batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16761-l16853
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16761-l16853
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 16761-16853
start: '16761'
end: '16853'
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: Moses returns angrily to his people after the calf episode, rebukes them,
seizes Aaron, prays for forgiveness, and takes up the tablets. He chooses seventy
men for an appointed mountain encounter, where thunder and lightning overtake
them, and he intercedes. God speaks of punishment, mercy, and future blessing
for those who fear, give alms, believe in signs, and follow the illiterate prophet.
The passage then recalls righteous people among Moses’ followers, the division
into twelve tribes, water from the rock, clouds, manna and quails, a commanded
entry into a city gate with a plea for forgiveness, and a Sabbath-related transgression
in a seaside city followed by deliverance of those who forbade evil and punishment
of transgressors.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Moses returns to his people angry after his departure and rebukes them for
what they committed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Moses throws down the tables and seizes Aaron by the hair, drawing him toward
himself.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Aaron addresses Moses as son of his mother and says the people overpowered
him and nearly killed him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Moses asks the Lord to forgive him and Aaron and to receive them into mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Those who took the calf as their god are said to be overtaken by indignation
from their Lord and ignominy in this life.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: After his anger is appeased, Moses takes the tables, which contain direction
and mercy for those who fear their Lord.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Moses chooses seventy men of his people to go with him to the mountain at
an appointed time.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: A storm of thunder and lightning takes the seventy men away, and Moses speaks
to the Lord about possible destruction and trial.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: God answers that punishment is inflicted on whom God pleases, while mercy
extends over all things.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The apostle, identified in a note as Mohammed, is described as the illiterate
prophet found written with them in the law and the gospel.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The people of Moses include a party who direct others with truth and act justly.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Moses’ people are divided into twelve tribes.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: When the people ask Moses for drink, God commands him to strike the rock with
his rod, and twelve fountains gush out.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Clouds overshadow the people, and manna and quails descend for their food.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: The people are commanded to dwell in a city, eat its provisions, say forgiveness,
and enter the gate worshipping.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: Some ungodly people change the commanded expression, and indignation from
heaven comes upon them because they transgressed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:17
text: A seaside city is described where fish appear openly on the Sabbath but not
on non-Sabbath days, serving as a trial.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:18
text: Those who forbade evil are delivered, while those who transgressed receive
severe punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Moses
description: Prophet and leader who returns angry, rebukes his people, takes the
tables, chooses seventy men, ascends to the mountain, intercedes, and receives
revelation concerning water from the rock.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Aaron
description: Moses’ brother who says the people prevailed against him and nearly
killed him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses’ people
description: The people to whom Moses returns; among them are calf-worshippers,
twelve tribes, and a just party.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who took the calf for their god
description: A subgroup identified as worshipping the calf and receiving indignation
and ignominy.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The Lord / God
description: The divine speaker and actor who forgives, judges, gives mercy, commands
Moses, sends down provision, and punishes transgression.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Seventy men
description: Men chosen by Moses from his people to go up with him to the mountain
at the appointed time.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The illiterate prophet / Mohammed
description: The apostle called the illiterate prophet, noted by the translator
as Mohammed, who is to be followed.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Party of Moses’ people who direct with truth
description: A party among Moses’ people who direct others with truth and act justly.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Ungodly or transgressing people
description: People who alter the commanded expression, transgress the Sabbath trial,
or forget admonitions.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Those who forbade evil
description: A group delivered when punishment falls on the transgressors.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
roles:
- id: role:1
label: returning rebuker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Moses returns full of wrath and rebukes the people for what they did after
his departure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: intercessor for mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Moses asks forgiveness for himself and Aaron and later pleads after the mountain
event.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: recipient or bearer of tablets
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Moses throws down the tables and later takes them up after his anger is appeased.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: accused brother defending himself
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Aaron explains that the people overpowered him and nearly killed him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: community under rebuke and divine provision
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Moses’ people are rebuked after the calf episode and later receive water,
shade, manna, and quails.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: twelve-tribe community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The people are divided into twelve tribes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: idolaters under judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Those who took the calf as god are said to receive indignation and ignominy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God speaks of punishment and sends indignation or severe punishment on transgressors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: role:9
label: divine provider and merciful protector
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage describes divine mercy, water from rock, clouds, manna, and quails.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: chosen mountain companions
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The seventy are chosen to go up with Moses to the mountain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: future universal messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The apostle is presented as the messenger of God to all people and as one
to be followed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: righteous directing party
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They direct others with truth and act justly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: transgressors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They change a commanded expression or transgress the Sabbath trial and are
punished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:14
label: admonishers delivered from punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Those who forbade evil are delivered when punishment falls on transgressors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: tables
literal_form: Tables containing written direction and mercy; a note says fragments
remained after being thrown down.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- covenant
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:16
- id: sym:2
label: calf as false god
literal_form: The calf taken as a god by some of Moses’ people.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: mountain
literal_form: Mountain to which Moses and seventy chosen men go at the appointed
time.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: storm of thunder and lightning
literal_form: A storm of thunder and lightning that takes away the seventy men.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: rock struck with rod
literal_form: A rock struck by Moses with his rod when the people ask for drink.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: twelve fountains
literal_form: Twelve fountains that gush from the rock, with each group knowing
its drinking-place.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: clouds
literal_form: Clouds caused to overshadow Moses’ people.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: manna and quails
literal_form: Food sent down for the people to eat.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:9
label: city gate entered worshipping
literal_form: A gate through which the people are commanded to enter while worshipping
and saying forgiveness.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:10
label: Sabbath fish at the seaside city
literal_form: Fish that appear openly on the water on the Sabbath and do not come
on non-Sabbath days.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Moses returns after the calf episode
summary: Moses returns angry, rebukes the people, throws down the tables, seizes
Aaron, hears Aaron’s defense, and prays for forgiveness.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Tables taken up after anger subsides
summary: After Moses’ anger is appeased, he takes the tables, whose writing contains
direction and mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Seventy men at the mountain
summary: Moses chooses seventy men for the appointed mountain time; thunder and
lightning overtake them, and Moses pleads with God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Promise concerning the illiterate prophet
summary: God’s answer includes mercy and blessing for those who fear, give alms,
believe in signs, and follow the illiterate prophet.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Twelve tribes and wilderness provision
summary: Moses’ people are divided into twelve tribes; Moses is told to strike the
rock, twelve fountains gush out, clouds overshadow them, and manna and quails
descend.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Command to enter the city gate
summary: The people are commanded to dwell in a city, eat its provisions, say forgiveness,
and enter the gate worshipping, but ungodly people alter the expression and receive
indignation from heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:7
label: Sabbath trial at the seaside city
summary: At a city by the sea, fish appear on the Sabbath but not on other days;
admonishers are delivered and transgressors are punished.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: idolatry followed by divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Those who took the calf as their god receive divine indignation and ignominy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives judgment language directly, but the broader calf narrative
lies outside the selected lines.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred tablets as written guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- wisdom
basis: The tables are thrown down, later taken up, and described as containing direction
and mercy for those who fear their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly use the word covenant; the taxonomy association
rests on the tablets’ role as divine written instruction.
