batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16926-l17021
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16926-l17021
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 16926-17021
start: '16926'
end: '17021'
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 includes commentary on a primordial extraction of Adam's posterity
and their confession before God, a commentary identifying the warning example
with Balaam or another scripture-knower who rejected revelation for gain, Qur'anic
admonitions about the dog-like likeness of one who rejects signs, statements about
misguidance, hell, divine names, truthful guides, gradual ruin of liars, denial
that the preacher is possessed, contemplation of creation, and the unknown sudden
coming of the Last Hour.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A commentary reports that God stroked Adam's back and extracted his whole
posterity until the resurrection from his loins.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The extracted posterity are described as assembled together in the shape of
small ants endowed with understanding.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The assembled posterity confessed their dependence on God in the presence
of angels and were returned to Adam's loins.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A commentary says the person intended may be a Jewish rabbi, Ommeya Ebn Abi'lsalt,
or, more commonly, Balaam son of Beor.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The Balaam account says he knew part of scripture, had received revelations,
was asked to curse Moses and the children of Israel, first refused, then accepted
gifts, and afterward his tongue hung down like a dog's.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The main text says God could have raised the figure to wisdom, but he inclined
to the earth and followed desire.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The figure's likeness is compared to a dog that puts forth its tongue whether
driven away or left alone.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says God created for hell many genii and men who have hearts,
eyes, and ears but do not understand, see, or hear with them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: God is said to have most excellent names, by which people are told to call
on him, while withdrawing from those who use his name perversely.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Some created people are described as directing others with truth and acting
justly according to it.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Those who devise lies against God's signs are said to be allowed to fall gradually
into ruin while enjoying long prosperity.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The passage denies that there is a devil in the addressees' companion and
calls him a public preacher.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The passage asks people to contemplate the kingdom of heaven and earth and
the things God created, and to consider that their end may be near.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: When asked about the Last Hour, the answer given is that its knowledge is
with God alone and that it will come suddenly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine actor who extracts Adam's posterity in the commentary, directs
or leads astray, creates, possesses excellent names, and alone knows the fixed
time of the Last Hour.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Adam
description: The ancestor from whose back or loins the commentary says all posterity
were extracted and to whose loins they returned.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Adam's posterity
description: The whole posterity to come into the world until the resurrection,
assembled as small ants endowed with understanding and confessing dependence on
God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angels
description: Present as witnesses when Adam's posterity confess dependence on God.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The scripture-knower / Balaam figure
description: A person identified in commentary as possibly a Jewish rabbi, Ommeya
Ebn Abi'lsalt, or more generally Balaam; described as knowing scripture or revelation
and rejecting rightly guided conduct for desire or gifts.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moses and the children of Israel
description: Those whom Balaam was requested to curse and who are described in the
commentary as protected by angels.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Genii and men created for hell
description: Many genii and men who do not understand with hearts, see with eyes,
or hear with ears, and are compared to brute beasts.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: People who direct with truth
description: A created people who direct others with truth and act justly according
to it.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The public preacher / companion
description: The companion whom the passage says is not possessed by a devil and
is only a public preacher.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Questioners about the Last Hour
description: Those who ask about the fixed time of the Last Hour.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine creator, guide, judge, and possessor of hidden knowledge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God extracts posterity, directs or leads astray, creates beings, is invoked
by excellent names, and alone knows the Last Hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: primordial ancestor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Adam is the great ancestor from whose loins posterity are extracted and to
whose loins they return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: primordial confessors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The posterity confess their dependence on God before being returned to Adam's
loins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: witnesses to confession
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The confession of Adam's posterity occurs in the presence of angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: revelation-knower who rejects wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The figure has scriptural or revelatory knowledge but inclines to earthly
desire, gifts, or error and is compared to a panting dog.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: protected targets of attempted curse
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Balaam is asked to curse Moses and the children of Israel but initially refuses
because they are protected by angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: negligent hell-destined beings
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Many genii and men are created for hell and are described as failing to understand,
see, or hear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: truthful guides and just actors
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They direct others with truth and act justly according to it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: public preacher and warning figure
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The passage says there is no devil in the companion and calls him a public
preacher; the note links this to warning tribes of God's vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: eschatological questioners
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They ask concerning the Last Hour and its fixed time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: small ants form
literal_form: Adam's posterity assembled in the shape of small ants endowed with
