batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22958-l23056
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l22958-l23056
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 22958-23056
start: '22958'
end: '23056'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage warns that blindness in this life continues in the next, describes
attempted temptation and expulsion of the addressed prophet, commands regular
prayer and night devotion, affirms the coming of truth over falsehood, describes
the Koran as medicine and mercy for believers, limits human knowledge of the spirit,
and declares that humans and genii cannot produce a book like the Koran.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A person described as blind in this life is said to be blind in the next and
to wander farther from the path of salvation.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Unbelievers nearly tempted the addressed figure to swerve from revealed instructions
and devise a different thing concerning God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed figure is said to have been confirmed by God; without that confirmation
he would have nearly inclined toward the unbelievers.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: If the addressed figure had inclined, God would have caused him to taste punishment
of life and punishment of death, with no protector against God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Unbelievers nearly caused the addressed figure to depart the land so that
they might expel him from it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A prescribed method of dealing with apostles sent before is mentioned as unchanging.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The addressed figure is commanded to perform prayer at the sun's decline,
at the first darkness of night, and at daybreak.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The prayer of daybreak is described as being witnessed by angels.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The addressed figure is commanded to watch part of the night in the same exercise
as a supererogatory work.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The Lord may raise the addressed figure to an honourable station.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The addressed figure is instructed to pray for a favorable entry, a favorable
coming forth, and assisting power from God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The addressed figure is instructed to say that truth has come and falsehood
has vanished, because falsehood is of short continuance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The Koran is described as medicine and mercy for true believers and as increasing
the perdition of the unjust.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: When favors are bestowed on man, he withdraws ungratefully; when evil touches
him, he despairs of mercy.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Every person is said to act according to his own manner, while the Lord best
knows who is truly directed in his way.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: When asked concerning the spirit, the answer given is that the spirit was
created at the command of the Lord and that humans have only a little knowledge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: God says he could take away what he revealed to the addressed figure, and
that no one could assist against God except through divine mercy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:18
text: Men and genii assembled together are said to be unable to produce a book like
the Koran, even with mutual assistance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:19
text: The Koran is said to contain various figurative arguments, while most men
refuse it out of infidelity.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine speaker who reveals, confirms, commands prayer, judges,
grants mercy, and knows true guidance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed prophet / thee
description: The addressed recipient of revelation and commands; notes identify
the figure as Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Opponents who nearly tempt the addressed figure to swerve from revelation
and nearly cause him to depart the land.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Apostles sent before
description: Earlier apostles in relation to whom an unchanging divine method is
mentioned.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angels
description: Witnesses associated with the prayer of daybreak.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: True believers
description: Recipients for whom the Koran is medicine and mercy.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The unjust
description: Those for whom the Koran increases perdition.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Man / men
description: Human beings described as ungrateful in favor, despairing in evil,
limited in knowledge, and unable to produce a book like the Koran.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Genii
description: Beings who, even if assembled with men and mutually assisted, cannot
produce a book like the Koran.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer and confirmer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God reveals instructions and confirms the addressed figure against temptation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and giver of mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God threatens punishment, grants mercy, knows guidance, and can remove revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed figure has received revealed instructions and is told that
what was revealed could be taken away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: commanded worshipper and speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed figure is commanded to pray, watch by night, and say prescribed
words.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: tempting and expelling opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Unbelievers nearly tempt the addressed figure and nearly cause him to depart
the land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: precedent apostles
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Earlier apostles are cited as examples for an unchanging divine method.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: witnesses to daybreak prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The prayer of daybreak is said to be witnessed by angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: recipients of mercy through the Koran
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Koran is medicine and mercy to true believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: recipients of increased perdition
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Koran increases perdition for the unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: limited created audience
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Men have little knowledge concerning the spirit, and men and genii cannot
produce a book like the Koran.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: blindness across this life and the next
literal_form: Blind in this life; blind in the next
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: path of salvation / directed way
literal_form: Path of salvation; way in which one is directed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: revealed instructions
literal_form: Instructions revealed to the addressed figure
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: prayer times
literal_form: Declension of the sun, first darkness of night, and daybreak
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: honourable station
literal_form: An honourable station to which the Lord may raise the addressed figure
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: favorable entry and coming forth
literal_form: Entry, coming forth, and assisting power
