batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21863-l21948
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l21863-l21948
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21863-21948
start: '21863'
end: '21948'
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 includes translator notes on natural signs, mountains stabilizing
the earth, stars as guides, and a tower attributed to Nimrod. The main text describes
resurrection, shame for unbelievers, angels taking souls, hell for the proud,
gardens and paradise for the pious, earlier peoples destroyed after rejecting
apostles, the command to worship God and avoid Taghut, and an affirmation that
God will raise the dead.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A translator note says mountains were thrown onto the initially smooth earth
to fix and stabilize it.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A translator note says stars guide travelers by sea, land, and night travel
through deserts.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A translator note reports an interpretation in which Nimrod built a very high
tower at Babel to ascend to heaven and wage war there, but God overthrew it by
wind and earthquake.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: On the day of resurrection, God covers the unbelievers with shame and asks
about the companions concerning whom they disputed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Angels cause unjust people to die; those people deny wrongdoing, and the angels
answer that God knows what they did.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The unjust are told to enter the gates of hell and remain there forever.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: Those who fear God are promised good, an excellent reward, gardens of eternal
abode, rivers beneath them, and whatever they wish.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Angels greet the righteous with peace and tell them to enter paradise as reward
for their deeds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Earlier people acted similarly; the passage says God was not unjust toward
them, but they wronged their own souls, and the judgment they mocked fell on them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says every nation previously received an apostle who admonished
them to worship God and avoid Taghut.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Some people were directed by God, while others were decreed to go astray.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says some swear that God will not raise the dead, and it answers
that the promise is true.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The deity who judges, rewards, directs, leads into error, sends down
good, raises the dead, and commands worship of himself alone.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers / unjust / proud / idolaters
description: People described as unbelievers, unjust toward their own souls, proud,
idolaters, or deniers of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings who cause people to die, answer the unjust, and greet the righteous
with peace.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those given knowledge
description: A group who answer that shame and misery fall on the unbelievers on
the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Those who fear God / righteous / pious
description: People promised good, gardens, rivers, paradise, and peace from the
angels.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Messengers raised in every nation to admonish people to worship God
and avoid Taghut; their duty is described as public preaching.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Taghut
description: A named entity or object of avoidance in the admonition to worship
God and avoid Taghut.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Prophet
description: The addressed prophet who wishes for the direction of others but cannot
direct one whom God has resolved to lead into error.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Tribe of Koreish
description: The addressed group told to go through the earth and see the end of
those who accused their apostles of imposture.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Nimrod
description: A figure in a translator note said by some interpreters to have built
a tower at Babel to ascend to heaven and wage war there.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God covers unbelievers with shame, assigns hell, rewards the pious, directs
or leads astray, and affirms resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: condemned deniers and idolaters
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They deny wrongdoing or resurrection, are associated with idolatry, and are
threatened with shame, misery, and hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: death agents and paradise greeters
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Angels cause both unjust and righteous people to die, answer the unjust,
and greet the righteous with peace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: knowledgeable witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Those given knowledge answer on the day of resurrection that shame and misery
fall on unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are promised good reward, gardens with rivers, and entry into paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: public admonishers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Apostles are raised in every nation and their duty is described as public
preaching and admonition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: forbidden object or power to avoid
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The apostolic admonition commands people to worship God and avoid Taghut.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: addressed prophet who desires guidance for others
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The prophet is addressed as wishing for their direction, but the text says
God will not direct one resolved to error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: warned audience
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Koreish are told to travel through the earth and see the end of those
who accused apostles of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: failed heaven assailant
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The note describes Nimrod as building a tower to ascend to heaven and wage
war, but the tower is overthrown.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountains stabilizing the earth
literal_form: mountains thrown onto the earth to fix it
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: stars as guides
literal_form: stars used for guidance by sea, land, and desert night travel
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: tower of Babel ascent
literal_form: immense tower built to ascend to heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: gates of hell
