batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14467-l14563
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14467-l14563
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 14467-14563
start: '14467'
end: '14563'
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 explanatory notes on questions put to Mohammed, pre-Islamic
animal dedications, testimony and oaths, and then presents a judgment-day scene
in which God assembles the apostles. God reminds Jesus son of Mary of divine favors:
strengthening by the holy spirit, speech in the cradle and adulthood, instruction
in scripture, wisdom, law, and gospel, making a bird from clay by divine permission,
healing the blind and leper, bringing the dead from graves by divine permission,
and being protected from the children of Israel. The apostles profess belief and
ask Jesus whether his Lord can send down a table from heaven.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note says certain pagan Arab camels or sheep were released from common service,
marked, and dedicated in honor of their gods; the passage denies that these practices
are ordinances of God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage instructs fear of God and proper testimony or oath-taking in a
legal context.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God is said to assemble the apostles on a certain day and ask what answer
they received when preaching to the people to whom they were sent.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The apostles answer that they have no knowledge and that God is the knower
of secrets.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: God addresses Jesus son of Mary and tells him to remember divine favor toward
him and his mother.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Jesus is described as strengthened with the holy spirit and as speaking to
people in the cradle and when grown up.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Jesus is described as taught scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Jesus is described as making a bird-like figure from clay, breathing on it,
and it becoming a bird by God’s permission.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Jesus is described as healing one blind from birth and the leper by God’s
permission.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Jesus is described as bringing forth the dead from their graves by God’s permission.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: God says he withheld the children of Israel from killing Jesus when he came
with evident miracles.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Unbelievers among the children of Israel are said to call the evident miracles
manifest sorcery.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: God commands the apostles of Jesus to believe in God and in God’s messenger,
and they answer that they believe and are resigned to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: The apostles ask Jesus son of Mary whether his Lord is able to cause a table
to descend to them from heaven.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: Jesus answers the apostles’ request by telling them to fear God if they are
true believers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker who directs testimony, assembles apostles, knows
secrets, addresses Jesus, grants permission for miracles, and commands belief.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jesus son of Mary
description: Recipient of divine favor; strengthened with the holy spirit; speaker
in the cradle and adulthood; taught scripture, wisdom, law, and gospel; performer
of miracles by God’s permission.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mary
description: Mother of Jesus, named as sharing in God’s favor toward Jesus and his
mother.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the apostles
description: Figures assembled by God on a certain day and asked about the response
to their preaching.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the apostles of Jesus
description: Followers commanded to believe in God and his messenger; they profess
belief and ask about a table descending from heaven.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: holy spirit
description: Named as the means by which God strengthened Jesus.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: children of Israel
description: Group from whom God says he withheld Jesus when they would have killed
him after his evident miracles.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: unbelievers among them
description: Those who do not believe and say the miracles are manifest sorcery.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and assembler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God assembles the apostles on a certain day and questions them about the
response to their preaching.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: knower of secrets
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The apostles say God is the knower of secrets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: divinely favored messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God addresses Jesus as son of Mary and recalls favor, strengthening, teaching,
and miracles by divine permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: miracle worker by permission
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage attributes the clay bird, healings, and raising of the dead to
Jesus by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: favored mother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God tells Jesus to remember divine favor toward him and toward his mother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: questioned apostles
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are assembled and asked about the response received from the people
to whom they were sent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: professing believers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The apostles of Jesus answer that they believe and ask God to bear witness
that they are resigned to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: petitioners for heavenly table
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They ask Jesus whether his Lord can cause a table to descend from heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: strengthening spirit
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: God says he strengthened Jesus with the holy spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: threatening group restrained from killing Jesus
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: God says he withheld the children of Israel from killing Jesus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: accusers of sorcery
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They say the evident miracles are nothing but manifest sorcery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: marked dedicated animals
literal_form: camels or sheep turned loose, exempted from common services, and marked
by slit ears or another sign
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: day of assembly and questioning
literal_form: a certain day when God assembles the apostles and questions them
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: holy spirit
literal_form: holy spirit strengthening Jesus
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: cradle speech
literal_form: Jesus speaking to men in the cradle
