batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15964-l16056
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l15964-l16056
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 15964-16056
start: '15964'
end: '16056'
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 a separation between the blessed and the damned,
figures on Al Arf who recognize people by marks, requests from hell for water
from paradise, eschatological regret by those who denied revelation, God's creation
and rule over the cosmos, prayer and divine mercy, rain reviving dead land as
a sign of resurrection, and the sending of Noah as a messenger to his people.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A veil or partition stands between the blessed and the damned.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: obs:2
text: Men standing on Al Arf recognize people by their marks and address both the
inhabitants of paradise and certain condemned or proud persons.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: obs:3
text: The inhabitants of hell ask the inhabitants of paradise for water or other
refreshment, and are told that God has forbidden these to unbelievers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: obs:4
text: Those who forgot or denied the promised meeting later acknowledge the truth
of the messengers and ask about intercession or being sent back to do different
works.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as creating the heavens and earth in six days, ascending
his throne, and commanding the night, day, sun, moon, and stars.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Winds bring rain-bearing clouds to a dead country, water descends, and fruits
spring forth; this is used to illustrate bringing forth the dead from graves.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:7
text: A good country produces abundant fruit by permission of its Lord, while bad
land produces only sparsely.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:8
text: Noah is sent to his people, calls them to worship God alone, and warns of
punishment; the chiefs answer that he is in manifest error.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the blessed
description: Those separated from the damned and associated with paradise.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the damned / companions of hell fire
description: Those associated with hell fire and denied water or refreshment from
paradise.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: men on Al Arf
description: Men standing on Al Arf who recognize others by marks and speak across
the boundary.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: inhabitants of paradise
description: Those addressed with peace and asked for water or refreshment by the
inhabitants of hell.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: certain proud men / chiefs and ringleaders of the infidels
description: Certain men known by marks, associated with gathered riches and pride;
the note identifies them as chiefs and ringleaders of the infidels.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The creator, ruler, source of mercy, sender of winds and rain, and
sender of Noah.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: those who forgot or denied the meeting and signs
description: People who later seek intercession or a return to the world after the
interpretation of revelation comes.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Noah
description: A messenger sent to his people who counsels them to worship God and
warns of punishment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Noah's people and their chiefs
description: The people addressed by Noah; their chiefs say he is in manifest error.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: saved or paradise-associated figures
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:4
basis: They are linked with paradise, peace, and freedom from fear and grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: judged or condemned figures
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: They are associated with hell fire, unbelief, pride, denial, or loss of their
souls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: afterlife supplicants denied refreshment
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They ask for water or paradise refreshments and are told these are forbidden
to unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: boundary recognizers or intermediaries
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They stand on Al Arf, recognize people by marks, and address figures on both
sides.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: creator, judge, and giver of mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: God creates and commands the cosmos, forbids paradise refreshments to unbelievers,
sends mercy through rain, and sends messengers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: messenger and warner
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Noah says he is a messenger from the Lord, brings messages, counsels his
people, and warns them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: rejecting audience
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The chiefs of Noah's people answer that Noah is in manifest error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: veil or partition between blessed and damned
literal_form: veil / wall / partition called Al Arf
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: recognizing marks
literal_form: marks by which figures are known
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: hell fire
literal_form: hell fire
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: water and paradise refreshment
literal_form: water and refreshments bestowed by God
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: divine throne
literal_form: God's throne after creation of the heavens and earth
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: rain reviving dead land
literal_form: winds, heavy cloud, descending water, dead country, and fruits
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: good and bad land
literal_form: good country producing abundant fruit and bad land producing scarcely
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Boundary between paradise and hell
summary: A veil or Al Arf separates the blessed and the damned; men standing there
recognize people by marks and speak to the inhabitants of paradise and hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: Denied water from paradise
summary: The inhabitants of hell ask the inhabitants of paradise for water or refreshment,
but the answer states that God has forbidden these to unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Eschatological regret and failed return
summary: Those who forgot the promised interpretation acknowledge the truth of the
messengers and ask whether intercessors can help them or whether they may return
to the world, but they have lost their souls.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Creation and divine sovereignty
summary: God creates the heavens and earth in six days, ascends his throne, and
commands the night, day, sun, moon, and stars.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Rain, revived land, and resurrection sign
summary: God sends winds and rain-clouds to a dead country; water brings forth fruits,
and this is presented as an analogy for bringing the dead from graves.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Noah's warning to his people
summary: Noah calls his people to worship God alone and warns them of punishment;
the chiefs reject him as being in error, and Noah answers that he is a messenger
from the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: afterlife boundary separating blessed and damned
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes a veil or Al Arf between the blessed and the damned,
with figures on the boundary recognizing the judged by marks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not present a full journey narrative, only a mapped afterlife
boundary and judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: denied refreshment in the afterlife
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The inhabitants of hell ask for water or paradise refreshments and are told
these are forbidden to unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy list contains water as a symbol but not a specific denied-water
motif family.
