batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20502-l20562
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20502-l20562
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20502-20562
start: '20502'
end: '20562'
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: Joseph refuses immediate release until the accusation involving the women
is publicly examined. The women and the nobleman's wife acknowledge his innocence
and truthfulness. Joseph attributes the exposure of the plot and restraint from
evil to divine mercy. The king summons Joseph, establishes him in trusted royal
service, and Joseph asks to be placed over the storehouses of the land. The passage
closes by saying that God established Joseph in the land and that the reward of
the next life is better for believers. Translator's notes add exegetical traditions
about Joseph's public vindication, Gabriel's rebuke, Joseph's multilingual exchange
with the king, his appointment as chief minister, and later allegorical readings
of Joseph and Zoleikha.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: After a report to the king, the king orders Joseph to be brought to him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Joseph sends the messenger back to ask the king about the women who cut their
hands and about the snare laid for him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The assembled women say they know no ill of Joseph.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The nobleman's wife says she solicited Joseph and that he is truthful.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Joseph says the disclosure shows he was not unfaithful in his lord's absence
and that God does not direct the plot of deceivers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Joseph says he does not absolutely justify himself because every soul is prone
to evil except those on whom the Lord shows mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The king says Joseph is firmly established and entrusted with affairs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Joseph asks to be set over the storehouses of the land, describing himself
as a skilful keeper.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The narration says God established Joseph in the land, bestows mercy as he
pleases, and does not let the reward of the righteous perish.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: A note reports exegetical traditions that Joseph delayed release until his
innocence was publicly known.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: A note reports a tradition in which Gabriel challenges Joseph's assertion
of innocence and Joseph confesses frailty.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: A note reports traditions that Joseph spoke with the king in many languages,
interpreted the king's dream in detail, was placed by the king on his throne,
and was made chief minister.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: A note states that later interpreters used the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha
as an allegorical emblem of spiritual love between God and the soul.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Joseph
description: The accused man whose innocence is publicly acknowledged, who speaks
of divine mercy, and who is entrusted by the king with affairs and the storehouses
of the land.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the king
description: The ruler who orders Joseph brought, questions the women, and establishes
Joseph in trusted service.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the messenger
description: The person who comes to Joseph and is told to return to the king with
Joseph's request for inquiry.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the women who cut their hands
description: Women assembled before the king who had been involved in soliciting
Joseph and who declare that they know no ill of him.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the nobleman's wife
description: The woman who admits that she solicited Joseph and says that he speaks
truth.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine figure described as knowing the snare, not directing the
plot of deceivers, showing mercy, establishing Joseph, and rewarding the righteous.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: In a cited tradition, Gabriel challenges Joseph after he asserts his
innocence.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Zoleikha
description: Named in a note as part of later allegorical interpretation concerning
the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: vindicated accused figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph requests public inquiry; the women and the nobleman's wife acknowledge
his innocence and truthfulness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: royal examiner and patron
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The king summons Joseph, questions the women, and then entrusts Joseph with
affairs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: royal intermediary
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The messenger comes to Joseph and is sent back with Joseph's request.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: righteous servant rewarded in the land
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The narration says God established Joseph in the land and does not let the
reward of the righteous perish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: keeper of storehouses
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph asks to be set over the storehouses because he will be a skilful keeper.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: former accusers or solicitors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: The king asks the women about soliciting Joseph to unlawful love; the nobleman's
wife admits she solicited him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: confessing witness
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The nobleman's wife declares the truth manifest and acknowledges Joseph's
truthfulness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: divine knower, merciful establisher, and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: God is said to know the snare, show mercy, establish Joseph, and preserve
the reward of the righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: angelic admonisher in tradition
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: A note reports Gabriel rebuking Joseph and prompting confession of frailty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: beloved in later allegorical reading
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: A note says the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha were used as an allegorical
emblem of spiritual love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cut hands
literal_form: the women who cut their hands
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: snare
literal_form: the snare laid for Joseph
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: storehouses of the land
literal_form: storehouses of the land
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: reward of the next life
literal_form: the reward of the next life
