batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19573-l19653
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19573-l19653
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 19573-19653
start: '19573'
end: '19653'
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: And the ark swam with them between waves like mountains
summary: When the divine sentence is executed, water pours forth from the oven.
Noah is commanded to carry pairs of animals, his family except those already condemned,
and the believers into the ark. Noah invokes God as the ark moves. A separated
son refuses to embark, trusting a mountain for safety, but a wave comes between
him and Noah and he is drowned. The translator's notes discuss interpretations
of the oven, the number of animal pairs, Noah's family, and parallels in Persian,
Jewish, Christian, and other traditions.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Water pours forth from the oven when the sentence is put into execution.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Noah is told to carry into the ark animal pairs, his family except a person
under a prior sentence of destruction, and those who believe.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Only a few people believe with Noah.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Noah tells those aboard to embark in the name of God while the ark moves forward
and stands still.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The ark swims among waves described as like mountains.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Noah calls to his separated son and urges him to embark and not remain with
the unbelievers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The son answers that he will go to a mountain that will secure him from the
water.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Noah says there is no security that day from God's decree except for one on
whom God has mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: A wave passes between Noah and the son, and the son is drowned.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: A note says the oven's overflowing is the sign by which Noah knew the flood
was coming, while also reporting alternative interpretations of the word as the
earth's surface, a springing place, a water-collection place, or a fissure.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: A note reports traditions and interpretations about one pair or two pairs
of each animal species entering the ark.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: A note identifies Noah's family as his wife, sons, and their wives, and discusses
named traditions about the condemned son and an infidel wife.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: A note says commentators tell that the ark moved or stood still when Noah
pronounced the words 'In the name of GOD.'
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Noah
description: The figure commanded to carry animals, family, and believers into the
ark; he speaks to those embarking and calls to his son.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: GOD
description: The divine figure whose sentence is executed, whose decree offers no
security except by mercy, and in whose name Noah embarks.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Noah's son
description: A son separated from Noah who refuses to embark, seeks safety on a
mountain, and is drowned.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: believers with Noah
description: The few who believe with Noah and are included among those to be carried
into the ark.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: animal pairs
description: Pairs of every species of animals commanded to be carried into the
ark.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Noah's family
description: Noah's family is included among those to be carried into the ark, except
one under a previous sentence of destruction; a note identifies the family as
wife, sons, and their wives.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: ark leader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Noah receives the command to carry living beings into the ark and directs
embarkation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: warning father
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Noah calls to his separated son, urges him to embark, and warns that only
divine mercy gives security.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says the sentence is put into execution and refers to God's decree
from which there is no security except by mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: merciful deity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Noah says his Lord is gracious and merciful, and later says safety depends
on God's mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: unbelieving drowning son
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The son refuses the ark, intends to seek safety on a mountain, and is drowned
by a wave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: ark passengers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:6
basis: The believers and Noah's family are named among those to be carried into
the ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: preserved living kinds
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Animal pairs of every species are commanded to be carried into the ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ark
literal_form: vessel carrying Noah, animal pairs, family, and believers through
the flood waters
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: water
literal_form: flood water pouring from the oven and drowning Noah's son
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: mountain
literal_form: a mountain the son expects will secure him from the water; waves are
also compared to mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: oven
literal_form: oven that pours forth water; note also treats it as possibly a springing
place, earth surface, water-collection place, or fissure
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: animal pairs
literal_form: pairs of every animal species to be carried into the ark
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: divine name for movement
literal_form: the words 'In the name of GOD' associated in the note with the ark
moving or standing still
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Command to load the ark
summary: After water pours forth from the oven, Noah is commanded to take pairs
of animals, eligible family members, and believers into the ark, though only a
few believe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Embarkation in God's name
summary: Noah tells the passengers to embark in the name of God as the ark moves
forward and stands still, declaring God gracious and merciful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Son refuses the ark and drowns
summary: As the ark moves among great waves, Noah calls to his separated son to
embark. The son trusts a mountain, Noah denies safety apart from God's mercy,
and a wave drowns the son.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Translator notes on flood traditions
summary: The notes report variant explanations of the oven, animal-pair traditions,
family identifications, ark movement, and parallels with Persian, Jewish, Christian,
and Mosaic materials.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: flood judgment with ark preservation
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
- ark_vessel
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage presents divine execution of a destructive flood, an ark carrying
Noah, believers, family members, and animal pairs, and drowning for the son who
remains outside.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgment and preservation; renewal beyond survival
is only implicit in the preservation of passengers and animal pairs.