- id: motif:3
label: eschatological regret and request for return
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Those who forgot the promised meeting ask for intercession or to be sent
back to do different works after recognizing the truth of the messengers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the request as too late; no return is actually granted
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: rain-revival as sign of resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: Rain revives a dead country and produces fruit; the passage explicitly says
that thus the dead will be brought forth from their graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The death-rebirth reference is analogical and agricultural; the explicit
doctrinal point is resurrection.
- id: motif:5
label: rejected prophetic warning
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Noah is sent to his people, warns them to worship God and fear punishment,
and the chiefs reject him as in error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt does not include the later flood narrative, so flood-and-renewal
should not be assigned from this passage alone.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note invites comparison between the hell-inhabitants' request
for water from paradise and the parable of Dives and Lazarus, suggesting a similar
afterlife function of thirst, separation, and denied relief.
claim_level: same_function
target: parable of Dives and Lazarus
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator's note in this edition,
not by an explicit comparison in the translated Qur'anic passage itself; only
functional similarity is supported here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 15964-15970
quote_or_summary: A veil stands between the blessed and the damned; men on Al Arf
know people by marks, greet the inhabitants of paradise, desire entry, and pray
not to be placed with the ungodly when looking toward hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 15971-15978
quote_or_summary: Those on Al Arf call to certain men known by marks, question what
their riches and pride availed them, and a speech follows commanding entry into
paradise without fear or grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 15979-15985
quote_or_summary: The inhabitants of hell fire ask the inhabitants of paradise for
water or refreshments; the answer states that God has forbidden them to unbelievers
who mocked religion, were deceived by worldly life, forgot the meeting, and denied
signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 15986-15993
quote_or_summary: A book of divine revelations is described; on the day its interpretation
arrives, those who had forgotten it acknowledge the messengers' truth and ask
for intercessors or return to the world, but they have lost their souls.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 15994-16000
quote_or_summary: God creates the heavens and earth in six days, ascends his throne,
makes night cover day, and creates the sun, moon, and stars subject to his command.
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 b-d within 15964-16056
quote_or_summary: Translator notes identify Al Arf as the wall or partition separating
paradise from hell, explain marks as distinguishing features of blessed and damned,
and report a commentator view of the place as an intermediate purgatory-like partition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: notes e-h within 15964-16056
quote_or_summary: Translator notes identify certain reproached men as chiefs and
ringleaders of infidels, explain paradise refreshments as liquors or fruits, and
compare the passage with the parable of Dives and Lazarus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 16035-16043
quote_or_summary: The passage commands humble prayer and avoidance of corruption;
God sends winds before mercy until rain-clouds are driven to dead country, water
descends, fruits spring forth, and this is likened to bringing the dead from graves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 16044-16046
quote_or_summary: A good country yields fruit abundantly by permission of its Lord,
while bad land yields only scarcely; the signs are explained for thankful people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 16047-16056
quote_or_summary: Noah is sent to his people, tells them to worship God alone, fears
punishment for them, is accused by the chiefs of manifest error, and replies that
he is a messenger who brings messages and counsel from the Lord.
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: medium
notes: Extraction is based on the supplied English passage and translator notes.
Motif assignment is strongest for divine judgment, afterlife boundary, and resurrection
imagery; the Noah material is limited to warning and rejection in this excerpt.
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 flood motif was assigned because this excerpt mentions Noah's mission and rejection but not the flood itself.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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