batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17480-l17545
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17480-l17545
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 17480-17545
start: '17480'
end: '17545'
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 Sale's notes on spoils and the battle of Bedr, then
describes those who boastfully oppose God's way, Satan encouraging them and withdrawing
when the armies meet, hypocrites saying the believers are deceived by religion,
angels striking unbelievers at death and announcing burning punishment, and God
comparing their fate to the people of Pharaoh and earlier disbelievers, including
the drowning of Pharaoh's people.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A fifth part of the spoils is assigned to specified uses, while the remaining
four-fifths are divided among those present at the action, according to the note.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The notes identify the setting as the battle of Bedr and describe disadvantages
such as deep sand and lack of water.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Satan is said to have made the opponents' works attractive, promised that
no one would prevail against them that day, and said he would assist them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: When the two armies came within sight of each other, Satan turned back and
declared himself clear of them, saying he saw what they did not see and feared
God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Hypocrites and people with infirmity in their hearts say that the believers'
religion has deceived them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Angels are described causing unbelievers to die by striking their faces and
backs and telling them to taste burning pain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The punishment is said to be for what the unbelievers' own hands had sent
before them, while God is stated not to be unjust toward servants.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The passage compares these unbelievers' conduct to the people of Pharaoh and
earlier disbelievers and states that God took or destroyed them because of their
sins.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The people of Pharaoh are specifically said to have been drowned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine agent who comprehends deeds, cannot be deceived when trusted,
is mighty and wise, and punishes or destroys unjust disbelievers.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Satan
description: A being who encourages the opponents before the armies meet and then
withdraws, disclaiming them and saying he fears God.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: angels
description: Beings described as causing unbelievers to die, striking their faces
and backs, and announcing burning pain.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unbelievers / obstinate infidels
description: Opponents who are struck by angels at death and are compared to earlier
disbelievers.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: hypocrites and those with infirmity in their hearts
description: Speakers who say that the believers' religion has deceived them.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: believers / faithful
description: Those whom the note says receive a miraculous victory and whom hypocrites
say are deceived by their religion.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: people of Pharaoh
description: Earlier people whose conduct is cited as a precedent and who are said
to have been drowned.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as severe in punishing, not unjust, and as taking away or
destroying disbelievers in their sins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: deceptive encourager who withdraws
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Satan promises support before battle but turns back when the armies appear
in sight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: executors of death-punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The angels cause unbelievers to die, strike them, and announce burning pain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: recipients of punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The unbelievers are struck by angels and compared with earlier punished peoples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: doubting commentators on the believers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They say that the believers' religion has deceived them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: faithful recipients of divine aid
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note describes a miraculous victory granted to the faithful; the main
passage contrasts trust in God with deception.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: precedent of punished disbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The people of Pharaoh are cited as an earlier group who disbelieved and were
drowned or destroyed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: burning punishment
literal_form: pain of burning
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: drowning of Pharaoh's people
literal_form: drowning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: two armies in sight
literal_form: two armies appearing in sight of each other
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Context of Bedr and distribution of spoils
summary: Sale's notes explain the division of spoils and identify the setting with
the battle of Bedr, including disadvantages faced by the believers and a miraculous
victory.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Satan encourages and abandons the opponents
summary: Satan assures the opponents that no one will prevail against them and promises
assistance, but when the two armies appear, he turns back and disclaims them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Hypocrites misread the believers' trust
summary: Hypocrites and those with infirm hearts say the believers are deceived
by religion, while the passage states that whoever trusts in God cannot be deceived.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Angelic death and burning punishment
summary: Angels cause the unbelievers to die, strike their faces and backs, and
tell them to taste the pain of burning; the punishment is attributed to their
prior deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Comparison with Pharaoh's people
summary: The passage says the present unbelievers act like the people of Pharaoh
and earlier disbelievers, whom God punished and destroyed, including by drowning
Pharaoh's people.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine punishment of disbelievers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is said to punish, take away, destroy, and drown unjust disbelievers
for their sins and prior deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is theological and legal-historical in context; the motif
label is limited to the described judgment pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: deceiver abandons followers at crisis
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Satan promises victory and assistance but retreats and disclaims the opponents
when the two armies appear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy term is approximate; the passage does not use the
term trickster.
- id: motif:3
label: angelic execution at death
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Angels cause unbelievers to die, strike them, and announce burning pain as
punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is a subpattern of divine judgment rather than a distinct taxonomy
family in the supplied list.
- id: motif:4
label: destruction by drowning as judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- flood_and_renewal
basis: The people of Pharaoh are said to have been drowned because they were unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions drowning but not renewal; the flood_and_renewal taxonomy
reference is only partially applicable.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly likens the punished unbelievers to the people of Pharaoh
and earlier disbelievers as a repeated pattern of disbelief followed by divine
punishment.
claim_level: same_function
target: people of Pharaoh and earlier disbelievers
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is internal to the passage; it does not establish historical
contact beyond the shared scriptural reference.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 17480-17486
quote_or_summary: The note states that one-fifth of spoils is assigned to particular
uses and four-fifths divided among those present at the action.
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 17487-17510
quote_or_summary: The notes identify the event with Bedr, mention deep sand and
lack of water, and describe a miraculous victory granted to the faithful over
their enemies.
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 17522-17524
quote_or_summary: Satan "said, No man shall prevail against you to-day; and I will
surely be near to assist you."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 17524-17527
quote_or_summary: When the two armies appeared, Satan turned back, declared himself
clear of them, and said he saw what they did not see and feared God.
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 17528-17531
quote_or_summary: Hypocrites and those with infirmity in their hearts say the believers'
religion has deceived them; the passage answers that whoever trusts in God cannot
be deceived.
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 17532-17535
quote_or_summary: The angels cause the unbelievers to die, "strike their faces and
their backs," and say, "Taste ye the pain of burning."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 17536-17537
quote_or_summary: The suffering is attributed to what their hands sent before them,
and God is stated not to be unjust toward servants.
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 17538-17543
quote_or_summary: Their conduct is compared to the people of Pharaoh and earlier
peoples who disbelieved in God's signs; God took them away or destroyed them because
of iniquity and sins.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 17542-17544
quote_or_summary: '"we drowned the people of Pharaoh; for they were all unjust persons."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: line 17545
quote_or_summary: '"the worst cattle in the sight of GOD are those who are obstinate
infidels, and will not believe."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the provided passage. Motif taxonomy alignment
is strongest for divine_judgment; trickster_boundary and flood_and_renewal are
approximate.
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 external sources or taxonomy identifiers beyond the supplied available taxonomy references were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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