batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21167-l21181
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21167-l21181
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIII. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21167-21181
start: '21167'
end: '21181'
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 notes explain a passage as responding to reproaches against
Mohammed concerning his many wives and children; describe a Jewish maxim about
carnality and prophecy; define the 'mother of the book' as a preserved table from
which revelations are transcribed; and identify certain persons in another passage
as Jewish doctors.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The note says a passage was revealed in answer to reproaches cast on Mohammed
because of the great number of his wives.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The note reports that Jews argued a true prophet would attend to matters other
than women and the getting of children.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: 'The note states a maxim attributed to Jews: carnality is especially repugnant
to prophecy.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The phrase 'mother of the book' is glossed as literally meaning that expression
and as referring to the preserved table.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The preserved table is described as the source from which written revelations
published at different times to mankind are transcripts.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Another note says the persons intended in a passage were the Jewish doctors.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Named as the person reproached on account of the number of his wives.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jews
description: Reported as casting or voicing reproaches and as holding a maxim about
prophecy and carnality.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Jewish doctors
description: Identified by the note as the persons intended in a passage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: mankind
description: Named as the recipients to whom written revelations have been published
according to several dispensations.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: reproached prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mohammed is said to have been reproached because of the number of his wives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: reproaching group and source of maxim
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Jews are reported as objecting to Mohammed and as having a maxim about
prophecy and carnality.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: intended referents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note states that the persons intended in the passage were the Jewish
doctors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: recipients of revelations
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Written revelations are described as having been published to mankind over
time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mother of the book
literal_form: the mother of the book
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: preserved table
literal_form: preserved table
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: written revelations
literal_form: written revelations transcribed from the preserved table
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reproach over wives and children
summary: Mohammed is described as having been reproached by Jews, who said that
a true prophet would be occupied with matters other than women and children.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Source of written revelations
summary: The 'mother of the book' is explained as the preserved table, from which
written revelations given to mankind in different dispensations are transcripts.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Identification of intended persons
summary: A commentary note identifies the persons intended in a passage as Jewish
doctors.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Challenge to prophetic legitimacy through sexual or familial conduct
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note frames reproaches against Mohammed as objections that a true prophet
should not be preoccupied with women and children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a commentary note reporting polemical claims, not a narrative
episode in the passage itself.
- id: motif:2
label: Heavenly or preserved archetype of revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The preserved table is described as the source from which written revelations
given to mankind are transcripts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage names a revelatory
source-text but does not elaborate a narrative quest for wisdom.
- id: motif:3
label: Successive dispensations of written revelation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Written revelations are said to have been published to mankind at different
times according to several dispensations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a theological explanation rather than a developed mythic
narrative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself reports a comparison-like contrast between Islamic prophetic
claims and a Jewish maxim that carnality is incompatible with prophecy.
claim_level: same_function
target: Jewish maxim on prophecy and carnality as reported in the note
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is based only on the commentator's report within the supplied
passage and should not be treated as an independent statement of Jewish doctrine
without review.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 21167-21172
quote_or_summary: A note says the passage answered reproaches against Mohammed over
his many wives; Jews allegedly said a true prophet would focus on matters other
than women and children, and a Jewish maxim is cited that carnality is repugnant
to prophecy.
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 21173-21177
quote_or_summary: A note glosses 'mother of the book' as the preserved table, from
which written revelations published to mankind in various dispensations are transcripts.
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 21178-21179
quote_or_summary: A note states that the persons intended in the passage were the
Jewish doctors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: citation
locator: lines 21180-21181
quote_or_summary: 'Footnote authorities are listed: Jallalo''ddin, Yahya, Maimonides''
More Nev., and Al Beidwi.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage consists of translator/commentary notes rather than continuous
narrative; extraction is limited to the reported claims and glosses.
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 available symbol taxonomy item directly matches book/table/revelation; symbol taxonomy references are therefore left empty.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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