batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15457-l15549
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15457-l15549
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 15457-15549
start: '15457'
end: '15549'
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 describes divine warning and judgment for genii and humans,
condemns unbelief and unjust practices, criticizes the Meccan idolaters’ allocation
of crops and cattle to God and idols, rejects child-slaying and invented food
taboos, and affirms God as the giver of gardens, fruits, and cattle for lawful
use with due payment and moderation.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A company of genii and men is addressed about messengers who rehearsed divine
signs and warned them of the meeting of the day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressed beings bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers
and that the present life deceived them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that God would not destroy cities in iniquity while their
inhabitants were careless, and that warning is first given.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Every person is said to have degrees of recompense according to deeds.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says that God can destroy people and cause others to succeed them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Those of Mecca are described as assigning portions of produce and cattle to
God and to their companions, identified in the note as idols.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says the companions induced many idolaters to slay their children,
and the notes mention live burial of daughters or offering children to idols as
explanations.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: Some cattle and fruits are declared sacred by the idolaters, with eating restricted
to those they please.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: Some cattle are described as not to be ridden or loaded, and some are slaughtered
without commemorating the name of God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: 'Rules are attributed to the idolaters concerning what is in the bellies of
cattle: allowed to males, forbidden to wives, but shared if abortive.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The passage condemns those who slay children foolishly and forbid food God
has given, describing this as devising a lie against God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: God is described as producing supported and unsupported vine gardens, palm
trees, corn, olives, and pomegranates.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: The audience is instructed to eat fruit when it bears, pay its due on harvest
day, and avoid profusion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: God is described as giving cattle for bearing burdens and for slaughter, and
the audience is told to eat what God has given and not follow Satan’s steps.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: 'Four pairs of cattle are listed: sheep, goats, camels, and oxen, and the
passage challenges invented prohibitions about males, females, and womb contents.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine speaker and judge who sends messengers, gives recompense,
can destroy and replace peoples, produces gardens and cattle, and rejects lies
attributed to him.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Company of genii and men
description: The addressed collective questioned about messengers and the warned
day; they bear witness against themselves.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Messengers
description: Messengers from among the addressed beings who rehearse signs and forewarn
of the meeting of the day.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those of Mecca / idolaters
description: People who allocate produce and cattle to God and idols, declare some
animals and fruits sacred, impose food restrictions, and are criticized for invented
prohibitions.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Companions / idols
description: The passage’s 'companions' are glossed in the note as idols and are
associated with portions of produce and cattle and with inducing child-slaying.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Children
description: Children slain by some idolaters according to the passage; the note
mentions daughters buried alive or children offered to idols as possible explanations.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Satan
description: Named as a declared enemy whose steps the audience is told not to follow.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God assigns degrees of recompense, promises reward, and gives punishment
for false devising.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: provider of food and animals
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God produces gardens and fruits and gives cattle for burdens and slaughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:3
label: destroyer and successor-maker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states God can destroy people and cause others to succeed them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: warned accountable audience
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Genii and men are asked whether messengers warned them, and they witness
against themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: warners bearing signs
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Messengers rehearse divine signs and forewarn of the meeting of the day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: inventors of false ritual restrictions
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Meccan idolaters assign portions, declare sacred foods, forbid some animals,
and attribute such rules to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: role:7
label: rebuked community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage addresses those of Mecca and condemns their judgments, invented
prohibitions, and slaying of children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: idols receiving portions
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note identifies the companions as idols, and the passage describes portions
for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: victims of child-slaying
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage and note describe children slain by idolaters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: declared enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Satan is explicitly called the audience’s declared enemy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: crops and cattle portions
literal_form: fruits of the earth and cattle set apart for God and for companions/idols
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: sacred cattle and fruits
literal_form: cattle and fruits declared sacred and restricted by the idolaters
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: slain children
literal_form: children slain by idolaters; note mentions live burial or offering
to idols
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: sym:4
label: fruiting plants and trees
literal_form: gardens of vines, palm trees, corn, olives, and pomegranates
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:5
label: four pairs of cattle
literal_form: pairs of sheep, goats, camels, and oxen, including males, females,
and womb contents
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:6
label: Satan’s steps
literal_form: the steps of Satan, which the audience is told not to follow
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning and self-witness at the meeting of the day
summary: Genii and men are addressed about messengers who warned them; they testify
against themselves as unbelievers deceived by present life.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Divine recompense and succession
summary: The passage states that everyone receives degrees of recompense for deeds
and that God can destroy a people and cause others to succeed them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Rebuke of offerings divided between God and idols
summary: Those of Mecca are criticized for dividing crops and cattle between God
and companions/idols in a way the passage calls poor judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Condemnation of child-slaying and ritual confusion
summary: The passage says companions/idols induced idolaters to slay children and
confuse religion; notes explain possible practices of live burial or offerings
to idols.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: False sacred food restrictions
summary: The passage describes restricted sacred cattle and fruits, animals not
ridden or loaded, slaughter without God’s name, and rules about womb contents,
all condemned as false devising.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: scene:6
label: Divine provision of gardens and cattle
summary: God is described as producing fruiting plants and giving cattle for burdens
and slaughter; the audience is instructed to eat, pay the due at harvest, avoid
excess, and not follow Satan.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine warning before judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Messengers warn genii and men, who later bear witness against themselves,
and the passage says cities are not destroyed while inhabitants are careless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction identifies the judgment pattern within this passage only
and does not infer external parallels.
