batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20087-l20110
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20087-l20110
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 20087-20110
start: '20087'
end: '20110'
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 contrasts upright people who forbid corruption with unjust
people who follow worldly delights, states that God does not unjustly destroy
upright cities, affirms continuing human religious difference except where God
has mercy, declares that hell will be filled with genii and men, explains that
histories of apostles are related as confirmation, truth, admonition, and warning,
and commands worship, trust, and waiting for the final issue known to God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Among earlier generations, only a few people with understanding and virtue
forbade corrupt action in the earth and were delivered.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The unjust followed the delights they enjoyed in this world and are described
as wicked doers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Lord is said not to destroy cities unjustly while their inhabitants behave
uprightly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says the Lord could have made all people one religion, but they
continue to differ except those on whom the Lord has mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A divine word is reported that hell will be filled altogether with genii and
men.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Histories of the apostles are related to the addressed recipient to confirm
his heart and to provide truth, admonition, and warning for true believers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Those who do not believe are told to act according to their condition, while
the speaker’s side acts according to duty, and both wait for the issue.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to know what is secret in heaven and earth, and the whole matter
is referred to him.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The addressed audience is instructed to worship God and put trust in him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the Lord / God
description: The divine figure who may make people one religion, has mercy, fulfills
his word, knows what is secret in heaven and earth, receives the whole matter,
and is to be worshipped and trusted.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: earlier generations
description: Past generations among whom only a few had understanding and virtue
and forbade corruption.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: few delivered people
description: A small number from earlier generations who were delivered and are
associated with forbidding corruption.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unjust wicked doers
description: People who followed the delights of this world and acted wickedly.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: upright city inhabitants
description: Inhabitants of cities who behave uprightly and are not to be destroyed
unjustly by the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: all men
description: Humanity, described as capable of being made one religion by the Lord
but continuing to differ except where mercy is given.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: genii and men
description: Beings named as those with whom hell will be filled.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: apostles
description: Figures whose histories are related to confirm the addressed recipient
and admonish believers.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: addressed recipient
description: The person addressed as 'thee' whose heart is confirmed by the histories
of the apostles.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: true believers
description: Recipients for whom the related histories provide admonition and warning.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: those who believe not
description: Unbelievers told to act according to their condition and wait the issue.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God determines destruction, mercy, fulfillment of the divine word, hell,
and final referral of the whole matter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: omniscient deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to know what is secret in heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: object of worship and trust
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The audience is instructed to worship God and put trust in him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: past moral community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Earlier generations are invoked as a group containing a few virtuous opponents
of corruption.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: delivered remnant
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Only a few of those who forbade corruption are described as delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: worldly unjust actors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are unjust, follow worldly delights, and are wicked doers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: upright inhabitants spared from unjust destruction
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Lord is not described as destroying cities unjustly while their inhabitants
behave uprightly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: differing humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: All people could have been made one religion but continue to differ, except
those receiving mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: inhabitants of hell by divine decree
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The divine word says hell will be filled with genii and men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: apostolic exemplars in history
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Their histories are related for confirmation, truth, admonition, and warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: recipient of confirmation
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The histories are related to 'thee' so that the heart may be confirmed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: admonished believers
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The passage says the histories provide admonition and warning to true believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:13
label: unbelieving opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: They are directly addressed as those who believe not and told to act and
wait.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell
literal_form: hell
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: cities
literal_form: cities
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: heaven and earth
literal_form: heaven and earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: histories of the apostles
literal_form: related histories of apostles
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Past generations and moral corruption
summary: The passage recalls earlier generations, noting that only a few virtuous
people forbade corruption and were delivered, while unjust people pursued worldly
delights and acted wickedly.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Justice in destruction of cities
summary: The Lord is described as not destroying cities unjustly while their inhabitants
are upright.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Human difference, mercy, and hell
summary: The passage states that God could have made all people one religion, but
they continue to differ except those receiving mercy, and that the divine word
will fill hell with genii and men.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Apostolic histories as admonition
summary: Histories of apostles are said to be related to confirm the addressed recipient’s
heart and to provide truth, admonition, and warning to true believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Waiting for the issue
summary: Unbelievers are told to act according to their condition; the speaker’s
side will act according to duty, and both await the issue.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Divine knowledge and trust
summary: God knows hidden things in heaven and earth, receives the whole matter,
and is to be worshipped and trusted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment on corrupt communities
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts corruption and uprightness, says the Lord does not
unjustly destroy upright cities, and includes a divine decree concerning hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The specific historical episodes behind the judgment are not narrated
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Delivered righteous remnant
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Only a few virtuous people from earlier generations who opposed corruption
are described as delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not specify a pair, family, vessel, flood, or concrete
rescue episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacred history as admonition and confirmation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Histories of apostles are presented as truth, admonition, warning, and confirmation
for the addressed recipient and believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes the didactic function of sacred history but does
not give a separate wisdom tale.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine omniscience and final referral
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God knows what is secret in heaven and earth, and the whole matter is referred
to him while humans are told to worship and trust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a theological assertion more than a narrative episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 20087-20091
quote_or_summary: Earlier generations are recalled; only a few virtuous people forbade
corruption and were delivered, while unjust people followed worldly delights and
did wickedly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 20092-20093
quote_or_summary: "“thy LORD was not of such a disposition as to destroy the cities
unjustly ... while their inhabitants behaved themselves uprightly.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 20094-20099
quote_or_summary: The Lord could have made all people one religion, but they continue
to differ except those receiving mercy; the Lord’s word will be fulfilled that
hell be filled with genii and men.
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 20100-20103
quote_or_summary: Histories of apostles are related to the addressed recipient to
confirm the heart and to bring truth, admonition, and warning to true believers.
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 20104-20106
quote_or_summary: Those who do not believe are told to act according to their condition;
the believers will act according to duty, and both will wait for the issue.
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 20107-20110
quote_or_summary: God knows what is secret in heaven and earth; the whole matter
is referred to him; the audience is told to worship and trust him, for the Lord
is not regardless of what they do.
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: high
notes: The passage is doctrinal and exhortative rather than a full narrative; motif
candidates are based on explicit themes of judgment, deliverance, admonition,
and divine knowledge.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the excerpt itself does not support a specific cross-textual comparison.
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