batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21485-l21588
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21485-l21588
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21485-21588
start: '21485'
end: '21588'
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 opens Chapter XV, warning unbelievers, affirming preservation
of the Koran, describing mocked apostles, heavenly signs guarded from devils,
the earth’s ordering and provision, creation from clay and fire, and Eblis’s refusal
to worship Adam, expulsion, respite, and vow to tempt human beings.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says unbelievers may later wish they had been Moslems and that
destroyed cities had fixed terms before punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Meccans accuse the addressed recipient of revelation of being possessed
and demand angels as proof.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that even if a gate in heaven were opened and the unbelievers
ascended all day, they would say their eyes were dazzled or they were enchanted.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says twelve signs are placed in heaven and guarded from every
devil driven away with stones; a stealthy listener is struck by a visible flame.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage describes the earth as spread forth, with stable mountains and
vegetation caused to spring forth according to measure.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage describes winds driving pregnant clouds and water sent down from
heaven for drinking.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says man was created from dried clay and black mud shaped into
form, while the devil was created earlier from subtle fire.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God commands the angels to fall down and worship the formed human after divine
spirit is breathed into him; all worship Adam except Eblis.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Eblis refuses because Adam was created from clay, and God expels him with
a curse until the day of judgment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Eblis receives respite until the appointed time and vows to tempt people on
earth, while God says he will have power only over those who follow him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine speaker who sends revelation, preserves the Koran, creates,
provides, judges, commands the angels, and addresses Eblis.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers / Meccans
description: People described as scoffing, demanding angels, and not believing even
in the face of a heavenly ascent.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Addressed recipient of admonition
description: The person to whom the admonition has been sent down and whom the Meccans
accuse of possession.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angels
description: Heavenly beings whom the Meccans demand to see and who are commanded
to worship Adam.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Devils / stealthy listener
description: Beings kept from the heavenly signs; one who listens by stealth is
struck by a visible flame.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Man / Adam
description: The human formed from dried clay and black mud, into whom God breathes
of his spirit; Adam is worshipped by the angels except Eblis.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Eblis / the devil
description: The being created from subtle fire who refuses to worship Adam, is
expelled and cursed, receives respite, and vows to tempt humans.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Chosen servants and followers of Eblis
description: 'Two contrasted human groups: God’s servants over whom Eblis has no
power, and those seduced who follow him.'
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates man from clay, had created the devil from fire, and orders created
things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: Provider of measured sustenance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes storehouses, measured distribution, winds, clouds,
water, life, and death to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: Judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God appoints terms for cities, gathers people at the last day, curses Eblis,
and denounces hell for those who follow him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: Scoffing unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Meccans mock the recipient of revelation and are described as unbelieving
even under extraordinary signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: Recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Meccans address him as the one to whom the admonition has been sent down.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: Obedient heavenly servants
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The angels worship Adam together after God’s command, except Eblis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: Boundary violator of heaven
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Devils are guarded against in heaven, and a stealthy listener is struck by
flame; Eblis is expelled and driven away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: Honored human creation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: God forms man from clay, breathes spirit into him, and commands the angels
to worship Adam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: Rebellious tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Eblis refuses the command, receives respite, and vows to tempt humans to
disobedience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: Protected servants
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: God says Eblis will have no power over his servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: Seduced followers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: God says Eblis will have power only over those seduced who follow him, and
hell is denounced for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Koran as preserved revelation
literal_form: Book / perspicuous Koran / admonition sent down
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Gate in heaven
literal_form: An opened gate in heaven through which ascent occurs
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Twelve signs in heaven
literal_form: Twelve heavenly signs set out in various figures
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Stones and visible flame guarding heaven
literal_form: Stones and a visible flame darted at a stealthy listener
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Stable mountains
literal_form: Mountains thrown upon the spread-out earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Water from heaven
literal_form: Water sent down from heaven for drinking
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: Clay and black mud of human formation
literal_form: Dried clay and black mud wrought into shape
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: Subtle fire of devilish creation
literal_form: Subtle fire from which the devil was created
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: Hell
literal_form: Hell denounced to those seduced who follow Eblis
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning to unbelievers and mocked revelation
summary: The passage warns that unbelievers will later regret their unbelief, says
cities are punished only at fixed times, and reports Meccan mockery of the recipient
of revelation and their demand for angels.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Heavenly ascent and guarded heavens
summary: A hypothetical ascent through a heavenly gate is described as failing to
convince the unbelievers; the heavens contain twelve signs guarded from devils
by stones and flame.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Earthly ordering and provision
summary: The earth is spread out with mountains and measured vegetation, and God
provides stores, clouds, water, life, and death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Creation of man and refusal of Eblis
summary: God creates man from clay and black mud, breathes spirit into him, commands
the angels to worship Adam, and Eblis refuses because of Adam’s clay origin.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Expulsion, respite, temptation, and hell
summary: Eblis is expelled and cursed, receives respite until the appointed time,
vows to tempt humans, and is told he will have power only over those who follow
him; hell is denounced to them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment at appointed times
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Cities have fixed terms before destruction, God gathers people at the last
day, Eblis is cursed until judgment, and hell is denounced for seduced followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and admonitory; the motif is extracted from explicit
statements of judgment rather than a single narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Ascent to heaven and refusal of the sign
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The passage imagines a heavenly gate opened and the unbelievers ascending
all day, yet still denying the experience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The ascent is hypothetical in the passage, not an accomplished journey
by a named hero.
