batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14566-l14638
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14566-l14638
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 14566-14638
start: '14566'
end: '14638'
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: Jesus' followers ask for food from heaven as confirmation and witness.
Jesus asks God to send down a table from heaven as a festival, sign, and provision.
God promises the table but warns that later disbelief will receive severe punishment.
A last-day exchange follows in which God questions Jesus about whether he told
people to take Jesus and Mary as gods beside God; Jesus denies this and states
that he only commanded worship of God. The truthful are promised gardens with
rivers and eternal felicity. Sale's notes relate commentator traditions about
the descending table, its foods, a revived fish, mass feeding and healing, the
table's return to heaven, repeated descents, and punishment of some disbelievers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speakers say they want to eat from the requested provision so their hearts
may rest, they may know Jesus has told the truth, and they may be witnesses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Jesus son of Mary asks God to cause a table to descend from heaven as a festival
for the first and last of them, a sign from God, and food provision.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God says he will cause the table to descend, but warns that anyone who disbelieves
afterward will receive an exceptional punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: At the last day, God asks Jesus son of Mary whether he told people to take
Jesus and his mother as two gods beside God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Jesus denies saying what he ought not, says God knows what is in him, and
says he only commanded worship of God, his Lord and their Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Jesus says he was a witness of their actions while he stayed among them, and
that after God took him to himself, God was watcher over them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: God says truthful people will benefit on that day and will have gardens with
rivers, remaining there forever, with mutual divine and human pleasure.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage states that the kingdom of heaven, earth, and everything in them
belongs to God, and that God is almighty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Sale's note reports a commentator tradition in which a red table descends
between two clouds, is set before the followers, and Jesus performs ablution,
prays, and uncovers it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Sale's note reports differing traditions about the foods on the table, including
bread, fish, flesh, fruits of paradise, herbs, and five loaves with various accompaniments.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Sale's note reports that Jesus restores a fish to life and then returns it
to its prior prepared state after bystanders are frightened.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Sale's note reports that 1,300 afflicted or poor people ate and were satisfied,
the fish remained whole, participants were delivered from infirmities and misfortunes,
and the table rose back into heaven.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Sale's note reports a further tradition that some men were changed into swine
for disbelieving the miracle, attributing it to magic, or stealing victuals from
the table.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Sale's note says some connect the descent with Sunday observance and suggests
the story may be related to an imperfect notion of Christ's last supper and the
Eucharist.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jesus son of Mary
description: The figure who asks God for the table, denies claiming divinity for
himself or his mother, and says he commanded worship of God.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker who promises the descending table, warns of punishment,
questions Jesus at the last day, rewards the truthful, and possesses heaven and
earth.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Jesus' followers / apostles
description: The group who asks to eat from the heavenly provision and to be witnesses;
Sale's note identifies them as followers or apostles.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mary, mother of Jesus
description: Named in God's question to Jesus as the mother whom people may have
taken as a god beside God.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: truthful people
description: Those whose veracity benefits them on the last day and who receive
gardens with rivers.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: disbelievers after the sign
description: Those warned of punishment after the table descends; Sale's note reports
traditions of men changed into swine for disbelief, attributing the miracle to
magic, or stealing food.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: supplicant for heavenly provision
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jesus asks God to send down the table from heaven and provide food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: prophetic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jesus says he was a witness of their actions while he stayed among them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: denier of unauthorized divinity claim
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jesus denies telling people to take him and his mother as gods beside God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: divine provider
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God promises to cause the table to descend, and Jesus addresses God as the
best provider.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God warns of punishment for disbelief and announces the reward of truthful
people on the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: knower and watcher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jesus says God knows secrets, knows what is in him, and has been watcher
over the people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: seekers of confirming sign
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They ask to eat so their hearts may rest, they may know the truth, and they
may be witnesses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: participants in heavenly meal tradition
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Sale's note says the followers or apostles requested the table and that many
people ate from the provisions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: mother named in divine-status question
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: God's question names Jesus' mother as one whom people may have taken as a
god beside God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: eschatological rewarded truthful
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God says truthful people will benefit and receive eternal gardens with rivers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: warned or punished disbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: God warns disbelievers after the sign of severe punishment; Sale's note reports
punishment traditions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: descending table from heaven
literal_form: a table sent down from heaven with food
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: festival day
literal_form: the day of the table's descent becoming a festival
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:12
- id: sym:3
label: gardens with rivers
literal_form: gardens wherein rivers flow
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: clouds around the descending table
literal_form: two clouds between which the red table descends, and clouds into which
it is taken up
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: fish and loaves on the table
literal_form: a prepared fish and five loaves, according to the most received tradition
in Sale's note
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: swine transformation
literal_form: men changed into swine in a punishment tradition
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Request for a confirming meal
summary: The followers ask to eat from the provision so their hearts may rest, they
may know Jesus told the truth, and they may be witnesses.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Prayer for the heavenly table
summary: Jesus asks God to send down a table from heaven as a festival, a sign,
and provision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Divine promise and warning
summary: God promises the table's descent and warns of severe punishment for anyone
who disbelieves afterward.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Last-day questioning of Jesus
summary: God questions Jesus about whether he told people to take Jesus and Mary
as gods beside God; Jesus denies it and says he commanded only worship of God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Reward of truthful people
summary: God declares that truthful people benefit on that day and receive eternal
gardens with rivers and divine pleasure.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Commentator tradition of the table miracle
summary: Sale's note relates traditions of a red table descending between clouds,
foods including fish and loaves, a fish revived by Jesus, many people fed and
healed, and the table returning to heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Punishment traditions after disbelief or theft
summary: Sale's note reports traditions in which some men are changed into swine
for disbelieving the miracle, attributing it to magic, or stealing from the table.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: heavenly food as divine sign and provision
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The followers ask for confirmation through eating; Jesus asks God for a table
from heaven as sign, festival, and provision; God promises it with conditions
of belief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is approximate; the passage frames the event chiefly
as sign, provision, and warning rather than an explicit exchange contract.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment after revealed sign
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God warns of exceptional punishment for disbelief after the table descends
and later announces last-day benefit for the truthful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The punishment for disbelief is stated directly; details of swine transformation
appear only in Sale's reported traditions.
