batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19146-l19242
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19146-l19242
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 19146-19242
start: '19146'
end: '19242'
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 admonishes those who falsely attribute religious distinctions
or children to God, affirms divine knowledge and future punishment, promises security
to God's friends, recounts Noah's warning and the deliverance of those with him
in the ark during the flood, notes the rejection of later apostles, and narrates
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh, including the magicians' casting down of rods
and cords, the fear of Moses' followers, their prayer for deliverance, and God's
response to Moses' petition.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker challenges people who declare some food lawful and some unlawful
without divine permission and associates this with devising a lie concerning God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says God witnesses every action and that nothing, even the weight
of an ant in earth or heaven, is hidden from the Lord; all is written in a perspicuous
book.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The friends of God are described as having no fear, no grief, and good tidings
in this life and the next.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage rejects invocation of idols besides God, says night is ordained
for rest and clear day for labor, and denies that God has begotten children.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Those who imagine a lie concerning God may enjoy provision in this world,
then return to God and taste grievous punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Noah tells his people that he trusts in God, asks no reward from them, and
calls them to act openly if they oppose him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Noah's people accuse him of imposture; God delivers Noah and those with him
in the ark, causes them to survive the flood, and drowns those who charged God's
signs with falsehood.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: After Noah, apostles are sent to their peoples with evident demonstrations,
but the peoples are not disposed to believe what they had previously rejected.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Moses and Aaron are sent to Pharaoh and his princes with signs; Pharaoh's
side behaves proudly and calls the truth manifest sorcery.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Pharaoh summons expert magicians; when they cast down their rods and cords,
Moses says God will render the enchantment vain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Only a generation of Moses' people believe because of fear of Pharaoh and
his princes; Moses' people say they trust in God and pray not to be afflicted
by unjust people.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: God inspires Moses and Aaron to provide habitations and make their houses
places of worship; Moses prays against Pharaoh's riches and hearts, and God says
the petition is heard.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker and actor who permits or forbids, witnesses actions,
owns heaven and earth, sends prophets, delivers and drowns, renders enchantment
vain, and answers Moses' petition.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Those who devise a lie concerning God
description: People who falsely attribute distinctions or claims to God and are
threatened with punishment after return to God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Friends of God
description: Believing and God-fearing persons described as free from fear and grief
and as receiving good tidings.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Noah
description: A prophet who warns his people, trusts in God, asks no reward, is accused
of imposture, and is delivered in the ark.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Noah's people who reject him
description: The people addressed by Noah who accuse him of imposture and charge
God's signs with falsehood.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those with Noah in the ark
description: Companions of Noah who are delivered with him and caused to survive
the flood.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Apostles after Noah
description: Messengers sent after Noah to their respective peoples with evident
demonstrations.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Moses
description: A prophet sent with Aaron to Pharaoh and his princes; he challenges
the charge of sorcery, instructs his people to trust God, and prays against Pharaoh's
riches and hearts.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Aaron
description: Moses' brother, sent with Moses to Pharaoh and later inspired to provide
habitations and houses of worship for their people.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Ruler opposed to Moses and Aaron, described as proud, transgressive,
and fearful to Moses' followers.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Pharaoh's princes and people
description: Associates and people of Pharaoh who oppose Moses and are linked with
pride, fear, unbelief, ornaments, and riches.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Expert magicians
description: Magicians summoned by Pharaoh who cast down rods and cords before Moses.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Believers among Moses' people
description: A generation of Moses' people who believe despite fear and pray for
deliverance from unjust and unbelieving people.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine witness and knower
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to witness all actions and to know what is in heaven and earth,
with nothing hidden.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God punishes liars, delivers Noah and his companions, drowns rejecters, renders
enchantment vain, and hears Moses' petition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:3
label: rejecters or false claimants
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:11
basis: These figures are associated with devising lies, accusing a prophet, charging
signs with falsehood, or unbelief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:4
label: protected believers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:13
basis: These figures are described as friends of God, survivors with Noah, or believers
who trust God and seek deliverance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:5
label: prophet or apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Noah warns his people; later apostles are sent; Moses and Aaron are sent
with signs and receive divine instruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: oppressive ruler and ruling group
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: Pharaoh and his princes are associated with pride, transgression, fear, and
possible affliction of Moses' believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: ritual or magical opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The magicians are summoned by Pharaoh and cast down rods and cords in opposition
to Moses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: perspicuous book
literal_form: A book in which everything lesser or greater is written; the note
identifies it as the preserved table of God's decrees.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: day of resurrection
literal_form: The day on which those who devise lies concerning God are considered
in relation to judgment.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: night and clear day
literal_form: Night ordained for rest and clear day ordained for labor.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: ark
literal_form: The vessel in which Noah and those with him are delivered.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: flood
literal_form: The flood through which Noah and those with him survive and in which
rejecters are drowned.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: divine signs
literal_form: Signs or demonstrations brought by prophets and rejected by opponents.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: rods and cords
literal_form: Objects cast down by Pharaoh's magicians in the confrontation with
Moses.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: houses as places of worship
literal_form: Habitations in Egypt to be made a place of worship with constant prayer.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: pompous ornaments and riches
literal_form: Wealth of Pharaoh and his people in the present life, mentioned in
Moses' prayer.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Admonition about false claims and divine knowledge
summary: The passage challenges unauthorized religious distinctions, warns against
lies about God, affirms divine witnessing and recording of all acts, and contrasts
God's friends with idol-invokers and those who claim God has children.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:2
label: Noah's warning and flood deliverance
summary: Noah warns his people, trusts in God, asks no reward, is accused of imposture,
and is delivered with companions in the ark while rejecters are drowned in the
flood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Apostles after Noah rejected
summary: After Noah, apostles are sent to their peoples with demonstrations, but
the peoples reject what they had already treated as false.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
summary: Moses and Aaron come to Pharaoh and his princes with signs; their opponents
call the truth sorcery and Pharaoh summons magicians, whose rods and cords are
cast down before Moses declares that God will void the enchantment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Believers' trust, worship, and Moses' petition
summary: A small group believes despite fear of Pharaoh, prays for deliverance,
receives instruction through Moses and Aaron to establish worship in their houses,
and hears that Moses' petition against Pharaoh's wealth and hearts is granted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment after false claims
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns those who devise lies concerning God of resurrection, return
to God, and grievous punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is extracted at the passage level from admonitory statements,
not from a single narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: all acts recorded in a divine book
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage states that all actions and even the smallest hidden things are
known and written in the perspicuous book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact entry for divine record or heavenly
book; 'wisdom' is only an approximate family.