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: truth and falsehood
literal_form: Truth coming; falsehood vanishing
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: Koran as medicine and mercy
literal_form: The Koran described as medicine and mercy
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: spirit created by command
literal_form: The spirit created at the command of the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: inimitable book
literal_form: A book like the Koran that men and genii cannot produce
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning against deviation from revelation
summary: Unbelievers nearly tempt the addressed figure to deviate from revealed
instructions, but divine confirmation prevents this; punishment would follow deviation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Threatened expulsion and apostolic precedent
summary: Unbelievers nearly cause the addressed figure to leave the land; the passage
connects divine treatment of this situation to an unchanging method applied to
earlier apostles.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Commanded daily and night prayer
summary: The addressed figure is commanded to pray at specified times, including
daybreak witnessed by angels, and to watch part of the night in devotion.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Prayer for entry and triumph of truth
summary: The addressed figure is instructed to ask the Lord for favorable entry,
favorable coming forth, assisting power, and to proclaim the coming of truth and
vanishing of falsehood.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Effects of the Koran and human response
summary: The Koran is described as medicine and mercy for true believers but as
increasing the perdition of the unjust; humans are described as ungrateful during
favor and despairing during harm.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Question about the spirit and limits of knowledge
summary: The addressed figure answers a question about the spirit by saying it was
created by the Lord's command and that humans have only little knowledge.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Inimitability and figurative arguments of the Koran
summary: God says that men and genii could not produce a book like the Koran, even
if they assisted one another; the Koran contains many figurative arguments rejected
by most men.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment across life, death, and afterlife
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage links blindness in this life with blindness in the next, threatens
punishment of life and death for deviation, and describes perdition for the unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is exhortative and theological rather than a narrative judgment
scene.
- id: motif:2
label: divine preservation of the messenger from temptation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressed figure nearly inclines toward opponents, but divine confirmation
prevents deviation from revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches this motif.
- id: motif:3
label: threatened departure or expulsion of the prophetic figure
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Opponents nearly cause the addressed figure to depart the land, and the addressed
figure later prays for favorable entry and coming forth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The departure is threatened or alluded to, not narrated as a full journey
pattern within this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: ritual prayer at cosmic times
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Prayer is commanded at the sun's decline, the darkness of night, and daybreak,
with daybreak witnessed by angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a ritual instruction motif, not tied to a listed taxonomy family.
- id: motif:5
label: limited human knowledge before divine wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage states that the spirit is created at the Lord's command and that
humans have been given only little knowledge; it also says the Lord best knows
who is rightly directed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is doctrinal and epistemological rather than a wisdom tale.
- id: motif:6
label: sacred book as healing and inimitable revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as medicine and mercy for believers, and men and genii
cannot produce a book like it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific sacred-book or revelation category;
'wisdom' is a broad fit.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly frames God's dealings with the addressed figure in
continuity with an unchanging method applied to apostles sent before.
claim_level: same_function
target: Apostles sent before the addressed figure within the passage's own tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage does not narrate the earlier apostles' stories, so the
comparison is limited to the stated shared divine method.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 22958-22959
quote_or_summary: Whoever is blind in this life will be blind in the next and wander
farther from the path of salvation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 22960-22968
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers nearly tempted the addressed figure to swerve from
revelation; divine confirmation prevented inclination; punishment of life and
death is threatened if he had inclined.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 22969-22976
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers nearly caused the addressed figure to depart the land;
the passage states that God's prescribed method toward earlier apostles does not
change.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 22977-22980
quote_or_summary: Prayer is commanded at sun-decline, first darkness of night, and
daybreak; daybreak prayer is witnessed by angels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 23030-23032
quote_or_summary: The addressed figure is told to watch part of the night in the
same exercise, as a supererogatory work; the Lord may raise him to an honourable
station.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 23033-23037
quote_or_summary: The addressed figure is told to ask the Lord for favorable entry,
favorable coming forth, and assisting power, and to declare that truth has come
and falsehood vanished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 23038-23040
quote_or_summary: The Koran is sent down as medicine and mercy for true believers,
but it increases the perdition of the unjust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 23041-23045
quote_or_summary: Man withdraws ungratefully when favored and despairs when evil
touches him; everyone acts according to his manner, and the Lord knows who is
truly directed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 23046-23048
quote_or_summary: Asked about the spirit, the answer is that the spirit was created
at the Lord's command and that only little knowledge has been given.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 23049-23052
quote_or_summary: God could take away what was revealed, and no one could assist
against God except through the Lord's mercy; divine favor toward the addressed
figure is great.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 23053-23056
quote_or_summary: If men and genii assembled to produce a book like the Koran, they
could not do so, even with mutual assistance; the Koran contains many figurative
arguments, but most men reject it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif assignment is
cautious where the available taxonomy lacks exact categories for revelation, prayer,
or sacred scripture.
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. Footnote material identifying historical groups was not used for separate motif claims beyond the passage's main assertions.
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