batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17023-l17117
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17023-l17117
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 17023-17117
start: '17023'
end: '17117'
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: Say, I am able neither to procure advantage unto myself, nor to avert mischief
from me, but as GOD pleaseth.
summary: The passage presents the messenger as dependent on God, recounts creation
from one person and spouse, describes a prayer for a rightly shaped child followed
by attribution of companions to God, rejects powerless false deities, advises
indulgence and withdrawal from the ignorant, counsels refuge in God from Satanic
suggestion, and commands attentive, humble remembrance and worship. A translator's
note reports an explanatory story involving Adam, Eve, the devil, and the naming
of a first child.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker is instructed to say that he cannot procure benefit or avert harm
for himself except as God pleases.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is described as creating people from one person and producing that person's
wife from him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A wife carries a light burden that becomes heavy, and the pair call upon God
for a rightly shaped child and promise thankfulness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: After receiving a rightly shaped child, the pair attribute companions to God
for what was given to them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: False gods are described as created beings that create nothing and cannot
assist others or themselves.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage asks whether the false deities have feet, hands, eyes, or ears
capable of action or perception.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: God is named as the speaker's protector and as the one who sent down the book
of the Koran.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The audience is instructed to use indulgence, command what is just, and withdraw
from the ignorant.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: If an evil suggestion from Satan is suggested, the addressee is told to have
recourse to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Those who fear God are said to remember divine commands when temptation from
Satan assails them, and then see the danger of sin and the wiles of the devil.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The brethren of the devils are said to continue people in error.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The Koran is described as revealed from the Lord, containing evident proofs,
direction, and mercy for believers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: When the Koran is read, the audience is instructed to attend and keep silence
in order to obtain mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: The audience is instructed to meditate on the Lord inwardly with humility
and fear, evening and morning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Angels with the Lord are said not to disdain service, but to celebrate praise
and worship him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: A translator's note reports that the devil came to Eve during her first pregnancy,
questioned her about what she carried and how she would be delivered, and suggested
it might be a beast.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:17
text: In the translator's note, the devil proposes to obtain safe delivery of a
son resembling Adam if the parents promise to name the child servant of al-Hareth
instead of servant of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:18
text: In the translator's note, the child is born, given the proposed name, and
immediately dies; the act is described as idolatry.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine agent who pleases, creates, gives the child, protects, sends
down the Koran, hears, knows, and is worshipped.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Messenger / speaker
description: The instructed speaker who denies independent power over benefit or
harm and identifies himself as a denouncer of threats and messenger of good tidings.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: One person
description: The first human source from whom people are created and from whom a
wife is produced.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Wife
description: The spouse produced from the one person; she carries the burden of
pregnancy and joins in prayer for a rightly shaped child.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Child rightly shaped
description: A child granted after the pair call upon God.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: False deities / false gods
description: Beings invoked besides God, described as servants, created, unable
to create, assist, hear, or help themselves.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Satan / devil
description: Tempter whose evil suggestion or temptation assails people; in the
note, he deceives Eve or Adam concerning pregnancy and naming.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Brethren of the devils
description: Those associated with devils who are continued in error.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Believers / those who fear God
description: People who believe and those who fear God, remember divine commands
under temptation, and receive direction and mercy.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Angels with the Lord
description: Angels who do not proudly disdain service, but praise and worship God.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Adam
description: In the translator's note, Adam is Eve's counterpart, becomes troubled
by the devil's question, and is involved in the child's naming.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Eve
description: In the translator's note, Eve is pregnant with her first child and
is approached by the devil.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates people from one person and produces the wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: giver of child
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The pair call upon God for a child, and the passage says he gave them a rightly
shaped child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: protector
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker says God is his protector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: dependent messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker denies autonomous power and calls himself a denouncer and messenger
of good tidings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: first-person source
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: People are said to be created from one person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: pregnant wife / mother
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:12
basis: The wife carries the burden of pregnancy; the note identifies Eve as pregnant
with her first child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:16
- id: role:7
label: granted child
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The child is given after prayer for a rightly shaped child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: powerless invoked beings
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: False deities are invoked besides God but are described as unable to create,
assist, hear, or help themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Satan suggests evil and temptation; the note portrays the devil as making
a deceptive naming proposal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:17
- id: role:10
label: companions of devils
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The passage calls them brethren of the devils and says they continue people
in error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: pious recipients of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Those who believe receive direction and mercy, and those who fear God remember
commands under temptation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: worshipping servants
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The angels serve, praise, and worship the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: role:13
label: figures in explanatory naming story
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: The note names Adam and Eve in a story about the devil's proposal and the
child's naming.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: rightly shaped child
literal_form: child
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: false deities with inert body parts
literal_form: feet, hands, eyes, and ears attributed rhetorically to false deities
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: book of the Koran
literal_form: book / revealed verse
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: sym:4
label: evil suggestion from Satan
literal_form: suggestion / temptation
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: name Abda'lhareth
literal_form: child's name meaning servant of al-Hareth in the translator's note
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: sym:6
label: name Abd'allah
literal_form: alternative name meaning servant of God in the translator's note
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Messenger declares dependence on God
summary: The speaker is told to state that he has no independent power over benefit,
harm, or divine secrets and that he is a warner and bearer of good tidings.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Creation of spouse and prayer for child
summary: God creates people from one person, produces his wife, and the pair pray
for a rightly shaped child during pregnancy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Attribution of companions after divine gift
summary: After the child is given, companions are attributed to God for what was
granted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Rejection of powerless false deities
summary: False deities invoked besides God are described as created, powerless,
and unable to respond, perceive, or help.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Instruction for conduct and refuge from Satan
summary: The addressee is instructed to act justly, withdraw from the ignorant,
and seek refuge in God from Satanic suggestion; the pious remember divine commands
when tempted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Revealed recitation and worship
summary: The Koran is presented as revelation and guidance; listeners are told to
attend silently, remember the Lord humbly, and not be negligent; angels worship
God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: scene:7
label: Translator's explanatory story of Adam, Eve, and the devil
summary: The note reports a story in which the devil frightens Eve about her pregnancy,
proposes a naming condition for safe delivery, and the child dies after receiving
the proposed name.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: first pair and origin of spouse
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says God created people from one person and produced his wife
from him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a compact theological statement rather than an extended
origin narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: prayer-vow for a child followed by failed gratitude
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The pair ask God for a rightly shaped child and promise thankfulness, but
after receiving the child they attribute companions to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is cautious because the passage frames the act
as prayer and promised gratitude, not as a negotiated ritual exchange.
