batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20801-l20882
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20801-l20882
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 20801-20882
start: '20801'
end: '20882'
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: Commentary and translated text describe Joseph's recognition by his brothers,
a paradisal garment or vest whose odor reaches Jacob and can heal, Judah bearing
the vest and news, Joseph's family entering Egypt, Joseph's parents and brothers
doing obeisance as fulfillment of his earlier vision, Joseph's prayer, and a concluding
admonition about revelation, signs, idolatry, judgment, apostles, deliverance,
vengeance, and the instructive value of prophetic histories.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Benjamin is described as having been separated from his brother and kept in
subjection by Joseph's brethren.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Joseph's brethren are said to recognize him by his face, behavior, teeth,
or a mark on his forehead, according to commentators.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A garment associated with Joseph is described as originally from paradise,
retaining its odor, and able to cure illness by touch.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Jacob is said to smell the garment's odor from a great distance, carried by
the wind.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Judah is identified as the bearer of Joseph's vest and the news of Joseph's
prosperity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Joseph raises his parents to the seat of state, and his parents and brethren
fall down and do obeisance to him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Joseph states that the obeisance fulfills the interpretation of his earlier
vision.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Joseph says God brought him out of prison and brought his family from the
desert after discord had been sown between him and his brethren.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Joseph prays to God as creator and protector, mentioning kingdom, interpretation
of dark sayings, death as a Moslem, and joining the righteous.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The passage addresses Mohammed, saying the account is a secret history revealed
to him although he was not present at the brothers' plot.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says many people pass by signs of God's being, unity, and providence
in heaven and earth while remaining guilty of idolatry.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The passage warns of overwhelming affliction or the sudden hour of judgment
as punishment from God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: The passage states that earlier apostles were men to whom God's will was revealed
and who were chosen from cities.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: The passage says divine help came to apostles, some were delivered, and vengeance
was not turned away from wicked people.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: The passage says the histories of prophets and their people are instructive
examples and that the Koran confirms earlier scriptures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Joseph
description: Joseph is the brother separated from Benjamin, recognized by his brethren,
associated with the garment, raised to authority, interpreter of a vision and
dark sayings, and speaker of the prayer.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Benjamin
description: Benjamin is described as separated from his brother and kept in subjection.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Joseph's brethren
description: They are described as having injured Benjamin, having earlier plotted
against Joseph, recognizing Joseph, doing obeisance, and being part of the discord
with Joseph.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Jacob / Joseph's father
description: Jacob is described as afflicted at the loss of Joseph and Benjamin,
smelling the garment's odor, and being honored by Joseph.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Judah
description: Judah is named in commentary as the bearer of Joseph's vest and the
news of Joseph's prosperity.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: God is addressed as gracious, knowing, wise, creator, protector, revealer,
punisher, deliverer, and source of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Mohammed is addressed as recipient of the revealed secret history and
as one who publishes the Koran without demanding reward.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Apostles before Mohammed
description: Earlier apostles are described as men chosen from cities, to whom God's
will was revealed, who experienced despair over conversion before divine help
came.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Wicked people
description: They are described as people from whom divine vengeance was not turned
away.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: recognized brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph is recognized by his brethren in the commentary.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: ruler or honored figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph raises his parents to the seat of state and receives obeisance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: interpreter of visions and dark sayings
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph identifies fulfillment of his vision and prays about being taught
interpretation of dark sayings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: separated sibling
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Benjamin is described as separated from his brother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: brothers who caused discord and later bow
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The brethren are connected with injury, plot, discord, recognition, and obeisance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: grieving father and honored parent
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Jacob is afflicted by loss, smells the garment, and is raised to the seat
of state.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: bearer of vest and good news
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Judah is named as the bearer of the vest and news of Joseph's prosperity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: divine revealer, protector, judge, and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage attributes revelation, protection, judgment, help, deliverance,
and vengeance to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: recipient and publisher of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The passage addresses Mohammed as recipient of the secret history and publisher
of the Koran.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: revealed messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Earlier apostles are described as men to whom God revealed his will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: objects of divine vengeance
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Vengeance is said not to be turned away from wicked people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Joseph's garment or vest
literal_form: Garment or vest said to come from paradise, retain its odor, and heal
by touch.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: Odor carried by wind
literal_form: The odor of Joseph's garment, carried by wind to Jacob at a distance.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Obeisance before Joseph
literal_form: Parents and brethren falling down and doing obeisance to Joseph.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Fulfilled vision
literal_form: Joseph's earlier vision whose interpretation is said to be rendered
true.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Signs in heavens and earth
literal_form: Signs of God's being, unity, and providence in the heavens and earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: Hour of judgment
literal_form: A sudden hour of judgment that overtakes people without their considering
its approach.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Recognition and explanation of Joseph's brothers
summary: Commentary explains how Joseph's brothers recognized him and how Joseph's
earlier treatment by his brothers and Benjamin's separation are understood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Paradisal garment reaches Jacob
summary: A garment associated with Joseph is described as paradisal, healing, and
fragrant; its odor reaches Jacob by wind, and Judah bears the vest and good news.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Family obeisance and fulfilled vision
summary: Joseph honors his parents, receives obeisance from parents and brothers,
and identifies this as the fulfillment of his earlier vision while recalling divine
favor after imprisonment and family discord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Joseph's prayer
summary: Joseph prays to God about kingdom, interpretation of dark sayings, divine
protection, death as a Moslem, and being joined with the righteous.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Revelatory admonition to Mohammed and hearers
summary: The account is described as revealed secret history, followed by admonition
about signs, idolatry, punishment, judgment, apostles, divine help, vengeance,
and the instructive value of prophetic histories.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Separated siblings and family reconciliation
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Benjamin is separated from his brother; Joseph later receives his parents
and brethren, and the earlier discord is named as overcome by divine favor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a late segment of the Joseph narrative and summarizes or
comments on earlier separation rather than narrating the whole episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Miraculous garment with healing and recognition power
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The garment is said to originate in paradise, preserve its odor, cure illness
by touch, and send its odor to Jacob over a great distance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The healing and odor details are presented in commentary rather than in
the main translated verse.
