batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16263-l16318
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16263-l16318
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 16263-16318
start: '16263'
end: '16318'
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: 'Commentarial notes recount an extraordinary camel associated with Sleh/Saleh:
conspirators kill the dam, and traditions differ over whether the young camel
was killed or fled into a mountain rock. The people defy threatened divine vengeance,
trusting their rock-cut dwellings. Their punishment is described as thunder or
Gabriel''s voice, preceded by face-color signs, while God delivers Sleh. A later
note describes Mohammed passing Hejr, forbidding use of its water and warning
his army not to enter the houses of the wicked. Another note identifies Lot as
Abraham''s nephew, sent by God to reform Sodom and neighboring cities.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An extraordinary camel frightens other cattle away from their pasture.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Oneiza Omm Ganem, described as a rich woman with four daughters, offers Kedr
his choice of one daughter if he will kill the camel.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Kedr chooses one daughter and, with eight other men, hamstrings and kills
the dam.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: One version says the young camel flees to a mountain, is killed, and its flesh
is divided among the killers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Another version names Sadaka Bint al Mokhtar as a joint conspirator and says
the young camel flees to Mount Kra, cries three times, and is received into the
rock after it opens.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The people defy threatened vengeance because they trust their strong dwellings
hewn in rocks.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The punishment is described as violent repeated thunderclaps, identified by
some as Gabriel's voice, which rends their hearts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A tradition says Sleh warned that faces would become yellow, then red, then
black, and that God's vengeance would arrive on the fourth day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: God delivers Sleh by sending him into Palestine when the people seek to kill
him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Mohammed, passing Hejr with his army, forbids drawing water there and orders
any drunk water to be vomited up or any meal kneaded with it to be given to camels.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Mohammed wraps his face, urges his army not to enter the houses of the wicked
men but to weep, and quickly passes the valley.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Lot is identified as Haran's son and Abraham's nephew, brought from Chaldea
into Palestine and sent by God to reclaim Sodom and neighboring cities.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: extraordinary camel / dam
description: A camel that frightens other cattle from pasture and is later hamstrung
and killed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: young camel
description: The young one of the camel; one account says it is killed after fleeing
to a mountain, while another says it enters an opened rock at Mount Kra.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Oneiza Omm Ganem
description: A rich woman with four daughters who offers Kedr a daughter if he kills
the camel.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kedr
description: The man who accepts Oneiza's offer and helps kill the camel.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: eight other men
description: Men who assist Kedr in hamstringing and killing the dam.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sadaka Bint al Mokhtar
description: Named in one version as a joint conspirator with Oneiza.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Sleh / Saleh
description: The warning figure who speaks of catching the young camel to avoid
vengeance and later warns of signs before God's vengeance; God delivers him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: people of Hejr / ancient tribe
description: People who trust in rock-cut dwellings, defy threatened vengeance,
and are later described as wicked men whose houses Mohammed tells his army not
to enter.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The later prophetic figure who passes Hejr, forbids use of its water,
and warns his army while crossing the valley.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Lot
description: Abraham's nephew, sent by God to reclaim Sodom and neighboring cities.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Lot's uncle, with whom Lot is said to have come from Chaldea into Palestine.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: inhabitants of Sodom and neighboring cities
description: The people whom Lot is sent by God to reclaim and whose cities are
said to have been overthrown.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: extraordinary slain animal
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls the camel extraordinary and recounts its hamstringing and
death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: fleeing young animal
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The young camel flees to a mountain; traditions differ over whether it is
killed or taken into a rock.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: conspirator or instigator
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
basis: Oneiza initiates the offer to kill the camel, and Sadaka is named in another
version as a joint conspirator.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: killers of the camel
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Kedr and eight other men hamstring and kill the dam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: warning and delivered prophet-like figure
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sleh warns about avoiding vengeance and signs of vengeance, and God delivers
him from the people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: wicked or punished community
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:12
basis: The Hejr people defy vengeance and are later called wicked; Sodom's inhabitants
are described as needing reform and their cities as overthrown.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: later admonisher at ruined dwellings
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Mohammed warns his army not to enter the houses of the wicked men and to
weep lest the same fate happen to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: righteous reformer sent by God
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Lot is said to have been sent by God to reclaim Sodom and neighboring cities.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain refuge
