batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15208-l15287
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15208-l15287
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 15208-15287
start: '15208'
end: '15287'
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: "“And now are ye come unto us alone, as we created you at first...”"
summary: 'The passage includes translator notes on disputed revelation and false
claimants, then presents a divine address: humans come before God alone, without
possessions or intercessors. God is described as causing seeds and living beings
to emerge, ordering day, night, sun, moon, and stars, producing humans from one
soul, and sending heavenly water that brings forth vegetation and fruit. The passage
rejects associating genii or offspring with God, affirms God as creator and caretaker
of all things, states that sight cannot comprehend him, and urges following revelation
while turning away from idolaters.'
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The addressed group is said to come to God alone, as they were created at
first.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressed group is said to have left bestowed possessions behind, and
their supposed intercessors are not seen with them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The relation between the addressed group and what they imagined is said to
be cut off, and what they imagined is said to have deceived them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: God is said to cause grain and the date-stone to put forth and to bring the
living from the dead and the dead from the living.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: God is said to cause morning to appear, ordain night for rest, and appoint
the sun and moon for computing time.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Stars are said to be ordained so that people may be directed in the darkness
of land and sea.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: God is said to have produced humans from one soul and provided a receptacle
and repository.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Water sent down from heaven is said to produce buds, green growth, grain,
palm-trees with dates, gardens of grapes, olives, and pomegranates.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Some people are said to set up genii as partners with God, although God created
them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Some people are said to attribute sons and daughters to God, while the passage
denies that God has issue or a consort.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: God is described as maker of heaven and earth, creator of all things, omniscient,
and caretaker of all things.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Sight is said not to comprehend God, while God comprehends sight.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Evident demonstrations and signs are said to have come from God; seeing benefits
one’s soul, while wilful blindness harms oneself.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: The addressee is commanded to follow what has been revealed from the Lord
and to retire from idolaters.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The creator and caretaker who orders life, celestial bodies, vegetation,
signs, and revelation; he is not comprehended by sight and has no consort or issue.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed human group
description: Those addressed as coming to God alone, without what was bestowed on
them or their supposed intercessors.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Supposed intercessors
description: Figures whom the addressed group thought to be partners with God, but
who are not seen with them when they come alone.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Genii
description: Beings that some people set up as partners with God, although the passage
says God created them.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Attributed sons and daughters
description: Sons and daughters falsely attributed to God in the passage’s polemic.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Idolaters
description: Those from whom the addressee is told to retire after following the
revelation.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Creator and cosmic orderer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God causes grain and life to emerge, orders morning, night, sun, moon, stars,
and creates all things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: Solitary returnees before God
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed group comes alone as first created and without possessions
or intercessors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: Denied or imagined divine partners
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: The passage mentions intercessors, genii as partners, and attributed children,
but rejects these associations with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: Revealer of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God clearly shows signs and sends evident demonstrations
and revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: Recipients of signs and moral consequence
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Those who see demonstrations benefit their souls, while those wilfully blind
bear the consequence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: Group to be avoided
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The addressee is instructed to retire from the idolaters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Grain and date-stone
literal_form: Seed and date-stone putting forth growth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Living from dead and dead from living
literal_form: Alternation of living and dead brought forth by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Morning and night
literal_form: Morning appearing and night ordained for rest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Sun and moon
literal_form: Sun and moon appointed for computing time
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Stars for guidance
literal_form: Stars used for direction in darkness on land and sea
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: One soul
literal_form: Human origin from one soul
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: Water from heaven
literal_form: Water sent down from heaven producing vegetation and fruit
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: Fruit-bearing gardens
literal_form: Palm-trees, grapes, olives, and pomegranates bearing fruit and maturing
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:9
label: Sight and blindness
literal_form: Seeing demonstrations versus wilful blindness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Solitary appearance before God
summary: The addressed group comes to God alone as first created; possessions and
supposed intercessors are absent, and imagined relations are cut off.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Divine generation of life and cosmic order
summary: God brings forth grain, living and dead, morning, night, sun, moon, and
stars for timekeeping and guidance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Heavenly water and vegetation
summary: God sends down water from heaven and produces buds, grain, palm dates,
grapes, olives, and pomegranates, whose fruit and maturation are signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Rejection of divine partners and offspring
summary: The passage rejects setting up genii as partners and attributing sons or
daughters to God, affirming that God created all things and has no consort.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Signs, sight, and revelation
summary: The passage states that demonstrations from the Lord benefit those who
see and harm those wilfully blind; the addressee is told to follow revelation
and withdraw from idolaters.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Solitary return for divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The addressed group comes to God alone, stripped of possessions and intercessors,
with imagined relations cut off.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt describes the moment of return and exposure before God but
does not narrate a full judgment verdict within this line range.
- id: motif:2
label: Life emerging from death and death from life
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: God causes grain and the date-stone to put forth and brings the living from
the dead and the dead from the living.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif appears as a theological sign in nature rather than as a narrative
of an individual dying and returning.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine signs as wisdom and guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage repeatedly states that signs are shown for people who understand,
are wise, or believe; stars also guide travelers in darkness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom motif is expressed as recognition of divine signs rather than
as a wisdom quest narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Denied divine offspring
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage reports that sons and daughters are falsely attributed to God
and then denies that God has issue or a consort.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a polemical negation of divine parent-child attribution, not an
affirmative divine parent-child myth.
- id: motif:5
label: Heavenly water producing abundance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Water sent down from heaven produces buds, grain, palms, grapes, olives,
and pomegranates, and their maturation is presented as a sign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No specific available motif-family reference exactly matches agricultural
abundance by heavenly water; only the symbol water is directly supported.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 15245-15249
quote_or_summary: "“And now are ye come unto us alone, as we created you at first”;
possessions are left behind, intercessors are absent, and imagined relations are
cut off."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15250-15252
quote_or_summary: God causes grain and the date-stone to put forth and brings living
from dead and dead from living.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15253-15256
quote_or_summary: God causes morning to appear, ordains night for rest, appoints
sun and moon for computing time, and ordains stars for guidance in darkness on
land and sea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15257-15261
quote_or_summary: God produces humans from one soul and sends water from heaven,
producing buds, grain, palm dates, grapes, olives, and pomegranates whose fruit
and maturity are signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 15262-15268
quote_or_summary: Some set up genii as partners with God and attribute sons and
daughters to him; the passage says God created them, made heaven and earth, has
no consort, and created all things.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15269-15272
quote_or_summary: God is identified as Lord, sole deity, creator and caretaker of
all things; sight does not comprehend him, but he comprehends sight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 15273-15280
quote_or_summary: Evident demonstrations come from the Lord; seeing benefits the
soul and wilful blindness harms oneself. Signs are explained, revelation is to
be followed, and the addressee is told to retire from idolaters.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the provided line range. Line numbers for evidence
are derived from the supplied stable range and visible line breaks. Motif assignments
use only the provided taxonomy and remain draft pending 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: |-
Translator footnotes in the opening part of the range were summarized in the canonical text but not developed into motif records because the primary extractable mythic-symbolic content in this range is the divine address and creation/signs passage.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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