batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19469-l19571
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19469-l19571
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER X. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 19469-19571
start: '19469'
end: '19571'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'The passage contrasts belief and unbelief, describes judgment, hell, paradise,
and witnesses before God, then begins the account of Noah: Noah warns his people,
is rejected by their chiefs, refuses payment and refuses to drive away poor believers,
says God alone can bring punishment, receives revelation to build an ark, and
builds it while his people mock him.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage states that the book has been revealed by the knowledge of God
only and affirms that there is no god but God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those who choose the present life and its pomp receive recompense in this
life, but in the next life have no reward except the fire of hell, and their works
perish.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A person following an evident declaration from the Lord is contrasted with
unbelievers; the book of Moses is described as preceding it and being revealed
as guide and mercy.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Those who devise lies against God are set before the Lord on the day of judgment,
and witnesses identify them as liars against their Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The unjust are described as turning people aside from the way of God, lacking
protectors besides God, receiving doubled punishment, and being abandoned by their
imagined idols.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Those who believe, do good works, and humble themselves before their Lord
are described as inhabitants of paradise who remain there forever.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: 'The two parties are compared by a similitude: one side is like the blind
and deaf, and the other like one who sees and hears.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Noah is sent to his people as a public preacher, tells them to worship God
alone, and warns of the punishment of a terrible day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The unbelieving chiefs answer Noah by calling him only a man like themselves,
disparaging his followers as abject, and treating Noah and his followers as liars.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Noah says he asks no riches for his preaching, that his reward is with God,
and that he will not drive away those who have believed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Noah says he does not claim to possess God’s treasures, know God’s secrets,
or be an angel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Noah’s opponents challenge him to bring the threatened punishment; Noah replies
that God alone will bring it if he pleases and that they will return to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: It is revealed to Noah that no more of his people will believe except those
who already have believed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: Noah is commanded to make an ark in God’s presence according to revealed form
and dimensions, and the unjust are described as doomed to be drowned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: Noah builds the ark; passing groups of his people deride him, and he answers
that they will later know on whom shameful and lasting punishment will fall.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The sole deity, revealer of the book, Lord, judge, rewarder, and one
who may bring punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Noah
description: A public preacher sent to his people who warns them, disputes with
them, refuses reward from them, and builds the ark after revelation.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Noah’s people and chiefs
description: The people addressed by Noah, with unbelieving chiefs who reject him
and mock him while he builds the ark.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Believers
description: Those who believe, do good works, humble themselves before their Lord,
and in Noah’s case are not to be driven away by him.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unjust liars against God
description: People who devise lies concerning God, turn others from God’s way,
and lack protectors besides God.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Witnesses
description: Witnesses who speak on the day of judgment and identify those who devised
lies against their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Moses
description: Named in connection with the preceding book of Moses, described as
revealed for guide and mercy.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Mentioned in the question of whether the Meccans will say he forged
the Koran.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Meccans
description: Mentioned as possible speakers who say Mohammed forged the Koran.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Divine revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The book is said to be revealed by the knowledge of God only, and Noah receives
revelation about the ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: Divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Judgment, hell, doubled punishment, paradise, and the threatened punishment
are attributed to God or occur before the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: Public preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Noah says he is a public preacher and calls his people to worship God alone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: Ark builder
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Noah is commanded to make an ark and then builds it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: Unbelieving chiefs
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The chiefs of Noah’s people do not believe and reject Noah’s claim.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: Mockers of the ark builder
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Companies of Noah’s people pass by while he builds the ark and deride him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: Faithful recipients of mercy or paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Believers are associated with good works, humility before the Lord, paradise,
and Noah’s refusal to drive them away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: Liars and unjust
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They devise lies against God and turn people from God’s way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: Judgment witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They speak at the day of judgment and identify the liars against God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: Associated with prior revealed book
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The book of Moses is described as preceding and as revealed for guidance
and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Revealed book / Koran
literal_form: A book revealed by God’s knowledge, believed by some and rejected
by others.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: Book of Moses
literal_form: A preceding book revealed as a guide and mercy to mankind.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Fire of hell
literal_form: Fire threatened as the next-life punishment for unbelief and vain
works.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Paradise
literal_form: A dwelling where believers remain forever.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Blind and deaf versus seeing and hearing
literal_form: A similitude contrasting two parties through sensory incapacity and
sensory capacity.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Ark
literal_form: A vessel Noah is commanded to make according to revealed form and
dimensions, and which he builds while mocked.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Drowning
literal_form: The stated doom of those who have acted unjustly in Noah’s people.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revealed book and afterlife contrast
summary: The passage affirms that the book is revealed by God’s knowledge, contrasts
those choosing the present life with those who believe, and names hellfire as
the next-life consequence for rejection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Judgment before the Lord
summary: Liars against God are set before the Lord at judgment; witnesses identify
them, the unjust are cursed and punished, while believers who do good works inhabit
paradise forever.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Noah warns and is rejected
summary: Noah announces himself as a public preacher, calls his people to worship
God alone, warns them of punishment, and is rejected by their unbelieving chiefs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Noah’s defense of his mission
summary: Noah says he asks no riches, refuses to drive away believers, denies claiming
divine treasures, secrets, or angelic status, and says God alone can bring the
threatened punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Ark command and mockery
summary: Noah receives revelation that no further people will believe, is commanded
to build the ark, and builds it while people mock him; he answers by warning of
future punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with contrasting afterlife outcomes
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes judgment before the Lord, witnesses, hellfire for unbelief,
doubled punishment, and paradise for believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and exhortative as well as narrative; the motif
label abstracts repeated judgment imagery.
