batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22108-l22189
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22108-l22189
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 22108-22189
start: '22108'
end: '22189'
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 lawful food, bees, honey, and
anti-idolatry arguments, followed by verses presenting a parable of two unequal
men, affirming God's knowledge of the unseen and the suddenness of the last hour,
listing divine provisions for human life, warning that the messenger's duty is
public preaching, and describing judgment scenes in which witnesses are raised,
torment is not mitigated, and false deities abandon idolaters.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Translator notes describe bees as building finely contrived apartments and
producing honey of different colors from different plants.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Translator notes identify honey as both food and a remedy, including a reported
healing story involving Mohammed's instruction to give honey repeatedly.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A parable contrasts a man born dumb and unable to act successfully with a
man who has speech and understanding, commands justice, and follows the right
way.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The secret of heaven and earth is said to be known to God alone.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The business of the last hour is described as occurring as quickly as the
twinkling of an eye or quicker.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: God is described as bringing humans from their mothers' wombs when they knew
nothing and giving them hearing, seeing, and understandings.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Birds are described as flying in the open firmament, supported by none except
God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: God is described as providing houses, cattle-skin tents, and household materials
from wool, fur, and hair.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: God is described as providing shade, mountain retreats, garments against heat,
and coats of mail for war.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The messenger's duty is stated to be public preaching only if the hearers
turn back.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: A future day is described when a witness will be raised from every nation
and unbelievers will not be allowed excuses or favor.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Those who acted unjustly will see prepared torment, which will not be mitigated
or delayed for them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Idolaters will identify their invoked idols before God; the false gods will
answer that the idolaters are liars.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: On that day the wicked will offer submission to God, and the false deities
they imagined will abandon them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure who knows the secret of heaven and earth, gives human
senses, supports birds, provides habitations and protections, raises witnesses,
and judges unbelievers and idolaters.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Man born dumb
description: A parable figure described as unable to do or understand anything,
a burden to his master, and unsuccessful when sent.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Man with speech and understanding
description: A parable figure who commands what is just and follows the right way.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Humans addressed
description: People brought forth from their mothers' wombs without knowledge and
given hearing, seeing, and understandings.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Fowls
description: Birds that fly in the open firmament and are supported by God.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Messenger / preacher
description: The addressed preacher whose duty is public preaching only if others
turn back.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Witness from every nation
description: A witness raised on a future day from every nation.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Unbelievers / unjust / wicked
description: Those who deny God's goodness, are not allowed excuses or favor, see
torment, and finally offer submission to God.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Idolaters
description: Those who invoked idols besides God and identify them on the judgment
day.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: False gods / idols / false deities
description: The invoked beings who answer the idolaters by calling them liars and
abandon them on that day.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Bees
description: In translator notes, insects said to build finely contrived apartments
and to be taught the ways of making honey or returning home by instinct.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: In a translator note story, the prophet tells a man to give honey to
his afflicted brother, and then to give more honey.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine knower of hidden things
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The secret of heaven and earth is said to be known to God alone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: provider and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gives senses, supports birds, and provides dwellings, materials, shade,
retreats, garments, and armor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: eschatological judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage describes witnesses, denial of excuses, torment for the unjust,
and final submission to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:4
label: negative parable figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is described as dumb, unable, burdensome, and unsuccessful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: righteous parable figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He has speech and understanding, commands justice, and follows the right
way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: recipient of divine faculties
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Humans receive hearing, sight, and understandings after birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: sign in creation
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The flight of birds supported by God is presented as a sign for believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: public warner
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage states that the preacher's duty is public preaching only.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: judgment witness
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: A witness is raised from every nation on a future day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: judged wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Unbelievers are denied excuses, the unjust see torment, and the wicked submit
on that day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: invokers of idols
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They say that the idols are those they invoked besides God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: abandoning false deities
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The false gods call the idolaters liars and abandon them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:13
label: instinct-guided makers of honey
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The notes describe bees as making honey and being guided by instinct.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:14
label: healing adviser in reported story
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The note reports Mohammed instructing honey as a remedy for an afflicted
