batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16587-l16682
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16587-l16682
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 16587-16682
start: '16587'
end: '16682'
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 recounts plagues against Pharaoh's people, their appeal to
Moses and broken promise, divine vengeance by drowning in the Red Sea, Israel's
inheritance of blessed lands, the Israelites' passage through the sea and request
for an idol, Moses' rebuke, remembrance of deliverance from Pharaoh's oppression,
and Moses' forty-night appointment before receiving the law with Aaron made deputy
during his absence.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: When a plague fell on Pharaoh's people, they asked Moses to entreat the LORD
to remove it and promised to believe him and release the children of Israel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: After the plague was removed until the appointed term expired, Pharaoh's people
broke their promise.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says vengeance was taken on Pharaoh's people by drowning them
in the Red Sea because they denied and neglected God's signs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The people who had been rendered weak were caused to inherit blessed eastern
and western parts of the earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The structures made and erected by Pharaoh and his people were destroyed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The children of Israel passed through the sea and then encountered a people
devoted to idols.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The children of Israel asked Moses to make them a god like the gods of the
idol-worshipping people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Moses answered that they were ignorant and that the idol-worshippers' religion
would be destroyed and their works were vain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Moses reminded the children of Israel that God had preferred them and delivered
them from Pharaoh's people, who oppressed them, killed their male children, and
let their females live.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Moses was appointed a period of thirty nights, completed with ten more, for
a total of forty nights before the giving of the law.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Moses appointed Aaron as deputy among his people during his absence and instructed
him to behave uprightly and avoid the way of corrupt doers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: GOD / LORD
description: The divine figure who removes the plague, takes vengeance, causes inheritance,
delivers Israel, appoints Moses' forty nights, and gives the law.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Moses
description: Prophet addressed by Pharaoh's people, leader of the children of Israel,
rebuker of their request for a god, and appointer of Aaron as deputy before his
forty-night appointment.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Pharaoh's people
description: The people afflicted by plague, breaking their promise, drowned in
the Red Sea, and associated with oppression of Israel.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: The people to be released, delivered from Pharaoh's oppression, passed
through the sea, caused to inherit blessed lands, and warned by Moses after asking
for a god.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Ruler associated with structures that are destroyed and with a people
who oppressed Israel.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Idol-worshipping people
description: A people encountered after Israel passes through the sea, described
as giving themselves up to the worship of idols.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Aaron
description: Moses' brother, appointed as deputy among Moses' people during Moses'
absence.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God takes vengeance on Pharaoh's people for denying and neglecting signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God delivers the children of Israel from Pharaoh's people and causes them
to pass through the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: law-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says Moses' appointed time precedes receiving the law from the
LORD.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: intercessor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Pharaoh's people ask Moses to entreat the LORD to remove the plague.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: community leader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Moses rebukes the Israelites' request and appoints Aaron as deputy during
his absence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: promise-breakers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They promise belief and release, but break their promise after the plague
is removed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: judged oppressors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They oppressed Israel and are drowned as vengeance for rejecting signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: delivered people
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are delivered from Pharaoh's oppression and pass through the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: tested community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Their oppression is called a great trial, and after deliverance they ask
Moses for a god.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: oppressive ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Pharaoh's people grievously oppressed Israel, and Pharaoh's structures are
destroyed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: idol worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They are described as giving themselves up to the worship of idols.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: appointed deputy
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Moses tells Aaron to be his deputy among the people during his absence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: plague
literal_form: A calamity or plague that falls on Pharaoh's people and is removed
after Moses' entreaty.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Red Sea
literal_form: The sea in which Pharaoh's people are drowned.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sea passage
literal_form: The sea through which the children of Israel pass before encountering
idol worshippers.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: idols
literal_form: Gods or idols worshipped by another people, prompting Israel's request
for a god.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: forty nights
literal_form: A period of thirty nights completed by ten more before Moses receives
the law.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Plague, appeal, and broken promise
summary: Pharaoh's people ask Moses to entreat the LORD to remove a plague and promise
belief and release, but break the promise after relief is granted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Drowning judgment in the Red Sea
summary: Vengeance is taken on Pharaoh's people by drowning them in the Red Sea
because they rejected and neglected signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Inheritance and destruction of Pharaoh's works
summary: The weakened people inherit blessed lands, the divine word is fulfilled
for their patience, and Pharaoh's structures are destroyed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Passage through the sea and request for a god
summary: The children of Israel pass through the sea, encounter idol worshippers,
ask Moses for a similar god, and are rebuked by Moses.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Remembrance of deliverance from Pharaoh
summary: Moses recalls Israel's deliverance from Pharaoh's people, who oppressed
them by killing male children and sparing females, calling it a great trial from
the LORD.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Forty nights and Aaron's deputyship
summary: Moses' appointed time is completed at forty nights before the law, and
he appoints Aaron as deputy during his absence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment by drowning
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly attributes the drowning of Pharaoh's people in the
Red Sea to divine vengeance for rejecting signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label is broad; the passage's specific form is drowning in
the Red Sea rather than judgment in general.
