batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22770-l22861
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22770-l22861
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 22770-22861
start: '22770'
end: '22861'
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 gives ethical precepts, warns against idolatry, depicts universal
praise of God, describes unbelievers' inability or refusal to understand the recitation,
answers denial of resurrection, counsels mild speech, states divine mercy and
punishment, mentions David and the Psalms, denies the efficacy of other invoked
beings, foretells city destruction or punishment before resurrection, and recalls
the Thamud she-camel, a vision, and a cursed tree as tests or terrors.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage commands protection of an orphan's substance until maturity, performance
of covenant, full measure, just weighing, restraint from following what is not
known, and avoidance of proud walking.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Hearing, sight, and heart are said to be examined at the last day.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Setting another god as equal to God is said to lead to being cast into hell,
reproved and rejected.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The seven heavens, the earth, and everything in them are said to praise God,
though people do not understand their celebration.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: When the Koran is read, a dark veil is placed between the reciter and those
who do not believe in the life to come, with coverings over hearts and thickness
in ears.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Some hearers call the addressee a madman and ask whether bones and dust can
be raised as a new creature.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The answer to the resurrection objection names the one who created them the
first time as the one who restores life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: On the named day, God calls people forth from sepulchres, and they obey while
praising him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Servants are told to speak mildly to unbelievers, because Satan sows discord
and is a declared enemy to man.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: God is said to know all persons in heaven and on earth, to have favored some
prophets over others, and to have given David the Psalms.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Beings invoked besides God are said to be unable to remove harm and themselves
seek nearness to their Lord, hoping for mercy and fearing punishment.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Every city is said to be destined for destruction before the day of resurrection
or for grievous punishment, written in the book of eternal decrees.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The tribe of Thamud was given a visible she-camel at their demand, yet dealt
unjustly with her.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: A vision and a cursed tree in the Koran are appointed as an occasion of dispute
and terror, but they increase transgression.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The revealer of wisdom, possessor of the throne, creator, examiner
at the last day, caller from sepulchres, giver of mercy or punishment, and giver
of Psalms to David.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressee / reciter / messenger
description: The one addressed with commands to speak, read the Koran, answer objectors,
and not act as steward over people.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Idolaters and unbelievers
description: Those warned by arguments, said to turn away from mention of the one
Lord, call the addressee a madman, and question resurrection after becoming bones
and dust.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Seven heavens, earth, and all therein
description: The cosmic totality described as celebrating God's praise.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Satan
description: A declared enemy to man who sows discord among people.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: David
description: A prophet specially favored by receiving the Psalms.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Beings invoked besides God
description: Those invoked by some as gods besides God; the passage says they cannot
remove harm and seek nearness to their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Tribe of Thamud
description: A former nation that demanded a miracle and dealt unjustly with the
visible she-camel given to them.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: She-camel
description: A visible sign or miracle given to Thamud, with whom they dealt unjustly.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer and source of wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The precepts are described as wisdom revealed by the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says covenant performance and faculties will be examined, and
that God may punish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: creator and resurrector
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The answer to the resurrection objection identifies the restorer as the one
who created people the first time and calls them from sepulchres.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: messenger and respondent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee is told to recite, answer objections, and speak to servants,
while not being sent as steward over them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: rejecting hearers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They turn away from the doctrine of unity, call the addressee a madman, and
question resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: cosmic worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The seven heavens, earth, and all therein are said to praise God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: sower of discord and enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Satan is said to sow discord and to be a declared enemy to man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: favored prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: David is named among prophets as receiving the Psalms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: ineffective invoked beings seeking nearness
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The invoked beings are said to be unable to avert harm and to seek approach
to their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: former rejecting nation
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Thamud received the visible she-camel but dealt unjustly with her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:11
label: visible miracle or sign
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The she-camel is described as given to Thamud visibly at their demand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: just balance
literal_form: balance used for weighing with full measure
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: hearing, sight, and heart
literal_form: faculties named as examined at the last day
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: mountains
literal_form: mountains named as exceeding human stature
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: throne
literal_form: the throne possessed by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: seven heavens and earth
literal_form: heavens and earth praising God
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: dark veil and coverings
literal_form: dark veil between reciter and unbelievers, coverings over hearts,
and thickness in ears
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: bones and dust
literal_form: remains named by objectors to resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: sepulchres
literal_form: graves from which God calls people forth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: book of eternal decrees
literal_form: book in which city destruction or punishment is written
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:10
label: she-camel
literal_form: visible she-camel given to Thamud as a miracle
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:11
label: cursed tree
literal_form: tree cursed in the Koran, appointed as occasion of dispute and terror
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ethical and theological precepts
summary: The passage sets out commands about orphan property, covenant, measuring
and weighing, knowledge, humility, and rejection of other gods, calling them revealed
wisdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Cosmic praise and obscured reception of recitation
summary: The seven heavens, earth, and all therein praise God, while unbelievers
are separated from understanding the Koran by veil, heart-coverings, and dulled
hearing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Denial and answer of resurrection
summary: Unbelievers question whether bones and dust can become a new creature,
and the answer states that the creator will restore them and call them from sepulchres.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Counsel, mercy, punishment, and nearness
summary: The passage counsels mild speech, names Satan as sower of discord, states
divine mercy or punishment, mentions David's Psalms, and says invoked beings cannot
remove harm and seek nearness to the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Decreed destruction and signs of terror
summary: Every city is said to face destruction or punishment before resurrection;
Thamud receives and wrongs the she-camel; a vision and cursed tree are appointed
as dispute and terror.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: revealed wisdom as ethical instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage explicitly identifies the listed precepts as wisdom revealed
by the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is limited here to moral and theological instruction, not a
narrative wisdom quest.