man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: honey
literal_form: Honey of varied colors, described in notes as food and remedy.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: bee apartments
literal_form: Finely worked dwellings or cells built by bees.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: twinkling of an eye
literal_form: Image used for the speed of the last hour.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: hearing, sight, and understanding
literal_form: Human faculties given after birth.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: flying birds
literal_form: Fowls flying in the open firmament of heaven.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: portable tents
literal_form: Tents made from cattle skins, light to remove and pitch.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: mountain retreats
literal_form: Places of retreat in the mountains.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: coats of mail
literal_form: Armor given for defense in wars.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: idols
literal_form: False gods invoked besides God and later said to abandon their worshipers.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Notes on bees and honey
summary: Translator notes explain bee dwellings, honey-making, honey's varied colors,
and honey as remedy in a reported prophetic healing story.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Parable of two unequal men
summary: A speech contrasts a dumb, ineffective servant-like figure with an articulate
and just man, asking whether they can be considered equal.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Unseen knowledge and the last hour
summary: God alone knows the secret of heaven and earth, and the last hour is described
as arriving with extreme suddenness.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Divine provision in creation
summary: God gives humans faculties, supports birds in flight, and provides homes,
tents, materials, shade, mountain retreats, clothing, and armor.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Preaching and denial
summary: If people turn back, the preacher's duty is only public preaching; they
acknowledge God's goodness and then deny it.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Judgment with witnesses and torment
summary: On a future day a witness is raised from every nation, unbelievers cannot
excuse themselves, and the unjust see torment without mitigation or delay.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: False gods abandon idolaters
summary: Idolaters identify the idols they invoked besides God; the false gods call
them liars, and the wicked submit to God as the imagined deities abandon them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Final judgment with witnesses and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes a day when witnesses are raised from every nation,
unbelievers cannot excuse themselves, the unjust see torment, and the wicked submit
to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction stays at the passage level and does not infer details beyond
the stated judgment scenes.
- id: motif:2
label: False deities exposed and abandoning worshipers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Idolaters identify their invoked idols, the false gods answer that the worshipers
are liars, and the false deities abandon them on that day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this within judgment rather than as an independent
mythic episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine sustenance through ordered creation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God gives human faculties, supports birds, and provides dwellings, portable
tents, shade, retreats, garments, and armor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: No directly matching available taxonomy family is supplied; this is a
descriptive motif label.
- id: motif:4
label: Parable contrasting incapacity with righteous understanding
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The parable contrasts a dumb, incapable, burdensome figure with one who possesses
speech and understanding, commands justice, and follows the right way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents the contrast as a parable; the precise referents
are not identified in the main verse excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Healing substance as divine provision
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Translator notes describe honey as food and remedy and include a reported
healing story in which repeated honey is advised.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is drawn from translator notes rather than the main verse text
in the provided passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 22108-22132
quote_or_summary: Translator notes discuss lawful food, bees' finely made apartments,
instinctive honey-making or home-finding, honey's varied colors, and a story in
which Mohammed advises honey as a remedy.
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 22145-22150
quote_or_summary: 'God propounds a parable of two men: one born dumb, unable and
burdensome, and another with speech and understanding who commands justice and
follows the right way.'
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 22151-22154
quote_or_summary: God alone knows the secret of heaven and earth; the last hour
will be like the twinkling of an eye or quicker; God is almighty.
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 22155-22157
quote_or_summary: God brings people forth from their mothers' wombs knowing nothing
and gives them hearing, sight, and understandings so they may give thanks.
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 22158-22160
quote_or_summary: Birds fly in the open firmament and are supported only by God;
this is called a sign for believers.
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 22161-22166
quote_or_summary: God provides houses, portable cattle-skin tents, and household
goods from wool, fur, and hair for a season.
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 22167-22171
quote_or_summary: God provides shade, mountain retreats, garments against heat,
and coats of mail for war, completing favor so people may resign themselves to
him.
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 22172-22175
quote_or_summary: If they turn back, the preacher's duty is public preaching only;
they acknowledge God's goodness and then deny it, and most are unbelievers.
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 22176-22179
quote_or_summary: On a certain day God will raise a witness from every nation, and
unbelievers will not be allowed to excuse themselves or be received into favor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 22180-22182
quote_or_summary: Those who acted unjustly will see the prepared torment; it will
not be mitigated, and they will not be respited.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 22183-22189
quote_or_summary: Idolaters see their false gods and say these are the idols they
invoked besides God; the false gods answer that they are liars, and on that day
the wicked submit to God while the false deities abandon them.
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: The main narrative units are clear. Some material at the beginning consists
of translator notes rather than the main verse text, so motifs drawn from those
notes are marked with caution. No comparison claims were made because the passage
itself does not support a specific 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: |-
All observations and motif candidates are based only on the provided passage text and metadata. Available taxonomy references were used only where directly supportable.
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