batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18526-l18614
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18526-l18614
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 18526-18614
start: '18526'
end: '18614'
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 believing desert Arabs, early Muslim emigrants and
helpers, hypocrites, and repentant offenders. It describes alms and prayers as
means of nearness, purification, mercy, and reassurance; promises gardens watered
by rivers to the faithful; threatens hypocrites with punishment and torment; and
states that God will behold and declare all deeds, both secret and public. Notes
identify groups and recount repentant men binding themselves to mosque pillars
until released by command and then offering alms.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some desert Arabs are described as believing in God and the last day, and
as treating expenditures for God's service as a means of drawing near to God and
receiving the apostle's prayers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to lead the believing contributors into his mercy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The leaders and first of the Mohajerin, the Ansars, and those who follow them
in well doing are described as mutually pleased with God, and God is described
as preparing gardens watered by rivers for them forever.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hypocritical persons are said to exist among nearby desert Arabs and among
the inhabitants of Medina; the prophet does not know them, but God knows them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The hypocritical persons are threatened with two punishments and then a grievous
torment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Others are said to have acknowledged their crimes and mixed a good action
with a bad action, with the possibility that God may turn toward them mercifully.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The apostle is instructed to take alms from their substance in order to cleanse
and purify them, and to pray for them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The apostle's prayers are described as giving security of mind to those who
give alms.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: God is described as accepting repentance and alms from servants, and as merciful
and easy to be reconciled.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Human works are said to be observed by God, the apostle, and true believers,
and people are to be brought before the one who knows what is secret and public
and declares what they have done.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: A note recounts that certain men who had stayed at home bound themselves to
the pillars of the mosque and vowed not to loose themselves until loosed by the
prophet.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: A note recounts that, after being released, these persons asked Mohammed to
take their substance as alms to cleanse them from their transgression.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who shows mercy, accepts repentance and alms, knows
hypocrites, observes deeds, and prepares reward or punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the apostle / Mohammed
description: The prophetic figure whose prayers are valued, who is commanded to
take alms and pray, and who releases repentant men in the explanatory note.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: believing Arabs of the desert
description: Desert Arabs who believe in God and the last day and spend for God's
service as a means of nearness.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: leaders and first of the Mohajerin
description: Early refugees or emigrants named among those with whom God is pleased.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Ansars
description: Helpers of Medina named among those with whom God is pleased; a note
also describes the Ansars as receiving Mohammed and his followers into protection.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: followers in well doing
description: Those who follow the early Mohajerin and Ansars in well doing.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: hypocritical persons
description: Persons among nearby desert Arabs and among Medina's inhabitants who
are obstinate in hypocrisy and known by God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: those who acknowledged their crimes
description: Persons who confessed wrongdoing, mixed good and bad actions, and became
subjects of repentance and almsgiving.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: merciful accepter of repentance and alms
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as gracious and merciful, accepting repentance and alms,
and turning toward repentant servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and knower of hidden deeds
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God knows the hypocrites, threatens punishment, observes works, knows secret
and public things, and declares deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: prophetic intercessor and recipient of alms
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The apostle's prayers are sought and described as reassuring; he is instructed
to take alms and pray for repentant persons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: believing contributors seeking nearness
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They believe in God and the last day and count their expenditure for God's
service as a means of nearness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: rewarded faithful community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: God is pleased with them and prepares gardens watered by rivers where they
remain forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: hidden hypocrites subject to punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They are unknown to the prophet but known to God and are threatened with
punishment and torment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: repentant offenders purified by alms
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They acknowledge crimes, are associated with alms taken to cleanse and purify
them, and request almsgiving after release in the note.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: alms or substance offered
literal_form: alms taken from their substance; expenditure for God's service
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: apostolic prayers
literal_form: the prayers of the apostle; prayers said to give security of mind
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: gardens watered by rivers
literal_form: gardens watered by rivers prepared as an everlasting dwelling
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: mosque pillars
literal_form: pillars of the mosque to which repentant men bound themselves
