batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14804-l14902
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14804-l14902
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14804-14902
start: '14804'
end: '14902'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage describes divine response, resurrection, demands for signs,
animals as communities under divine decree, rejection of signs, punishment and
the hour of resurrection, nations tested by adversity and prosperity, sudden destruction
of the wicked, God’s power over hearing, sight, and hearts, and messengers who
announce good tidings and threats. Notes add interpretive traditions about personified
evil works, the term 'hour,' and animal resurrection and judgment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God gives a favorable answer to those who hearken, raises the dead, and all
return to him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:2
text: The infidels ask for a sign to be sent down from the Lord; the answer states
that God is able to send a sign, but many do not know.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:3
text: Beasts on earth and birds that fly are described as peoples like humans, with
nothing omitted from the book of decrees, and they return to their Lord.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:4
text: A note states that irrational animals will be restored to life at the resurrection
for judgment concerning injuries done to one another.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:5
text: Those who accuse the signs of falsehood are described as deaf, dumb, and walking
in darkness; God leads whom he pleases into error or the right way.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: When God’s punishment or the hour of resurrection comes, the addressed people
are told they will call on God and forget what they associated with him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:7
text: Messengers were sent to former nations, which were afflicted with trouble
and adversity so that they might humble themselves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: When affliction came, the nations did not humble themselves; their hearts
hardened, and Satan prepared their deeds for them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: After admonition was forgotten, the gates of all things were opened to the
nations; while rejoicing in what they received, they were suddenly seized with
despair, and the wicked were cut off.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage asks who besides God could restore hearing, sight, and hearts
if God took them away and sealed the hearts.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Messengers are described as bearing good tidings and denouncing threats; those
who believe and amend will have no fear and will not be grieved.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: A note describes an infidel’s evil works appearing after the grave as an ugly,
foul-smelling, disagreeable-voiced figure that mounts and rides him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine actor who answers, raises the dead, sends or withholds signs,
guides or leads into error, punishes, restores or removes faculties, and sends
messengers.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Infidels / those who accuse the signs of falsehood
description: People who demand a sign, accuse signs of falsehood, are described
as deaf and dumb in darkness, and are addressed concerning punishment and resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Beasts and fowl
description: Animals on earth and birds flying with wings, described as peoples
like humans and returning to their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Messengers
description: Envoys sent to nations, bearing good tidings and denouncing threats.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sundry nations / wicked people
description: Former peoples who received messengers, experienced adversity, did
not humble themselves, rejoiced in plenty, and were suddenly seized and cut off
when wicked.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Satan
description: A being said to have prepared for the nations what they committed after
their hearts became hardened.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Those who believe and amend
description: People for whom no fear will come and who will not be grieved.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Personified evil works
description: In a note, an infidel’s evil works are represented after the grave
as an ugly figure that speaks and then rides upon him.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: raiser of the dead
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God will raise the dead and they will return to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage speaks of God’s punishment, resurrection, sudden seizure of wicked
peoples, and final return to the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: sender of messengers and signs
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to be able to send a sign and to send messengers with good tidings
and threats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: role:4
label: rejecters of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They demand a sign, accuse signs of falsehood, and are described as turning
aside.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: nonhuman communities subject to return and judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Beasts and birds are called peoples like humans and are said in the note
to be restored at resurrection for judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: warners and bearers of good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Messengers are described as bearing good tidings and denouncing threats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: tested and punished nations
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Former nations were afflicted to humble them, then given plenty, seized in
despair, and the wicked were cut off.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: tempter or deed-adorned influence
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Satan prepared for the hardened nations what they committed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: righteous recipients of reassurance
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Those who believe and amend are told no fear will come on them and they will
not be grieved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: embodied burden of wrongdoing
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The note says evil works take a hideous form, identify themselves, and ride
upon the infidel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: the hour of resurrection
literal_form: the hour when resurrection or divine punishment comes
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: book of decrees
literal_form: a book in which nothing is omitted
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: darkness
literal_form: walking in darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: sealed hearts
literal_form: hearts sealed up by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: gates of all things
literal_form: opened gates of all things, associated in the note with plenty
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: personified evil works
literal_form: ugly, foul-smelling, disagreeable-voiced figure representing evil
deeds
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Resurrection and return to God
summary: God answers those who hearken, raises the dead, and all return to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Demand for a sign
summary: The infidels say they will not believe unless a sign is sent down; the
answer states God can send a sign, but many do not know.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Animals as communities under decree
summary: Beasts and birds are described as peoples like humans, included in the
book of decrees, returning to their Lord, with a note on animal resurrection and
judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Calling on God at punishment or resurrection
summary: When divine punishment or the hour of resurrection comes, the people are
told they will call on God and forget associated objects of worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Former nations tested, enriched, and seized
summary: Messengers are sent to nations; affliction fails to humble them, Satan
adorns their actions, abundance is opened to them, and they are suddenly seized
in despair while the wicked are cut off.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Removal and restoration of faculties
summary: The passage asks who besides God could restore hearing, sight, and hearts
if God removed or sealed them, while signs are shown in various ways.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Messengers announce outcomes
summary: Messengers bear good tidings and threats; those who believe and amend are
promised absence of fear and grief.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: Evil works become a burdening figure
summary: A note describes the infidel after the grave encountering his evil works
as a hideous figure that speaks, mounts him, and makes him carry it.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment after rejection of signs
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage links rejection of signs, the hour of resurrection, punishment,
sudden seizure of wicked peoples, and final return to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and admonitory; motif labeling should not flatten
theological context.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection and return to the divine
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: God raises the dead, all return to him, and the note extends restoration
at resurrection to animals for judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: Animal resurrection is stated in an explanatory note rather than the main
translated verse.
