batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18279-l18360
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18279-l18360
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 18279-18360
start: '18279'
end: '18360'
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 contrasts hypocrites and unbelievers with faithful men and
women. It warns that opposition to God and his apostle brings hell and lasting
torment, recalls earlier peoples who rejected apostles, promises believers gardens
with rivers and divine good-will, commands the prophet to oppose unbelievers and
hypocrites, and describes people who make and break a covenant with God concerning
almsgiving.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those who injure, oppose, or scoff at God, his signs, and his apostle are
warned of painful punishment and the fire of hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:2
text: Hypocrites are described as fearing that a Suran will reveal what is in their
hearts.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:3
text: Hypocritical men and women are said to command evil, forbid justice, withhold
alms, forget God, and receive curse and lasting torment.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:4
text: The passage compares the addressed wrongdoers with earlier peoples who had
strength, wealth, and children but whose works became vain and who perished.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:5
text: Earlier peoples named or indicated include the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud,
Abraham, Madian, and overthrown cities; apostles came to them with evident demonstrations.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: Faithful men and women are described as friends to one another who command
justice, forbid evil, pray, give appointed alms, and obey God and his apostle.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:7
text: True believers are promised gardens through which rivers flow, perpetual dwellings,
and good-will from God.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: The prophet is commanded to wage war against unbelievers and hypocrites and
be severe toward them; their dwelling is identified as hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: Some people make a covenant with God promising alms and righteousness if given
abundance, but then become covetous, turn back, and fail to perform what they
promised.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: obs:10
text: God is said to know concealed matters, private discourses, and secrets.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who is to be pleased and obeyed, knows secrets, punishes,
curses, forgives, enriches, and promises mercy and reward.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Apostle of God / prophet
description: The apostle or prophet associated with God, injured and scoffed at
by opponents, obeyed by believers, and commanded to wage war against unbelievers
and hypocrites.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Hypocritical men and women
description: A group described as commanding evil, forbidding justice, withholding
alms, forgetting God, and being destined for hell and lasting torment.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: A group denounced with the hypocrites and identified as having hell
for their dwelling.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Faithful men and women / true believers
description: Believers described as friends to one another who pray, give alms,
obey God and his apostle, and receive mercy and promised gardens.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Earlier peoples
description: Earlier groups named as the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud, Abraham, Madian,
and inhabitants of overthrown cities.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Apostles to earlier peoples
description: Messengers who came to the earlier peoples with evident demonstrations.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Covenant-makers who break their promise
description: Some people who promise God to give alms and be righteous if given
abundance, but become covetous and turn back.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God denounces punishment and hell for opponents, promises gardens and mercy
to believers, and knows secrets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: apostolic messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:7
basis: The apostle is paired with God in obedience and opposition; earlier apostles
bring evident demonstrations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: condemned opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: Hypocrites and unbelievers are denounced, associated with wrongdoing, and
assigned hell or lasting torment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: obedient faithful recipients of mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Faithful men and women obey, pray, give alms, and are promised mercy and
gardens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: precedent peoples from sacred history
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage recalls earlier peoples as examples whose histories are known
and whose apostles came with demonstrations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: vow-breakers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They make a covenant promising alms and righteousness, then become covetous
and fail to perform the promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire of hell
literal_form: fire of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: gardens with rivers
literal_form: gardens through which rivers flow
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: covenant with God
literal_form: spoken covenant promising alms and righteousness in return for abundance
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:4
label: overthrown cities
literal_form: cities which were overthrown
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: sym:5
label: revealed Suran
literal_form: a Suran revealed concerning hypocrites and what is in their hearts
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning against scoffing and opposition
summary: The passage warns that those who oppose God and his apostle, injure the
apostle, or scoff at God, his signs, and his apostle will face painful punishment
and hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Condemnation of hypocrites
summary: Hypocritical men and women are characterized by evil commands, forbidding
justice, withholding alms, forgetting God, and receiving curse and lasting torment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Earlier peoples recalled as precedent
summary: The passage compares current wrongdoers to previous peoples and recalls
named earlier groups and overthrown cities whose apostles came with demonstrations.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: scene:4
label: Faithful community rewarded
summary: Faithful men and women are described as mutually supportive, obedient,
prayerful, almsgiving, and promised mercy, gardens with rivers, and divine good-will.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Broken covenant over abundance
summary: Some people covenant with God to give alms and become righteous if granted
abundance, but after receiving abundance they become covetous and fail to perform
their promise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment of unbelief and hypocrisy
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly assigns punishment, hell, curse, and lasting torment
to those who oppose God and his apostle, hypocrites, and unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage's explicit judgment language.
