batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15386-l15454
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15386-l15454
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 15386-15454
start: '15386'
end: '15454'
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 commands avoidance of open and hidden iniquity, forbids eating
what has not been consecrated by God's name, contrasts a person restored from
death and given light with one trapped in darkness, describes deceptive wicked
leaders and rejection of signs, states that God opens or constricts the breast
of those he guides or leads astray, promises a dwelling of peace to the righteous,
and depicts a day when genii and mankind are gathered and consigned to Hell fire
with possible mitigation according to God's will.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The audience is told to leave both outward and inward iniquity and is warned
that those who commit iniquity will receive the reward of what they have gained.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The audience is told not to eat what has not had the name of God commemorated
over it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Devils are said to suggest disputes about the food precept to their friends;
obedience to them is identified with idolatry.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A person described as dead is said to be restored to life and given a light
by which to walk among men.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Another person is described by a similitude of darkness from which he shall
not come forth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Chief leaders of wicked men are said to be placed in every city, where they
act deceitfully against their own souls.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: When a sign comes, some people say they will not believe unless a revelation
like that delivered to God's messengers is brought to them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to know best whom he will appoint as his messenger.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: God is said to open the breast of one whom he directs to receive the faith
of Islam.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: God is said to render the breast of one led into error straight and narrow,
as though the person were climbing up to heaven.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Those who consider the signs are told that this is the right way of the Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The righteous are promised a dwelling of peace with their Lord, who is their
patron because of what they have done.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: On a day of gathering, God addresses the company of genii and says they have
been much concerned with mankind.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Human friends of the genii say that each side has received advantage from
the other and that they have reached their appointed term.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: God says Hell fire will be their habitation and that they will remain there
forever unless God pleases to mitigate their pains.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: A footnote glosses the genii in this passage as devils and describes their
concern with mankind as tempting and seducing them to sin.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:17
text: A footnote explains the mutual advantage as spirits satisfying human lusts
and receiving human obedience in return.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:18
text: A footnote reports interpretations of mitigation as removal from fire to drink
boiling water, to suffer extreme cold, or as a respite before being thrown into
hell; another interpretation allows deliverance by God's will.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The Lord who commands, directs, appoints messengers, gathers genii
and mankind, judges, and assigns Hell fire or mitigation according to his will.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: devils / genii
description: Spirits who suggest disputes to their friends and are later addressed
as a company gathered with mankind; a footnote glosses them as devils.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: friends from among mankind
description: Human associates of the genii who say each side has received advantage
from the other and that they have reached their appointed term.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: person restored from death and given light
description: A person described as dead, restored to life, and given a light for
walking among men.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: person in darkness
description: A person whose similitude is darkness from which he shall not come
forth.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: chief leaders of wicked men
description: Leaders placed in every city who act deceitfully there, ultimately
against their own souls.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: messengers of God
description: Recipients of revelation; God knows best whom he will appoint as messenger.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: those who consider the signs
description: People to whom the signs have been plainly declared and who are associated
with the right way of the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine commander
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage gives commands concerning iniquity and consecrated food in God's
name.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: divine guide and misleader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to open the breast of those he directs and constrict the breast
of those he leads into error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gathers genii and mankind and declares Hell fire their habitation, with
mitigation only as God pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: tempters
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Devils suggest disputes to their friends, and the footnote says they tempt
and seduce mankind to sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: mutual beneficiaries in wrongful association
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The human friends say that one side received advantage from the other; the
note glosses this as lusts and obedience exchanged between humans and spirits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: human associates of spirits
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage calls them friends from among mankind who speak to the Lord at
the appointed term.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: restored and illuminated figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The figure is described as restored from death to life and given light for
walking among men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: darkened figure
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The figure is likened to one in darkness from which he shall not come forth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: deceptive wicked leaders
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They act deceitfully in every city and against their own souls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: appointed bearers of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The passage mentions revelation delivered to God's messengers and states
that God knows whom he will appoint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: considerers of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The signs are declared to people who will consider, and they are addressed
in connection with the Lord's right way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: light for walking among men
literal_form: light
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: darkness without exit
literal_form: darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: opened breast
literal_form: breast opened to receive faith
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: straight and narrow breast
literal_form: breast rendered straight and narrow
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: climbing up to heaven
literal_form: as though climbing up to heaven
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: dwelling of peace
literal_form: dwelling of peace with the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: Hell fire
literal_form: Hell fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: boiling water
literal_form: boiling water
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Commands against iniquity and unconsecrated food
summary: The audience is instructed to avoid both open and hidden iniquity and not
to eat what lacks commemoration of God's name; devils are said to stir disputes
about this rule.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Life with light contrasted with darkness
summary: A figure restored from death and given light to walk among men is contrasted
with a figure in darkness who cannot come out.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Deception, rejected signs, and appointment of messengers
summary: Wicked leaders act deceitfully; when signs come, some demand revelation
like that given to God's messengers, while God is said to know best whom to appoint.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Opened and constricted breast
summary: God opens the breast of one he directs to receive Islam and constricts
the breast of one led into error, likened to someone climbing toward heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Right way and dwelling of peace
summary: The Lord's way is declared to those who consider the signs, and they are
promised a dwelling of peace with their Lord as patron.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Gathering of genii and mankind for judgment
summary: God gathers genii and mankind; human associates acknowledge mutual advantage
with the genii and arrival at the appointed term; God declares Hell fire their
habitation with possible mitigation according to his will.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: restoration from death into guiding light
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage explicitly describes one who has been dead, restored to life,
and given light to walk among men, contrasted with one trapped in darkness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The wording may be figurative within the passage's moral and religious
contrast rather than a narrative resurrection episode.