- id: motif:3
label: eschatological interrogation of a prophetic figure
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: At the last day God questions Jesus about alleged claims of divinity for
himself and Mary, and Jesus answers by denying it and affirming God's knowledge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-specific judgment scene; no wider comparison is inferred
beyond the available taxonomy term.
- id: motif:4
label: revivified food animal in miracle tradition
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: Sale's note reports that Jesus restores the prepared fish to life and then
returns it to its former state.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif derives from Sale's commentary on later traditions, not from
the main translated Qur'anic verses in the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: ascent or return of sacred object to heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Sale's note reports that the table flew up to heaven and was taken up into
the clouds after descending for meals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a reported commentator tradition attached to the passage, not
a detail stated in the main verse text.
- id: motif:6
label: transformation punishment for disbelief or theft
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
- divine_judgment
basis: Sale's note reports a tradition that men were changed into swine for disbelieving
the miracle, attributing it to magic, or stealing food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The transformation is reported as one of several traditions and is not
part of the main translated verse text.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Sale's note explicitly compares or connects the table story with Christian
Sunday observance and suggests it may have arisen from an imperfect notion of
Christ's Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist.
claim_level: same_function
target: Christian Last Supper and Eucharist tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: This is Sale's interpretive note, not a comparison made by the Qur'anic
passage itself; the provided text does not supply independent historical evidence
for origin or contact.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14566-14568
quote_or_summary: The speakers desire to eat from it, have hearts at ease, know
Jesus told the truth, and be witnesses.
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: lines 14569-14573
quote_or_summary: Jesus son of Mary asks God to cause a table to descend from heaven,
making its descent a festival, a sign, and provision.
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: lines 14574-14577
quote_or_summary: God promises to cause the table to descend and warns of severe
punishment for anyone who disbelieves afterward.
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: lines 14578-14583
quote_or_summary: At the last day God asks Jesus whether he told people to take
him and his mother as gods beside God; Jesus denies saying what he ought not and
affirms God's knowledge of secrets.
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: lines 14584-14589
quote_or_summary: Jesus says he only commanded worship of God, was witness while
among them, and after God took him, God was watcher over them.
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: lines 14590-14595
quote_or_summary: God says truthful people will benefit and have gardens with rivers
forever, with God pleased in them and they pleased in him.
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: lines 14596-14598
quote_or_summary: The kingdom of heaven, earth, and all therein belongs to God,
who is almighty.
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: lines 14600-14607
quote_or_summary: Sale's note reports commentators saying a red table descended
between two clouds; Jesus performed ablution, prayed, and uncovered it.
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: lines 14607-14618
quote_or_summary: Sale's note lists variant traditions about the table's foods,
including bread, fish, flesh, fruits of paradise, herbs, and five loaves with
accompaniments.
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: lines 14618-14628
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says Jesus restored the fish to life; 1,300 afflicted
or poor people ate and were satisfied, were delivered from misfortunes, and the
table rose to heaven and descended for forty days.
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: lines 14630-14633
quote_or_summary: Sale's note reports a tradition that several men were changed
into swine for disbelieving the miracle, calling it magic, or stealing victuals.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 14634-14638
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says some connected the table's descent with Sunday
observance and suggests the story may derive from an imperfect notion of Christ's
Last Supper and the Eucharist.
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: low
notes: Main-verse events are clear in the supplied translation. Several motif candidates
depend on Sale's notes reporting commentator traditions. The comparison to the
Last Supper/Eucharist is explicitly in Sale's note but should be reviewed as an
external interpretive claim.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. Main translated verses and Sale's footnote/commentary traditions are distinguished in evidence and cautions.
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