- id: motif:2
label: covenant accountability
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- divine_judgment
basis: Performance of covenant is commanded and said to be inquired into hereafter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the making of a covenant; it states obligation
and future examination.
- id: motif:3
label: divine judgment at the last day
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hearing, sight, heart, covenant performance, cities, and invoked beings are
described in relation to examination, punishment, mercy, or decree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage combines ethical accountability, city punishment, and eschatological
judgment rather than a single courtroom scene.
- id: motif:4
label: resurrection from dust and graves
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Objectors ask about being raised after becoming bones and dust, and the answer
states that the first creator restores life and calls people from sepulchres.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No extended afterlife journey is described in this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: universal cosmic praise
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The heavens, earth, and everything in them are said to celebrate God's praise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy family directly names cosmic praise; this is retained
as a candidate motif without taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:6
label: rejected miraculous sign
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Thamud receive the visible she-camel as a demanded miracle but deal unjustly
with her, and miracles are said to be sent to strike terror.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage only briefly alludes to the larger Thamud narrative.
- id: motif:7
label: terror-sign causing dispute and transgression
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The vision and cursed tree are appointed as an occasion of dispute and terror,
yet increase transgression.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The referents of the vision and cursed tree are not explained within the
passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 22770-22782
quote_or_summary: Commands concern orphan property, covenant, full measure, just
balance, not following unknown matters, examination of hearing/sight/heart, humility
before earth and mountains, and revealed wisdom.
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 22783-22798
quote_or_summary: The passage forbids setting another god equal to God, rejects
claims about divine daughters among angels, and says other gods would seek occasion
against the possessor of the throne.
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 22799-22810
quote_or_summary: The seven heavens, earth, and all therein praise God; when the
Koran is read, a dark veil, heart-coverings, and dulled hearing affect those who
do not believe in the life to come.
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 22811-22829
quote_or_summary: The ungodly call the addressee a madman and ask whether, after
becoming bones and dust, they will be raised as a new creature.
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 22830-22835
quote_or_summary: The response says the one who created them the first time will
restore them; on that day God calls them from sepulchres and they obey with praise.
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 22836-22845
quote_or_summary: Servants are told to speak mildly; Satan sows discord and is man's
enemy; God may show mercy or punish; the addressee is not steward over them; David
is given the Psalms.
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 22846-22853
quote_or_summary: Those imagined as gods besides God cannot free people from harm;
the invoked beings themselves seek nearness to the Lord, hope for mercy, and dread
punishment.
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 22854-22856
quote_or_summary: Every city will be destroyed before the day of resurrection or
punished grievously; this is written in the book of eternal decrees.
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 22857-22860
quote_or_summary: Former nations rejected miracles; Thamud were given a visible
she-camel at their demand, yet dealt unjustly with her; miracles are sent to strike
terror.
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 22860-22861
quote_or_summary: A shown vision and the tree cursed in the Koran are appointed
as an occasion of dispute and terror, but increase transgression.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage and notes. Some
referents, especially the vision and cursed tree, are allusive within the excerpt
and 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: |-
No external comparisons were added because the passage itself does not provide enough support for a specific cross-traditional comparison.
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