batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17903-l17958
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l17903-l17958
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE
MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX.; lines 17903-17958
start: '17903'
end: '17958'
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 explanatory notes on oppressed converts, warnings
against overconfidence, al-Abbas's claim of ritual good works, and the battle
of Honein. It then states that God sent security upon the apostle and faithful,
sent unseen angelic troops, punished disbelievers, may forgive whom he pleases,
excludes idolaters from the holy temple, promises divine enrichment if needed,
and commands fighting certain unbelievers until they pay tribute in subjection.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Certain families who professed Mohammedism at Mecca were reportedly mistreated
and complained to Mohammed, who told them that joy was approaching.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The notes say the passage warns believers against too much confidence in their
own merits and deters unbelievers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: 'Al-Abbas, when taken prisoner and reproached, answered by naming good deeds:
visiting the temple, adorning the Caaba, giving drink to pilgrims, and freeing
captives.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: At Honein, Mohammed's army was much larger than the opposing tribes, and the
Muslims were confident of victory.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Muslims were first put to flight; Mohammed and a few of his family remained,
troops were recalled, and the Muslims attacked again and won with divine assistance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The enemy used the deep valley, craggy mountains, narrow passages, and rocks
for ambush.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: God sent security upon the apostle and faithful, sent unseen troops of angels,
and punished those who disbelieved.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The text says God may turn hereafter to whom he pleases and is gracious and
merciful.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: True believers are told that idolaters are unclean and should not come near
the holy temple after that year.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The text says that if believers fear want from loss of trade and communication,
God can enrich them from his abundance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The text commands fighting certain people who do not believe in God or the
last day until they pay tribute by subjection and are reduced low.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine actor who sends security, sends unseen angelic troops, punishes
disbelievers, may forgive whom he pleases, and may enrich believers.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed / the apostle
description: Named in the notes as comforter of mistreated converts and commander
at Honein; in the verse, the apostle receives security from God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The faithful / true believers / Moslems
description: Community addressed as believers; in the Honein account they flee,
rally, and receive divine security.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Disbelievers / unbelievers / idolaters
description: Opposed group described as disbelieving, punished, excluded from the
holy temple, and subject to fighting until tribute.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unseen troops of angels
description: Troops sent down by God that the hearers did not see.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Al-Abbas
description: Mohammed's uncle, taken prisoner, who defends his side by citing ritual
and charitable acts.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Tribes of Hawazen and Thakif
description: Opposing forces at Honein, smaller in number than Mohammed's army.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine helper
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends security to the apostle and faithful and sends unseen angelic troops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God punishes those who disbelieved and may turn to whom he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: apostle and battle leader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is called the apostle and is described leading at Honein and recalling
troops through al-Abbas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: faithful community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The faithful receive security and are addressed with commands about temple
access, want, and fighting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: opposing unbelieving group
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:7
basis: Disbelievers are punished; idolaters are excluded; the opposing tribes fight
Mohammed's army at Honein.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: unseen heavenly auxiliaries
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The angels are described as unseen troops sent by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: captive defending ritual merit
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Al-Abbas, while prisoner, answers reproach by citing temple service, water
for pilgrims, and freeing captives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: holy temple
literal_form: holy temple near which idolaters are forbidden to come
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: Caaba hangings
literal_form: hangings used to adorn the Caaba
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Zemzem water for pilgrims
literal_form: water given to pilgrims, identified in the note as probably Zemzem
water
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: deep valley and craggy mountains
literal_form: valley of Honein, deep and encompassed by craggy mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: handful of dust
literal_form: dust thrown by the prophet against the enemy before the second attack
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: tribute by subjection
literal_form: tribute paid by right of subjection
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Complaint of mistreated converts
summary: Certain converts or families are said to have suffered mistreatment in
Mecca, complained to Mohammed, and received reassurance that joy was near.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Prisoner cites temple service
summary: Al-Abbas, while captive and reproached, replies that his side has performed
acts connected with the temple, the Caaba, pilgrim water, and freeing captives.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Battle of Honein and reversal
summary: The Muslims enter battle with numerical confidence, are routed in the first
encounter, rally after being recalled, and win after Mohammed throws dust and
divine assistance is given.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Divine security and unseen angels
summary: God sends security on the apostle and faithful, sends unseen angelic troops,
and punishes disbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Boundary of the holy temple
summary: Believers are told that idolaters are unclean and must not approach the
holy temple after the specified year; God may enrich the believers if they fear
economic loss.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Command of fighting and tribute
summary: Believers are commanded to fight certain unbelieving people of scripture
until they pay tribute in subjection and are reduced low.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine aid reverses battlefield defeat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the Muslims' initial flight at Honein, the narrative reports rallying,
a second attack, and victory by divine assistance; the verse adds divine security
and unseen angelic troops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a translation with explanatory notes; the exact relation
between note narrative and verse should be checked in context.