- id: motif:2
label: survival through paired animals
taxonomy_refs:
- survivor_pair
- ark_vessel
basis: Noah is instructed to carry pairs of every animal species into the ark; notes
discuss whether this means one or two pairs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy term 'survivor_pair' is only partially applicable
because the passage concerns animal pairs by species, not a single founding human
pair.
- id: motif:3
label: failed refuge on the mountain
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah's son seeks safety on a mountain, but Noah says there is no security
from God's decree except by mercy, and the son drowns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The motif label is passage-specific and not a supplied taxonomy family.
- id: motif:4
label: miraculous flood sign from an oven or fissure
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
basis: The flood begins or is signaled when the oven pours forth water; the note
gives alternate interpretations of the oven as a place where water springs or
breaks forth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The interpretation depends partly on translator commentary and lexical
explanation.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The notes explicitly compare the oven-water sign to a Persian Magi tradition
in which the first deluge waters gush from the oven of an old woman named Zala
Cufa.
claim_level: historical_contact
target: Persian Magi deluge-oven tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage reports Sale's statement that Muhammad 'in all probability'
borrowed the circumstance; this is commentary, not demonstrated by the narrative
itself.
- id: claim:2
claim: The notes compare the animal-pair interpretation with Jewish and Christian
writers who read the ark animals as multiple pairs of clean and unclean species.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Jewish and Christian ark animal-pair traditions
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is limited to the commentator's discussion of animal
numbers and does not establish textual dependence.
- id: claim:3
claim: The notes state that more judicious commentators give the ark the same dimensions
as those assigned by Moses, linking this ark account to Mosaic flood tradition.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Mosaic flood and ark tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: Only dimensions are mentioned in this comparison; the present passage
excerpt does not quote the dimensional data itself.
- id: claim:4
claim: The notes compare the tradition of Adam's body separating men and women in
the ark with a tradition of eastern Christians.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Eastern Christian ark continence and Adam-body tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: This is a secondary note about later tradition, not part of the main
narrative passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19573-19580
quote_or_summary: The sentence is executed; the oven pours forth water; Noah is
commanded to carry animal pairs, his family except one already condemned, and
believers into the ark; few believe with him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 19580-19583
quote_or_summary: Noah says to embark 'in the name of GOD' as the ark moves and
stands still, because his Lord is gracious and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation/paraphrase.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 19583-19590
quote_or_summary: The ark moves among waves like mountains; Noah calls to his separated
son; the son chooses a mountain for safety; Noah says only God's mercy can secure
anyone; a wave separates them and the son drowns.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: note r, lines 19591-19613
quote_or_summary: The note explains the oven as boiling over, a sign of the flood,
reports locations and a tradition of Eve's oven, compares a Persian Magi story
of deluge waters from Zala Cufa's oven, and gives lexical alternatives such as
earth surface, springing place, collection place, or fissure.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: note s, lines 19614-19628
quote_or_summary: The note discusses whether the animal command means one pair or
two pairs of each species, compares Jewish and Christian interpretations, and
reports a tradition that God gathered the animals to Noah.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: notes t-y, lines 19629-19642
quote_or_summary: The notes identify Noah's family as wife, sons, and sons' wives;
discuss the condemned son as Canaan or Yam with variants; mention an infidel wife;
and enumerate a tradition about the few saved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: note z and following, lines 19643-19653
quote_or_summary: The note says the ark moved or stopped when Noah pronounced 'In
the name of GOD,' mentions ark dimensions compared with Moses, describes traditions
about construction, stories, and separation of men and women by Adam's body, and
notes eastern Christian parallels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main narrative extraction is direct. Some motifs and comparisons rely on
translator notes and therefore require human review.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Literal observations are separated from motif and comparison interpretations.
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