literal_form: mountain / Mount Kra / opened rock
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: rock-cut dwellings
literal_form: strong dwellings hewn in the rocks
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: thunder or angelic voice
literal_form: violent repeated thunderclaps, said by some to be Gabriel's voice
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: water of Hejr
literal_form: water at Hejr that Mohammed forbids the army to draw or consume
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: face-color signs
literal_form: faces becoming yellow, red, and black before vengeance
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: houses of the wicked
literal_form: houses that Mohammed tells his army not to enter
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: conspiracy and killing of the camel
summary: Oneiza offers Kedr a daughter if he kills the extraordinary camel; Kedr
and eight men hamstring and kill the dam.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: flight of the young camel to the mountain
summary: The young camel flees to a mountain; one version says it is killed and
divided, while another says it cries three times at Mount Kra and is received
into the opened rock.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: defiance and divine vengeance
summary: The people trust their rock-cut dwellings, defy threatened vengeance, see
signs in changed face colors, and are destroyed by thunder or Gabriel's voice;
God delivers Sleh.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Mohammed's warning at Hejr
summary: Mohammed passes Hejr, forbids use of the water, warns the army not to enter
the houses of the wicked men, covers his face, and hastens through the valley.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Lot sent to Sodom
summary: Lot is identified genealogically as Abraham's nephew and is said to have
been sent by God to reclaim Sodom and neighboring cities before their overthrow.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: slain extraordinary camel followed by divine vengeance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage links the killing of the extraordinary camel with warnings of
divine vengeance and subsequent destructive punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a commentarial note, and the broader Qur'anic narrative
is outside the supplied lines.
- id: motif:2
label: fleeing young animal received by mountain rock
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: One tradition says the young camel flees to Mount Kra, cries three times,
and the rock opens and receives it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is presented as an alternate account; no explicit interpretation
is provided in the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: warning signs before communal punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Sleh's warning specifies a sequence of face-color changes across three days
before God's vengeance on the fourth day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The details are attributed to commentators rather than the main translated
scripture text.
- id: motif:4
label: avoidance of cursed or punished dwellings
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Mohammed warns his army not to enter the houses of the wicked men and to
weep lest the same fate befall them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames this as a later historical report attached to the site
of Hejr.
- id: motif:5
label: righteous messenger sent to reform wicked cities
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Lot is sent by God to reclaim Sodom and neighboring cities, which are described
as overthrown.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied passage gives only a brief note and refers to further details
elsewhere.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly aligns the Islamic tradition about Lot with scriptural
and apostolic material concerning Lot's righteousness and distress among the inhabitants.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Biblical Lot tradition concerning Sodom
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage cites and paraphrases external scriptural tradition but
does not provide the full compared narratives.
- id: claim:2
claim: The people of Hejr are compared within the passage to the tribe of Ad as
another community that perished, with emphasis on the strength or weakness of
dwellings.
claim_level: same_function
target: destruction of the tribe of Ad
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The comparison is brief and limited to the stated explanation that
the tribe of Ad perished because their houses lacked sufficient strength.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16263-16270
quote_or_summary: An extraordinary camel frightens cattle; Oneiza offers Kedr a
daughter if he kills it; Kedr and eight men hamstring and kill the dam, then pursue
and kill the young one in one version.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 16270-16277
quote_or_summary: Another account adds Sadaka as joint conspirator and says the
young camel flees to Mount Kra, cries three times, and is received into the opened
rock when the people cannot catch it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 16278-16280
quote_or_summary: The people defy threatened vengeance because they trust strong
rock-hewn dwellings and compare themselves to the tribe of Ad.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 16281-16288
quote_or_summary: The punishment is described as violent thunderclaps, possibly
Gabriel's voice, rending hearts; Sleh predicts yellow, red, and black faces before
God's vengeance on the fourth day, and God delivers him to Palestine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 16289-16298
quote_or_summary: Mohammed passes Hejr, forbids his distressed army to draw water
there, orders contaminated water or meal discarded, covers his face, warns them
not to enter the wicked men's houses but to weep, and hastens through the valley.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 16300-16313
quote_or_summary: Lot is identified as Haran's son and Abraham's nephew, brought
from Chaldea into Palestine and sent by God to reclaim Sodom and neighboring cities;
the note cites apostolic language about his righteous soul being vexed by their
deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based on a short line range consisting largely of translator/commentarial
notes, with some alternate traditions and cross-references. Motif labels are therefore
draft candidates pending human review.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. Names and spellings follow the passage where possible, with Saleh noted as Sleh/Saleh only where helpful for identification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l16263-l16318
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