literal_form: gates of hell entered by the unjust
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: gardens of eternal abode
literal_form: gardens into which the pious enter
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: rivers beneath the gardens
literal_form: rivers flowing beneath the gardens
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: paradise
literal_form: paradise entered by the righteous
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:8
label: day of resurrection
literal_form: day when shame, misery, judgment, and raising of the dead are described
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: Taghut
literal_form: Taghut named as something to avoid
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Natural and cosmological signs in translator notes
summary: Notes describe fish from salt water, pearls and coral, mountains stabilizing
the earth, and stars guiding travelers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Failed tower ascent
summary: A translator note gives an interpretation in which Nimrod builds a high
tower at Babel to ascend to heaven and wage war, but God overthrows it with wind
and earthquake.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:3
label: Shame and hell for the unjust
summary: On the day of resurrection, unbelievers are covered with shame; angels
take the unjust at death, reject their denial of evil, and they are told to enter
hell forever.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:4
label: Reward and paradise for the pious
summary: Those who fear God are promised good reward, gardens of eternal abode with
rivers beneath, and entry into paradise with the angels' greeting of peace.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:5
label: Earlier peoples and apostolic warning
summary: The passage says previous peoples acted similarly, judgment fell on them,
and every nation received an apostle commanding worship of God and avoidance of
Taghut.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Denial and affirmation of resurrection
summary: Some swear that God will not raise the dead; the passage responds that
this promise is true though many do not know it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment of unbelievers and reward of the righteous
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts shame, hell, and destroyed rejecters with gardens,
rivers, paradise, and peace for the righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not infer broader doctrine
beyond the stated judgment scenes.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection and raising of the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage refers to the day of resurrection and directly affirms that God
will raise the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No detailed resurrection sequence is given beyond judgment, shame, and
affirmation of the promise.
- id: motif:3
label: afterlife destinations entered after death
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Angels take souls; the unjust enter gates of hell, while the righteous enter
paradise and gardens with rivers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names afterlife destinations and entry points but does not
provide a full journey itinerary.
- id: motif:4
label: failed ascent to heaven by tower
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: A translator note reports an interpretation of Nimrod's tower as an attempt
to ascend to heaven and wage war, frustrated by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif comes from a translator note reporting some interpreters, not
from the main translated verse text in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: mountains as stabilizers of the earth
taxonomy_refs:
- cosmic_mountain
basis: A translator note says God fixed the initially tottering earth by throwing
mountains on it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a reported explanatory tradition in a note, not a developed narrative
in the main passage.
- id: motif:6
label: messengers sent to nations and rejected
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that every nation received an apostle and instructs the
audience to see the end of those who accused apostles of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No specific named earlier nation is narrated in detail in this excerpt.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The passage itself presents a recurring pattern across prior peoples: an
apostle publicly admonishes a nation, some accuse or reject, and their end becomes
a warning.'
claim_level: same_function
target: rejected-apostle warning pattern within earlier nations mentioned by the
passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal comparison within the passage's own references
to earlier peoples; it does not establish historical contact or compare to an
external tradition.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 21863-21883
quote_or_summary: Translator notes mention natural distinctions, fish from salt
water, pearls and coral, mountains fixing the earth, stars as travel guides, and
an interpretation of Nimrod's tower at Babel as a failed ascent to heaven overthrown
by God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 21888-21897
quote_or_summary: On the day of resurrection God covers unbelievers with shame;
angels cause the unjust to die, reject their denial of evil, and the unjust are
told to enter the gates of hell forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 21898-21905
quote_or_summary: Those who fear God are promised good, a better next life, gardens
of eternal abode with rivers beneath, and whatever they wish; angels tell the
righteous, 'Peace be upon you,' and to enter paradise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 21906-21914
quote_or_summary: The passage says earlier people acted similarly, wronged their
own souls, and the divine judgment they mocked fell on them; idolaters justify
worship besides God and forbidden things.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 21915-21920
quote_or_summary: Every nation received an apostle admonishing worship of God and
avoidance of Taghut; some were directed and others went astray; the Koreish are
told to see the end of those who accused apostles; the prophet cannot guide those
God resolves to lead into error.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 21921-21922
quote_or_summary: Some swear that God will not raise the dead; the passage answers
that the promise is true, though most people do not know it.
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: Main afterlife and judgment motifs are explicit. Cosmic mountain and ascent
motifs are based on translator notes within the supplied passage, so they require
review.
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 available taxonomy references. Empty taxonomy arrays indicate no supplied taxonomy reference was confidently applicable.
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