- id: motif:3
label: Guarded heavenly boundary against illicit listeners
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
- trickster_boundary
basis: Heavenly signs are guarded from devils, and a stealthy listener is struck
by a visible flame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the overheard material forbidden
knowledge; the motif assignment rests on the stealthy attempt to listen in heaven.
- id: motif:4
label: Creation from clay and fire with angelic prostration
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Man is formed from dried clay and black mud, the devil from subtle fire,
and angels are commanded to worship Adam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this creation-and-prostration
pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Rebellion of a divine servant and temptation of humans
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Eblis refuses the divine command, is expelled, requests respite, and vows
to tempt humans to disobedience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: Eblis is explicitly a rebellious tempter, but mapping him to the available
trickster-boundary taxonomy is approximate.
- id: motif:6
label: Resurrection and appointed last day
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage refers to the day of resurrection, the appointed time, and the
last-day gathering by the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is stated doctrinally rather than narrated as an event within
the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; Chapter XV opening warning
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers may later wish they had been Moslems; destroyed cities
have appointed terms and are neither punished early nor respited late.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; Meccan accusation and demand for angels
quote_or_summary: The Meccans accuse the recipient of the admonition of being possessed
and ask why angels do not accompany him if he is truthful; the answer says angels
are sent only on a just occasion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; heavenly gate hypothetical
quote_or_summary: If a gate in heaven were opened and the unbelievers ascended all
day, they would still say their eyes were dazzled or that they were enchanted.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; twelve signs and guarded heaven
quote_or_summary: Twelve signs are placed in heaven for spectators and guarded from
devils; a stealthy listener is struck by a visible flame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; earth, mountains, vegetation
quote_or_summary: The earth is spread out, stable mountains are placed on it, and
every kind of vegetable springs forth according to a determinate weight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; provision, water, life, death, gathering
quote_or_summary: God holds storehouses, distributes by measure, sends winds and
water from heaven for drinking, gives life and death, and will gather people at
the last day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; creation materials
quote_or_summary: Man is created from dried clay and black mud shaped into form;
the devil had earlier been created from subtle fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; command to worship Adam and refusal
quote_or_summary: God says he will form man, breathe of his spirit into him, and
commands the angels to worship; all worship Adam except Eblis, who refuses because
Adam was made from clay.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; Eblis expelled and respited
quote_or_summary: God tells Eblis to depart, driven away with stones and cursed
until judgment; Eblis asks respite until resurrection and is granted respite until
the appointed time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 21485-21588; temptation and hell
quote_or_summary: Eblis vows to tempt people to disobedience on earth; God says
Eblis has no power over God’s servants, only over seduced followers, and hell
is denounced to them all.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage explicitly states most actions
and figures. Motif taxonomy mapping is partly approximate where no direct creation/rebellion
category exists. No comparison claims were made because the supplied passage does
not itself establish cross-textual comparison.
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 and metadata. Footnotes were treated as part of the supplied passage where they clarified devils attempting access to heaven, but motif claims rely mainly on the main translated text.
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