batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15642-l15715
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15642-l15715
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 15642-15715
start: '15642'
end: '15715'
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 that ye may know that this is my right way: therefore follow it, and
follow not the path of others"'
summary: The passage commands following God's right way and the blessed book now
sent down, recalls Moses receiving the book of the law for Israel, warns those
who reject God's signs of punishment and a coming day when belated faith will
not help, distinguishes good and evil recompense, presents Abraham's religion
as orthodox, dedicates prayer, worship, life, and death to God alone, and states
that each soul bears only its own burden before returning to God.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage contrasts following God's right way with following other paths
that scatter people from God's path.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Moses is said to have received the book of the law as a perfect rule, direction,
and mercy for the children of Israel.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The presently sent-down book is described as blessed and is to be followed
with fear of God so that mercy may be obtained.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says a manifest declaration, direction, and mercy have come from
the Lord, and warns against devising lies against God's signs or turning aside
from them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage anticipates angels coming to part souls from bodies, the Lord
coming to punish, or signs of the Lord coming to pass before judgment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: On the day when some of the Lord's signs occur, faith will not profit a soul
that did not believe before or did not do good in its faith.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Those who divide their religion and become sectaries are assigned to God's
affair, and God will later declare what they have done.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Good works receive a tenfold recompense, while evil works receive an equal
punishment, without unjust treatment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker is commanded to say that his prayers, worship, life, and death
are dedicated to God, Lord of all creatures, with no companion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: No soul acquires merits or demerits except for itself, and no burdened soul
bears another's burden.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Humans are appointed to succeed predecessors on earth, and some are raised
above others by worldly advantages as a test.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: A footnote lists reported signs before the last day, including smoke, the
beast of the earth, eclipses, anti-Christ, the sun rising in the west, Gog and
Magog, Jesus descending, and fire from Aden.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The Lord who commands, sends down scripture, gives direction and mercy,
punishes, judges deeds, receives return, appoints succession on earth, and is
gracious and merciful.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Moses
description: Recipient of the book of the law.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: The community for whom the Mosaic law is described as direction and
mercy so that they might believe the meeting of their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings expected to come to part souls from bodies.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Souls
description: Souls are parted from bodies by angels; each soul's faith, works, merits,
demerits, and burden are treated individually.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who divide religion
description: People who make a division in their religion and become sectaries.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Named as orthodox and not an idolater; his sect or religion is presented
as the true religion.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Commanded speaker
description: The figure commanded to say that God has directed him and that his
prayers, worship, life, and death are dedicated to God.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:13
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Human successors on earth
description: People appointed to succeed predecessors on earth and differentiated
by worldly advantages as a test.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer and guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gives commandments, sends down books, and provides direction and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is associated with punishment, recompense, declaration of deeds, and
final return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: sole Lord of all creatures
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that prayers, worship, life, and death are dedicated to
God, Lord of all creatures, who has no companion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: receiver of law book
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Moses is said to have been given the book of the law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: scripture-guided community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Mosaic book is given so the children of Israel might believe the meeting
of their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: separators of souls from bodies
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Angels are described as coming to part souls from bodies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: individual moral subject
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Each soul is treated according to its own faith, works, merits, demerits,
and burden.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: sectarian divider
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They make divisions in religion and become sectaries.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: orthodox exemplar
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Abraham is described as orthodox and not an idolater.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:10
label: devoted monotheistic speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The speaker declares dedication of prayers, worship, life, and death to God
alone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:11
label: tested earthly successors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They succeed predecessors and are tested by what God has bestowed upon them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: right way and other paths
literal_form: A right way to be followed and other paths that scatter from God's
path.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: sent-down blessed book
literal_form: The book now sent down, described as blessed, direction, and mercy.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: book of the law
literal_form: The book of the law given to Moses as rule, direction, and mercy.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: signs of the Lord
literal_form: Signs of the Lord whose coming marks the nearness or presence of judgment.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: burden of the soul
literal_form: A burden borne by a soul, not transferable to another soul.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: fire from Aden
literal_form: Fire reported in a footnote as one of the signs before the last day.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Command to follow the right way
summary: The passage commands following God's right way and avoiding other paths
that scatter people from God's path.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Scripture as guidance and mercy
summary: Moses receives the law for Israel, and the present blessed book is said
to have been sent down as direction and mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Warning of judgment signs
summary: The passage warns that angels may come to part souls from bodies, the Lord
may come to punish, or signs may appear; belated faith will not help on that day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Sectarian division and recompense
summary: Those who divide religion are left to God's judgment, and good and evil
works receive corresponding recompense without injustice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Monotheistic dedication and individual return
summary: The commanded speaker declares devotion to God alone; each soul bears only
its own burden and returns to the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Succession and testing on earth
summary: Humans are appointed as successors to predecessors on earth and are tested
by differing worldly advantages.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Footnoted last-day signs
summary: A translator's note reports ten signs before the last day, including cosmic
disturbances, named eschatological figures and peoples, Jesus descending, and
fire from Aden.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine path opposed to scattering paths
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage presents one right way to follow and warns against other paths
that scatter from God's path.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference exactly names this path imagery.
