batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14305-l14396
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14305-l14396
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 14305-14396
start: '14305'
end: '14396'
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 describes divine reward for belief and righteousness, warnings
against unbelief, rules for lawful food and oath expiation, prohibitions against
wine, gambling lots, images, and divining arrows, Satan’s role in dissension,
pilgrimage hunting restrictions and atonements, lawful sea fishing, the Caaba
as a holy house for mankind, and the distinction between evil and good.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God rewards believing speech and righteous desire with gardens through which
rivers flow, while those who disbelieve and accuse the signs of falsehood are
called companions of hell.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Believers are told not to forbid the good things God has allowed, to eat lawful
and good food, and not to transgress.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Deliberate oaths require expiation by feeding ten poor men, clothing them,
freeing a believing captive, or fasting three days if the other means are unavailable.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Wine, lots, images, and divining arrows are called an abomination of Satan’s
work and are to be avoided.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Satan is said to seek dissension and hatred by means of wine and lots and
to divert people from remembering God and from prayer.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The apostle’s duty is stated to be public preaching only.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: obs:7
text: God is said to prove believers by offering abundant game that may be taken
by hand or lance, so that those who fear him in secret may be known.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Believers are forbidden to kill game while on pilgrimage; deliberate killing
requires restoration by an equivalent domestic animal, an offering to the Caaba,
feeding the poor, or fasting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Sea fishing and eating the catch are permitted as provision, while land hunting
remains unlawful during pilgrimage rites.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: God appoints the Caaba, the holy house, along with the sacred month, the offering,
and the ornaments hung on it, as an establishment for mankind.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The passage states that evil and good are not to be esteemed equally, even
if abundance of evil is pleasing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine speaker and actor who rewards, punishes, permits, forbids,
proves, forgives, appoints the Caaba, and knows what is hidden and revealed.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers
description: The addressed community instructed about lawful things, oaths, forbidden
practices, pilgrimage conduct, and fear of God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: righteous people
description: The people with whom the speakers desire to be introduced into paradise,
and whose reward is gardens with rivers.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those who believe not and accuse signs of falsehood
description: Unbelievers described as companions of hell.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Satan
description: The figure whose work includes wine, lots, images, and divining arrows,
and who seeks to sow dissension and hatred.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: apostle
description: The apostle whose stated duty is only to preach publicly.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: poor men / the poor
description: Recipients of feeding as expiation for oaths and as atonement for unlawful
killing of game during pilgrimage.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: true believer in captivity
description: A captive believer whose freeing is listed as an expiation for an oath.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: two just persons
description: Persons who determine the equivalent domestic animal owed for deliberate
killing of game during pilgrimage.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine rewarder and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God rewards the righteous, warns companions of hell, punishes deliberate
oaths, and is severe in punishing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: divine lawgiver and examiner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God declares lawful and unlawful practices, commands expiations, proves believers
with game, and appoints the Caaba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: addressed covenantal community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The repeated address 'O true believers' introduces instructions and prohibitions
for the community.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The righteous are linked with paradise and gardens through which rivers flow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: condemned unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Those who disbelieve and accuse the signs of falsehood are called companions
of hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: adversarial divider
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Satan is said to sow dissension and hatred and to divert people from remembrance
and prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: public preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The apostle’s duty is described as only preaching publicly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: recipients of expiatory action
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Feeding the poor and freeing a captive believer are listed as expiatory acts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: ritual assessors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Two just persons determine the equivalent domestic animal for restitution
after killing game during pilgrimage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: paradise gardens with flowing rivers
literal_form: Gardens through which rivers flow, continuing forever.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: hell
literal_form: Hell, whose companions are those who disbelieve and accuse God’s signs
of falsehood.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: lawful and good food
literal_form: Food given by God that is lawful and good.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: oath expiation acts
literal_form: Feeding ten poor men, clothing them, freeing a believing captive,
or fasting three days.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: wine, lots, images, and divining arrows
literal_form: Objects or practices named as an abomination of Satan’s work.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: game during pilgrimage
literal_form: Game available to be taken by hands or lances, but not to be killed
while on pilgrimage.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: sea fish and catch
literal_form: Fish in the sea and what is caught, permitted as provision for believers
and travelers.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: Caaba, the holy house
literal_form: The Caaba, called the holy house and an establishment for mankind.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: sacred month, offering, and ornaments
literal_form: The sacred month, the offering, and ornaments hung on the offering.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reward and condemnation after belief or unbelief
summary: Believing speech and desire for paradise are answered with gardens and
flowing rivers, while unbelief and rejection of signs lead to hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Lawful goods and expiation for oaths
summary: Believers are instructed to accept lawful good things and to expiate deliberate
oaths through feeding, clothing, freeing a captive believer, or fasting.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Avoidance of Satanic abominations
summary: Wine, lots, images, and divining arrows are forbidden as Satanic abominations,
and Satan is described as using them to create dissension and divert prayer.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Pilgrimage game test and atonement
summary: God tests believers with available game, forbids killing game during pilgrimage,
and prescribes restitution, offering, feeding, or fasting for deliberate violation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Sea provision, sacred house, and final moral warning
summary: Sea fishing is permitted while land hunting during pilgrimage is forbidden;
the Caaba and sacred observances are appointed, and believers are warned that
good and evil are not equal.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with paradise reward and hell punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts gardens with flowing rivers for the righteous and hell
for those who disbelieve and accuse signs of falsehood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives destinations and judgment language but does not narrate
a detailed afterlife journey.
