batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19342-l19366
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19342-l19366
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 19342-19366
start: '19342'
end: '19366'
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: "“Wait ye the issue; and I also will wait with you; then will we deliver
our apostles and those who believe.”"
summary: The passage warns of a terrible judgment like earlier judgments, states
that God delivers apostles and believers, rejects idol worship, affirms that only
God can remove harm or grant bounty, announces that truth has come from the Lord,
and instructs the prophet to follow revelation patiently until God judges.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage asks whether the addressees expect a terrible judgment like judgments
that befell earlier people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker is instructed to say that he will wait with the addressees for
the outcome.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: God is said to deliver apostles and those who believe.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker tells the men of Mecca that he does not worship their idols besides
God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as the one who will cause the addressees to die.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker is commanded to be among the true believers and to set his face
toward the true religion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The passage forbids invoking anything besides God that can neither profit
nor hurt.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: If God afflicts someone with hurt, none can relieve it except God; if God
wills good, none can keep back his bounty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Truth is said to have come to the addressees from their Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Guidance benefits the guided person's own soul, while error is against that
same soul.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The prophet is told to follow what is revealed and persevere patiently until
God judges.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity worshiped by the speaker, giver of death, reliever of hurt,
giver of bounty, source of truth, and final judge.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: apostles
description: Apostles whom God will deliver together with those who believe.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: true believers / those who believe
description: Believers whom God will deliver and among whom the speaker is commanded
to be.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: men of Mecca / O men
description: The addressed audience, some of whom are described as worshiping idols
and being in doubt concerning the speaker's religion.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the speaker / prophet
description: The one commanded to worship God, reject idols, follow revelation,
and persevere until God judges.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: those who have gone before them
description: Earlier people upon whom judgments have fallen.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: idols
description: Objects worshiped by the addressees besides God, which the speaker
refuses to worship.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to deliver the apostles and believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: giver of death
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker worships God, who will cause the addressees to die.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: sovereign over harm and bounty
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Only God can relieve hurt that God afflicts, and none can keep back good
that God wills.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The prophet is told to persevere until God shall judge, and God is called
the best judge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: delivered messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The apostles are named among those God will deliver.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: delivered believers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Those who believe are named among those God will deliver.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: addressed doubters and idol worshipers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The men of Mecca are addressed as potentially in doubt and as worshiping
idols besides God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: exclusive worshiper of God
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The speaker declares that he does not worship the idols but worships God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The prophet is told to follow what is revealed to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: precedent judged people
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Earlier people are mentioned as having undergone judgments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:11
label: rejected objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The speaker refuses to worship the idols and the passage forbids invoking
anything besides God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: idols besides God
literal_form: idols worshiped by the addressees
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: terrible judgment
literal_form: judgment like those that befell earlier people
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: truth from the Lord
literal_form: truth announced as having come from the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning of judgment and promise of deliverance
summary: The addressees are warned of a judgment like earlier judgments, while God
is said to deliver apostles and believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rejection of idol worship
summary: The speaker addresses the men of Mecca, denies worshiping their idols,
and affirms worship of God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: God's exclusive power over harm and bounty
summary: The passage states that only God can relieve hurt that God afflicts and
that none can keep back good that God wills.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Arrival of truth and individual responsibility
summary: The passage announces that truth has come from the Lord and states that
guidance or error affects the soul of the person who chooses it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Prophetic patience until divine judgment
summary: The prophet is told to follow revelation and persevere patiently until
God judges.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment and deliverance of believers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns of a terrible judgment, states that God delivers apostles
and believers, and concludes with the prophet waiting until God judges.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not specify the particular earlier peoples or the concrete
form of the judgment.
- id: motif:2
label: Exclusive worship against powerless idols
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker rejects the idols worshiped by the addressees and forbids invoking
anything besides God that can neither profit nor hurt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No listed taxonomy motif directly names anti-idolatry; this is a passage-level
motif label only.
- id: motif:3
label: Guidance and error as individual consequence
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The truth is said to have come from the Lord, and guidance or error is described
as benefiting or harming the person's own soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The association with the available 'wisdom' family is broad; the passage
frames this primarily as divine guidance and responsibility.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The threatened judgment is explicitly compared within the passage to judgments
that befell earlier people.
claim_level: same_function
target: the judgments which have fallen on those who have gone before them
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage does not identify the earlier peoples or narrate the earlier
judgments, so the comparison remains generic.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 19342-19344
quote_or_summary: "“some terrible judgment, like unto the judgments which have fallen
on those who have gone before them”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 19345-19347
quote_or_summary: "“then will we deliver our apostles and those who believe.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 19348-19351
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses the men of Mecca, rejects worship of their
idols besides God, and says he worships God, who will cause them to die.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 19351-19354
quote_or_summary: The speaker is commanded to be one of the true believers, set
his face toward the true religion, be orthodox, and avoid attributing companions
to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 19355-19357
quote_or_summary: The passage forbids invoking besides God what can neither profit
nor hurt, warning that doing so would make one unjust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 19358-19361
quote_or_summary: If God afflicts with hurt, none can relieve it except God; if
God wills good, none can keep back God's bounty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 19362-19365
quote_or_summary: Truth has come from the Lord; whoever is directed benefits his
own soul, and whoever errs does so against the same; the speaker is no guardian
over them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 19365-19366
quote_or_summary: "“follow that which is revealed unto thee: and persevere with
patience, until GOD shall judge”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Motif identification
is strongest for divine judgment; other motif labels are descriptive and less
tied to the supplied taxonomy.
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 external parallels or unprovided taxonomy identifiers were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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