- id: motif:2
label: Revealed book as guidance and mercy
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Both the Mosaic law and the present sent-down book are described as direction,
mercy, rule, or manifest declaration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy ref 'wisdom' is broad; the passage emphasizes revelation
and guidance more than wisdom personified.
- id: motif:3
label: Eschatological signs and final judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes angels parting souls from bodies, the Lord coming to
punish, signs of the Lord, belated faith being useless, and recompense for good
and evil works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: Some detailed signs are from a translator's footnote rather than the main
verse text.
- id: motif:4
label: Individual moral burden before God
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: No soul bears another's burden; each soul acquires merits or demerits for
itself and returns to the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is ethical-judicial rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:5
label: Succession on earth as divine test
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God appoints people to succeed predecessors and differentiates them by advantages
in order to test them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names succession-as-test.
- id: motif:6
label: Exclusive devotion to the one Lord
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker declares prayers, worship, life, and death dedicated to God,
Lord of all creatures, who has no companion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names monotheistic dedication.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The passage presents the present revelation as serving a function comparable
to earlier scriptures associated with Moses, Jews, and Christians: divine instruction,
direction, and mercy for a community.'
claim_level: same_function
target: Earlier scriptural guidance in Jewish and Christian-associated traditions
as referenced by the passage and footnotes
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage asserts continuity and contrast from within its own perspective;
it does not provide a detailed comparison of doctrines or narratives.
- id: claim:2
claim: The footnote frames sectarian division as a recurring pattern across Jews,
Christians, and Muslims, while the main passage condemns division in religion.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Sectarian division across nearby scriptural communities as reported in the
translator's note
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:15
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The cross-community enumeration comes from a translator's note citing
report tradition, not from the main passage text itself.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 15642-15644
quote_or_summary: '"this is my right way: therefore follow it, and follow not the
path of others, lest ye be scattered from the path of God."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15645-15648
quote_or_summary: Moses is given the book of the law as a perfect rule, direction,
and mercy, so that the children of Israel might believe the meeting of their Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15649-15650
quote_or_summary: The now sent-down book is called blessed and is to be followed
with fear of God so that mercy may be obtained.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15651-15658
quote_or_summary: The passage rejects excuses about earlier scriptures and says
a manifest declaration, direction, and mercy have come; those who lie against
or turn aside from God's signs will receive grievous punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 15659-15662
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether people wait for angels to part souls
from bodies, the Lord to come to punish, or signs of the Lord to come showing
judgment near.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15662-15665
quote_or_summary: When some signs of the Lord come to pass, faith will not benefit
a soul that did not believe before or did not do good in faith.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 15666-15668
quote_or_summary: Those who divide their religion and become sectaries are not the
speaker's concern; their affair belongs to God, who will later declare what they
have done.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 15669-15671
quote_or_summary: Good works receive tenfold recompense, while evil works receive
only equal punishment, and people are not treated unjustly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 15674-15677
quote_or_summary: '"my prayers, and my worship, and my life, and my death are dedicated
unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures: he hath no companion."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 15707-15710
quote_or_summary: No soul acquires merits or demerits except for itself; no burdened
soul bears another's burden; all return to the Lord who declares what they disputed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 15711-15715
quote_or_summary: God appoints people to succeed predecessors on earth, raises some
above others by worldly advantages, tests them by what he bestows, and is swift
in punishing yet gracious and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: footnote s within lines 15683-15688
quote_or_summary: 'A footnote citing Al Beidwi and a tradition of Mohammed lists
ten signs before the last day: smoke, beast of the earth, three eclipses, anti-Christ,
the sun rising in the west, Gog and Magog, Jesus descending, and fire from Aden.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 15672-15673
quote_or_summary: The Lord directs the speaker into a right way, the true religion,
the sect of Abraham the orthodox, and Abraham is said not to be an idolater.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 15651-15656 and footnotes p-r
quote_or_summary: The passage mentions the objection that scriptures were sent only
to two peoples before; footnote p identifies these as Jews and Christians, and
adjacent notes discuss neglecting or not understanding them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: footnote u within lines 15691-15696
quote_or_summary: A footnote explains division in religion as partial belief or
schism and reports that Jews, Christians, and Mohammed's followers are divided
into many sects, with only one saved from each.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main observations are directly supported by the provided passage. Motif taxonomy
links are cautious because several strong passage patterns do not have exact supplied
taxonomy labels. Comparison claims rely partly on the passage's own references
to earlier scriptures and partly on translator footnotes.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage, metadata, and available taxonomy references. Footnote-derived material is marked as such in evidence and cautions.
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