batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19743-l19816
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19743-l19816
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 19743-19816
start: '19743'
end: '19816'
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 recounts Hud addressing his people, urging repentance and trust
in God; they reject him and are later delivered to punishment while Hud and believers
are saved. It then recounts Saleh being sent to Thamud, urging worship of God,
facing doubt from his people, and presenting the she-camel of God as a sign that
must not be harmed.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hud asks no recompense from his people for his preaching and says his recompense
is expected only from his creator.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Hud urges his people to ask pardon of the Lord and turn to him, promising
plentiful rain and increased strength.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hud's people say he has brought no proof, refuse to leave their gods, and
do not believe him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hud's people say some of their gods have afflicted him with evil or madness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: obs:5
text: Hud declares himself clear of what they associate with God and invites them
to plot against him without delay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Hud says he puts his confidence in God, described as his Lord and their Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states that no beast exists but God holds it by its forelock.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Hud warns that if his people turn back, another nation will be substituted
in their stead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: When the divine sentence came, Hud and those who believed with him were delivered
through mercy from grievous punishment.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The tribe of Ad rejected the signs of their Lord, disobeyed messengers, followed
rebellious persons, and were followed by a curse in this world and on the day
of resurrection.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Saleh is sent to the tribe of Thamud and tells them to worship God, who produced
them from the earth and gave them habitation there.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Thamud say Saleh had been a person in whom they placed hopes, but they doubt
the religion to which he invites them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Saleh says the she-camel of God is a sign for his people and instructs them
to let her feed freely in God's earth and do her no harm.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: Saleh warns that harming the she-camel will cause a swift punishment to seize
his people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: A note explains that the Adites had been distressed by drought for three years,
and another note links increased strength to children after barrenness during
the drought.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The creator and Lord invoked by Hud and Saleh; described as holding
every beast by its forelock, sending rain and strength, delivering believers,
and judging rejecting peoples.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Hud
description: A messenger/preacher to his people and to Ad, urging repentance, rejecting
associated gods, trusting God, and later being delivered with believers.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Hud's people / Ad
description: The people addressed by Hud; they reject his message, follow rebellious
persons, and are cursed after divine judgment.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Believers with Hud
description: Those who believed with Hud and were delivered through divine mercy
from grievous punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Saleh
description: A brother or messenger sent to Thamud; he calls them to worship God
and presents the she-camel of God as a sign.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Thamud
description: The tribe addressed by Saleh; they question his departure from ancestral
worship and doubt his religious invitation.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: She-camel of God
description: A she-camel identified by Saleh as a sign for his people, to be allowed
to feed freely and not harmed.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Gods worshipped by Hud's people
description: Deities whom Hud's people refuse to leave and whom they say may have
afflicted Hud with evil.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: That which the fathers worshipped
description: The ancestral objects of worship invoked by Thamud when questioning
Saleh.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator and lord
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hud expects recompense from the one who created him; Saleh says God produced
Thamud from the earth and gave them habitation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The sentence comes into execution; Hud and believers are delivered through
mercy while Ad receive curse and punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: messenger-preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
basis: Hud preaches to his people; Saleh is sent to Thamud and calls them to worship
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: rejecting audience
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
basis: Hud's people refuse belief; Thamud doubt Saleh's invitation and invoke ancestral
worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: delivered faithful
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: Hud and those who believed with him are delivered from grievous punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: punished tribe
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ad reject divine signs, disobey messengers, and are followed by a curse in
this world and on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: divine sign animal
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Saleh calls the she-camel of God a sign and commands that she be left unharmed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: rival or ancestral object of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Hud's people refuse to leave their gods; Thamud refer to what their fathers
worshipped.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: rain after repentance
literal_form: rain from heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: drought and barrenness
literal_form: three-year drought and barren wombs and lands in the note
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:3
label: she-camel as sign
literal_form: the she-camel of God
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: forelock-held beast
literal_form: every beast held by its forelock
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: curse continuing to resurrection
literal_form: curse in this world and on the day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hud calls his people to repentance
summary: Hud asks no payment, urges his people to seek pardon, and promises divine
rain and increased strength if they turn to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: scene:2
label: Hud's people reject him
summary: Hud's people deny that he has brought proof, refuse to abandon their gods,
and accuse the gods of afflicting him; Hud replies by dissociating himself from
their associations and trusting God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Deliverance of Hud and judgment on Ad
summary: The divine sentence is executed; Hud and believers are delivered through
mercy, while Ad are described as rejecting signs and receiving a curse in this
world and at resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Saleh addresses Thamud
summary: Saleh is sent to Thamud, calls them to worship God, and they respond with
doubt because his message opposes ancestral worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: The she-camel of God as sign
summary: Saleh presents the she-camel of God as a sign, orders that she be allowed
to feed freely, and warns of swift punishment if she is harmed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prophetic warning rejected by a people
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hud and Saleh each address a people with a call to worship or turn to God;
both audiences respond with rejection or doubt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The label is descriptive and not a supplied taxonomy family.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment on a rejecting community
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Ad reject signs and messengers, after which divine sentence is executed,
believers are delivered, and Ad are cursed in this world and on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: Only the judgment on Ad is completed within this excerpt; the punishment
threatened against Thamud is not narrated here.
