batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19918-l20001
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l19918-l20001
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 19918-20001
start: '19918'
end: '20001'
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 includes commentary on Lot, Sodom, Gabriel, Lot's wife, and
marked stones of punishment, then narrates Shoaib's dispute with his people, his
warning by comparison with earlier destroyed peoples, the deliverance of Shoaib
and believers, the destruction of the unjust people of Madian by a terrible heavenly
noise, and a brief account of Moses, Pharaoh, resurrection, hell fire, curses,
and demolished cities.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The notes say beautiful young men appeared in Sodom and that this appearance
tempted the people of Sodom to abuse them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A commentary note says Gabriel struck the riotous assembly on the face with
a wing and blinded them while Lot was distressed behind his door.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note reports disagreement over whether Lot's wife left with him or was left
behind, and mentions a version in which she turned back and was killed by one
of the stones.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A commentary note says Gabriel lifted the cities high, inverted them, and
threw them down to the earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The stones of punishment are described in notes as having distinctive markings,
with a common opinion that each stone bore the name of the person to be killed
by it.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Shoaib's people ask whether his prayers require them to leave the gods worshipped
by their fathers or restrict what they do with their substance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Shoaib says he seeks his people's reformation, trusts in God alone, and turns
to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Shoaib warns his people not to bring on themselves a vengeance like that which
fell on the peoples of Noah, Hud, Saleh, and Lot.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Shoaib's people say he is a man of no power among them and that, but for his
family, they would stone him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: When the decree came, Shoaib and those who believed with him were delivered
through mercy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: A terrible noise from Heaven assailed the unjust, who were found lying dead
and prostrate in their houses in the morning.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Madian is described as removed from the earth, as Thamud had been removed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Moses was sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh and his princes, but
they followed Pharaoh's command.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Pharaoh is said to precede his followers on the day of resurrection and lead
them into hell fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: The histories of cities are described as including some still standing and
others utterly demolished.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lot
description: A figure associated with Sodom, his household, and confrontation with
his townsmen in the commentary notes.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: An angelic figure in commentary who blinds the riotous assembly and
is said to lift and invert the cities.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: People of Sodom / riotous assembly
description: A group described as seeking to abuse the beautiful young men and as
trying to get over Lot's wall.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lot's wife
description: A figure whose fate is disputed in the commentary; one version says
she turned back and was killed by a stone.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Shoaib
description: A speaker who addresses his people, seeks their reformation, warns
them, and is later delivered with believers.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Shoaib's people / people of Madian
description: A community that challenges Shoaib, threatens him, and whose unjust
members are killed by a heavenly noise.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Shoaib's family
description: The family whose presence prevents Shoaib's people from stoning him,
according to their statement.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure whom Shoaib trusts, who is described as merciful
and loving, and whose decree delivers believers and punishes the unjust.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Those who believed with Shoaib
description: A group delivered with Shoaib through divine mercy.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Moses
description: A figure formerly sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh and
his princes.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: A ruler whose command is not right-guiding and who will lead his followers
into hell fire on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Pharaoh's princes and followers
description: Figures who follow Pharaoh's command and are associated with his fate.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine messenger or admonishing speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:10
basis: Shoaib exhorts and warns his people; Moses is sent with signs and manifest
power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: God is the one trusted by Shoaib; the decree delivers believers and punishes
the unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: distressed righteous householder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The commentary describes Lot as unable to protect the visitors and arguing
with the assembly from behind his door.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: angelic agent of punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Gabriel blinds the assembly and is said to lift and overturn the cities.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: opposing or unjust community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:12
basis: These groups oppose the messenger or righteous figure and are associated
with abuse, threats, following Pharaoh, or punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: disobedient or disputed household member
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The commentary reports disagreement over Lot's wife's departure and says
one version attributes her death to turning back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: delivered believer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:9
basis: Shoaib and those who believed with him are delivered through mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: protective kin group
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Shoaib's opponents say they would have stoned him but for his family.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: misleading ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Pharaoh's command does not direct aright and he leads his followers into
hell fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: marked punitive stones
literal_form: stones with distinctive marks or names written on them
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: wing as instrument of blinding
literal_form: Gabriel's wing striking faces
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: overturned cities
literal_form: cities lifted, inverted, and thrown down
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: heavenly noise
literal_form: a terrible noise from Heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: hell fire
literal_form: hell fire
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: standing and demolished cities
literal_form: cities, some standing and others utterly demolished
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Lot, Sodom, and angelic punishment in commentary
summary: Commentary describes the people of Sodom as threatening Lot's visitors,
Gabriel blinding the riotous assembly, variant accounts of Lot's wife, and the
overturning of cities with marked stones of punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Shoaib disputes with his people
summary: Shoaib's people challenge his religious and economic demands; Shoaib states
his aim of reformation, trust in God, and warns them by reference to earlier punished
peoples.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Threat against Shoaib and expectation of judgment
summary: Shoaib's people call him powerless and threaten that they would stone him
but for his family; Shoaib replies that God is more worthy and tells them to wait
for the event.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:4
label: Deliverance of Shoaib and destruction of Madian
summary: The decree arrives; Shoaib and believers are delivered through mercy, while
a terrible heavenly noise kills the unjust in their houses, and Madian is removed
as Thamud was removed.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Moses, Pharaoh, resurrection, and cities
summary: Moses is sent to Pharaoh and his princes, who follow Pharaoh; Pharaoh will
lead his followers into hell fire on the day of resurrection, and the passage
frames these as histories of cities, some standing and some demolished.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prophetic warning followed by divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Shoaib warns his people of punishment, tells them to wait for the event,
and the unjust are later killed by a terrible noise from Heaven while believers
are delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not infer details beyond
the given wording.
