batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22191-l22273
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22191-l22273
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 22191-22273
start: '22191'
end: '22273'
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 warns that those who disbelieve and turn others from God's
way will receive increased punishment. It describes witnesses raised from every
nation and Mohammed as witness against the Arabians. It presents the Koran as
explanation, guidance, mercy, and good tidings, commands justice and charity,
forbids wrongdoing, and instructs hearers to keep covenant and oaths with God.
It uses the image of a woman undoing her spun work to warn against deceitful oath-breaking,
says people will give account for their deeds, and contrasts perishable worldly
things with what is permanent with God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those described as infidels who turn others aside from God's way are said
to receive added punishment because they corrupted others.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A day is described on which a witness is raised in every nation from among
themselves.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Mohammed is addressed as a witness against the Arabians.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Koran is described as sent down to Mohammed for explanation, direction,
mercy, and good tidings to the Moslems.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: God commands justice, doing good, and giving to kindred, and forbids wickedness,
iniquity, and oppression.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The hearers are instructed to perform their covenant with God and not violate
ratified oaths after making God a witness over them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage compares oath-breaking to a woman who untwists what she has strongly
spun.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Deceitful oath-taking is linked to the advantage of one party being more numerous
than another.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says God could have made the people one people, but that people
will give account of what they have done.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The passage warns against selling the covenant of God for a small price and
contrasts failing worldly things with what is permanent with God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: A translator's note reports that some commentators identify the woman who
undoes her work with Reita Bint Saad Ebn Teym and compare her action to Penelope.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine speaker and authority who commands, forbids, witnesses oaths,
directs or leads into error, judges deeds, and rewards perseverance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Addressed as recipient of the Koran and as a witness against the Arabians.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Infidels who turn others aside
description: People described as unbelievers who turn others from the way of God
and corrupt others.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Witnesses from every nation
description: Witnesses raised from among each nation on a certain day.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Moslems
description: Recipients of good tidings associated with the revealed Koran.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Woman who undoes spun work
description: A woman used as a comparison for those who undo what has been firmly
made, by untwisting what she had spun.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Reita Bint Saad Ebn Teym
description: Named in a note as the woman whom some suppose is meant by the simile
of undoing spun work.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine commander
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to command justice and good conduct and forbid wickedness and
oppression.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: covenant witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hearers are told they have made God a witness over their oaths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: divine judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage describes added punishment, future accountability, and reward
for those who persevere.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: prophetic witness and recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is addressed as witness against the Arabians and as the one to whom
the Koran is sent down.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: corrupters of others
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They turn others from God's way and are punished because they corrupted others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: communal witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: A witness is raised from every nation from among themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: recipients of good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Koran is described as good tidings unto the Moslems.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: simile for undoing a binding act
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The woman who untwists what she has spun is used to warn against deceitful
oaths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: covenant with God
literal_form: Covenant and ratified oaths made with God as witness.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: spun work undone
literal_form: A woman untwisting what she had spun after twisting it strongly.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: book of the Koran
literal_form: The book sent down to Mohammed as explanation, direction, mercy, and
good tidings.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: small price
literal_form: A small price for which the covenant of God is not to be sold.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: slipping foot
literal_form: A foot slipping after it had been steadfastly fixed, used in warning
against deceitful oaths.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Punishment and witnesses on the day of account
summary: Those who disbelieved and turned others from God's way receive added punishment,
and witnesses are raised from every nation, with Mohammed serving as witness against
the Arabians.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Revelation and moral command
summary: The Koran is described as sent down to Mohammed for explanation, guidance,
mercy, and good tidings, followed by commands to justice, good conduct, and aid
to kindred, and prohibitions against wrongdoing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Warning against broken oaths
summary: The hearers are told to keep covenant with God and not violate oaths, and
are warned not to be like a woman who undoes her strongly spun work by untwisting
it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Transient worldly gain and permanent divine recompense
summary: The covenant of God is not to be sold for a small price; what humans possess
will fail, while what is with God is permanent, and perseverance will be rewarded.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with witnesses
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes added punishment for corrupters, witnesses raised from
every nation, Mohammed as witness, and future accountability for deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and exhortatory rather than a narrative myth
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Covenant with the deity and oath fidelity
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage directly instructs hearers to perform the covenant with God,
not violate ratified oaths, and not sell God's covenant for a small price.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The covenant is presented as religious-moral obligation, not as a narrated
covenant-making scene.
- id: motif:3
label: Resurrection-day disclosure and disagreement resolved
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage refers to the day of resurrection when God will make manifest
matters about which people disagree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The resurrection is invoked in warning rather than described as a journey
or detailed afterlife scene.
- id: motif:4
label: Weaving undone as image of broken obligation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage uses the image of a woman undoing what she has spun to characterize
deceitful oath-breaking.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names a weaving or unweaving motif.
- id: motif:5
label: Revealed book as guidance and mercy
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as an explanatory book, direction, mercy, and good
tidings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage emphasizes revelation
and guidance rather than a wisdom quest narrative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: A translator's note reports that some commentators compare the woman who
undoes her spun work to Penelope, in the shared action of undoing work already
completed.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Penelope as a figure who undoes woven work
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison appears in a note, not in the Qur'anic verse itself;
it supports similarity of action rather than historical contact or common inheritance.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 22191-22273, verse 90 opening
quote_or_summary: Those who have been infidels and turned others from God's way
will receive punishment added to punishment because they corrupted others.
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 22191-22273, witness passage
quote_or_summary: On a certain day God will raise a witness in every nation from
among themselves and will bring Mohammed as witness against the Arabians.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 22191-22273, Koran described
quote_or_summary: '"the book of the Koran" is sent for explanation, direction, mercy,
and good tidings to the Moslems.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 22191-22273, moral command verse
quote_or_summary: God commands justice, doing good, and giving to kindred, and forbids
wickedness, iniquity, and oppression.
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 22191-22273, covenant and oath verse
quote_or_summary: The hearers are told to perform their covenant with God, not violate
ratified oaths, and are reminded that God is witness over them.
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 22191-22273, spun-work simile and resurrection disclosure
quote_or_summary: The hearers are told not to be like a woman who untwists what
she has spun strongly, using oaths deceitfully; God will manifest disputed matters
on the day of resurrection.
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 22191-22273, one people and account
quote_or_summary: The passage says God could have made the hearers one people, but
directs or leads astray whom he pleases, and that they will give account of what
they have done.
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 22191-22273, covenant not sold and permanence
quote_or_summary: The passage warns not to sell God's covenant for a small price,
states that what humans possess will fail while what is with God is permanent,
and promises reward to those who persevere.
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 22191-22273, note s
quote_or_summary: A note says some suppose the passage refers to Reita Bint Saad
Ebn Teym, who, like Penelope, undid at night the work done in the day.
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 22191-22273, deceitful oath warning
quote_or_summary: The passage warns against deceitful oaths lest a foot slip after
having been steadfastly fixed, bringing evil in this life and punishment in the
life to come.
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: The passage is clear for covenant, judgment, resurrection, and oath imagery.
Broader motif-family labels such as wisdom are interpretive and should be reviewed.
The Penelope comparison is present only in the translator/commentarial note.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to the provided available taxonomy list where directly supportable.
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