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: throne
literal_form: the king's throne in a translator's note
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Joseph requests public inquiry before release
summary: The king orders Joseph brought, but Joseph tells the messenger to return
and ask about the women who cut their hands and the snare laid for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Women acknowledge Joseph's innocence
summary: The king questions the women; they deny knowing any ill of Joseph, and
the nobleman's wife admits that she solicited him and that he is truthful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Joseph reflects on fidelity, deception, and mercy
summary: Joseph says the disclosure proves he was not unfaithful, that God does
not direct deceivers' plots, and that souls are prone to evil except through divine
mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Joseph appointed over affairs and storehouses
summary: The king brings Joseph into royal service and entrusts him with affairs;
Joseph asks to be placed over the land's storehouses as a skilful keeper.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Divine establishment and reward
summary: The narration states that God established Joseph in the land, bestows mercy
as he pleases, and preserves the reward of the righteous, while the next-life
reward is better for believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Exegetical traditions about Joseph's elevation
summary: Translator's notes report traditions about Joseph's public vindication,
angelic rebuke, multilingual discourse with the king, dream narration, enthronement
beside the king, and appointment as chief minister.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Later allegorical reading of Joseph and Zoleikha
summary: A note states that Muslim divines used the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha
as an emblem of spiritual love between God and the soul, with a comparison to
Christian use of the Song of Solomon.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Public vindication after false accusation
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Joseph delays release until the accusation is publicly investigated; the
women and nobleman's wife acknowledge his innocence, and Joseph says God does
not direct deceivers' plots.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage emphasizes truth manifesting
and divine non-support of deception rather than a formal judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: Righteous sufferer elevated to royal office
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: After vindication, Joseph is brought before the king, entrusted with affairs,
and placed over the storehouses; a note expands this to chief-minister status
and proximity to the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents royal appointment and divine establishment, not dynastic
kingship.
- id: motif:3
label: Wise keeper of provision
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Joseph asks to be set over the storehouses because he will be a skilful keeper;
the note adds that he recounts the king's dream in detail and impresses the king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: Administrative skill is explicit; broader wisdom motif is supported mainly
by the translator's note and surrounding Joseph narrative context.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine mercy restrains the soul from evil
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Joseph states that every soul is prone to evil except those on whom the Lord
shows mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is primarily a theological statement rather than a narrative motif.
- id: motif:5
label: Human love as allegory of divine-soul love
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The translator's note says the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha were used as
an allegorical emblem of spiritual love between the Creator and creature, God
and the soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is from the translator's note on later interpretation, not
from the Qur'anic narrative portion itself.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note explicitly compares Muslim allegorical use of Joseph
and Zoleikha as spiritual love between God and the soul with Christian mystical
application of the Song of Solomon.
claim_level: same_function
target: Christian mystical interpretation of the Song of Solomon
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is reported by the translator's note and concerns later
allegorical interpretation, not direct narrative correspondence or historical
contact.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 20502-20507
quote_or_summary: The king orders Joseph brought; Joseph tells the messenger to
return and ask about the women who cut their hands and the snare laid for him,
saying his Lord knows it.
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 20508-20513
quote_or_summary: The women are assembled before the king; they say they know no
ill of Joseph, and the nobleman's wife admits she solicited him and that he speaks
truth.
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 20514-20518
quote_or_summary: Joseph says the discovery shows he was not unfaithful and that
God does not direct deceivers' plots; he adds that every soul is prone to evil
except by the Lord's mercy.
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 20519-20524
quote_or_summary: The king brings Joseph into special service, says he is established
and entrusted, and Joseph asks to be set over the storehouses as a skilful keeper.
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 20525-20529
quote_or_summary: The narration says God established Joseph in the land, bestows
mercy as he pleases, does not let the righteous reward perish, and that the next-life
reward is better for believers.
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 20531-20541
quote_or_summary: Translator's notes say Joseph sought public declaration of innocence,
avoided naming his mistress, and that a tradition has Gabriel rebuke him, prompting
confession of frailty.
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 20542-20556
quote_or_summary: Translator's note reports traditions that Joseph washed and changed,
spoke with the king in Hebrew and many languages, described the king's dream,
was placed by him on the throne, and was made Wazir or chief minister.
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 20556-20562
quote_or_summary: Translator's note reports a tradition of Joseph marrying his former
mistress and says the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha were used as an allegorical
emblem of spiritual love between God and the soul, compared with Christian use
of the Song of Solomon.
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: The narrative actions and figures are explicit. Motif labels are cautious,
and some motif support comes from translator's notes rather than the Qur'anic
passage itself.
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 text and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied available refs and left empty where unsupported.
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