batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18362-l18436
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18362-l18436
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 18362-18436
start: '18362'
end: '18436'
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: ''
summary: Commentarial notes recount incidents involving al Jalls, a plot against
Mohammed, and Thalaba's request for wealth and later refusal of alms. The translated
Quranic passage condemns those who mock almsgivers, refuse expedition, seek to
stay behind, and die in unbelief; it states that forgiveness will not be granted
to them, hell is hotter than the heat they fear, and prayer at their graves is
forbidden.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note says al Jalls denied insulting remarks on oath, then confessed after
a revelation, and his repentance was accepted.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note says fifteen men conspired to kill Mohammed by pushing him from his
camel into a precipice during a night ride at al Akaba.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Hodheifa heard camels and arms, gave an alarm, and the alleged conspirators
fled.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A note says Thalaba asked Mohammed to pray that God would give him riches,
promised to use them well, became rich, refused the alms demand as resembling
tribute, and later had his alms refused.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says God will scoff at those who mock believers who give alms,
and that they will suffer a grievous punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says that asking forgiveness for such people seventy times will
not cause God to forgive them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Those left at home from the expedition of Tabc are described as glad to stay
behind and unwilling to use their substance and persons for God's religion.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The stay-behind group is said to warn against going out in the heat; the reply
says the fire of hell will be hotter.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The passage instructs that some who ask later to go to war with Mohammed are
to be refused because they had stayed behind before.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The passage instructs Mohammed not to pray over any of them who die or stand
at the grave of such a person.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says their riches and children should not cause marvel because
God intends to punish them thereby in this world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: When a Sura commands belief in God and going forth to war with the apostle,
wealthy persons among them ask leave to stay behind.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity who reveals, forgives or withholds forgiveness, punishes,
directs, and commands.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The prophet and apostle of God; he is the target of a reported plot,
receives petitions, sends collectors, and is instructed concerning forgiveness,
war, and funeral prayer.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: al Jalls Ebn Soweid
description: A man reported to have spoken against Mohammed's brethren, denied it
on oath, confessed after revelation, and had repentance accepted.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Fifteen conspirators
description: Men said by commentators to have plotted to kill Mohammed at al Akaba,
though another interpretation says the design was to expel him from Medina.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hodheifa
description: A follower behind Mohammed's camel who heard the approach and gave
the alarm.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ammr Ebn Yser
description: The person said to be leading Mohammed's camel during the night ride.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Thalaba Ebn Hateb
description: A man who requested wealth, became rich, refused the alms demand, and
later had his alms refused.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Believers giving alms
description: Believers described as liberal in almsgiving or as giving what they
gain by their industry.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Those who traduce or scoff at almsgivers
description: People condemned for mocking believers who give alms.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Those left at home from the expedition of Tabc
description: People described as pleased to stay behind, unwilling to expend substance
and persons, and later disallowed from future fighting with Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Wealthy stay-behind petitioners
description: Persons in plentiful circumstances who ask permission to remain among
those who sit at home when a Sura commands belief and war with the apostle.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God withholds forgiveness, punishes, and is said to punish through riches
and children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: revealer or commander
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage refers to revelation and to a Sura sent down commanding belief
and going forth to war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: prophet and apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is named as prophet in notes and as the apostle of God in the translated
passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: confessing offender
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He denied the reported words on oath, then confessed after revelation and
was accepted in repentance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: plotters against the prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note says they conspired to kill Mohammed or, in another interpretation,
to expel him from Medina.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: protective attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: One followed and gave the alarm; the other led Mohammed's camel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: wealth-seeker and alms-refuser
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Thalaba requested wealth, became rich, resisted the alms collectors, and
later had his alms refused.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: almsgivers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They are described as giving alms beyond obligation or from the proceeds
of their labor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: mockers subject to punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The passage says they mock almsgivers and that God will scoff at them and
punish them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: reluctant noncombatants
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: They are described as staying behind from Tabc or asking permission not to
go forth to war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire of hell
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: grave
literal_form: grave
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: riches and children as means of worldly punishment
literal_form: riches and children