- id: motif:3
label: Demand for a validating sign
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Infidels demand a sign from the Lord as a condition for belief; the answer
emphasizes God’s ability to send one.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches sign-demand or miracle-demand.
- id: motif:4
label: Prosperity as a snare before sudden destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Former nations ignore admonition, receive opened gates of plenty, rejoice,
and are suddenly seized with despair, while the wicked are cut off.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The 'snare' interpretation is partly supplied by the note explaining the
opened gates as plenty.
- id: motif:5
label: Evil deeds embodied as a postmortem burden
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A note describes evil works appearing as a grotesque speaking figure that
rides on the infidel after the grave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is drawn from Sale’s cited commentary note, not from the main
translated verse in this excerpt.
- id: motif:6
label: Exclusive divine deliverance in crisis
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: At punishment or resurrection, the addressed people are told they will call
on God rather than associated beings, and God may deliver them if he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this monotheistic crisis-invocation
pattern.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note states that calling the last day 'the hour' and speaking of meeting
God on that day is agreeable to Christian scripture references supplied by the
editor.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Christian scripture references cited in the note, including 1 John v.25
and 1 Thessalonians iv.17
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is made by the translator/editorial note, not by the
Qur'anic passage itself, and only the cited references are given here.
- id: claim:2
claim: The editor’s note points readers to Milton’s Paradise Lost in connection
with the hideous personification of evil works, suggesting a literary or visual
similarity in postmortem embodiment of sin.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Milton, Paradise Lost, book II, cited by the note
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The note provides only a cross-reference, not an explicit developed
comparison; historical contact or shared origin is not established.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14810-14821, note f
quote_or_summary: A note says an infidel’s works after the grave are represented
as an ugly, foul-smelling, disagreeable-voiced figure that identifies itself as
his evil works, mounts him, and makes him carry it.
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 14836-14837
quote_or_summary: "“GOD will raise the dead; then unto him shall they return.”"
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 14838-14840
quote_or_summary: The infidels ask why no sign has been sent down from the Lord;
the answer says God is able to send a sign, but most do not know.
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 14841-14843
quote_or_summary: No beast on earth or bird flying with wings is excluded; each
is described as a people like humans, nothing is omitted from the book of decrees,
and they return to their Lord.
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 14883-14886, note n
quote_or_summary: A note states that irrational animals will be restored to life
at resurrection so they may be brought to judgment and vengeance taken for injuries
done to one another.
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 14844-14846
quote_or_summary: Those who accuse God’s signs of falsehood are described as deaf,
dumb, and walking in darkness; God leads whom he pleases into error and whom he
pleases into the right way.
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 14847-14851
quote_or_summary: If God’s punishment or the hour of resurrection comes, the people
will call on God, who may deliver them, and they will forget what they associated
with him.
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 14852-14856
quote_or_summary: Messengers were sent to former nations; those nations were afflicted
with trouble and adversity to humble them, but their hearts hardened and Satan
prepared what they committed.
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 14857-14862 and lines 14888-14891, note p
quote_or_summary: After admonition was forgotten, gates of all things were opened;
while the people rejoiced in what they received, they were suddenly seized with
despair and the wicked were cut off. The note explains the opening as plenty that
became a snare.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 14863-14867
quote_or_summary: The passage asks who besides God could restore hearing, sight,
and hearts if God took them away and sealed the hearts; it says signs of God’s
unity are shown in varied ways.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 14870-14874
quote_or_summary: Messengers are sent bearing good tidings and threats; whoever
believes and amends will have no fear and will not be grieved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 14806-14809, note e
quote_or_summary: The note says the last day is here called 'the hour' as in scripture
and that the expression of meeting God on that day is agreeable to the same, citing
1 John v.25 and 1 Thessalonians iv.17.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: note
locator: lines 14821-14826, footnote references following note f
quote_or_summary: The editor gives a cross-reference to Milton’s Paradise Lost,
book II, in connection with the preceding note on the hideous figure of evil works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: Main motifs of resurrection and divine judgment are explicit. Some symbols
and comparison claims depend on explanatory notes rather than the main translated
verses, so they require human review.
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. Taxonomy references were limited to the supplied lists where directly supportable.
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