batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15289-l15383
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15289-l15383
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 15289-15383
start: '15289'
end: '15383'
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 addresses idolatry, refusal to believe signs, divine control
over guidance, deceptive enemies of prophets, the Koran as a true revealed criterion,
the unchangeability of God's words, the danger of following majority error, and
rules about eating food over which God's name has been commemorated.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is said not to have appointed the addressed prophet as a keeper or guardian
over idolaters.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The audience is told not to revile idols invoked besides God, lest their worshippers
revile God without knowledge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Every nation is described as returning to God, who will declare what they
have done.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Opponents swear that they would believe if a sign came, but the answer states
that signs are in God's power alone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Hearts and sight are described as being turned aside from truth, and the unbelievers
are left to wander in error.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: 'A hypothetical series of signs is described: angels sent down, the dead speaking,
and all things gathered before the opponents; even then belief would occur only
if God pleased.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: 'Every prophet is described as having enemies: devils of men and of genii,
who privately suggest specious discourses to deceive.'
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: God is presented as the judge, and the Koran is described as sent down to
distinguish between good and evil.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The words of the Lord are described as perfect in truth and justice, with
none able to change them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Following the greater part of people on earth is said to lead aside from the
path of God because they follow uncertain opinion and lies.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The audience is commanded to eat of that over which God's name has been commemorated,
with reference to declared prohibitions and necessity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine authority who controls signs, guidance, judgment, revelation,
and permission to believe.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed prophet
description: The figure addressed as not appointed keeper or guardian over the idolaters
and told to speak and not doubt.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Idolaters or unbelieving opponents
description: Those associated with idolatry, demands for signs, unbelief, wandering
in error, and possible reviling of God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Idols invoked besides God
description: Objects of invocation whose reviling is forbidden because it could
provoke reviling of God.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings hypothetically sent down as a sign; the note says the Meccans
demanded an angel descending from heaven.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The dead
description: Dead persons hypothetically made to speak; the note specifies dead
fathers whom the Meccans wanted raised to discourse with them.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Every prophet
description: Prophets are described as each having enemies appointed against them.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Devils of men and of genii
description: Enemies who privately suggest specious discourse to deceive; a note
glosses genii as rational invisible beings.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Those given the scripture
description: People who know that the Koran is sent down from the Lord with truth.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is named as judge, sender of the book, controller of signs, and final
recipient of return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: addressed messenger without coercive guardianship
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says the addressed figure is not appointed keeper or guardian
over the idolaters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: unbelieving or idolatrous audience
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are connected with idolatry, oaths to believe signs, and continued unbelief
even under hypothetical signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: false objects of invocation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The idols are invoked besides God and are not to be reviled by the believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: hypothetical miraculous proof
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Angels sent down and the dead speaking are named as hypothetical signs that
would still not compel belief without God's will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: prophetic recipients of opposition
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Every prophet is said to have an enemy appointed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: deceptive adversaries
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The devils of men and genii suggest specious discourses to deceive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: scriptural witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Those given scripture are said to know that the book is sent down from the
Lord with truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: revealed book as criterion
literal_form: the book of the Koran distinguishing between good and evil
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: signs in God's power
literal_form: signs requested by oath and said to be in the power of God alone
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: turned hearts and sight
literal_form: hearts and sight turned aside from truth
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: path of God
literal_form: the path of God from which people may be led aside
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: food with God's name commemorated
literal_form: food over which the name of God has been commemorated
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: speaking dead as sign
literal_form: the dead speaking to the unbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Idolatry, restraint, and return to God
summary: The addressed prophet is told that he is not guardian over idolaters; believers
are warned not to revile idols; all nations will return to God for declaration
of their deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Demanded signs and continued unbelief
summary: Opponents swear they would believe if a sign came, but signs belong to
God; even angels, speaking dead, and all things gathered before them would not
make them believe unless God willed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:3
label: Enemies of prophets deceive by speech
summary: Every prophet is said to have enemies, identified as devils of men and
genii, who privately suggest deceptive discourses.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: God as judge and the Koran as true criterion
summary: The passage rejects seeking another judge besides God and presents the
Koran as a revealed book distinguishing good and evil, with God's words unchangeable.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Guidance, error, and lawful eating
summary: The audience is warned that the majority can lead aside from God's path
and is commanded to eat what has God's name commemorated over it, within the limits
of declared prohibitions and necessity.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: return to divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says every nation will return to God, who will declare what they
have done; God also knows those who go astray and those rightly directed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes divine accounting rather than narrating a full
judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: rejected miracle signs
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Opponents demand signs, but the passage says even angels, speaking dead,
and all things gathered before them would not produce belief unless God pleased.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The signs are hypothetical and polemical, not narrated as performed events.