- id: motif:2
label: Ark built under divine instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
basis: Noah is commanded to make an ark in God’s presence according to revealed
form and dimensions, and he builds it while mocked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This passage includes the ark command and construction but not the later
voyage within the supplied range.
- id: motif:3
label: Impending drowning of the unjust
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
basis: The unjust are described as doomed to be drowned in the context of Noah’s
ark construction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied passage has drowning and ark preparation, but it does not
yet narrate the flood event or renewal afterward.
- id: motif:4
label: Rejected prophet or preacher warns an unbelieving people
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Noah preaches worship of God alone, warns of punishment, is rejected as merely
a man, and is called a liar by unbelieving chiefs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly names this preaching-and-rejection
pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Revealed scripture as guidance and proof
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The book is said to be revealed by God’s knowledge, while the book of Moses
is described as a prior guide and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy term 'wisdom' is broad; the passage specifically concerns
revelation, guidance, and testimony.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage presents the Koran and the book of Moses as related revealed
books with guidance or testimonial function, with the book of Moses preceding
the Koranic declaration.
claim_level: same_function
target: Book of Moses as prior revealed guide and witness to the Koranic message
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim is limited to the relationship explicitly stated in the passage;
it does not establish historical contact beyond the passage’s own theological
framing.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19469-19472
quote_or_summary: The book is said to have been revealed by the knowledge of God
only, and the passage affirms that there is no god but God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 19473-19479
quote_or_summary: Those who choose the present life receive recompense there, but
in the next life their only reward is the fire of hell and their works are vain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 19480-19488
quote_or_summary: The passage compares followers of an evident declaration from
the Lord with rejecters; it says a witness attends and that the book of Moses
preceded it as guide and mercy; rejecters are threatened with hellfire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 19489-19500
quote_or_summary: Those who invent lies about God are set before the Lord at judgment;
witnesses identify them; the unjust turn others from God’s way, lack protectors,
receive doubled punishment, and are abandoned by imagined idols.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 19501-19507
quote_or_summary: Believers who do good works and humble themselves before the Lord
inhabit paradise forever; the two parties are likened to blind/deaf and seeing/hearing
persons.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 19508-19521
quote_or_summary: Noah is sent as a public preacher, calls his people to worship
God alone, warns of the terrible day, and is rejected by unbelieving chiefs who
call him an ordinary man followed by abject people and call them liars.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 19522-19534
quote_or_summary: Noah says he asks no riches for preaching, his reward is with
God, he will not drive away believers, and he does not claim God’s treasures,
secrets, or angelic status.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 19535-19545
quote_or_summary: Noah’s opponents demand the threatened punishment; Noah says God
alone will bring it if he pleases, counsel will not profit them if God leads them
into error, and all return to God; the Meccans and Mohammed are mentioned in a
question about forging the Koran.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 19546-19552
quote_or_summary: It is revealed to Noah that no further people will believe except
those already believing; he is told not to grieve, to make an ark according to
revealed form and dimensions, and that the unjust are doomed to be drowned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 19553-19571
quote_or_summary: Noah builds the ark; groups of his people deride him; he answers
that they will later know upon whom a shameful and lasting punishment will fall.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear for judgment, Noah’s preaching, and ark construction.
Flood-and-renewal is only partly present because the flood event itself is not
narrated in the supplied range.
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 supplied available lists.
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