the land forbidden to them for forty years while
they wander on the earth.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine speaker and actor who accepts covenants, judges covenant breach,
sends guidance, creates what he pleases, and decrees the forty-year exclusion
from the land.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: People from whom twelve leaders are appointed and who are described
in relation to a covenant with God.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Twelve leaders
description: Leaders appointed from among the children of Israel.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who say, 'We are Christians'
description: Group described as having received a covenant and forgotten part of
their admonition.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The apostle
description: A messenger said to have come to people of scripture to reveal concealed
matters, bring good tidings, and warn.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Christ the son of Mary
description: Named in the passage in a rejected claim that God is Christ, and as
a created being subject to God's power.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Mary
description: Named as the mother of Christ in the passage's statement of God's power
over all on earth.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Jews and Christians
description: Groups represented as claiming to be God's children and beloved and
addressed with a rebuttal concerning sin, punishment, forgiveness, and return
to God.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Moses
description: Prophetic figure who reminds his people of God's favor, commands entry
into the holy land, and prays after their refusal.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Moses' people
description: People commanded to enter the holy land who refuse because of giant
inhabitants.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Gigantic people in the land
description: Inhabitants of the land whose presence is cited as the reason for the
people's refusal to enter.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Two God-fearing men
description: Two men graced by God who advise entering through the gate and trusting
in God for victory.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Moses' brother
description: Mentioned by Moses as the only person, besides himself, over whom he
has mastery.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: covenant giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God accepts covenants and sets conditions and promises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: judge of covenant breach
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God curses, hardens hearts, punishes or forgives, and forbids the land for
forty years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: guide through revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends light and a clear book that guides followers from darkness into
light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: covenant community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:8
basis: These groups are described in relation to covenant, scripture, or claims
of special relationship with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: tribal leaders
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Twelve leaders are appointed from the children of Israel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: messenger and warner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The apostle manifests concealed matters, brings good tidings, and warns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: prophetic commander
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Moses commands the people to enter the holy land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: intercessory speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Moses addresses God after the people's refusal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: fearful refusing group
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The people refuse to enter the land while the giant inhabitants remain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: formidable inhabitants
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The inhabitants are described as gigantic and as the obstacle to entry.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: faithful advisers
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The two men urge trust in God and entry through the gate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: covenant
literal_form: Divine covenant with conditions and consequences
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: gardens with rivers
literal_form: Gardens wherein rivers flow
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: light and darkness
literal_form: Light, clear book of revelations, and leading from darkness into light
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: holy land
literal_form: The holy land decreed for Moses' people
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:5
label: city gate
literal_form: Gate of the city through which the two men advise sudden entry
associated_figures:
- fig:12
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: forty years
literal_form: Forty-year period during which the land is forbidden and the people
wander
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:7
label: giants
literal_form: Gigantic people inhabiting the land
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Covenant with Israel and its breach
summary: God accepts a covenant from Israel, appoints twelve leaders, promises forgiveness
and gardens with rivers for obedience, and later condemns covenant breach.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Christian covenant and eschatological declaration
summary: Those who say they are Christians are described as receiving a covenant,
forgetting part of the admonition, and facing enmity until God declares their
deeds on the day of resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Revelatory guidance from darkness to light
summary: An apostle and a clear book come from God to disclose concealed scriptural
matters and guide followers into peace and from darkness into light.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Correction of divine sonship claims
summary: The passage rejects claims that God is Christ and that Jews and Christians
are God's children and beloved in a way that exempts them from punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Moses commands entry into the holy land
summary: Moses reminds his people of divine favor and commands them to enter the
holy land instead of turning back.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Refusal before giants and forty-year wandering
summary: The people refuse to enter because of giant inhabitants despite the counsel
of two faithful men; after they tell Moses and his Lord to fight without them,
God forbids the land to them for forty years of wandering.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine covenant with conditional blessing and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage presents covenants with Israel and Christians, conditions of
obedience, promised reward, and consequences for breach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction uses only the passage's explicit covenant language and
judgment consequences.
- id: motif:2
label: Revelation as guidance from darkness to light
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The apostle and clear book are said to guide those following God's pleasure
into peace and from darkness into light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is approximate; the passage emphasizes
revelation and guidance more than an abstract wisdom figure.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine judgment at resurrection and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage says God will declare deeds on the day of resurrection and that
all things return to him; God forgives and punishes whom he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No detailed afterlife journey is described in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Refusal of commanded entry into a sacred land followed by wandering
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- divine_judgment
basis: Moses' people are commanded to enter the holy land, refuse because of giant
inhabitants, and are sentenced to forty years of wandering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The motif concerns blocked entry and wandering rather than a completed
departure-return pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Faithful minority advises trust against overwhelming inhabitants
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Two God-fearing men urge entry through the gate and trust in God despite
the gigantic inhabitants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local narrative pattern; no supplied taxonomy family directly
matches it.
- id: motif:6
label: Appointment of leaders and kings as divine favor
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: God appoints twelve leaders from Israel and Moses reminds his people that
God constituted them kings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate a royal enthronement; legitimacy is inferred
from divine appointment language.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note explicitly links the Moses, spies, giants, Caleb, Joshua,
and Canaan episode to the biblical narrative in Numbers xiii and xiv.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Numbers xiii-xiv entry-into-Canaan spy narrative
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supported by the passage's footnote and overlapping
narrative elements, but no independent historical-contact claim is made here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 13704-13709
quote_or_summary: God accepts the covenant of the children of Israel, appoints twelve
leaders, gives covenant conditions, and promises expiation and gardens with flowing
rivers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 13710-13714
quote_or_summary: Because the covenant was broken, God curses them, hardens their
hearts, and accuses them of altering or displacing words of the Pentateuch.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 13715-13718
quote_or_summary: Those who say they are Christians are said to have received a
covenant, forgotten part of their admonition, and to experience enmity and hatred
until resurrection, when God declares their deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 13719-13723
quote_or_summary: An apostle, light, and a clear book of revelations come from God
to manifest concealed matters and guide followers into peace and from darkness
to light.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 13724-13727
quote_or_summary: The passage rejects the claim that God is Christ the son of Mary
and states that God owns the kingdom of heaven and earth and creates what he pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 13729-13746
quote_or_summary: The note explains the Canaan/Jericho background, twelve tribal
captains sent as spies, giant inhabitants, and the exception of Caleb son of Jephunneh
and Joshua son of Nun; it cites Numbers xiii and xiv.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 13755-13760
quote_or_summary: Jews and Christians are represented as claiming to be God's children
and beloved; the reply says they are created humans, punished for sins, and subject
to God's forgiveness or punishment, with all things returning to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 13761-13764
quote_or_summary: An apostle comes during a cessation of apostles as a bearer of
good tidings and a warner.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 13765-13768
quote_or_summary: Moses reminds his people of God's favor, prophets, kingship, and
special gifts, then commands them to enter the holy land and not turn back.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 13769-13775
quote_or_summary: The people say the land has gigantic inhabitants and refuse entry
until they leave; two God-fearing men advise sudden entry through the city gate
and trust in God for victory.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 13776-13784
quote_or_summary: The people tell Moses that he and his Lord should fight while
they sit; Moses prays, and God forbids the land to them for forty years during
which they wander on earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Core extraction is based on explicit passage content. Motif taxonomy assignments
are conservative; one comparison claim relies on the translator's footnote to
Numbers.
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 observations and motifs are limited to the supplied passage and its notes.
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