- id: motif:2
label: Ritual expiation through compensatory acts
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Deliberate oaths and unlawful killing of game are addressed through prescribed
compensations such as feeding, clothing, freeing a captive believer, fasting,
or offering an animal to the Caaba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label is applied to the structured exchange of wrongdoing
and compensation; the passage itself frames it as expiation and atonement.
- id: motif:3
label: Pilgrimage taboo and sacred offering
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: During pilgrimage, land game is forbidden, and deliberate violation may require
a domestic animal brought as an offering to the Caaba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: Only one explicit offering is mentioned; broader sacrificial ritual details
are not given in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Forbidden intoxicants and divinatory objects as Satanic instruments
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Wine, lots, images, and divining arrows are described as Satan’s work and
as means by which Satan sows dissension and diverts prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No broader comparative taxonomy reference is assigned because the passage
does not itself compare these objects to another tradition.
- id: motif:5
label: Discernment between good and evil
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage explicitly states that evil and good are not equally esteemed
and addresses those of understanding to fear God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom motif is limited to a moral maxim rather than an extended wisdom
narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: Holy house appointed for mankind
taxonomy_refs:
- world_center
basis: The Caaba is called the holy house and an establishment for mankind, with
associated sacred time and offerings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: low
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the Caaba a cosmic center; the taxonomy
reference is tentative and requires human review.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14305-14309
quote_or_summary: God rewards the righteous with gardens through which rivers flow
forever; unbelievers who accuse the signs of falsehood are companions of hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 14310-14313
quote_or_summary: Believers are told not to forbid the good things God has allowed,
not to transgress, and to eat lawful and good food.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 14314-14322
quote_or_summary: Deliberate oaths are punishable and expiated by feeding ten poor
men, clothing them, freeing a believing captive, or fasting three days.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 14323-14325
quote_or_summary: "“wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows” are described
as “an abomination of the work of Satan.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 14326-14329
quote_or_summary: Satan seeks to sow dissension and hatred through wine and lots
and to divert people from remembrance of God and prayer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 14329-14332
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to obey God and the apostle; if they turn back,
the apostle’s duty is only public preaching.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 14368-14371
quote_or_summary: God will prove believers by offering abundant game that can be
taken by hand or lance, to know who fears him in secret.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 14372-14378
quote_or_summary: Believers must not kill game on pilgrimage; deliberate killing
requires equivalent domestic restitution, offering to the Caaba, feeding the poor,
or fasting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 14379-14383
quote_or_summary: Sea fishing and eating the catch are lawful as provision, but
land hunting is unlawful during pilgrimage rites; believers will be assembled
before God at the last day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 14384-14391
quote_or_summary: God appoints the Caaba, the holy house, the sacred month, the
offering, and ornaments as an establishment for mankind; God knows heaven and
earth, punishes, forgives, and the apostle preaches only.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 14392-14396
quote_or_summary: Evil and good are not to be equally esteemed, even if abundance
of evil pleases; those of understanding are told to fear God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is strong for laws, figures, objects, and scenes. Motif
taxonomy assignments involving sacred exchange, sacrifice, wisdom, and world_center
require review, especially the tentative world_center mapping for the Caaba.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Comparison claims are empty because the passage itself does not make an explicit comparative claim.
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