batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14905-l14960
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l14905-l14960
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 14905-14960
start: '14905'
end: '14960'
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 instructs the prophet to declare that he does not possess God's
treasures, know God's secrets, or claim angelic status, but follows revelation.
It warns that those who accuse divine signs of falsehood will be punished, commands
preaching to those fearing assembly before their Lord, forbids driving away humble
believers who call on their Lord, announces peace and mercy to believers who repent,
rejects false deities, and states that judgment belongs only to God. Notes explain
a context involving poor believers, elite opponents, and demands for miraculous
punishment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those who accuse the signs of falsehood are said to receive punishment because
of wicked conduct.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker is commanded to say that the treasures of God are not in his power,
that he does not know God's secrets, and that he is not an angel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker says he follows only what is revealed to him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A rhetorical question contrasts the blind and the seeing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker is told to preach to those who fear they will be assembled before
their Lord and have no patron or intercessor except him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker is told not to drive away those who call upon their Lord morning
and evening, desiring to see his face.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says it does not belong to the speaker to pass judgment on those
supplicants, nor to them to pass judgment on him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: When believers in the signs come to the speaker, he is to greet them with
peace and announce that the Lord has prescribed mercy for himself.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Whoever does evil through ignorance and then repents and amends is promised
divine grace and mercy.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker is commanded to say he is forbidden to worship the false deities
invoked besides God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The speaker says judgment belongs only to God, who determines truth and is
the best discerner.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: A note explains that Quraysh elites wanted Muhammad not to admit poor or socially
inferior believers into his company.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: A note explains that opponents challenged Muhammad to call down a shower of
stones from heaven or another sudden miraculous punishment.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine Lord before whom people may be assembled, whose signs are
believed or denied, who prescribes mercy, and to whom judgment belongs.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The speaker / Muhammad
description: The addressed messenger who follows revelation, denies possessing divine
treasures or secrets, is not an angel, is told whom to preach to, and is forbidden
to worship false deities.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those who believe in the signs
description: Believers who come to the speaker and are to be greeted with peace.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who call upon their Lord morning and evening
description: Supplicants who desire to see the Lord's face and whom the speaker
is told not to drive away.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Accusers of the signs / wicked / unjust
description: People who accuse divine signs of falsehood, forge lies, invoke false
deities, or demand hastened punishment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Poor or socially inferior believers
description: In the note, poor or inferior people such as Ammar, Soheib, Khobbab,
and Salman are identified as believers whom elites wanted excluded from Muhammad's
company.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Quraysh elites / chief men of Mecca
description: In the note, elite opponents who wished poor believers to be excluded
from Muhammad's company or expelled poor people from the city.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Judgment is said to belong only to God, who determines truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: merciful Lord
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is said to have prescribed mercy for himself and to be gracious
and merciful to those who repent and amend.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: revelation-following messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker says he follows only what is revealed and denies possessing divine
powers or angelic status.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: believers in divine signs
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are identified as those who believe in the signs and come to the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: humble supplicants
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:6
basis: They call on the Lord morning and evening and, in the note, are described
as poor or socially inferior believers whom others wished excluded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: opponents of the signs
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: They accuse signs of falsehood, invoke false deities, forge lies, or challenge
the prophet to produce miraculous punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: divine signs
literal_form: Signs of God that may be accused of falsehood or believed.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: blind and seeing contrast
literal_form: The blind and the seeing named in a rhetorical question.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: assembly before the Lord
literal_form: Being assembled before the Lord with no patron or intercessor except
him.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Lord's face
literal_form: The face of the Lord desired by those who call upon him morning and
evening.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: false deities
literal_form: Deities invoked besides God, which the speaker is forbidden to worship.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: hastened punishment from heaven
literal_form: A requested shower of stones from heaven or other sudden miraculous
punishment, described in the note.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning and prophetic self-limitation
summary: The passage warns that deniers of signs will be punished, while the speaker
denies possession of divine treasures, hidden knowledge, or angelic status and
says he follows revelation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Preaching to those fearing divine assembly
summary: The speaker is told to preach to those who fear assembly before their Lord
and have no patron or intercessor except him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Inclusion of humble believers
summary: The speaker is instructed not to drive away those who call upon their Lord
morning and evening; notes connect this with poor or socially inferior believers
whom elites wanted excluded.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: scene:4
label: Peace and mercy for repentant believers
summary: Believers in the signs are to be greeted with peace and told that the Lord
has prescribed mercy and forgives those who repent and amend after evil done in
ignorance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Rejection of false deities and divine judgment
summary: The speaker rejects worship of false deities, refuses to follow opponents'
desires, and states that judgment belongs only to God; notes explain opponents'
demand for a miraculous punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment over deniers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns of punishment for those who accuse signs of falsehood and
states that judgment belongs only to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is theological exhortation rather than a narrative judgment
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: merciful reception after repentance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Believers are greeted with peace, and those who do evil through ignorance
then repent and amend are promised divine grace and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No specific taxonomy reference supplied for repentance and mercy.
- id: motif:3
label: prophetic limitation and dependence on revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker denies control over divine treasures, knowledge of secrets, and
angelic identity, and says he follows only revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The connection to the supplied 'wisdom' motif family is broad; the passage
emphasizes revealed guidance more than wisdom as a narrative motif.
- id: motif:4
label: socially humble believers chosen or protected
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage forbids driving away those who call upon the Lord, and the note
explains that elites objected to poor or socially inferior believers being admitted
to Muhammad's company.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is drawn partly from commentary notes rather than only the translated
verse text.
- id: motif:5
label: rejection of false deities
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker is forbidden to worship false deities invoked besides God and
refuses to follow the desires of opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No matching taxonomy reference is provided for idolatry rejection.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 14905-14906
quote_or_summary: '"whoso shall accuse our signs of falsehood, a punishment shall
fall on them" because they have done wickedly.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 14907-14911
quote_or_summary: The speaker says God's treasures are not in his power, he does
not know God's secrets, he does not claim to be an angel, and he follows only
what is revealed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 14910-14911
quote_or_summary: '"Shall the blind and the seeing be held equal?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 14912-14914
quote_or_summary: The speaker is told to preach to those who fear being assembled
before their Lord and having no patron or intercessor except him.
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 14915-14919
quote_or_summary: The speaker is told not to drive away those who call upon their
Lord morning and evening, desiring his face, and not to judge them unjustly.
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 14923-14927
quote_or_summary: Believers in the signs are to be greeted with peace; the Lord
has prescribed mercy, and those who repent and amend after ignorant wrongdoing
receive grace and mercy.
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 14930-14933
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he is forbidden to worship false deities invoked
besides God and will not follow the opponents' desires.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 14934-14938
quote_or_summary: '"judgment belongeth only unto GOD; he will determine the truth;
and he is the best discerner."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 14942-14955
quote_or_summary: The note says Quraysh elites wanted Muhammad not to admit poor
or inferior believers, naming Ammar, Soheib, Khobbab, and Salman, or that Meccan
chiefs expelled poor people who then came to Muhammad.
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 14956-14960
quote_or_summary: The note says opponents challenged Muhammad to call down a shower
of stones from heaven or another sudden miraculous punishment if he were a true
prophet.
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: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage and notes. Motif labels
are cautious because the passage is primarily exhortative and doctrinal rather
than mythic narrative.
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 support a specific cross-traditional comparison.
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