- id: motif:3
label: powerless idols contrasted with divine protection
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: False deities are described as created, unable to create, assist, hear, or
help, while God is named as protector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No more specific supplied taxonomy reference fits this polemic closely.
- id: motif:4
label: temptation by Satan and refuge in God
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Satanic suggestion is described as diverting the addressee from duty, and
the pious respond by remembering divine commands and seeing the danger of sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage emphasizes moral temptation
rather than a full trickster tale.
- id: motif:5
label: deceptive naming condition in childbirth story
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The translator's note reports that the devil offers safe delivery of a son
if Adam and Eve promise a name serving al-Hareth rather than God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is from the translator's explanatory note and reported commentary,
not the main translated verse itself.
- id: motif:6
label: humble sacred recitation and angelic worship
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage commands silence during Koranic recitation, inward remembrance
of God, and describes angels praising and worshipping him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: This is primarily a devotional instruction rather than a narrative mythic
motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 17029-17035, opening paragraph of supplied passage
quote_or_summary: "“I am able neither to procure advantage unto myself, nor to avert
mischief from me, but as GOD pleaseth”; the speaker is a denouncer of threats
and messenger of good tidings."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 17036-17039
quote_or_summary: "“It is he who hath created you from one person, and out of him
produced his wife.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 17039-17043
quote_or_summary: The wife carries a light burden that becomes heavy; the pair ask
God for a rightly shaped child and promise thankfulness.
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 17044-17047
quote_or_summary: After God gives them a rightly shaped child, they attribute companions
to him for what he gave them.
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 17048-17056
quote_or_summary: False gods are said to create nothing, to be created themselves,
and to be unable to assist worshippers or themselves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 17057-17061
quote_or_summary: "“Have they feet, to walk with? Or have they hands, to lay hold
with? Or have they eyes, to see with? Or have they ears, to hear with?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 17061-17068
quote_or_summary: The speaker declares God his protector, the one who sent down
the Koran, and says the invoked beings besides God cannot assist or hear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 17069-17070
quote_or_summary: "“Use indulgence, and command that which is just, and withdraw
far from the ignorant.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 17100-17102
quote_or_summary: If an evil suggestion from Satan is suggested, the addressee is
told to have recourse to God, who hears and knows.
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 17103-17106
quote_or_summary: Those who fear God remember divine commands when temptation from
Satan assails them and then clearly see the danger of sin and the devil's wiles.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 17107-17108
quote_or_summary: The brethren of the devils continue them in error and do not preserve
themselves from it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 17109-17113
quote_or_summary: The speaker answers that he follows only what is revealed from
his Lord; the book contains evident proofs, direction, and mercy for believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: lines 17114-17115
quote_or_summary: "“When the Koran is read, attend thereto, and keep silence; that
ye may obtain mercy.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 17116-17118
quote_or_summary: The audience is told to meditate on the Lord inwardly, with humility
and fear, without loud speaking, evening and morning.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 17119-17120
quote_or_summary: Angels with the Lord do not disdain his service, but celebrate
his praise and worship him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: translator note f, within lines 17072-17082
quote_or_summary: The note says the devil came to Eve during her first pregnancy,
asked what she carried and how she would be delivered, and suggested it might
be a beast; Eve reports this to Adam.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: translator note f, within lines 17082-17090
quote_or_summary: The devil proposes to obtain safe delivery of a son in Adam's
likeness if the parents name him Abda'lhareth, servant of al-Hareth, rather than
Abd'allah, servant of God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: translator note f, within lines 17090-17095
quote_or_summary: The note says the parents agree, the child is born and given that
name, and it immediately dies; Adam and Eve are taxed with idolatry in this explanation.
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 English translation and included
translator notes. Some line locators inside the supplied range are approximate
because the excerpt supplies a stable range but not per-line numbering for every
sentence. Motif labels using taxonomy refs are cautious and require 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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a specific cautious comparison beyond internal motifs and supplied taxonomy labels.
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