batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21375-l21468
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21375-l21468
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIV. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21375-21468
start: '21375'
end: '21468'
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 describes God as creator and provider, recounts Abraham's prayer
for a secure land, avoidance of idols, prayer at the holy house, and divine forgiveness,
then warns of deferred punishment, judgment, resurrection from graves, and the
punishment of the wicked.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as creating the heavens and the earth, sending down water,
producing fruits, and subjecting ships, rivers, the sun, moon, day, and night
to human service.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Abraham asks the Lord to make the land secure and to keep him and his children
from worshipping idols.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Abraham says he has settled some of his offspring in an unfruitful valley
near the holy house so that they may be constant in prayer.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Abraham asks that people show kindness to his offspring and that they receive
fruits so they may give thanks.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Abraham praises God for giving him Israel and Isaac in his old age and asks
that he and part of his posterity observe prayer.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage warns that God defers punishment of the ungodly until a day when
people are fixed in terror and called to judgment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: On the day of judgment, the unjust ask for a short respite and promise obedience,
but they are answered by reference to their former denial and to earlier examples
of destruction.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says the earth and heavens will be changed and people will come
forth from their graves before God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The wicked are described as bound in fetters, wearing inner garments of pitch,
and having fire cover their faces.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The closing statement presents the passage as an admonition so people may
know that there is one God and that those with understanding may consider.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Creator, provider, hearer of supplication, judge, and avenger in the
passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Abraham
description: A patriarch who prays to the Lord for security, protection from idolatry,
provision for his offspring, prayer-observance, and forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Abraham's offspring
description: Some of Abraham's descendants are said to have been settled in an unfruitful
valley near the holy house.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The ungodly, unjust, and wicked
description: People whose punishment is deferred until judgment; they ask for respite
and are later shown bound and punished.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The angel calling to judgment
description: A calling angel whose voice summons people to judgment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Messengers whom the unjust say they would follow if given respite;
God is said to keep his promise of assistance to them.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates the heavens and earth and provides water, fruits, ships, rivers,
sun, moon, day, and night for human use.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: supplicant patriarch
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Abraham repeatedly addresses the Lord in prayer for land, descendants, worship,
provision, and forgiveness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: settled descendants near holy house
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Some of Abraham's offspring are described as settled in an unfruitful valley
near the holy house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: judge and avenger
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God defers punishment, summons people before him, rewards every soul according
to desert, and is mighty to avenge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: judged wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The ungodly and unjust face deferred punishment, ask for respite, and are
shown bound and punished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: summoner to judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage mentions the voice of the angel calling to judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: divine messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The unjust refer to following the apostles, and God is said not to break
his promise of assistance to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water from heaven
literal_form: water descending from heaven that produces fruits
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: ships, sea, and rivers
literal_form: ships sailing in the sea and rivers supplying human uses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: sun, moon, day, and night
literal_form: celestial bodies and temporal cycles subjected to human service
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: idols
literal_form: objects of worship that Abraham asks to avoid
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: unfruitful valley
literal_form: an unfruitful valley where some of Abraham's offspring settle
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: holy house
literal_form: the holy house near the settlement of Abraham's offspring
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: fruits
literal_form: fruits asked as provision for Abraham's offspring
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: graves
literal_form: graves from which people come forth before God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: fetters and pitch garments
literal_form: fetters binding the wicked and inner garments of pitch
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:10
label: punitive fire
literal_form: fire covering the faces of the wicked
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:11
label: changed earth and heavens
literal_form: earth changed into another earth and heavens into other heavens
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Divine creation and provision
summary: God creates the heavens and earth and provides water, fruit, sea travel,
rivers, celestial courses, and the alternation of day and night for human use.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Abraham's prayer for land and descendants
summary: Abraham asks the Lord for a secure land, protection from idolatry, provision
and kindness for his offspring near the holy house, prayer-observance, and forgiveness.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Warning of deferred judgment
summary: The prophet is told not to think God ignores the ungodly; punishment is
deferred until the day when people hasten to judgment in terror and the unjust
ask for respite.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Transformation, resurrection, and punishment
summary: The earth and heavens are changed, people come from their graves before
God, and the wicked are shown bound in fetters, clothed in pitch, and covered
with fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Admonition to understand divine unity
summary: The passage closes by presenting itself as a warning and admonition so
people may know that there is one God and reflect.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine ordering and provision of the cosmos
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God creates heaven and earth and subordinates water, ships, rivers, sun,
moon, day, and night to human service.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No exact supplied taxonomy motif family matches this full provision pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: Patriarchal supplication for sacred settlement
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Abraham prays for a secure land, protection from idols, settlement of descendants
near the holy house, provision, prayer, and forgiveness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents prayer and settlement, but does not explicitly describe
a covenant in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine judgment of wrongdoers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The ungodly are warned of deferred punishment, summoned to judgment, denied
respite, and rewarded according to what each soul has deserved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:4
label: Resurrection from graves before God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage states that people will come forth from their graves to appear
before God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:5
label: Cosmic transformation at the day of judgment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The earth is changed into another earth and the heavens into other heavens
before people appear before God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes transformation of earth and heavens, but not enough
detail to classify it securely under a supplied world-destruction motif.
- id: motif:6
label: Fire as punishment of the wicked
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The wicked are bound, clothed in pitch, and fire covers their faces as God
rewards each soul according to its deserts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: Although fire is present, the excerpt does not present a world-destroying
fire.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 21375-21383
quote_or_summary: God creates the heavens and earth, sends water from heaven to
produce fruits, subjects ships and rivers to human use, and compels sun, moon,
day, and night to serve people.
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 21384-21389
quote_or_summary: Abraham asks the Lord to make the land secure and to keep him
and his children from worshipping idols; he says followers belong with him and
disobedient ones remain under God's mercy.
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 21390-21395
quote_or_summary: Abraham says some of his offspring have been settled in an unfruitful
valley near the holy house for prayer, and he asks that hearts be kind to them
and that fruits be granted to them.
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 21396-21403
quote_or_summary: Abraham says nothing is hidden from God, praises God for giving
him Israel and Isaac in old age, and asks for prayer-observance and forgiveness
for himself, his parents, and the faithful.
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 21404-21436
quote_or_summary: God is not regardless of the ungodly but defers punishment until
a day when people hasten at the angel's call to judgment, fixed in terror.
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 21437-21446
quote_or_summary: Those who acted unjustly ask for brief respite and promise obedience
and following the apostles, but are confronted with their former denial and the
examples of ruined predecessors.
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 21447-21455
quote_or_summary: God will keep his promise to assist his apostles; the day will
come when earth and heavens are changed and people come forth from their graves
before the only, mighty God.
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 21456-21460
quote_or_summary: The wicked are seen bound in fetters, wearing pitch as inner garments,
and with fire covering their faces, so every soul is rewarded according to what
it deserved.
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 21461-21468
quote_or_summary: The passage is described as sufficient admonition so people may
be warned, know that there is one God, and let those with understanding consider.
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: uncertain
notes: Extraction relies on the supplied English passage and its included notes.
Motif taxonomy assignments are limited to explicit elements present in the excerpt.
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 passage does not itself require a specific cross-tradition comparison beyond motif-family classification.
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