- id: motif:2
label: deliverance through water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The children of Israel are delivered from Pharaoh's oppression and pass through
the sea, while the oppressors are drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No separate taxonomy motif for exodus or sea crossing is supplied; the
associated symbol is water.
- id: motif:3
label: covenanted intercession and broken promise
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Pharaoh's people appeal to Moses according to what the LORD has covenanted
with him, promise belief and release, and then break their promise after relief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The covenant is mentioned in relation to Moses and the LORD, while the
promise broken is made by Pharaoh's people; these should not be conflated.
- id: motif:4
label: oppressed people inherit blessed land
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The weakened people inherit blessed eastern and western parts of the earth
after enduring patiently, and Pharaoh's works are destroyed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage speaks of inheritance and blessing, but does not narrate a
full return cycle in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: temptation toward idolatry after deliverance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After passing through the sea, the children of Israel encounter idol worshippers
and ask Moses for a god like theirs; Moses rebukes the request.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No matching supplied taxonomy motif is specific to idolatry.
- id: motif:6
label: preparatory forty-night fast before law
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
- wisdom
basis: Moses undergoes an appointed period of thirty nights plus ten more before
the giving of the law and leaves Aaron as deputy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The main text mentions the forty nights; the note interprets it as fasting
and preparation, so the motif requires review.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16620-16625
quote_or_summary: When the plague falls, Pharaoh's people ask Moses to entreat the
LORD, promising belief and release of the children of Israel; after the plague
is removed until the appointed term, they break the promise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 16626-16628
quote_or_summary: '"we took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the Red Sea"
because they charged the signs with falsehood and neglected them.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 16629-16633
quote_or_summary: The weakened people inherit blessed eastern and western lands;
the LORD's gracious word is fulfilled for their patience; Pharaoh's structures
and erections are destroyed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 16634-16642
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel pass through the sea, encounter a people
devoted to idols, ask Moses to make them a god like those people have, and Moses
rebukes them as ignorant.
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 16643-16647
quote_or_summary: Moses recalls that God preferred Israel and delivered them from
Pharaoh's people, who oppressed them by killing male children and letting females
live; this is called a great trial from the LORD.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 16648-16653 and 16668-16682
quote_or_summary: Moses' appointed time is thirty nights completed by ten more,
making forty nights before the law; he appoints Aaron as deputy. The note reports
commentators interpreting the period as fasting or fasting and prayer before speaking
with 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: Core observations are explicit in the supplied passage. Some motif labels,
especially initiation/wisdom for Moses' forty nights, are interpretive and need
human review. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself
support comparison beyond its own narrative context.
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: |-
The passage combines translated Qur'anic text with Sale's notes and commentator summaries. Evidence summaries distinguish the main narrative from commentary where relevant.
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