Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19014-l19078

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19014-l19078

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19014-l19078
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 19014-19078
  start: '19014'
  end: '19078'
  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: On the day of the resurrection we will gather them altogether
  summary: The passage describes the resurrection gathering, separation of idolaters
    from their alleged companions, testimony against idolatrous worship, every soul
    experiencing what it sent before, and the disappearance of false deities. It then
    argues that God provides, governs, creates, returns creatures to himself, and
    guides to truth. The Koran is presented as divine revelation confirming prior
    scripture, and opponents are challenged to produce a chapter like it. Some believe
    and some do not; the prophet is instructed to dissociate his work from that of
    his accusers.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: On the day of resurrection, all are gathered together.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Idolaters and their companions are told to go to their place and are separated
    from one another.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The companions deny that the idolaters truly worshipped them, and God is named
    as sufficient witness between them.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: Every soul experiences what it sent before and is brought before God, described
    as its true Lord.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: False deities imagined by the people disappear from before them.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: The speaker asks who provides food from heaven and earth, controls hearing
    and sight, brings living from dead and dead from living, and governs all things;
    the expected answer is God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:7
  text: God is described as producing a creature and causing it to return to himself.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:8
  text: God is described as directing to the truth, while the companions cannot direct
    unless they themselves are directed.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:9
  text: The Koran is described as not composed by any except God, as confirming what
    was revealed before it, and as explaining scripture.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:10
  text: Opponents who say Mohammed forged the Koran are challenged to bring a chapter
    like it and call helpers besides God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:11
  text: The passage says earlier people likewise accused their prophets of imposture,
    and invites the audience to observe the end of the unjust.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:12
  text: Some of the audience believe in the Koran and some do not; God is said to
    know corrupt doers.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:13
  text: The prophet is instructed to say that he has his work and the accusers have
    theirs, with mutual dissociation from each other's deeds.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:14
  text: Some hear the prophet, but the passage questions whether he can make the deaf
    hear if they do not understand.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: God
  description: The true Lord, witness, provider, governor, creator, restorer, guide
    to truth, and sender of the Koran.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  - role:3
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Idolaters
  description: Those gathered at resurrection with their companions, separated from
    them, and confronted with the disappearance of imagined false deities.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Companions / idols / attributed companions of God
  description: The alleged objects of worship associated with the idolaters; in the
    note, these are identified as idols or companions attributed to God, with some
    supposing angels may be intended.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:13
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Every soul
  description: Each soul experiences what it has sent before and is brought before
    God.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Mohammed
  description: The prophet accused by opponents of forging the Koran and instructed
    how to answer them.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:11
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Opponents / accusers
  description: Those who charge the Koran with falsehood, accuse Mohammed of imposture,
    and are divided into believers and nonbelievers.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Earlier people
  description: Those before the present audience who accused their prophets of imposture.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Earlier prophets
  description: Prophets accused of imposture by those before the present audience.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine judge and witness
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God gathers, separates, witnesses, and receives souls before him.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: role:2
  label: provider and cosmic governor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God is identified as providing from heaven and earth and governing all things.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:3
  label: creator and restorer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God produces a creature and causes it to return to himself; God brings living
    from dead and dead from living.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:4
  label: guide to truth and revealer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God directs to truth and the Koran is said to be from God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: role:5
  label: judged idolaters
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: They are gathered, separated from companions, and face the disappearance
    of false deities.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
- id: role:6
  label: repudiating false objects of worship
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: The companions say the idolaters did not worship them; the note explains
    that idols are enabled to speak and reproach worshippers.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:13
- id: role:7
  label: accountable soul
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Every soul experiences what it sent before and is brought before God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:8
  label: accused prophet
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  - fig:8
  basis: Mohammed is accused of forging the Koran, and earlier prophets were accused
    of imposture.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: role:9
  label: accusers of revelation
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: They say Mohammed forged the Koran and charge it with falsehood.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: role:10
  label: precedent community of rejection
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Those before the present audience are said to have accused their prophets
    in the same manner.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: false deities
  literal_form: False deities imagined by the idolaters, including the companions
    or idols mentioned in the passage and note.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:13
- id: sym:2
  label: food from heaven and earth
  literal_form: Provision of food from heaven and earth.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:3
  label: hearing and sight
  literal_form: Hearing and sight, over which God has absolute power.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:4
  label: living from dead and dead from living
  literal_form: The living brought from the dead and the dead brought from the living.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:5
  label: chapter like the Koran
  literal_form: A requested chapter comparable to the Koran, which opponents are challenged
    to bring.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:6
  label: deaf who do not understand
  literal_form: The deaf used in a rhetorical question about whether the prophet can
    make them hear.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Resurrection gathering and separation
  summary: All are gathered on the day of resurrection; idolaters and their companions
    are assigned a place and separated from one another.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Repudiation by companions and judgment before God
  summary: The companions deny the idolaters' worship, God stands as witness, every
    soul experiences its prior deeds, and imagined false deities disappear.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:13
- id: scene:3
  label: Questions on divine provision, creation, return, and guidance
  summary: The audience is asked who provides, governs, controls hearing and sight,
    brings living from dead and dead from living, creates and returns creatures, and
    directs to truth; God is given as the answer.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: scene:4
  label: Defense of the Koran and challenge to opponents
  summary: The Koran is presented as divine confirmation of previous revelation, while
    opponents are challenged to produce a comparable chapter if they claim Mohammed
    forged it.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: scene:5
  label: Pattern of accusing prophets and divided response
  summary: The passage compares present accusations to earlier peoples' accusations
    against prophets, states that some believe and some do not, and instructs the
    prophet to separate his work from that of the accusers.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: resurrection gathering for judgment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - resurrection
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The passage opens with all being gathered on the day of resurrection, then
    depicts separation, divine witnessing, souls experiencing prior deeds, and being
    brought before God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives a judgment scene but does not describe a detailed afterlife
    journey map.
