batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22514-l22592
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22514-l22592
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22514-22592
start: '22514'
end: '22592'
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: PRAISE be unto him who transported his servant by night, from the sacred
temple of Mecca to the farther temple of Jerusalem
summary: The passage opens Sura XVII, describes God's night transport of his servant
from Mecca to Jerusalem, and includes Sale's note on the ascent through the heavens.
It then recounts Moses receiving the law for Israel, recalls Noah's ark, and describes
Israel's predicted repeated wrongdoing, punishment by invading forces, restoration,
and later renewed punishment.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The chapter is entitled "The Night Journey" and is stated to have been revealed
at Mecca.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God transports his servant by night from the sacred temple of Mecca to the
farther temple of Jerusalem, whose circuit is described as blessed, in order to
show signs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A note says the journey continued from Jerusalem through the seven heavens
to the presence of God and back to Mecca the same night, and records disagreement
over whether the journey was bodily or visionary.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: God gives Moses the book of the law as direction for the children of Israel
and commands them not to take another patron besides God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The addressees are called the posterity of those carried in the ark with Noah,
and Noah is described as a grateful servant.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The children of Israel are told in the book of the law that they will commit
evil in the earth twice and become greatly insolent.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: For the first transgression, God sends strong servants skilled in war against
Israel; they search the inner apartments of houses, fulfilling the prediction.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: After the first punishment, Israel is given victory in turn and increase in
wealth, children, and numbers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: For the latter transgression, enemies are sent to afflict Israel, enter the
temple as before, and destroy what they had conquered.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine agent who transports the servant, hears and sees, gives
the law, commands exclusive patronage, and sends punishment or restoration.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God's servant / Mohammed
description: The servant transported by night; Sale's note identifies the journey
as Mohammed's journey to heaven.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses
description: Recipient of the book of the law given as direction for the children
of Israel.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: Community directed by the law, warned against taking another patron,
predicted to commit evil twice, punished, restored, and punished again.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Noah
description: Named as the one with whom people were carried in the ark; described
as a grateful servant.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Posterity of those carried in the ark with Noah
description: The group addressed as descendants of those carried in the ark with
Noah.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Strong servants sent against Israel
description: Servants endowed with exceeding strength in war, sent for the first
punishment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Enemies sent for the latter transgression
description: Enemies sent to afflict Israel, enter the temple, and destroy what
had been conquered.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine transporter, lawgiver, judge, and restorer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God transports the servant, gives Moses the law, sends punitive forces, and
later grants Israel victory and increase.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: transported servant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The servant is transported by night; the note explains this as Mohammed's
night journey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: recipient of divine law
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Moses receives the book of the law as direction for Israel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: commanded and judged community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Israel receives direction, is warned, is predicted to transgress twice, is
punished, restored, and punished again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: grateful servant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Noah is explicitly described as a grateful servant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: ark-descended addressees
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage addresses the posterity of those carried in the ark with Noah.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: agents of punitive invasion
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: The first group is sent in war to search houses; the second enters the temple
and destroys what was conquered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sacred temple of Mecca
literal_form: sacred temple of Mecca
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: farther temple of Jerusalem
literal_form: farther temple of Jerusalem, with a blessed circuit
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: seven heavens
literal_form: seven heavens traversed from Jerusalem to the presence of God, according
to the note
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: book of the law
literal_form: book of the law given to Moses as direction for the children of Israel
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: ark with Noah
literal_form: ark in which people were carried with Noah
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: temple entered by enemies
literal_form: the temple entered during punishment for the latter transgression
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Night transport between sanctuaries
summary: God transports his servant by night from the sacred temple at Mecca to
the farther temple at Jerusalem, whose surroundings are blessed, to show signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Commentarial heavenly ascent
summary: The note reports that Mohammed was carried from Jerusalem through the seven
heavens to God's presence and returned to Mecca that same night; it also records
differing opinions about whether the journey was bodily or visionary.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Law given to Moses for Israel
summary: God gives Moses the book of the law as guidance for Israel and commands
exclusive reliance on God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Noah's ark recalled
summary: The passage addresses the posterity of those carried in the ark with Noah
and describes Noah as grateful.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Predicted double transgression and punishments
summary: Israel is predicted to do evil twice; the first punishment brings strong
warriors into homes, after which Israel is restored, and the later punishment
brings enemies who afflict Israel, enter the temple, and destroy what was conquered.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: night journey and ascent toward divine presence
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
- mystical_quest
basis: The passage states that the servant is transported by night from Mecca to
Jerusalem, and the note describes continuation through the seven heavens to God's
presence and return the same night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The canonical verse in the excerpt names the journey to Jerusalem; the
seven-heavens ascent is supplied in Sale's note and should be distinguished from
the translated verse.
- id: motif:2
label: ark-borne survivors remembered through descendants
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
basis: The passage addresses the posterity of those carried in the ark with Noah.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The flood episode itself is not narrated in this passage; only the ark
transport with Noah is recalled.
- id: motif:3
label: divine law as guidance and exclusive allegiance
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- wisdom
basis: God gives Moses the book of the law as direction for Israel and commands
them not to take another patron besides God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a command and guidance but does not elaborate a full
covenant ceremony.
- id: motif:4
label: repeated communal transgression and divine judgment through invaders
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Israel is predicted to commit evil twice; each transgression is followed
by punitive forces sent against them, with restoration between the punishments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the invasions as punishment but does not identify all
invading groups within the excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 22514-22592, opening of Chapter XVII
quote_or_summary: Chapter entitled "The Night Journey"; God transported his servant
by night from Mecca to Jerusalem to show signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation or summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 22514-22592, note p on the Night Journey
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says Mohammed was carried through the seven heavens
to God's presence and back, and notes debate over bodily versus visionary travel.
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 22514-22592, verse after note p
quote_or_summary: God gave Moses the book of the law as direction for Israel and
commanded them to take no other patron besides God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 22514-22592, Noah ark reference
quote_or_summary: '"O posterity of those whom we carried in the ark with Noah";
Noah is called a grateful servant.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 22514-22592, prediction of Israel's transgressions
quote_or_summary: The book of the law declares that the children of Israel will
commit evil in the earth twice and become greatly insolent.
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 22514-22592, first punishment
quote_or_summary: For the first transgression, strong servants in war are sent;
they search the inner apartments of houses and the prediction is fulfilled.
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 22514-22592, restoration after first punishment
quote_or_summary: Afterward Israel is given victory over them, increased wealth
and children, and made more numerous.
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 22514-22592, latter punishment
quote_or_summary: For the later transgression, enemies afflict Israel, enter the
temple as before, and destroy what they had conquered.
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: Literal extraction is strong for the translated verses and notes. Motif labels
using taxonomy refs are cautious, especially where the passage alludes to larger
narratives rather than narrating them fully. No independent comparison claims
were added.
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. Footnotes within the passage were treated as source evidence but kept distinct from the translated Qur'anic narration.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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