batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17338-l17403
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17338-l17403
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 17338-17403
start: '17338'
end: '17403'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: GOD laid a plot against them; and GOD is the best layer of plots.
summary: The passage includes explanatory notes and Qur'anic text describing demands
for a resurrected witness, a case of treacherous advice followed by penance, hostile
plotting against Mohammed, rejection of divine signs as ancient fables, a challenge
for heavenly punishment, deferred punishment, obstruction of access to the holy
temple, improper ritual at the house of God, expenditure of wealth against God's
way, the gathering of unbelievers into hell, separation of wicked from good, forgiveness
if opponents desist, and fighting until opposition in favor of idolatry ceases.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note reports that some infidels demanded that Mohammed raise Kosai, an ancestor,
to life so that he could testify to Mohammed's mission.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note says Abu Lobba gave advice contrary to his commission by drawing his
hand across his throat, then tied himself to a mosque pillar for seven days without
meat or drink until Mohammed forgave him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The unbelievers plotted to detain Mohammed in bonds, kill him, or expel him
from the city.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says God laid a plot against the unbelievers' plot.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: When signs were repeated to the unbelievers, they said they could produce
something similar and called it fables of the ancients.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The unbelievers asked God to rain stones from heaven or inflict another grievous
punishment if the message were truth from God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says God was not disposed to punish them while Mohammed was with
them or while they asked pardon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says the unbelievers hindered believers from visiting the holy
temple, although they were not its guardians.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The passage identifies the guardians of the holy temple as those who fear
God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The prayer of the unbelievers at the house of God is described as whistling
and clapping of hands.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says unbelievers spend wealth to obstruct the way of God, but
that it will become regret and they will be overcome.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The unbelievers are said to be gathered into hell, and the wicked are distinguished
from the good, heaped together, and cast into hell.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The passage says that if unbelievers desist, the past will be forgiven; if
they return to attack, the punishment of former opposers of prophets will be inflicted
on them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: The passage commands fighting until there is no opposition in favor of idolatry
and religion is wholly God's.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The prophet addressed as the target of plots and as the one whose presence
is linked with deferred punishment; also mentioned in notes as the one asked to
raise Kosai and as forgiving Abu Lobba.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers / infidels
description: Opponents who demand proof, plot against Mohammed, reject signs, request
punishment, hinder access to the holy temple, perform whistling and clapping at
the house of God, spend wealth against God's way, and are threatened with hell.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: Divine actor who counters the plot, withholds or inflicts punishment,
distinguishes wicked from good, casts the wicked into hell, forgives past opposition
if opponents desist, and is the one to whom religion belongs.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kosai
description: An ancestor of Mohammed whom some infidels allegedly asked Mohammed
to raise to life as a witness.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Abu Lobba
description: A figure in a note who was sent to the tribe of Koreidha, acted contrary
to his commission, signaled death by drawing his hand across his throat, then
performed penance until forgiven.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Tribe of Koreidha
description: A tribe in the note described as besieged and as having broken their
league and gone over to enemies at the war of the ditch.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Believers
description: Those hindered by unbelievers from visiting the holy temple.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Former opposers of the prophets
description: Earlier opponents whose exemplary punishment is cited as a precedent
for future punishment if the present unbelievers return to attack.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Prophetic target of hostile plot
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The unbelievers plotted to bind, kill, or expel Mohammed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: Opponents of the prophet and of God's way
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They plot, reject signs, hinder the holy temple, expend wealth to obstruct
God's way, and are warned to desist.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: Divine judge and counter-plotter
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God lays a plot against the plotters, withholds or threatens punishment,
distinguishes wicked from good, and casts the wicked into hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: Requested resurrected witness
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Kosai is named as an ancestor whom opponents wanted raised to life to testify.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: Forgiver of penitent wrongdoing in note
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note says Mohammed forgave Abu Lobba after his penance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: Recipients of threatened punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are told to taste punishment, are to be gathered into hell, and are
warned by the precedent of former punished opposers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: Treacherous messenger and penitent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Abu Lobba acted contrary to his commission, recognized his crime, and performed
penance until forgiven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: League-breakers in explanatory note
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The tribe is described as having broken their league and gone over to enemies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: Hindered temple visitors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Believers were hindered from visiting the holy temple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: Punished precedent group
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Their exemplary punishment is cited as already past and as a pattern for
future punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Raised ancestor as proof
literal_form: An ancestor raised to life to bear witness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Throat-cutting gesture
literal_form: Abu Lobba drew his hand across his throat
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Mosque pillar penance
literal_form: A mosque pillar to which Abu Lobba tied himself for seven days without
meat or drink
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Hostile plot and divine counterplot
literal_form: A plot to bind, kill, or expel Mohammed, answered by God's plot
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Stones from heaven
literal_form: Stones rained down from heaven as requested punishment
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Holy temple / house of God
literal_form: The holy temple and house of God visited by believers and misused
by unbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: Whistling and clapping prayer
literal_form: Whistling and clapping of the hands at the house of God
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: Hell gathering
literal_form: Unbelievers and the wicked gathered, heaped, and cast into hell
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: Wealth spent against God's way
literal_form: Wealth expended to obstruct the way of God, later becoming regret
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Demand for a resurrected ancestral witness
summary: A note reports that some opponents demanded that Mohammed raise the ancestor
Kosai to life to testify to his mission, but the note says such a sign would have
been in vain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Abu Lobba's treachery and penance
summary: In an explanatory note, Abu Lobba gives a death-signaling gesture to the
tribe of Koreidha against his commission, recognizes his wrongdoing, ties himself
to a mosque pillar for seven days without food or drink, and is forgiven by Mohammed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Plot against Mohammed and divine counterplot
summary: The unbelievers plot to bind, kill, or expel Mohammed, while God is said
to lay a plot against them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Rejected signs and requested punishment
summary: The unbelievers dismiss the repeated signs as ancient fables and challenge
God to rain stones from heaven or send another grievous punishment if the message
is true.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Deferred punishment and contested temple guardianship
summary: God is described as not disposed to punish while Mohammed is present or
while pardon is asked; the unbelievers are faulted for obstructing believers from
the holy temple despite not being its guardians.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Improper prayer at the house of God
summary: The unbelievers' prayer at the house of God is characterized as whistling
and clapping, and punishment is announced for unbelief.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Wealth, defeat, separation, and hell
summary: Unbelievers spend wealth to obstruct God's way; this becomes regret, they
are overcome, and the wicked are separated from the good, heaped together, and
cast into hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Warning, forgiveness, and renewed conflict
summary: The unbelievers are told that desisting will bring forgiveness for what
is past, but renewed attack will bring the precedent punishment of former opponents
of prophets; fighting is commanded until idolatrous opposition ends.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Resurrection demanded as proof of prophetic truth
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The note says opponents asked Mohammed to raise the ancestor Kosai to life
as a witness to his mission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif appears in an explanatory note rather than in the main translated
verse within the line range.