- id: motif:2
  label: false objects of worship fail their worshippers
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The companions of the idolaters deny receiving true worship, and imagined
    false deities disappear before those brought before God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:13
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage's footnote interprets the companions as idols or possibly
    angels; the main text itself uses the broader term companions.
- id: motif:3
  label: divine power over life, death, creation, and return
  taxonomy_refs:
  - resurrection
  - death_rebirth
  basis: God is described as bringing living from dead and dead from living, producing
    a creature, and causing it to return to himself.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The language supports resurrection and return, but it is framed as theological
    argument rather than a narrative of death and rebirth.
- id: motif:4
  label: divine guidance contrasted with misguiding opinion
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: God is said to direct to truth, while most follow uncertain opinion that
    does not attain truth.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage emphasizes truth-guidance
    rather than a wisdom tale.
- id: motif:5
  label: divine revelation confirmed by prior scripture and inimitability challenge
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The Koran is said to be from God, to confirm earlier revelation, and opponents
    are challenged to bring a chapter like it.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a doctrinal and rhetorical pattern rather than a mythic narrative
    motif in the narrow sense.
- id: motif:6
  label: prophets accused by unjust communities
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage states that earlier people accused their prophets of imposture
    in the same manner as current opponents charge the Koran with falsehood.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage supports a recurring prophetic-rejection pattern but does
    not name the earlier communities or prophets here.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage itself compares present accusations against Mohammed and the
    Koran with earlier peoples' accusations against their prophets.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: recurring prophetic-rejection pattern within earlier prophetic traditions
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The passage does not identify the earlier prophets or communities in
    this excerpt.
- id: claim:2
  claim: The description of the Koran as confirming what was revealed before it places
    the present revelation in relation to earlier scripture.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: confirmation of prior revelation / scripture-continuity pattern
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The excerpt does not specify which earlier scriptures are meant or
    detail their contents.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: lines 19014-19017
  quote_or_summary: "“On the day of the resurrection we will gather them altogether”;
    idolaters and their companions are told to go to their place and are separated."
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19017-19020
  quote_or_summary: The companions say the idolaters do not worship them, and God
    is declared a sufficient witness between them.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19021-19024
  quote_or_summary: Every soul experiences what it has sent before, is brought before
    God the true Lord, and the falsely imagined deities disappear.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19025-19030
  quote_or_summary: The passage asks who provides from heaven and earth, controls
    hearing and sight, brings living from dead and dead from living, and governs all
    things; the answer is God.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19035-19038
  quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether any companions produce a creature and
    cause it to return, then states that God does so.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19039-19045
  quote_or_summary: The passage contrasts God, who directs to truth, with companions
    who do not direct unless directed, and says most follow uncertain opinion rather
    than truth.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19046-19050
  quote_or_summary: The Koran is said not to be composed by any except God, but to
    confirm what was revealed before it and explain scripture.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19051-19053
  quote_or_summary: Those who say Mohammed forged it are challenged to bring a chapter
    like it and call helpers besides God if they speak truth.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19054-19058
  quote_or_summary: Opponents have charged with falsehood what they do not comprehend;
    those before them similarly accused their prophets of imposture, and the end of
    the unjust is invoked.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19059-19061
  quote_or_summary: Some of them believe in it, some do not, and God knows corrupt
    doers.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19062-19065
  quote_or_summary: If they accuse the prophet of imposture, he is to say that he
    has his work and they have theirs, each clear of the other's deeds.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 19066-19068
  quote_or_summary: Some hearken to the prophet, but the passage asks whether he can
    make the deaf hear if they do not understand.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: notes m-n, lines 19070-19077
  quote_or_summary: The note identifies the companions as idols or companions attributed
    to God, explains that the idols are said to be enabled to speak and reproach worshippers,
    and mentions that some suppose angels are intended.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: The passage is clear on resurrection, judgment, divine guidance, and revelation.
    Some motif labels are broad because the excerpt is primarily theological discourse
    rather than extended narrative.
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. Taxonomy references were limited to the supplied available taxonomy list.
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