batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19081-l19143
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19081-l19143
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 19081-19143
start: '19081'
end: '19143'
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 outward seeing with spiritual blindness, states that
God does not wrong humans but humans wrong themselves, describes a future gathering
and judgment, affirms fixed terms for nations, warns of punishment and failed
ransom or repentance, and presents divine admonition, mercy, and guidance as better
than worldly riches.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some people look at the addressed figure, yet are described as blind and not
guided.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said not to deal unjustly with men, while men deal unjustly with their
own souls.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A future day is described when people will be gathered together and will know
one another as if they had only tarried a short time.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: obs:4
text: Those who deny the meeting of God are said to perish and not be rightly directed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says that whether the addressed figure sees part of the threatened
punishment or dies before it, the people will return to God and God will witness
what they do.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Every nation is said to have had an apostle sent to it; when that apostle
came, the matter was decided equitably.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Every nation is said to have a fixed term; when the term expires, it is neither
delayed nor advanced by an hour.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The unbelievers question when the threatening will be fulfilled.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The punishment of God is presented as potentially overtaking people by night
or by day.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The wicked are told to taste eternal punishment as the reward of what they
have wrought.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: A wicked soul is described as willing to ransom itself with everything on
earth after seeing the punishment, but judgment is still made equitably.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: God is said to possess whatever is in heaven and earth, to give life, to cause
death, and to be the one to whom all return.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: An admonition from the Lord is described as a remedy for doubts in human breasts,
as direction, and as mercy for true believers.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: The grace and mercy of God are said to be better than accumulated worldly
riches.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who does not deal unjustly, gathers, judges, possesses
heaven and earth, gives life, causes death, and is the one to whom all return.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the addressed figure / Mohammed
description: The person addressed as 'thee'; the note identifies Mohammed as reading
or instructing certain Meccans.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: men / people
description: Human beings who are said to wrong their own souls and to return to
God.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unbelievers / wicked
description: Those who deny the meeting of God, ask when the threat will be fulfilled,
and are warned of punishment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: apostles
description: Messengers said to have been sent to every nation before the matter
was decided.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: nations
description: Collective groups, each with an apostle and a fixed term.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: true believers
description: Recipients for whom the admonition is described as direction and mercy.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The matter is decided with equity, punishment is warned of, and wrongdoers
are judged without injustice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: giver of life and death
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that God gives life and causes death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: final recipient of return
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage repeatedly says people return to God or to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: addressed messenger or reciter
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage addresses a figure whom some look at, and the note identifies
Mohammed in that setting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: self-wronging humans
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Men are said to deal unjustly with their own souls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: warned wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The unbelievers and wicked are warned about the threatened punishment and
its fulfillment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: sent apostles
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Every nation is said to have had an apostle sent to it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: communities under a fixed term
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Every nation is said to have a fixed term that cannot be delayed or anticipated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: recipients of mercy and direction
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The admonition is described as direction and mercy unto true believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: future gathering day
literal_form: a certain day / last day on which people are gathered and judgment
is faced
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: fixed term
literal_form: a decreed term for every nation, not delayed or advanced by an hour
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: night and day punishment
literal_form: punishment overtaking people by night or by day
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: heaven and earth
literal_form: whatsoever is in heaven and on earth belonging to God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: worldly ransom
literal_form: everything on the earth offered by a wicked soul to redeem itself
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: remedy for doubts
literal_form: an admonition described as a remedy for doubts in human breasts
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Spiritual blindness and self-wronging
summary: Some people look at the addressed figure but are described as blind, while
the passage states that God does not wrong men and that men wrong their own souls.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Gathering and denied meeting of God
summary: On a future day people are gathered, briefly know one another, and those
who denied the meeting of God are said to perish.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: scene:3
label: Warning of punishment and return
summary: The addressed figure may see part of the threatened punishment or die before
it, but the people return to God, who witnesses their deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Apostles and equitable decision for nations
summary: Each nation has an apostle; when the apostle comes, the matter is decided
with equity and without injustice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Fixed term and unavoidable punishment
summary: The unbelievers ask when the threat will come; the answer states that each
nation has a fixed term and that divine punishment cannot be escaped when it arrives.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Failed ransom and final equitable judgment
summary: A wicked soul would give everything on earth to redeem itself after seeing
punishment, but the matter is decided equitably and without injustice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Divine possession, life, death, and return
summary: The passage affirms that heaven and earth belong to God, that God gives
life and death, and that all return to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Admonition, remedy, mercy, and rejoicing
summary: An admonition from the Lord is presented as remedy, direction, and mercy;
divine grace and mercy are said to surpass worldly riches.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with equitable decision
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly describes threatened punishment, judgment decided
with equity, and the wicked receiving the reward of what they have wrought.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and exhortatory rather than a mythic narrative
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection gathering
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: A future gathering day is described, and the note explains the moment as
occurring during the first moments of the resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The main passage says gathering and last day; the explicit word resurrection
appears in the translator's note.
- id: motif:3
label: return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The passage says that the people shall return to God and that all shall return
to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is a theological return rather than a hero's narrative return.
- id: motif:4
label: divine life and death sovereignty
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God is said to give life and cause death, in the same context as return and
judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: No specific taxonomy reference beyond adjacent motifs is supplied for
this exact formulation.
- id: motif:5
label: rejected warning and late repentance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: An admonition, direction, and remedy are offered, while wrongdoers face punishment
after questioning or desiring the threat's fulfillment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy ref 'wisdom' is broad; the passage supports admonition
and guidance but not a developed wisdom tale.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19081-19086 and note r-s
quote_or_summary: Some look at the addressed figure but are compared to the blind;
God does not wrong men, while men wrong their own souls. Notes connect the setting
with Meccans hearing Mohammed and explain misuse of senses or understanding.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 19087-19091
quote_or_summary: On a certain day God gathers them as if they had tarried only
a short time; they know one another, and those denying the meeting of God perish.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 19092-19095
quote_or_summary: Whether the addressed figure sees part of the threatened punishment
or dies before it, the people return to God, and God witnesses what they do.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 19096-19099 and note x
quote_or_summary: Every nation has an apostle; when the apostle comes, the matter
is decided with equity and without injustice. The note glosses this as delivering
the prophet and believers and destroying obstinate infidels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 19100-19106
quote_or_summary: The unbelievers ask when the threatening will be made good; the
answer says the speaker cannot procure benefit or avert harm except as God wills,
and every nation has a fixed term with no delay or anticipation by an hour.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 19107-19114
quote_or_summary: The punishment of God may overtake people by night or day; when
it falls they believe too late, and the wicked are told to taste eternal punishment
as recompense for what they have wrought.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 19115-19122 and note y
quote_or_summary: The truth of the warning is affirmed; a wicked soul would give
all on earth to redeem itself after seeing the punishment, but repentance is concealed
or declared according to variant interpretation, and judgment is equitable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 19123-19127
quote_or_summary: Whatever is in heaven and on earth belongs to God; God's promise
is true; God gives life, causes death, and all return to him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 19128-19133
quote_or_summary: An admonition from the Lord is described as remedy for doubts,
direction, and mercy for true believers; people are told to rejoice in God's grace
and mercy, which is better than worldly riches.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: note u
quote_or_summary: The note says the mutual recognition occurs during the first moments
of the resurrection, before the terror of the day removes knowledge of one another.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary only.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is direct from the supplied passage and notes. Motif assignment
is strongest for divine judgment and return; resurrection relies partly on the
translator's note. No passage-supported cross-text comparison 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: |-
No available taxonomy symbol refs were directly applicable to the literal images in this passage.
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