- id: motif:2
label: Treachery followed by public penance and forgiveness
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The note links broken league and contrary advice with Abu Lobba's self-binding,
fasting, and eventual forgiveness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The covenant reference is limited to the note's language of a broken league
and treacherous dealing.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine counterplot against hostile plotters
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The unbelievers plot to bind, kill, or expel Mohammed, and God is said to
plot against them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names this motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Heavenly punitive sign challenged by opponents
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Opponents ask God to rain stones from heaven or inflict grievous punishment
if the message is true.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the request as opponents' speech, not as an enacted
event in this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Deferred divine punishment because of prophetic presence or repentance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is said not to punish while Mohammed is among them or while they ask
pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes delay or restraint, not the actual infliction of
punishment at that moment.
- id: motif:6
label: Sacred precinct access and rightful guardianship
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that unbelievers hinder believers from visiting the holy
temple and denies that they are its guardians, assigning guardianship to those
who fear God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family precisely covers sanctuary guardianship.
- id: motif:7
label: Ritual derision or defective worship at a holy house
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Prayer at the house of God is described as no more than whistling and hand-clapping,
followed by punishment for unbelief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage condemns the action but does not elaborate a larger ritual
narrative.
- id: motif:8
label: Final separation of wicked from good and casting into hell
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God distinguishes the wicked from the good, heaps the wicked together, and
casts them into hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the judgment outcome directly; symbolic elaboration
is limited.
- id: motif:9
label: Former punished opponents as precedent for present warning
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The text warns that if opponents return to attack, the exemplary punishment
of former opposers of the prophets will be inflicted on them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The earlier cases are not named within this passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly frames present opponents in relation to an earlier
pattern of opposers of prophets who received exemplary punishment.
claim_level: same_function
target: Former opposers of the prophets as a precedent for divine punishment
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage does not identify the earlier prophets or narrate the former
punishments, so the comparison is limited to the stated functional precedent.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 17338-17343
quote_or_summary: A note says some infidels demanded that Mohammed raise Kosai,
one of his ancestors, to life as a witness to the truth of his mission, but that
this would have been in vain.
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 17356-17369
quote_or_summary: A note recounts Abu Lobba's treacherous advice to the tribe of
Koreidha, his throat-cutting gesture, his recognition of guilt, his self-binding
to a mosque pillar for seven days without meat or drink, and Mohammed's forgiveness.
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 17375-17377
quote_or_summary: The unbelievers plotted to detain Mohammed, kill him, or expel
him; “GOD laid a plot against them.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 17378-17380
quote_or_summary: When signs are repeated, the unbelievers say they have heard,
claim they could produce a similar composition, and call it fables of the ancients.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 17381-17383
quote_or_summary: The unbelievers ask God, if this is truth from him, to “rain down
stones upon us from heaven” or inflict another grievous punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 17384-17389
quote_or_summary: God is not disposed to punish while Mohammed is with them or while
they ask pardon; the unbelievers are faulted for hindering believers from the
holy temple though they are not its guardians, whose guardians are only those
who fear God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 17390-17392
quote_or_summary: Their prayer at the house of God is described as “whistling and
clapping of the hands,” followed by the command to taste punishment for unbelief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 17393-17399
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers spend wealth to obstruct God's way, later regret it
and are overcome; they are gathered into hell, and God distinguishes wicked from
good, heaps the wicked together, and casts them into hell.
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 17400-17403
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers are told that desisting will bring forgiveness for
the past; renewed attack will bring the exemplary punishment of former opposers
of prophets; fighting is commanded until no opposition in favor of idolatry remains
and religion is wholly God's.
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: medium
notes: Main narrative elements are explicit in the supplied passage. Some motif
assignments are less certain where they rely on explanatory notes or where no
supplied taxonomy category exactly matches the passage element.
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: |-
Extraction uses only the provided passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif families where directly supportable.
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