- id: motif:3
label: speaking or raised dead as proof
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage mentions the dead speaking, and the note explains a demand to
raise dead fathers so they could discourse with the opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The dead are invoked as a demanded or hypothetical sign; the passage does
not narrate an actual resurrection.
- id: motif:4
label: revealed wisdom as moral criterion
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as sent down from the Lord with truth and as distinguishing
between good and evil; the Lord's words are perfect in truth and justice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link is based on the revealed book's function as a truth
and moral criterion, not on a personified wisdom figure.
- id: motif:5
label: deceptive adversaries of prophets
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Every prophet is said to have enemies, the devils of men and genii, who suggest
specious discourses to deceive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate a specific encounter; it states a general
pattern.
- id: motif:6
label: consecrated food by divine name
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The audience is commanded to eat what has God's name commemorated over it,
with divine prohibitions and necessity noted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage concerns lawful eating; any link to sacrifice is not explicit
enough here to assign a sacrifice taxonomy reference.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note explicitly compares the claim that even great miracles
would not convince unbelievers with Luke xvi.31, suggesting a shared function
in which testimony from the dead fails to overcome unbelief.
claim_level: same_function
target: Luke xvi.31 / Abrahamic scriptural motif of the dead not convincing the
unbelieving
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator's note, not by the Quranic
passage itself; it supports functional similarity rather than historical contact
or common inheritance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraph beginning 'If GOD had so pleased' and following
paragraph
quote_or_summary: God could have prevented idolatry; the addressed prophet is not
keeper or guardian over them; idols should not be reviled lest God be reviled;
every nation returns to God, who declares their deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraphs on solemn oath for a sign and verse marker
110
quote_or_summary: Opponents swear they would believe if a sign came; signs are in
God's power alone; their hearts and sight will be turned aside, and they will
wander in error.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraph beginning 'And though we had sent down angels'
quote_or_summary: '"though we had sent down angels unto them, and the dead had spoken
unto them ... they would not have believed, unless GOD had so pleased"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraph beginning 'Thus have we appointed unto every
prophet an enemy'
quote_or_summary: 'Every prophet has an enemy: devils of men and genii privately
suggest specious discourses to deceive.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraphs beginning 'Shall I seek after any other judge'
and 'The words of thy LORD'
quote_or_summary: God is the judge; the Koran is sent down distinguishing good and
evil; those given scripture know it is true; God's words are perfect and unchangeable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraphs beginning 'But if thou obey the greater part'
and 'verily thy LORD'
quote_or_summary: Following most people on earth leads aside from God's path because
they follow uncertain opinion and lies; God knows who strays and who is rightly
directed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; paragraphs beginning 'Eat of that whereon the name of
GOD' and 'and why do ye not eat'
quote_or_summary: The audience is told to eat of what has God's name commemorated
over it; divine prohibitions have been declared, except in necessity; God knows
transgressors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; note r
quote_or_summary: The translator explains that Mohammed answers demands for a miracle
by saying God did not choose to comply and that even the greatest miracle would
not convince those not convinced by the Koran; the note cross-references Luke
xvi.31.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary of note used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; note t
quote_or_summary: The note says the Meccans demanded an angel descending from heaven,
dead fathers raised to discourse with them, or God and his angels appearing in
a body.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary of note used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 15289-15383; note n
quote_or_summary: The note glosses genii as rational invisible beings and says commentators
variously understand the passage as referring to angels, devils, or intermediate
genii.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary of note used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied English passage and notes.
Motif taxonomy assignment is cautious because several patterns are doctrinal statements
or hypothetical examples rather than full narratives.
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. No external taxonomy IDs beyond the provided motif-family list were introduced.
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