- id: motif:2
label: recompense according to deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that everyone has degrees of recompense for what they
do and that God is not regardless of deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No detailed afterlife geography is given in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: condemned sacrifice or killing of children
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The passage condemns idolaters induced to slay children; the note explains
possible live burial or offering children to idols.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The base text says children were slain; the specific form of offering
to idols appears in the translator’s note as one explanation.
- id: motif:4
label: false sacred apportionment of food and animals
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage describes portions of crops and cattle assigned to God and idols,
plus harvest dues, while condemning invented allocations and restrictions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is approximate; the passage frames the practice primarily
as false judgment and invented ritual, not as a positive sacred exchange.
- id: motif:5
label: prohibition against following the adversary
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The audience is told not to follow the steps of Satan, who is called a declared
enemy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly corresponds to this motif in
the supplied list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15458-15464
quote_or_summary: Genii and men are asked whether messengers from among themselves
came rehearsing signs and warning of the day; they answer that they bear witness
against themselves as unbelievers deceived by present life.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15465-15468 and note n
quote_or_summary: God’s method is described as not destroying cities in their iniquity
while inhabitants were careless; the note explains that a prophet first warns
and invites repentance.
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 15469-15470
quote_or_summary: "“Every one shall have degrees of recompense of that which they
shall do.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15471-15474
quote_or_summary: God is described as self-sufficient and merciful, able to destroy
the addressed people and make others succeed them as he produced them from other
peoples’ posterity.
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 15480-15486
quote_or_summary: Those of Mecca set apart portions of fruits and cattle for God
and for their companions; the passage says the idol portion does not come to God,
but God’s portion comes to the companions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: notes p-q
quote_or_summary: The note glosses 'companions' as idols and explains that the share
set apart for God was used for poor and strangers, while the idols’ share paid
priests and provided sacrifices.
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 15487-15491
quote_or_summary: The passage says the companions induced many idolaters to slay
their children, bringing them to perdition and rendering their religion obscure
and confused.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: notes r-s
quote_or_summary: The note explains child-slaying as either burying daughters alive
because of poverty fears or offering children to idols at the instigation of temple
custodians; it also describes this as corrupting inherited religion.
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 15512-15517
quote_or_summary: The passage says some cattle and fruits are called sacred and
restricted, some cattle are not to be ridden or laden, and some are slaughtered
without commemorating God’s name; God will reward the false devising.
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 15518-15521
quote_or_summary: 'The passage reports rules about what is in the bellies of cattle:
allowed to males, forbidden to wives, but shared if abortive; God will recompense
this attribution.'
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 15522-15525
quote_or_summary: Those who slay children foolishly and forbid food God has given
are described as lost, as devising a lie against God, and as not rightly directed.
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 15526-15531
quote_or_summary: God produces supported and unsupported vine gardens, palm trees,
corn, olives, and pomegranates; the audience is told to eat fruit, pay its due
at harvest, and not be profuse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 15532-15535
quote_or_summary: God gives cattle for bearing burdens and for slaughter; the audience
is told to eat what God has given and not follow Satan’s steps, since he is a
declared enemy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 15536-15549
quote_or_summary: 'Four pairs of cattle are listed: sheep, goats, camels, and oxen.
The passage challenges whether God forbade the males, females, or womb contents,
and condemns devising lies against God.'
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: Literal extraction is strong because the passage explicitly names the figures,
actions, and objects. Motif labels are limited to supplied taxonomy and should
be reviewed, especially sacred_exchange and sacrifice where the passage is polemical
and some details come from 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 supplied passage does not itself establish parallels to other specific traditions or corpora.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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