batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19819-l19916
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19819-l19916
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 19819-19916
start: '19819'
end: '19916'
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 the destruction of Thamud after Saleh's warning; angelic
messengers visiting Abraham with news of Isaac and Jacob and of Lot's people;
Lot's protection and the overthrow of the cities; and Shoaib's admonition to Madian
to worship God and practice just measure and weight.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Saleh tells his people to enjoy their dwellings for three days before destruction;
God delivers Saleh and the believers, while a heavenly noise leaves the unjust
people dead in their houses.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Messengers visit Abraham, greet him with peace, and Abraham brings a roasted
calf; when they do not touch the meat, Abraham fears them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The messengers tell Abraham they are sent to the people of Lot.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Sarah is present, laughs, and receives the promise of Isaac and, after Isaac,
Jacob; she questions this because she and Abraham are old.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The angels answer that the command of God should not be wondered at and pronounce
mercy and blessing upon the family of the house.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Abraham disputes or intercedes concerning the people of Lot after receiving
the good tidings.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The angels tell Abraham to abstain because the command of the Lord has come
and an inevitable punishment is ready for Lot's people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: When the messengers come to Lot, he is troubled for them; his people rush
toward him, and he asks them not to shame him by wronging his guests.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Lot's people reject his appeal and say he knows what they want.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The angels identify themselves to Lot as messengers of his Lord, assure him
his people will not reach him, and instruct him to leave by night with his family
without turning back.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Lot's wife is excepted from the rescue instruction and is said to undergo
what happens to the condemned people.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The cities are turned upside down and rained upon with marked stones of baked
clay.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Shoaib is sent to Madian and tells the people to worship God, not diminish
measure and weight, and fear a day of punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: Shoaib instructs Madian to give full measure and just weight, avoid corrupt
injustice in the earth, and prefer what remains as God's gift after justice is
done.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Saleh
description: Prophetic speaker who warns of destruction and is delivered with believers.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Thamud
description: The people who disbelieve and are found dead in their houses after
a heavenly noise.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: Divine authority whose decree, command, mercy, and punishment are repeatedly
invoked.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Believers with Saleh
description: Those who believe with Saleh and are delivered through divine mercy.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Messengers / angels
description: Visitors to Abraham and Lot who give good tidings, refuse food, announce
their mission, and instruct Lot to depart.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Host of the messengers; he fears them when they do not eat, receives
news of Isaac, and intercedes concerning Lot's people.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Sarah
description: Abraham's wife, present at the visit, laughs, and is promised Isaac
despite old age.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Isaac
description: Promised son of Sarah and Abraham.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Jacob
description: Promised after Isaac.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Lot
description: Host of the messengers, troubled for them, challenged by his people,
and instructed to depart with his family.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: People of Lot
description: Group toward whom the messengers are sent and upon whom punishment
is announced.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Lot's family
description: Family instructed to go forth by night with Lot.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Lot's wife
description: Member of Lot's household excepted from the rescue and destined to
share the people's fate.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Shoaib
description: Brother of the people of Madian, sent to admonish them to worship God
and use just measures and weights.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Madian
description: People addressed by Shoaib regarding worship, measure, weight, and
corruption.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: prophetic warner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:14
basis: These figures address their people or others with warning, appeal, or divine
instruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage attributes decree, command, mercy, deliverance, and punishment
to God or the LORD.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: delivered or protected party
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:10
- fig:12
basis: Saleh and believers are delivered; Lot and most of his family are instructed
to depart before punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: condemned community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:11
basis: Thamud are destroyed after warning, and Lot's people are subject to an inevitable
punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: angelic messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The messengers give divine news and identify themselves to Lot as messengers
of his Lord; the notes identify them as angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: host under threat or anxiety
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:10
basis: Abraham brings food and fears the visitors when they do not eat; Lot is troubled
for the visitors and fears harm from his people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: intercessor
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Abraham disputes or intercedes concerning the people of Lot after receiving
the good tidings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: aged recipient of birth promise
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sarah questions bearing a son because she and Abraham are old, after being
promised Isaac.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: promised descendant
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Isaac is promised to Sarah, and Jacob is promised after Isaac.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: excluded household member
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Lot's wife is specifically excepted from the departing family and assigned
the same fate as the condemned people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: admonished community
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Madian is addressed by Shoaib to worship God and cease fraud in measure and
weight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: three-day reprieve
literal_form: three days in dwellings before destruction
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: heavenly noise
literal_form: terrible noise from heaven that assails the unjust
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: roasted calf
literal_form: roasted calf brought by Abraham to his visitors
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: untouched food
literal_form: the messengers' hands do not touch the meat
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: promised child and descendant
literal_form: promise of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: night departure
literal_form: going forth with family in part of the night without turning back
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: morning deadline
literal_form: punishment predicted for the morning
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: overturned cities
literal_form: cities turned upside down
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: marked baked-clay stones
literal_form: stones of baked clay, one following another, marked from the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:10
label: measure and weight
literal_form: measure and weight to be made full and not diminished
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Saleh's three-day warning and Thamud's destruction
summary: Saleh announces a three-day period before destruction; God delivers Saleh
and the believers, while Thamud are struck by a heavenly noise and found dead
in their homes.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Abraham hosts the messengers
summary: Messengers greet Abraham; he brings a roasted calf, but they do not eat,
causing him fear; they say they are sent to Lot's people.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Birth promise to Sarah
summary: Sarah laughs and questions the possibility of bearing a son in old age;
the angels answer by invoking God's command and blessing Abraham's household.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Abraham intercedes concerning Lot's people
summary: After the birth promise, Abraham disputes or intercedes concerning Lot's
people, but the angels say the divine command and inevitable punishment have arrived.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Lot's troubled reception of the messengers
summary: Lot is troubled for the messengers as his people rush toward him; he appeals
to them not to shame him by wronging his guests, but they reject the appeal.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Angelic instruction for Lot's departure
summary: The angels reveal themselves to Lot, promise that his people will not reach
him, and command him to leave by night with his family, while his wife is excepted
and the punishment is set for morning.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Overthrow of the cities
summary: The cities associated with Lot's people are turned upside down and struck
with marked stones of baked clay.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Shoaib admonishes Madian
summary: Shoaib calls Madian to worship God, use full measure and just weight, avoid
corruption, and prefer what remains after justice to wealth gained by fraud.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prophetic warning followed by divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Saleh's warning to Thamud is followed by destruction; Lot's people receive
an announced punishment; Shoaib warns Madian of punishment if they persist in
wrongdoing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: 'The passage gives different outcomes: Thamud and Lot''s people are destroyed
within the excerpt, while Madian is only warned here.'