- id: motif:2
label: rewarded faithful in gardens with rivers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts punishment with divine mercy and promised gardens,
rivers, perpetual dwellings, and good-will for true believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No full afterlife journey is narrated; only destination and reward are
described.
- id: motif:3
label: covenant made and broken with God
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Some people promise God alms and righteousness if granted abundance, but
then become covetous and fail to perform the promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The covenant is described as a vow-like promise in this passage, not as
a formal communal covenant.
- id: motif:4
label: precedent of earlier peoples who perish after rejecting messengers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage invokes earlier peoples and overthrown cities whose apostles
came with demonstrations, stating that God did not wrong them but that they wronged
themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage alludes to their histories rather than narrating their destruction
in detail.
- id: motif:5
label: hidden hearts and secrets revealed or known by God
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hypocrites fear a revelation exposing what is in their hearts, and God is
said to know what is concealed, private discourses, and secrets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches hidden knowledge or revelation
of secrets.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly compares present wrongdoers with earlier peoples who
enjoyed worldly portions, engaged in vain discourse, and perished, using earlier
sacred-history groups as a precedent pattern.
claim_level: same_function
target: earlier peoples named as the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud, Abraham, Madian,
and the overthrown cities
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an intrapassage comparison to prior sacred-history examples,
not evidence by itself for historical contact or common inheritance beyond the
text's own tradition.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 18279-18285
quote_or_summary: Those who injure or oppose the apostle of God are threatened with
painful punishment and the fire of hell, where they remain forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 18286-18292
quote_or_summary: Hypocrites make excuses for scoffing; the response asks whether
they scoff at God, his signs, and his apostle, and says some will be punished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 18286-18288
quote_or_summary: Hypocrites fear that a Suran may be revealed concerning them and
disclose what is in their hearts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 18293-18301
quote_or_summary: Hypocritical men and women command evil, forbid justice, withhold
alms, forget God, and are denounced to the fire of hell, curse, and lasting torment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 18302-18308
quote_or_summary: The addressed people are compared with those before them, who
were stronger and wealthier, enjoyed their worldly portion, engaged in vain discourse,
and perished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 18309-18315
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether they know the histories of the people
of Noah, Ad, Thamud, Abraham, Madian, and the overthrown cities; their apostles
came with evident demonstrations.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 18316-18319
quote_or_summary: Faithful men and women are friends to one another; they command
justice, forbid evil, pray, give alms, and obey God and his apostle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 18331-18334
quote_or_summary: God promises true believers gardens with flowing rivers, perpetual
dwellings, and divine good-will as the most excellent reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 18335-18337
quote_or_summary: The prophet is commanded to wage war against unbelievers and hypocrites
and be severe; their dwelling is hell, described as an unhappy journey.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 18343-18344
quote_or_summary: Some make a covenant with God, saying that if he gives them abundance,
they will give alms and become righteous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 18345-18349
quote_or_summary: When given abundance, they become covetous, turn back, and hypocrisy
succeeds in their hearts because they failed to perform what they promised and
prevaricated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 18350-18351
quote_or_summary: The passage states that God knows what they conceal, their private
discourses, and secrets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: note
locator: 18325-18327 note p
quote_or_summary: The note identifies the overthrown cities as Sodom and Gomorrah
and other cities sharing their fate, called the subverted.
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: The passage is explicit about punishment, reward, earlier peoples, and a
broken covenant. Motif labeling is constrained to supplied taxonomy references;
comparison is limited to the passage's own intratextual comparison.
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 provided passage and metadata were used. Footnote material in the supplied passage was treated as source evidence where cited.
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