batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18935-l19011
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l18935-l19011
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX. / CHAPTER X. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 18935-19011
start: '18935'
end: '19011'
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: Verily the likeness of this present life is no other than as water...
summary: The passage answers demands for a sign by saying hidden knowledge belongs
to God; describes people who call on God in danger at sea but act insolently after
deliverance; compares present life to rain-fed vegetation cut down by divine command;
and contrasts the everlasting fate of the righteous in paradise with that of evildoers
in hell fire.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some speakers demand that a sign be sent down from the Lord before they will
believe.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The answer states that what is hidden is known only to God and commands waiting.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: After mercy follows affliction for the men of Mecca, they devise a stratagem
against the signs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Messengers are said to write down what the deceivers devise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as giving conveniences for travel by land and by sea.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: People in ships rejoice in a favorable wind, then are overtaken by tempestuous
wind and waves from every side.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The endangered ship travelers call upon God with pure religion and promise
gratitude if delivered.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: After deliverance, the same people behave insolently in the earth without
justice.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The passage states that people will return to God and be told what they have
done.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Present life is likened to water sent from heaven that produces earth’s vegetation
for humans and cattle.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The earth is depicted as adorned with plants before God’s command renders
it as though mown and formerly unfruitful.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: God invites to the dwelling of peace and directs whom he pleases into the
right way.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Those who do right receive reward, lack blackness or shame on their faces,
and remain in paradise forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Those who commit evil receive an equal reward of evil, are covered with shame
and darkness, and remain in hell fire forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who knows hidden things, answers demands for signs,
gives travel conveniences, delivers from peril, commands the earth, invites to
the dwelling of peace, and judges deeds.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Men of Mecca / unbelieving demanders of a sign
description: People who say they will not believe unless a sign is sent down, and
who devise against the signs after mercy.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Messengers / guardian angels
description: Messengers who write down the deceitful devising; the note identifies
them as guardian angels.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Travelers in ships
description: People who travel by sea, rejoice in favorable wind, face tempest and
waves, call upon God, and promise thanks if delivered.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: People delivered from peril
description: Those who, after deliverance, behave insolently in the earth without
justice.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who do right
description: People who receive excellent reward and become inhabitants of paradise
forever.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Those who commit evil
description: People who receive the reward of evil, are covered with shame and darkness,
and become inhabitants of hell fire forever.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: knower of hidden things
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The answer says the hidden is known only to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: deliverer from peril
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ship travelers ask God to deliver them from danger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: divine judge of deeds
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says people return to God and will be told what they have done,
and it contrasts reward and punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: guide to peace
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God invites to the dwelling of peace and directs whom he pleases into the
right way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: demanders and deceivers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They demand a sign before belief and devise a stratagem against the signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: recorders of deceit
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The messengers write down what the deceivers devise; the note glosses them
as guardian angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: supplicants in danger
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: In tempest and waves they call on God and promise thanks if delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: ungrateful after deliverance
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: After deliverance they behave insolently in the earth without justice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: righteous rewarded
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those who do right receive excellent reward and dwell in paradise forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: evildoers punished
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Those who commit evil receive an equal reward of evil and dwell in hell fire
forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sign sent down
literal_form: A sign requested from the Lord as a condition for belief.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: written record of deceit
literal_form: Messengers write down what people deceitfully devise.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: ship in storm
literal_form: Ships at sea overtaken by tempestuous wind and waves from every side.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: water from heaven
literal_form: Water sent down from heaven that mixes with the productions of the
earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: adorned and mown earth
literal_form: Earth clothed with plants, then rendered as though mown by divine
command.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: dwelling of peace
literal_form: The dwelling of peace, glossed in the note as paradise.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: faces without blackness or shame
literal_form: The faces of those who do right are not covered by blackness or shame.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: darkened faces
literal_form: Faces of evildoers covered as with the profound darkness of night.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: hell fire
literal_form: Hell fire as the everlasting dwelling of those who commit evil.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Demand for a sign and answer about hidden knowledge
summary: Some demand a sign from the Lord before believing; the answer says hidden
things are known only to God and calls for waiting.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Mercy after affliction and recorded stratagem
summary: After mercy following affliction, the men of Mecca devise against the signs,
while messengers record their devising.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Ship peril, prayer, deliverance, and insolence
summary: Travelers by sea rejoice in favorable wind, are threatened by tempest and
waves, call on God with a promise of thanks, and after deliverance behave insolently.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Parable of present life as rain-fed vegetation
summary: Present life is compared to heavenly water that produces flourishing vegetation
until divine command makes it as though mown.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Divergent destinies of righteous and evildoers
summary: God invites to the dwelling of peace; the righteous receive reward and
paradise, while evildoers receive shame, darkness, and hell fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says people return to God, are told their deeds, and are divided
between paradise and hell fire according to doing right or committing evil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not infer details beyond
the stated afterlife outcomes.
- id: motif:2
label: Deliverance from peril followed by ingratitude
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sea travelers call on God in danger and promise thanks if delivered, but
after deliverance behave insolently.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy family exactly names this pattern; it is recorded
as a passage-level motif candidate without a taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:3
label: Transience of present life as rain-fed vegetation cut down
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Present life is likened to water from heaven producing an adorned earth that
is then rendered mown by divine command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses an agricultural image of flourishing and destruction;
a broader seasonal-cycle classification is plausible but not explicit.
- id: motif:4
label: Guidance to paradise or dwelling of peace
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God invites to the dwelling of peace and directs whom he pleases, followed
by the righteous becoming inhabitants of paradise forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: This overlaps with the broader divine judgment motif rather than forming
a fully separate narrative episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: "“Unless a sign be sent down unto him from his LORD... that which
is hidden is known only unto GOD.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: After an affliction and subsequent mercy, the men of Mecca devise
a stratagem against the signs; God is said to be swifter, and messengers write
down their deceitful devising.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: note
locator: lines 18935-19011, note f
quote_or_summary: The note glosses the messengers as guardian angels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: God provides travel by land and sea; people in ships enjoy favorable
wind, then tempest and waves surround them, and they call on God, promising thanks
if delivered.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: After deliverance, they behave insolently; the passage says their
violence is for present life, then they return to God and are told what they have
done.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: Present life is likened to water sent from heaven, bringing forth
vegetation until divine command renders the earth as though mown and no longer
fruitful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: "“GOD inviteth unto the dwelling of peace, and directeth whom
he pleaseth into the right way.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: Those who do right receive excellent reward and additional recompense;
no blackness or shame covers their faces, and they inhabit paradise forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 18935-19011
quote_or_summary: Those who commit evil receive an equal reward of evil; shame and
darkness cover their faces, they have no protector against God, and they inhabit
hell fire forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The main passage themes are clear, but exact internal line subdivisions are
not supplied beyond the full stable range. No external comparative claims are
made.
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. Footnote material was treated as part of the provided passage where directly relevant.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l18935-l19011
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