- id: motif:2
label: deliverance of believers before communal destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- departure
basis: Saleh and believers are delivered before Thamud's destruction, and Lot is
instructed to depart by night with his family before the cities are overturned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: Lot's wife is explicitly excluded from the rescued household.
- id: motif:3
label: angelic visitors announce birth and judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
- miraculous_child
- divine_judgment
basis: The same messengers who visit Abraham announce the birth of Isaac and are
also sent concerning Lot's people and their punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage calls them messengers in the main text and angels in surrounding
commentary/notes.
- id: motif:4
label: miraculous birth promise to an aged woman
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
- sacred_birth
basis: Sarah is promised Isaac despite saying that she is old and Abraham is advanced
in years.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the promise, not the birth itself.
- id: motif:5
label: hospitality encounter with non-eating heavenly visitors
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Abraham offers a roasted calf, but the visitors do not touch the meat, prompting
fear before they disclose their mission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif label treats the visitors as heavenly because later commentary
identifies them as angels and the main text gives them divine missions.
- id: motif:6
label: intercession for a condemned city or people
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Abraham disputes or intercedes concerning the people of Lot, but the angels
say the divine command and punishment are inevitable.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt does not include the details of Abraham's intercessory argument,
only its occurrence and rejection.
- id: motif:7
label: commercial justice as religious obligation
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- wisdom
basis: Shoaib frames full measure, just weight, and avoidance of fraud as duties
connected with worship of God and fear of punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy mapping is approximate; the passage is primarily an ethical
admonition rather than a mythic exchange narrative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's notes explicitly connect the Abraham-visitors and intercession
material with Genesis 18, including the promise of Isaac and the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Genesis 18; Sodom and Gomorrah narrative in the Hebrew Bible / biblical
tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supported by the supplied notes and shared narrative
elements, but the excerpt itself is an English translation with commentary and
does not establish historical direction or dependence.
- id: claim:2
claim: 'The Lot episode shares the same broad destruction-of-Sodom/Gomorrah pattern
named in the notes: angelic visitors, threatened guests, escape of Lot''s household,
exception of the wife, and destruction of the cities.'
claim_level: same_motif
target: Sodom and Gomorrah / Lot rescue and city-destruction motif
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The main passage names Lot's people and cities, while the identification
with Sodom and Gomorrah comes from the supplied editorial notes.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19819-19828
quote_or_summary: Saleh announces three days before destruction; God delivers Saleh
and believers; a terrible noise from heaven leaves the unjust Thamud dead in their
houses.
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 19829-19836
quote_or_summary: Messengers come to Abraham with peace and good tidings; he brings
a roasted calf; they do not touch the meat, causing fear, and say they are sent
to Lot's people.
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 19837-19845
quote_or_summary: Sarah laughs and is promised Isaac and then Jacob; she questions
bearing a son in old age; the angels invoke God's command and bless the family
of the house.
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 19846-19853
quote_or_summary: Abraham disputes concerning Lot's people; the angels tell him
to abstain because the Lord's command has come and punishment is inevitable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: notes t-c within lines 19854-19885
quote_or_summary: Translator's notes identify the messengers as angels sent to promise
Isaac and destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, refer to Genesis 18, and describe Abraham's
intercession.
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 19886-19894
quote_or_summary: Messengers come to Lot; he is troubled for them; his people rush
upon him; Lot appeals to them not to shame him by wronging his guests, and they
reject his appeal.
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 19895-19904
quote_or_summary: The angels tell Lot they are messengers of his Lord, that the
people will not reach him, and that he should depart by night with his family;
his wife is excepted, and the punishment is set for morning.
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 19905-19909
quote_or_summary: When the divine command comes, the cities are turned upside down
and rained upon with marked stones of baked clay.
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 19910-19914
quote_or_summary: Shoaib is sent to Madian and tells them to worship God, not diminish
measure and weight, and fear punishment.
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 19915-19916
quote_or_summary: Shoaib commands full measure and just weight, warns against corrupt
injustice, and says what remains as God's gift after justice is better than fraud-gotten
wealth.
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: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif assignments
use only the provided taxonomy list and are therefore partly approximate, especially
for hospitality and commercial justice themes. Comparison claims rely on the supplied
translator's notes and shared narrative elements, not on claims of historical
dependence.
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: |-
All observations and motifs are derived from the supplied excerpt and metadata; no external sources were used.
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