batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14142-l14225
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14142-l14225
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 14142-14225
start: '14142'
end: '14225'
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 hypocrites, a Christian who
cursed the prayer proclamation and later died in a house fire, sabbath-breakers
and other disbelievers, punitive metamorphosis into apes and swine according to
some commentators, Phineas Ebn Azra’s impious speech, and interpretations of divine
punishment. The Qur'anic text then promises forgiveness, gardens, and provision
to scriptural communities who believe, fear God, and observe revelation; commands
the apostle to publish all revelation with God’s protection; affirms that righteous
believers among several named communities need not fear; and recalls the covenant
with the children of Israel, their rejection and killing of apostles, their blindness
and deafness, repentance, and relapse.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The note says the passage was intended to forbid Muslims from entering friendship
with two named hypocrites who had embraced Mohammedism but ridiculed it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note reports that an unnamed Christian cursed the prayer caller’s profession
that Mohammed is the apostle of God, and later he and his family died when his
house accidentally caught fire through a servant.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note identifies one group as Jews of Ailah who broke the sabbath and another
as those who disbelieved the heavenly table sent down to Jesus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A note reports a commentator’s view that young men among the Jews of Ailah
were metamorphosed into apes and old men into swine.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A note attributes to Phineas Ebn Azra an indecent saying interpreted as accusing
God of being niggardly or close-fisted.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A note interprets punishment as want and avarice, and also mentions reprobates
at the last day appearing with right hands tied up to their necks.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The Qur'anic passage promises that people who have received scriptures, if
they believe and fear God, will have sins expiated and be led into gardens of
pleasure.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says that if scriptural communities observe the law, the gospel,
and other scriptures sent from their Lord, they will eat good things from above
them and from under their feet.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The apostle is commanded to publish all that has been sent down from the Lord,
and God is said to defend him against wicked men.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says believers, those who Judaize, Sabians, and Christians who
believe in God and the last day and do right will have no fear and will not grieve.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says God formerly accepted the covenant of the children of Israel
and sent apostles to them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says that when apostles came with unwelcome messages, some were
accused of imposture and some were killed; the people imagined no punishment,
became blind and deaf, repented, and many again became blind and deaf.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Refa Ebn Zeid
description: Named hypocrite who had embraced Mohammedism but ridiculed it.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Soweid Ebn al Hareth
description: Named hypocrite who had embraced Mohammedism but ridiculed it.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unnamed Christian
description: A Christian who cursed the prayer caller’s proclamation and later died
in a house fire with his family.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Unnamed servant
description: Servant whose action accidentally set the Christian’s house on fire,
according to the note.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Christian’s family
description: Family members who perished with the Christian in the flames.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jews of Ailah
description: Identified in a note as sabbath-breakers; some commentators say their
young men became apes and old men swine.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Disbelievers in the heavenly table sent down to Jesus
description: Group identified in a note as not believing in the miracle of the table
let down from heaven to Jesus.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Phineas Ebn Azra
description: Named speaker of the saying that God is niggardly or close-fisted,
according to the note.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Jews who approved Phineas’s speech
description: The note says other Jews heard Phineas and approved instead of reproving
him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: God
description: Divine speaker and actor who expiates sins, leads into gardens, sends
revelation, protects the apostle, accepts covenant, sends apostles, sees deeds,
and turns toward repentant people.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: The apostle / Mohammed
description: Recipient of revelation commanded to publish all that has been sent
down and promised divine defense.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Those who have received the scriptures
description: Scriptural communities addressed with promises and warnings concerning
belief and observance of revelation.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Believers, those who Judaize, Sabians, and Christians who do right
description: Named religious communities promised no fear or grief if they believe
in God and the last day and act rightly.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: Collective with whom God formerly accepted a covenant, and to whom
apostles were sent.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Apostles sent to the children of Israel
description: Messengers sent to the children of Israel; some were accused of imposture
and some were killed.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: ridiculing converts named as hypocrites
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The note says they embraced Mohammedism but ridiculed it on all occasions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: household destroyed in fire after blasphemous speech
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: The note links the Christian’s curse and the later accidental fire in which
he and his family perished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: accidental agent of house fire
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note says the house was accidentally set on fire by a servant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: disobedient or unbelieving collective
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The note identifies sabbath-breakers and disbelievers in the heavenly table
miracle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: impious speaker and approving audience
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: The note says Phineas uttered the saying and others approved rather than
reproving him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: divine revealer, protector, rewarder, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: God is said to send revelation, defend the apostle, expiate sins, lead to
gardens, accept covenant, and see deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: commissioned messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The apostle is ordered to publish all revelation sent down from the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: scriptural or religious community under promise and warning
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: The passage addresses communities defined by scripture, covenant, and belief,
with conditional promises and warnings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: rejected and killed messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Apostles sent to the children of Israel are said to have been accused of
imposture or killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire and flames
literal_form: House fire and flames in which the Christian and his family perished.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: apes and swine
literal_form: Animals into which young and old men were said by some commentators
to be metamorphosed.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: right hand tied to neck
literal_form: Image of reprobates at the last day with right hands tied up to their
necks.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: gardens of pleasure
literal_form: Gardens into which God will lead believing and God-fearing recipients
of scripture.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: good things from above and below
literal_form: Food or blessings described as good things from above them and from
under their feet.