- id: motif:3
label: appointed ascent to a mountain with divine trial
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Moses chooses seventy men to go up with him to the mountain at an appointed
time, where a storm overtakes them and Moses interprets the event as a divine
trial.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes the mountain ascent and trial, not a full journey
narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: miraculous water from rock
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God commands Moses to strike the rock with his rod, and twelve fountains
gush out for the tribes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No available motif-family taxonomy exactly names this pattern; symbol
taxonomy supports water but not a motif family.
- id: motif:5
label: divine provision in the wilderness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Clouds overshadow the people, and manna and quails descend as food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explicitly name the setting as wilderness in the
selected lines.
- id: motif:6
label: commanded ritual entry and altered formula punished
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The people are commanded to enter the gate worshipping and say forgiveness;
ungodly people alter the expression and receive indignation from heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The ritual or formulaic nature is inferred from the command to speak and
enter worshipping; the text itself emphasizes transgression and punishment.
- id: motif:7
label: Sabbath test by appearing fish
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Fish appear on the Sabbath and not on other days as a test; those who transgress
are punished while those who forbid evil are delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the test and judgment but not all details of the transgression.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 16761-16766
quote_or_summary: "“when Moses returned unto his people, full of wrath and indignation”
he rebuked them, “threw down the tables,” and took Aaron by the hair."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; brief excerpt used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 16766-16769
quote_or_summary: Aaron says, “Son of my mother,” the people prevailed against him
and nearly slew him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; brief excerpt used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 16770-16772
quote_or_summary: 'Moses prays: “O LORD, forgive me and my brother, and receive
us into thy mercy.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; brief excerpt used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 16773-16776
quote_or_summary: Those who took the calf as their god are said to receive indignation
from their Lord and ignominy in this life; repentant believers may receive mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 16779-16781
quote_or_summary: When Moses’ anger is appeased, he takes the tables; their writing
contains “direction and mercy.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; brief excerpt used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 16782-16790
quote_or_summary: Moses chooses seventy men to go with him to the mountain at the
appointed time; a storm of thunder and lightning takes them away, and Moses asks
whether God will destroy them for the deeds of foolish men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 16791-16795
quote_or_summary: God answers, “I will inflict my punishment on whom I please; and
my mercy extendeth over all things.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; brief excerpt used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 16796-16808 and notes z-e
quote_or_summary: The passage describes the apostle, the illiterate prophet, found
written in the law and gospel, commanding justice, forbidding evil, easing burdens,
and being sent to all mankind; the note identifies him as Mohammed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 16826-16827
quote_or_summary: "“Of the people of Moses there is a party who direct others with
truth, and act justly.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; brief excerpt used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 16828-16832
quote_or_summary: The people are divided into twelve tribes; God tells Moses to
strike the rock with his rod, and twelve fountains gush out, with each group knowing
its drinking-place.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 16832-16835
quote_or_summary: Clouds overshadow the people, and manna and quails descend for
them to eat from the good things given as food.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 16836-16839
quote_or_summary: The people are told to dwell in a city, eat freely, say “Forgiveness,”
and enter the gate worshipping, with pardon promised.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 16840-16843
quote_or_summary: The ungodly change the spoken expression, and indignation from
heaven comes upon them because they transgressed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 16844-16848
quote_or_summary: 'A city by the sea is tested on the Sabbath: fish appear openly
on the water on the Sabbath and do not come on days without Sabbath observance.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 16849-16853
quote_or_summary: Some ask why to warn a people God will destroy or punish; when
admonitions are forgotten, those forbidding evil are delivered and transgressors
receive severe punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: note s
quote_or_summary: A note says the thrown-down tables were broken and taken up to
heaven except one, which contained threats and judicial ordinances and was afterwards
put into the ark.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized for extraction evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Passage-level figures, scenes, and symbols are directly supported. Motif-family
tagging is cautious where available taxonomy does not exactly name the pattern.
No comparison claims are made because the passage itself does not supply a comparative
framing beyond internal references and translator 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: |-
Used only the supplied passage text and metadata. Translator footnotes were treated as part of the provided passage evidence where explicitly cited.
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