understanding
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: loins of Adam
literal_form: Adam's loins as the place from which posterity are extracted and to
which they return
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: dog with protruding tongue
literal_form: A dog that puts forth its tongue whether driven away or left alone
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: nonfunctioning heart, eye, and ear
literal_form: Hearts that do not understand, eyes that do not see, and ears that
do not hear
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: excellent names of God
literal_form: The excellent names by which God is to be called upon
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: kingdom of heaven and earth
literal_form: The kingdom of heaven and earth and the things God created
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: Last Hour
literal_form: The fixed but undisclosed time that will come suddenly
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Primordial assembly of Adam's posterity
summary: God extracts Adam's future posterity from Adam's loins; they appear as
small ants with understanding, confess dependence on God before angels, and return
to Adam's loins.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Balaam-like rejection of wisdom
summary: A scripture-knowing figure, commonly identified in the commentary as Balaam,
is associated with revelation, a request to curse Moses and Israel, acceptance
of gifts, and a dog-like sign of degradation; the main text says he inclined to
earth and desire rather than being raised to wisdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Negligent beings destined for hell
summary: Many genii and men are described as created for hell, possessing hearts,
eyes, and ears but not using them for understanding, sight, or hearing, and being
likened to brute beasts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Invocation of divine names and truthful guidance
summary: People are instructed to call on God by his excellent names and withdraw
from perverse use of his name; another created people are described as guiding
with truth and acting justly.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Gradual ruin and public preaching
summary: Those who lie against God's signs are said to be allowed prosperity before
gradual ruin; the companion is denied to have a devil and is described as a public
preacher.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Question about the Last Hour
summary: Questioners ask when the Last Hour is fixed; the answer states that only
God knows it and that it will come suddenly.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Primordial covenant or pre-existent confession
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Adam's future posterity are extracted before birth, endowed with understanding,
and confess their dependence on God before angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The word covenant is not used in the supplied passage; the motif label
is inferred from the described confession and must be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: Rejected wisdom through earthly desire
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The text says God could have raised the figure to wisdom, but he inclined
to earth and desire; commentary links him to a scripture-knower who accepted gifts
and degraded into a dog-like state.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The exact identity of the figure is uncertain within the commentary.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine judgment through misguidance, hell, and gradual ruin
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes God directing or leading astray, creating many genii
and men for hell, and allowing liars against his signs to fall gradually into
ruin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes divine action and moral consequence; specific doctrinal
interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:4
label: Sudden eschatological hour known only to God
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The Last Hour's fixed time is said to be known only by God, to burden heaven
and earth, and to come suddenly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no separate apocalypse or last-hour family;
divine_judgment is the closest supplied reference.
- id: motif:5
label: Public preacher denied possession
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage denies a devil in the companion and identifies him as a public
preacher, with the note associating him with warning tribes of God's vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference clearly matches this motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021, note s
quote_or_summary: Commentary says God stroked Adam's back, extracted all his posterity
until the resurrection from his loins, assembled them as small ants with understanding,
had them confess dependence on God before angels, and returned them to Adam's
loins.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021, note t
quote_or_summary: Commentary says the intended person may be a Jewish rabbi, Ommeya
Ebn Abi'lsalt, or more generally Balaam son of Beor; Balaam knew scripture or
revelations, was asked to curse Moses and Israel, first refused because they were
protected by angels, then accepted gifts and suffered a dog-like protruding tongue.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: '"we had surely raised him thereby unto wisdom; but he inclined
unto the earth, and followed his own desire"; his likeness is that of a dog putting
forth its tongue whether driven away or left alone.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation and summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: God is said to have created for hell many genii and men with hearts,
eyes, and ears by which they do not understand, see, or hear; they are likened
to brute beasts and described as more astray.
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 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: God has most excellent names; people are instructed to call on
him by them and withdraw from those who use his name perversely.
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 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: Among those created are a people who direct others with truth
and act justly according to it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: Those who devise lies against God's signs are said to be allowed
to fall gradually into ruin while enjoying a long and prosperous life, because
God's stratagem is effectual.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021 and note b
quote_or_summary: The passage says there is no devil in the addressees' companion,
who is a public preacher; the note identifies this with Mohammed warning tribal
families of God's vengeance from Mount Safa.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether people contemplate the kingdom of heaven
and earth and what God created, and whether their end may draw near.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 16926-17021
quote_or_summary: Questioners ask concerning the Last Hour and its fixed time; the
answer says its knowledge is with God alone and it will come suddenly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied translation and commentary. Some
figure identifications, especially the Balaam figure, are explicitly uncertain
in the passage commentary.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-tradition comparison beyond its own commentary and available motif-family tagging.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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