- id: motif:2
label: overturned wicked city punished by marked stones
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Commentary describes Gabriel lifting and inverting cities and stones specially
marked or named for those to be killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: This material appears in translator/commentarial notes within the passage,
not only in the main translated verse text.
- id: motif:3
label: deliverance of believers from communal destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Shoaib and those who believed with him are delivered through mercy before
the unjust are struck dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No survivor-pair pattern is stated; the delivered group is plural and
unspecified.
- id: motif:4
label: resurrection punishment under a misleading ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Pharaoh will precede his followers on the day of resurrection and lead them
into hell fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a brief statement only, without an extended afterlife
journey description.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly frames the threatened vengeance against Shoaib's people
as like the punishment that fell on the peoples of Noah, Hud, Saleh, and Lot.
claim_level: same_function
target: 'earlier punished peoples named in the passage: Noah, Hud, Saleh, and Lot'
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage states a functional analogy of vengeance, not detailed
identity of all narrative elements.
- id: claim:2
claim: The destruction of Madian is explicitly compared with the removal of Thamud
from the earth.
claim_level: same_function
target: Thamud removal/destruction pattern named in the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: Only the result of removal is compared; mechanisms and full narratives
are not detailed here.
- id: claim:3
claim: A commentary note compares the stones used against Sodom with the same kind
of stones used to destroy the army of Abraha al Ashram.
claim_level: same_motif
target: destruction of Abraha al Ashram's army by similar stones
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This comparison is in a note and gives only a brief reference to the
other tradition.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 19918-19919
quote_or_summary: The note says beautiful young men appeared in Sodom and tempted
the people there to abuse them.
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 19920-19926
quote_or_summary: A note says Lot argued with the riotous assembly from behind his
door; Gabriel struck them with a wing and blinded them.
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 19927-19937
quote_or_summary: A note reports variant views on Lot's wife and a version in which
she turned back and was killed by one of the stones.
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 19938-19949
quote_or_summary: Notes say Gabriel lifted, inverted, and threw down the cities;
the stones were specially marked or named for victims, and similar stones destroyed
Abraha al Ashram's army.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 19960-19963
quote_or_summary: '"O Shoaib, do thy prayers enjoin thee, that we should leave the
gods which our fathers worshipped" and restrict what they do with their substance.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 19964-19970
quote_or_summary: Shoaib says he has an evident declaration from his Lord, seeks
only reformation, trusts in God, and turns 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 19971-19975
quote_or_summary: Shoaib warns his people not to bring on vengeance like that which
fell on the peoples of Noah, Hud, Saleh, and Lot, and calls them to seek pardon
from the merciful Lord.
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 19976-19979
quote_or_summary: Shoaib's people say they do not understand much of his speech,
see him as powerless, and would stone him if not for his family.
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 19980-19987
quote_or_summary: Shoaib asks whether his family is valued above God, says God comprehends
their deeds, and tells them to work and wait for the event.
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 19988-19995
quote_or_summary: When the decree came, Shoaib and believers were delivered; a terrible
noise from Heaven struck the unjust, who lay dead in their houses, and Madian
was removed as Thamud had been.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 19996-20000
quote_or_summary: Moses was sent with signs to Pharaoh and his princes; they followed
Pharaoh, who will lead them into hell fire on the day of resurrection and is followed
by a curse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: lines 20000-20001
quote_or_summary: '"This is a part of the histories of the cities"; some are standing
and others utterly demolished.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main narrative observations are explicit. Motif labels are cautious and based
only on this passage; some Sodom details come from commentary notes rather than
the main translated verse text.
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 supplied passage text and supplied taxonomy references. No external taxonomy IDs or unsupplied comparisons were added.
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