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: law, gospel, and sent-down scriptures
literal_form: Scriptures that communities are told to observe, including the law
and the gospel.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning against friendship with ridiculing hypocrites
summary: A note explains the passage as forbidding Muslims from friendship with
two named hypocrites who had embraced Mohammedism but mocked it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Curse against the proclamation and death by house fire
summary: An unnamed Christian curses the prayer caller’s proclamation about Mohammed;
a few nights later his house catches fire accidentally through a servant, and
he and his family perish.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Sabbath-breaking, table-disbelief, and punitive metamorphosis tradition
summary: The notes identify sabbath-breaking Jews of Ailah and disbelievers in the
heavenly table miracle, with a commentator’s report of transformation into apes
and swine.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Impious speech and last-day binding image
summary: Phineas Ebn Azra is said to have uttered a saying about God being close-fisted,
others approved it, and the note interprets punishment through want, avarice,
and the last-day image of bound right hands.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Conditional reward for scriptural communities
summary: Those who have received scriptures are promised expiation of sins, gardens
of pleasure, and good things from above and below if they believe, fear God, and
observe revelation.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Apostolic commission and divine protection
summary: The apostle is commanded to publish all revelation from the Lord, and God
is said to defend him against wicked men.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Righteous communities promised no fear
summary: Believers, Judaizers, Sabians, and Christians are told that if they believe
in God and the last day and do right, no fear will come upon them and they will
not grieve.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Covenant with Israel and rejection of apostles
summary: God accepts the covenant of the children of Israel and sends apostles;
some messengers are rejected or killed, the people become blind and deaf, repent,
and many relapse.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: covenant with a chosen scriptural people
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage explicitly says God formerly accepted the covenant of the children
of Israel and sent apostles to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a brief covenant reference, not a full covenant
ceremony or terms.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment through reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts expiation, gardens, and safety from fear with punishment
imagery, fire anecdote, and consequences for rejecting apostles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: Some punishment details occur in translator’s explanatory notes rather
than in the Qur'anic verses in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: eschatological reward for righteous belief
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage promises gardens of pleasure and freedom from fear or grief to
those who believe in God and the last day and act rightly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage mentions the last day and rewards but does not narrate an
afterlife journey.
- id: motif:4
label: punitive metamorphosis into animals
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: A note reports the view that sabbath-breaking Jews of Ailah were metamorphosed
into apes and swine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy term 'shapeshifter' is only approximate because the passage
describes imposed metamorphosis, not voluntary shape-changing.
- id: motif:5
label: divinely protected messenger commissioned to proclaim revelation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The apostle is commanded to publish all revelation, with assurance that God
will defend him from wicked men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches this commission-and-protection
pattern.
- id: motif:6
label: revelation rejected by a covenant people
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- divine_judgment
basis: The children of Israel receive apostles under covenant, but some apostles
are accused of imposture or killed, followed by blindness, deafness, repentance,
and relapse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the pattern rather than narrating individual episodes.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14142-14148
quote_or_summary: The note says the passage forbids friendship with Refa Ebn Zeid
and Soweid Ebn al Hareth, who embraced Mohammedism but ridiculed it and were loved
among the prophet’s followers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 14149-14155
quote_or_summary: A Christian cursed the prayer caller’s profession that Mohammed
is God’s apostle; a few nights later his house was accidentally set on fire by
a servant, and he and his family died in the flames.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 14156-14162
quote_or_summary: The note identifies sabbath-breaking Jews of Ailah and disbelievers
in the table sent down from heaven to Jesus; it also reports a view that young
men became apes and old men swine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 14165-14174
quote_or_summary: A note explains Phineas Ebn Azra’s saying as calling God niggardly
or close-fisted; it interprets punishment as want and avarice and mentions reprobates
at the last day with right hands tied to their necks.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 14175-14185
quote_or_summary: A note says God may raise feuds, grant victory to Muslims, or
deliver Jews into foreign hands after neglecting their law and corrupting religion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 14193-14200
quote_or_summary: Those who have received scriptures, if they believe and fear God,
will have sins expiated and be led into gardens of pleasure; if they observe the
law, gospel, and other scriptures, they will eat good things from above and below.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 14201-14205
quote_or_summary: The apostle is ordered to publish all that has been sent down
from the Lord; God will defend him against wicked men and does not direct unbelieving
people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 14206-14210
quote_or_summary: Those who have received the scriptures are told they are grounded
on nothing until they observe the law, gospel, and what has been sent down from
their Lord; the revelation will increase many in transgression and infidelity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 14211-14214
quote_or_summary: Believers, Judaizers, Sabians, and Christians who believe in God
and the last day and do right will have no fear and will not grieve.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 14215-14221
quote_or_summary: God accepted the covenant of the children of Israel and sent apostles;
when apostles came with unwanted messages, some were accused of imposture and
some killed; the people imagined no punishment and became blind and deaf, then
God turned to them, and many relapsed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 14222-14225
quote_or_summary: Notes explain blindness and deafness as shutting eyes and ears
against conviction and the law, and God’s turning to them as occurring upon their
repentance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif candidates using
taxonomy refs are strongest where the passage is explicit, such as covenant and
judgment; shapeshifter is approximate for punitive metamorphosis.
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 provide an explicit cross-textual comparison beyond internal notes and references.
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