- id: motif:2
label: Unseen angelic auxiliaries
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage explicitly says God sent down unseen troops of angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names angelic battle aid.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine judgment on disbelievers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is said to punish those who disbelieved, and this punishment is called
the reward of the unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames judgment in a military and communal context rather
than an afterlife scene.
- id: motif:4
label: Humbling of overconfident believers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The notes warn believers against overconfidence, and the Honein account says
the Muslims were confident because of numbers, then were initially put to flight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is drawn from the explanatory notes and battle narrative, not
only from the quoted verse.
- id: motif:5
label: Sacred precinct exclusion by purity status
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage labels idolaters unclean and forbids them from approaching the
holy temple after the specified year.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly corresponds to sacred-boundary
or purity-exclusion motifs.
- id: motif:6
label: Subjection through tribute
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The text commands fighting certain unbelievers until they pay tribute by
right of subjection and are reduced low.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: This is a legal-political command in the passage; no broader mythic taxonomy
is assigned.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The explicit punishment of disbelievers by God supports comparison with the
supplied divine_judgment motif family.
claim_level: same_motif
target: divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage concerns punishment in a battle/community context, not
a full cosmic judgment scene.
- id: claim:2
claim: The unseen troops of angels function as supernatural aid in battle, a recurring
narrative pattern of divine intervention on behalf of a favored group.
claim_level: same_function
target: supernatural aid in battle pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This target is a general pattern, not one of the supplied taxonomy
motif family IDs.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 17903-17907
quote_or_summary: Certain families from Khozah or Yaman and Saba went to Mecca,
professed Mohammedism, were mistreated, complained to Mohammed, and were told
that joy was approaching.
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 17908-17911
quote_or_summary: The note says the words warn believers against excessive confidence
in their merits and deter unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 17912-17919
quote_or_summary: Al-Abbas, as prisoner, answers reproach by saying that his side
visits the temple, adorns the Caaba, gives pilgrims water, and frees captives.
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 17922-17939
quote_or_summary: At Honein, Mohammed's army greatly outnumbers Hawazen and Thakif,
becomes confident, is first put to flight, rallies when recalled, and wins after
Mohammed throws dust and receives divine assistance.
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 17940-17943
quote_or_summary: The deep valley and craggy mountains give the enemy opportunities
for ambush in narrow passages and behind rocks.
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 17950-17953
quote_or_summary: "“GOD sent down his security upon his apostle and upon the faithful,
and sent down troops of angels, which ye saw not; and he punished those who disbelieved.”"
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 17954-17955
quote_or_summary: God will hereafter be turned to whom he pleases and is gracious
and merciful.
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 17956-17958
quote_or_summary: Believers are told that idolaters are unclean and must not approach
the holy temple after that year; if believers fear want, God can enrich them from
his abundance.
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 17958-17958
quote_or_summary: The passage commands fighting those who do not believe in God
or the last day and do not profess the true religion until they pay tribute by
subjection and are reduced low.
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: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Several details come
from Sale's explanatory notes as well as the translated Qur'anic text, so human
review should distinguish note material from canonical verse material.
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 figures, motifs, or comparisons were added beyond what is supported by the supplied passage and available taxonomy references.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l17903-l17958
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