- id: motif:3
label: deliverance of the faithful from communal punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hud and those who believed with him are delivered through mercy from grievous
punishment when the sentence comes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No details of the mode of punishment or escape are given in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: divine sign animal with taboo against harm
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Saleh identifies the she-camel of God as a sign, commands that she be allowed
to feed freely, and warns that harming her will bring swift punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly corresponds to this sign-animal
pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: repentance linked to restored rain and fertility
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Hud promises plentiful rain and increased strength if the people ask pardon
and turn to God; notes explain prior drought and barrenness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a conditional divine promise, but it does not explicitly
use covenant language.
- id: motif:6
label: resurrection-era judgment or curse
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: Ad are said to be followed by a curse in this world and by the same on the
day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: Resurrection appears as an eschatological time marker rather than as a
narrated resurrection event.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19752-19758
quote_or_summary: Hud asks no recompense except from his creator and urges his people
to ask pardon, promising heaven will pour forth plentiful rain and that their
strength will be increased.
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 19759-19764
quote_or_summary: Hud's people answer that he has brought no proof, they will not
leave their gods, they do not believe him, and they say some of their gods have
afflicted him with evil.
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 19764-19770
quote_or_summary: Hud calls God and the people to witness that he is clear of what
they associate with God, invites them to plot against him, and says he trusts
God, who holds every beast by its forelock.
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 19771-19774
quote_or_summary: Hud says that if they turn back, he has delivered his message,
and his Lord will substitute another nation in their stead without being harmed.
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 19775-19783
quote_or_summary: When the divine sentence comes, Hud and the believers with him
are delivered by mercy from grievous punishment; Ad are described as rejecting
signs, disobeying messengers, and being followed by a curse in this world and
on the day of resurrection.
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 19784-19789
quote_or_summary: Saleh is sent to Thamud and tells them to worship God alone; he
says God produced them from the earth and gave them habitation there, and urges
pardon and turning to God.
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 19804-19806
quote_or_summary: A note glosses the people's accusation against Hud as madness
or deprivation of reason due to indignities offered to their gods.
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 19790-19797
quote_or_summary: Thamud answer that Saleh had been someone in whom they placed
hopes, ask if he forbids their fathers' worship, and say they doubt the religion
to which he invites them; Saleh responds that disobeying God would leave him without
protection from divine vengeance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 19798-19801
quote_or_summary: '"this she-camel of GOD is a sign unto you; therefore dismiss
her freely, that she may feed in GOD''S earth, and do her no harm, lest a swift
punishment seize you."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 19802-19804
quote_or_summary: Notes state that the Adites had been distressed by drought for
three years and that increased strength means children, after barren wombs and
lands during the drought.
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: uncertain
notes: Core narrative roles and motifs are explicit. Some motif labels are descriptive
because the supplied taxonomy lacks exact entries for prophetic rejection and
the she-camel sign.
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 provided passage and metadata were used. Comparison claims were left empty because the passage does not itself make an explicit cross-textual comparison.
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