- id: motif:2
label: light versus darkness as moral-spiritual contrast
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage opposes a restored figure with light to a figure in darkness
from which there is no exit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage itself presents the contrast as a similitude; no independent
mythic narrative is supplied.
- id: motif:3
label: divine opening or constriction of the inner self
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God opens the breast to receive Islam or renders it straight and narrow,
with the latter compared to climbing up to heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this image.
- id: motif:4
label: final gathering and divine judgment of spirits and humans
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God gathers genii and mankind at an appointed term, receives their acknowledgment,
and assigns Hell fire as habitation subject to divine mitigation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and eschatological rather than a developed mythic
journey narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: dangerous exchange between spirits and humans
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Human friends of the genii state that each side received advantage from the
other; the notes describe spirits satisfying lusts and receiving obedience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is morally condemned; it should not be generalized beyond
the passage's specific genii/devils and human friends.
- id: motif:6
label: hell fire with mitigated torment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hell fire is declared as habitation forever, unless God pleases to mitigate
pains; commentary reports possible forms of temporary removal, boiling water,
extreme cold, respite, or deliverance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: Details about boiling water, cold, and respite come from footnote commentary
rather than the main translated verse.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 15386-15387
quote_or_summary: "“Leave both the outside of iniquity and inside thereof”; those
who commit iniquity receive the reward of what they have gained."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15388-15392
quote_or_summary: The passage forbids eating what lacks commemoration of God's name
and says devils will suggest disputes about the precept to their friends.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 15393-15396
quote_or_summary: A person “dead” is “restored unto life” and given “a light” to
walk among men, contrasted with one whose similitude is darkness from which he
will not come forth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15397-15400
quote_or_summary: God places chief leaders of wicked men in every city; they act
deceitfully, but only against their own souls.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 15401-15407
quote_or_summary: When a sign comes, some demand revelation like that delivered
to God's messengers; God knows best whom he appoints, and punishment is announced
for deceit.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 15408-15412
quote_or_summary: God opens the breast of whom he directs to Islam, but makes another's
breast “straight and narrow, as though he were climbing up to heaven.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 15413-15417
quote_or_summary: The passage calls this the right way of the Lord, declares signs
to those who consider, and promises a dwelling of peace with the Lord as patron.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 15418-15423
quote_or_summary: On the day God gathers them all, God addresses the company of
genii; human friends say the sides received advantage from each other and reached
the appointed term.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 15423-15426
quote_or_summary: God says, “Hell fire shall be your habitation,” where they remain
forever unless God pleases to mitigate their pains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: footnotes g-h, lines 15442-15444
quote_or_summary: The footnotes identify the genii as devils and explain their concern
with mankind as tempting and seducing them to sin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: footnote i, lines 15445-15448
quote_or_summary: The notes describe human advantage from evil spirits as raised
and satisfied lusts and spirits' advantage as human obedience.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: footnote l, lines 15450-15454
quote_or_summary: 'The notes report interpretations of mitigation: removal from
fire to drink boiling water, suffering extreme cold, respite before hell, or deliverance
by God''s will.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is clear for literal extraction and eschatological motifs. Some
motif labels, especially resurrection/death-rebirth and hell mitigation details,
require caution because the passage is theological and partly metaphorical, with
some details supplied by commentary notes.
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 does not itself support a specific cross-textual comparison beyond internal doctrinal patterning and available motif-family classification.
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