- id: motif:3
label: protected friends or believers of God
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God's friends are promised freedom from fear and grief, and Moses' believers
trust God and pray for deliverance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a repeated theological pattern in the passage rather than a named
taxonomy motif.
- id: motif:4
label: ark deliverance through flood judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
- flood_and_renewal
basis: Noah and those with him are delivered in the ark and survive the flood while
rejecters are drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes deliverance and judgment; renewal is implicit in
the survival of Noah's group, not elaborated.
- id: motif:5
label: prophet rejected by proud rulers or peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah is accused of imposture, later apostles are rejected, and Moses and
Aaron are opposed by Pharaoh and his princes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference captures the judgment aspect but not the full prophetic-rejection
pattern.
- id: motif:6
label: contest between prophetic truth and magic
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Pharaoh summons magicians, they cast down rods and cords, and Moses states
that God will render their enchantment vain and verify the truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches the magic-contest motif;
no serpent transformation is stated in this passage.
- id: motif:7
label: household worship under threat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Moses and Aaron are inspired to provide habitations for their people in Egypt,
make their houses places of worship, and maintain prayer while facing Pharaoh's
threat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only brief instruction and does not narrate an extended
ritual sequence.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19146-19154; verse 60
quote_or_summary: People are questioned for declaring some divinely provided food
lawful and some unlawful without permission; those devising lies concerning God
are asked about the day of resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 19155-19162
quote_or_summary: God is witness over every business, meditation, and action; nothing
as small as the weight of an ant in earth or heaven is hidden, and all is written
in the perspicuous book, glossed as the preserved table of God's decrees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 19163-19168
quote_or_summary: The friends of God are those with no fear or grief; those who
believe and fear God receive good tidings in this life and the next.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 19169-19181
quote_or_summary: God owns heaven and earth; idols are vainly invoked; night is
for rest and day for labor; the claim that God has begotten children is denied.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 19182-19186; verse 70
quote_or_summary: Those who imagine a lie concerning God shall not prosper; after
worldly provision they return to God and taste grievous punishment for unbelief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 19187-19197
quote_or_summary: Noah tells his people that if his standing forth and warning of
God's signs grieve them, he trusts in God; he asks no reward from them and expects
reward from God alone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 19198-19203
quote_or_summary: Noah's people accuse him of imposture; God delivers Noah and those
with him in the ark, makes them survive the flood, and drowns those who charge
God's signs with falsehood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 19204-19208 and note f
quote_or_summary: After Noah, apostles are sent to their peoples with evident demonstrations,
but the peoples are not disposed to believe; the note names Hud, Saleh, Abraham,
Lot, and Shoaib as examples.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 19209-19220
quote_or_summary: Moses and Aaron are sent to Pharaoh and his princes with signs;
the opponents behave proudly, call the truth manifest sorcery, and accuse the
pair of seeking to turn them from ancestral religion and command the land.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 19221-19228; verse 80
quote_or_summary: Pharaoh commands that every expert magician be brought; after
the magicians cast down rods and cords, Moses says God will render their enchantment
vain and verify the truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 19229-19237
quote_or_summary: Only a generation of Moses' people believe because of fear of
Pharaoh and his princes; Moses tells them to trust in God, and they pray not to
be afflicted by unjust people and to be delivered from unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 19238-19242
quote_or_summary: God inspires Moses and Aaron to provide habitations, make houses
places of worship, remain constant at prayer, and give good news; Moses prays
against Pharaoh's wealth and hearts, and God says the petition is heard.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy alignment
is strong for flood, ark, and judgment, but weaker where the available taxonomy
lacks exact labels for divine record, magic contest, or household worship.
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 passage itself does not explicitly compare these episodes to external traditions or motif families.
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