batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18188-l18276
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18188-l18276
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 18188-18276
start: '18188'
end: '18276'
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 condemns people who avoid an expedition, swear falsely that
they belong with the believers, fear punishment, seek hiding places, criticize
the prophet’s distribution of alms, and give unwillingly. It contrasts expected
outcomes for believers as victory or martyrdom, warns that God may punish opponents,
states rules for alms distribution, and answers the charge that the prophet is
'an ear' by saying he is an ear of good and mercy for believers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some people are described as backward or reluctant to go on an expedition
connected with the promotion of the true religion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says believers expect either victory or martyrdom, while expecting
God to punish the addressed opponents either directly or by believers' hands.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed people may expend money voluntarily or by constraint, but their
expenditure is said not to be accepted because they are wicked and unbelieving.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Riches and children are described as things by which God intends to punish
the unbelievers in this world.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The people swear by God that they are of the believers, but the passage says
they are not and that they stand in fear.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: If the fearful people find a refuge, caves, or a retreating hole, they hasten
toward it.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Some people spread ill reports about the prophet’s distribution of alms and
react according to whether they receive a share.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Alms are assigned to specified recipients, including the poor, needy, alms
administrators, reconciled hearts, captives, debtors, religious advancement, and
travellers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Some people injure the prophet by saying he is 'an ear'; the answer says he
is an ear of good, believes in God, gives credit to the faithful, and is a mercy
to believers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: GOD
description: Divine authority who may inflict punishment, reject offerings, ordain
alms, and give abundance.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the apostle / prophet
description: The prophet is associated with distribution of alms, receives criticism,
and is defended as an 'ear of good' and mercy to believers.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: wicked or unbelieving people / hypocrites
description: A group described as reluctant, fearful, unbelieving, unwilling in
prayer and expenditure, falsely claiming affiliation, seeking refuge, and criticizing
alms distribution.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: faithful / believers
description: The group contrasted with opponents; they expect victory or martyrdom
and may be instruments of punishment by God’s permission.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: recipients of alms
description: 'Groups named as proper recipients of alms: poor, needy, collectors
and distributors, reconciled hearts, captives, insolvent debtors, advancement
of God''s religion, and traveller.'
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and ordainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to punish opponents, reject unacceptable contributions, and establish
the ordinance of alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: prophetic distributor and defended messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The prophet is criticized over alms distribution and then defended against
the charge that he is 'an ear.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: fearful hypocritical opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are described as concealing unbelief, standing in fear, seeking hiding
places, and giving unwillingly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: faithful combatant community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The believers are associated with expecting victory or martyrdom and with
giving credit to the prophet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: authorized charitable recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage lists them as recipients to whom alms are to be distributed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: caves and hiding places
literal_form: place of refuge, caves, or a retreating hole
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: alms
literal_form: money or goods distributed to named recipients
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: victory or martyrdom
literal_form: two expected outcomes named as excellent things
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: riches and children
literal_form: possessions and offspring described as a means of worldly punishment
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Expedition reluctance and divine punishment announced
summary: The context concerns people excused from or reluctant about an expedition;
the speech contrasts believers' expectation of victory or martyrdom with punishment
expected for opponents.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rejected unwilling contribution
summary: The addressed group is told that even if they expend money voluntarily
or by constraint, it will not be accepted because of unbelief, sluggish prayer,
and unwilling giving.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Fearful flight to refuge
summary: People who swear they belong with the believers are said actually to fear
them, and they would hasten toward refuges, caves, or holes if they found them.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Dispute and ordinance over alms
summary: Some criticize the prophet’s alms distribution, but the passage states
approved categories of alms recipients as an ordinance from God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: The prophet called an ear and defended
summary: Some injure the prophet by calling him an ear; the response reframes him
as an ear of good, a believer in God, and a mercy to believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment against unbelief and hypocrisy
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly states that God may inflict punishment, reject contributions
because of unbelief, and use worldly goods as punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a theological judgment motif in a legal-polemical passage, not
a mythic narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred distribution of alms
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Alms are regulated as an ordinance from God and distributed to named categories
of recipients; improper or unwilling giving is rejected.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage concerns religious law and charity; the 'sacred_exchange'
taxonomy fit is interpretive and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:3
label: cave or hidden refuge for the fearful
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says the fearful group would hasten to a refuge, caves, or a
retreating hole if they found one.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The cave appears as a literal hiding place, not as an initiatory or revelatory
cave scene.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 18188-18204
quote_or_summary: Notes describe reluctance about an expedition, including difficulties
of the march, excuses from going, and hypocrisy shown by backwardness to go to
war for the promotion of the true religion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 18205-18209
quote_or_summary: '"Do ye expect any other should befall us, than one of the two
most excellent things; either victory or martyrdom?" The same speech expects God
to inflict punishment on opponents either directly or by believers'' hands.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 18210-18214
quote_or_summary: The addressed people are told that money spent voluntarily or
by constraint will not be accepted because they are wicked, unbelieving, sluggish
in prayer, and unwilling in expenditure.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 18215-18217
quote_or_summary: Riches and children are not to cause marvel; God is said to intend
to punish the unbelievers by these things in this world and let their souls depart
as unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 18218-18220
quote_or_summary: They swear they are of the believers but are not; "If they find
a place of refuge, or caves, or a retreating hole," they hasten there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 18221-18226
quote_or_summary: Some spread ill reports about the prophet’s distribution of alms;
they are pleased if they receive a share and angry if they do not.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 18227-18235
quote_or_summary: Alms are to be distributed to the poor, needy, alms workers, reconciled
hearts, captives, debtors, for God's religion, and travellers; this is called
an ordinance from God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 18236-18242
quote_or_summary: Some injure the prophet and say, "He is an ear"; the response
says he is "an ear of good" who believes in God, gives credit to the faithful,
and is a mercy to believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are limited to available
taxonomy and should be reviewed because the passage is primarily admonitory and
legal rather than narrative myth.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. No external comparison claims were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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