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: sealed hearts
literal_form: hearts sealed up
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: camel at precipice
literal_form: camel, precipice, night road over al Akaba
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Confession after revelation
summary: A commentator's report says al Jalls insulted Mohammed's brethren, denied
the report on oath, then confessed after the immediate revelation of a passage
and had repentance accepted.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Night plot at al Akaba
summary: Fifteen men are reported to have planned to push Mohammed from his camel
into a precipice at night, but Hodheifa heard them, raised the alarm, and they
fled.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Thalaba's wealth and refused alms
summary: Thalaba requests divine riches through Mohammed, becomes wealthy, resists
paying alms to collectors, and later has his offered alms refused by Mohammed,
Abu Becr, and Omar.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Condemnation of those who mock almsgivers
summary: The passage condemns those who mock believers' almsgiving and announces
divine mockery and grievous punishment for them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: No forgiveness and hotter hellfire
summary: The passage states that repeated requests for forgiveness will not avail
and contrasts the heat feared by those staying behind with the hotter fire of
hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Exclusion from war and funeral prayer
summary: Mohammed is instructed to refuse future military participation to certain
stay-behind people and not to pray over or stand at the grave of those who die
in wickedness.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Worldly punishment through possessions
summary: The passage says riches and children are not to be admired, because God
intends to punish such people with them in this world while they die as infidels.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Wealthy petitioners stay behind
summary: When a Sura commands belief and going to war with the apostle, wealthy
people ask to remain with those sitting at home; their hearts are described as
sealed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment against unbelief and hypocrisy
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is said to withhold forgiveness, mock the mockers, punish offenders,
make hell hotter than worldly heat, and punish through worldly goods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and admonitory; motif labeling should not override
its Quranic legal and theological setting.
- id: motif:2
label: penitence after revelation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note on al Jalls describes wrongdoing, denial, revelation, confession,
and accepted repentance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is present in commentary rather than in the translated Quranic
verses quoted in the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: plot against a prophet averted by warning
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note reports a conspiracy to kill Mohammed at night and its failure after
Hodheifa gives an alarm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The note itself gives an alternative interpretation, that the design may
have been expulsion from Medina rather than murder.
- id: motif:4
label: wealth as spiritual test and punishment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Thalaba's requested wealth leads to refusal of alms, and the translated passage
says riches and children may serve as divine punishment in this world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The Thalaba story is commentarial; the general punishment statement appears
in the translated verse.
- id: motif:5
label: sacred obligation of giving substance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage contrasts believers' almsgiving with mockers and describes reluctance
to employ substance and persons for God's religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage concerns alms and military
obligation rather than a reciprocal mythic exchange narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: hellfire surpassing earthly hardship
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Those who refuse to go out because of heat are answered with the statement
that hellfire will be hotter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is expressed as admonition, not as a narrative journey to the
afterlife.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 18364-18372
quote_or_summary: 'Commentarial note: al Jalls denied insulting words on oath, then
confessed after revelation and his repentance was accepted.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 18373-18382
quote_or_summary: 'Commentarial note: fifteen men plotted at al Akaba; Hodheifa
heard them and raised an alarm, causing flight; another view says the plot was
expulsion from Medina.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 18390-18414
quote_or_summary: 'Commentarial note: Thalaba requested wealth, became rich, resisted
alms collectors, and later had his alms refused by Mohammed, Abu Becr, and Omar.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 18418-18421
quote_or_summary: 'Those who mock almsgivers: “GOD shall scoff at them” and they
will suffer punishment.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 18422-18425
quote_or_summary: Whether Mohammed asks forgiveness or not is equal; even seventy
requests will not bring forgiveness because they do not believe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 18426-18431
quote_or_summary: Those left at home from Tabc are glad to stay, refuse to spend
substance and persons, warn against heat, and are told hellfire is hotter.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 18433-18436
quote_or_summary: If some later seek permission to go to war with Mohammed, they
are to be told they shall not go or fight with him in future.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: '18436'
quote_or_summary: "“Neither do thou ever pray over any of them who shall die, neither
stand at his grave.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: '18436'
quote_or_summary: Their riches and children should not cause marvel; God intends
to punish them therewith in this world as their souls depart in unbelief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: '18436'
quote_or_summary: When a Sura commands belief and going to war with the apostle,
wealthy persons ask to stay behind; they are pleased with those who stay behind
and their hearts are sealed.
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: uncertain
notes: The passage combines Quranic translation with Sale's footnote material. Motif
candidates distinguish doctrinal admonition from commentarial anecdotes where
possible. Some internal locators near the end are approximate because the supplied
passage compresses multiple lines under the same final line range.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-tradition or intra-corpus comparison beyond available motif-family labeling.
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