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: clay bird becoming living bird
literal_form: a bird-like figure made from clay, breathed on, and becoming a bird
by divine permission
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: healing signs
literal_form: healing one blind from birth and the leper by divine permission
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: dead brought from graves
literal_form: the dead brought forth from their graves by divine permission
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: table from heaven
literal_form: a table requested to descend from heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Denial of pagan animal ordinances
summary: A note describes pre-Islamic Arab dedication of marked livestock to gods
and says these practices are not ordinances of God.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Testimony and fear of God
summary: The passage frames testimony and oaths under the command to fear God and
hearken.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Assembly of apostles on the day of judgment
summary: God assembles the apostles on a certain day, asks what response they received,
and they answer that God alone knows secrets.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: God recalls favor to Jesus and Mary
summary: God addresses Jesus son of Mary, recalls favor toward him and his mother,
and names the holy spirit and cradle speech.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Jesus instructed and empowered with miracles
summary: Jesus is said to receive scripture, wisdom, law, and gospel, and to perform
miracles including the clay bird, healings, and bringing the dead from graves
by divine permission.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Protection from killing and accusation of sorcery
summary: God says he withheld the children of Israel from killing Jesus, while unbelievers
call the miracles manifest sorcery.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Apostles profess belief and ask for a heavenly table
summary: The apostles of Jesus profess belief and resignation to God, then ask Jesus
whether his Lord can send down a table from heaven; Jesus tells them to fear God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment assembly of messengers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God assembles the apostles on a certain day and questions them about their
preaching; they acknowledge God’s knowledge of secrets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate individual verdicts in this excerpt, only
the assembly and questioning.
- id: motif:2
label: miraculous child speech
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
basis: Jesus is said to speak to men in the cradle as part of divine favor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage mentions the cradle speech briefly and does not narrate the
episode in detail.
- id: motif:3
label: divinely authorized creation of a living bird from clay
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jesus forms a bird-like figure from clay, breathes on it, and it becomes
a bird by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly names clay animation or creation-by-breath.
- id: motif:4
label: healing miracle by divine permission
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jesus heals one blind from birth and the leper by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The available motif taxonomy does not include a specific healing-miracle
family.
- id: motif:5
label: raising the dead from graves
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Jesus brings forth the dead from their graves by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes raising the dead but does not identify the individuals
or narrate a full resurrection scene.
- id: motif:6
label: heavenly table requested by disciples
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The apostles ask whether Jesus’s Lord can cause a table to descend to them
from heaven, and Jesus responds with a warning to fear God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: In this excerpt the table is requested but its descent is not yet narrated;
the link to sacred exchange is interpretive and limited.
- id: motif:7
label: belief command and communal profession
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: God commands the apostles of Jesus to believe, and they answer that they
believe and ask God to witness their resignation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage contains command, profession, and witness language, but does
not explicitly use the term covenant in this excerpt.
- id: motif:8
label: wisdom instruction of a messenger
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God says he taught Jesus scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage lists the instruction rather than presenting a wisdom discourse.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14467-14563, note u
quote_or_summary: A note explains that pagan Arabs marked and released certain camels
or sheep in honor of their gods, and says such practices were not ordinances of
God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: "“Therefore fear GOD, and hearken; for GOD directeth not the unjust
people.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: On a certain day God assembles the apostles and asks what answer
was returned to them; they answer that they have no knowledge and that God knows
secrets.
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 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: God addresses Jesus son of Mary, recalls favor toward him and
his mother, says he strengthened Jesus with the holy spirit, and says Jesus spoke
to men in the cradle and when grown.
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 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: God says he taught Jesus scripture, wisdom, the law, and the gospel.
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 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: Jesus creates a bird-like figure from clay, breathes on it, and
it becomes a bird by God’s permission; he heals one blind from birth and the leper
and brings forth the dead from graves by God’s permission.
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 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: God says he withheld the children of Israel from killing Jesus
when he came with evident miracles, and unbelievers said the miracles were manifest
sorcery.
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 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: God commands the apostles of Jesus to believe in God and in his
messenger; they answer that they believe and ask God to bear witness that they
are resigned to him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 14467-14563
quote_or_summary: The apostles ask Jesus son of Mary whether his Lord can cause
a table to descend from heaven; Jesus answers that they should fear God if they
are true believers.
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: high
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Some motif
taxonomy assignments are interpretive where available taxonomy is broad; comparison
claims are omitted because the excerpt itself does not require a cross-tradition
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: |-
All observations, figures, roles, symbols, scenes, and motifs cite evidence from the provided passage only.
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