- id: motif:3
label: Fulfilled prophetic vision
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Joseph states that the obeisance of his family is the interpretation of his
earlier vision and that God has rendered it true.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The earlier vision itself is not included in this passage, only its fulfillment
is stated.
- id: motif:4
label: Revelation as hidden history
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage tells Mohammed that the Joseph account is a secret history revealed
to him although he was not present at the brothers' plot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a theological framing of revelation rather than a narrative motif
involving Joseph directly.
- id: motif:5
label: Divine judgment and deliverance of messengers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns of sudden judgment, describes divine help coming to apostles,
deliverance of whom God pleased, and vengeance remaining upon wicked people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is stated generally, not enacted in a single narrative scene
within the passage.
- id: motif:6
label: Prophetic histories as moral instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage states that histories of prophets and their peoples are instructive
examples for those with understanding.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: This is an explicit didactic claim, not an inferred symbolic pattern.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly presents the Koran as confirming earlier scriptures
and frames prophetic histories as instructive examples, supporting a cautious
same-function comparison between this revelation and prior revealed scriptures
within the passage's own terms.
claim_level: same_function
target: scriptures revealed before the Koran
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage does not name the earlier scriptures here or provide detailed
textual parallels; it only states confirmation and instructional function.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 20801-20813
quote_or_summary: Commentary says Benjamin's injury was separation from his brother
and subjection; Joseph's brethren recognize him by features or marks, and Joseph
excuses their conduct as ignorance and youth.
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 20814-20824
quote_or_summary: Commentary says Joseph's garment was the same one Gabriel gave
him in the well, came from paradise, retained its odor, could cure illness by
touch, and its odor was carried by wind to Jacob from afar.
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 20825-20843
quote_or_summary: Commentary identifies Judah as bearer of Joseph's vest and news;
Al Beidwi says Joseph sent carriages and provisions, and gives numbers for the
children of Israel entering and leaving Egypt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 20844-20853
quote_or_summary: '"And he raised his parents to the seat of state, and they, together
with his brethren, fell down and did obeisance unto him... this is the interpretation
of my vision"; Joseph also says God brought him from prison and his family from
the desert after discord.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 20854-20858
quote_or_summary: Joseph prays that God gave him part of the kingdom and taught
him interpretation of dark sayings; he calls God creator and protector and asks
to die a Moslem and be joined with the righteous.
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 20859-20866
quote_or_summary: The passage addresses Mohammed, saying the Joseph account is a
secret history revealed to him though he was absent from the brothers' plot; he
is not to demand reward for publishing the Koran, which is an admonition to all
creatures.
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 20867-20875
quote_or_summary: The passage says many pass by signs of God's being, unity, and
providence in heaven and earth, remain guilty of idolatry, and are warned of overwhelming
affliction or a sudden hour of judgment.
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 20876-20880
quote_or_summary: The passage says earlier apostles were men chosen from cities
to whom God revealed his will, and urges people to travel the earth and see the
end of predecessors; the next life is better for those who fear God.
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 20881-20882
quote_or_summary: The passage says divine help came when apostles despaired and
were deemed liars; some were delivered, vengeance remained on wicked people, prophetic
histories are instructive, and the Koran confirms earlier scriptures and guides
believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Some details, especially
the garment's paradisal origin and healing property, come from commentary embedded
in the passage rather than the main translated Qur'anic verse.
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 taxonomy symbol refs were assigned because available symbol refs did not directly match the passage's main objects and images.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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