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: secret and public deeds
literal_form: that which is kept secret and that which is made public
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Believing desert Arabs seek nearness through expenditure
summary: Some desert Arabs believe in God and the last day, spend for God's service
as a means of nearness, and are promised entry into God's mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Reward of the early faithful
summary: The first Mohajerin, the Ansars, and their followers in well doing are
described as pleasing God and receiving gardens watered by rivers forever.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Hidden hypocrisy and punishment
summary: Hypocritical persons around Medina and within Medina are said to be unknown
to the prophet but known to God, who will punish them twice and then send them
to grievous torment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Confession, alms, purification, and prayer
summary: Others acknowledge their crimes; the apostle is commanded to take alms
from their substance for purification and to pray for them, while God accepts
repentance and alms.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Final disclosure of deeds
summary: People are told that their works will be seen by God, the apostle, and
true believers, and that they will be brought before the knower of secret and
public things who will declare what they have done.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Self-binding penitents at the mosque
summary: A note describes men who stayed home from an expedition binding themselves
to mosque pillars until released by the prophet, and later asking him to take
their substance as cleansing alms.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment of hidden and public deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says God knows hidden hypocrites, threatens punishment and torment,
beholds works, knows secret and public things, and declares what people have done.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and admonitory rather than a developed narrative
judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: Sacred exchange through alms, prayer, and purification
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Expenditure for God's service is said to bring nearness; alms are accepted
by God and taken by the apostle to cleanse and purify repentant offenders; the
apostle's prayers reassure them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is expressed as repentance, almsgiving, and divine mercy;
it is not a commercial exchange and should not be overread.
- id: motif:3
label: Everlasting garden reward with rivers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The faithful early community and followers are promised gardens watered by
rivers where they remain forever, contrasted with punishment for hypocrites in
the surrounding passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact generic paradise-garden category;
the closest supported family here is divine judgment because the reward is paired
with judgmental sorting.
- id: motif:4
label: Repentance enacted through bodily self-restraint and later almsgiving
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The explanatory note describes offenders binding themselves to mosque pillars
until released by the prophet and then requesting that their substance be taken
as alms to cleanse transgression.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is drawn from Sale's explanatory note within the supplied passage,
not from the main translated verse alone.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 18549-18553
quote_or_summary: Some desert Arabs believe in God and the last day, and regard
what they spend for God's service as a means of nearness to God and the apostle's
prayers; God will lead them into mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary/short excerpt only.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 18554-18558
quote_or_summary: God is well pleased with the first Mohajerin, the Ansars, and
those who follow them in well doing; he has prepared for them gardens watered
by rivers where they remain forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary/short excerpt only.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 18559-18563
quote_or_summary: Hypocritical persons among nearby desert Arabs and Medina are
unknown to the prophet but known by God; God will punish them twice and then send
them to grievous torment.
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 18564-18566
quote_or_summary: Others acknowledge their crimes and have mixed a good action with
a bad action; God may turn toward them, being gracious and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 18567-18569
quote_or_summary: The apostle is told to take alms from their substance to cleanse
and purify them, and to pray for them; his prayers are a security of mind to them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary/short excerpt only.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 18570-18572
quote_or_summary: God accepts repentance from his servants and accepts alms; God
is easy to be reconciled and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 18573-18577
quote_or_summary: People are told to work as they will; God, the apostle, and true
believers will behold their work, and they will be brought before the one who
knows secret and public things and declares what they have done.
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 18598-18606, note q
quote_or_summary: A note says certain men stayed home instead of accompanying Mohammed
to Tabuc, then bound themselves to mosque pillars and swore not to loose themselves
until loosed by the prophet; the passage was revealed and they were dismissed.
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 18610-18614, note s
quote_or_summary: A note says that after being released, these persons asked Mohammed
to take their substance as alms to cleanse them from their transgression, and
a verse allowed him to take their alms.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 18585-18594, note n
quote_or_summary: A note explains the Mohajerin as Meccan refugees and the Ansars
as Medinan helpers who protected and assisted Mohammed and his followers; it also
identifies early leaders by timing, prayer direction, presence at Badr, or oath
at al-Akaba.
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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied translated passage and
notes. Motif labels are limited to available taxonomy where supported; no external
comparative claims were added.
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 made because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these elements to another motif family, text, or tradition beyond the supplied taxonomy context.
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