batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l23142-l23202
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l23142-l23202
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 23142-23202
start: '23142'
end: '23202'
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: Translator’s notes identify miracles demanded of Mohammed, a night-journey
objection, hellfire punishment, and possible lists of Moses’s nine signs or commandments.
The passage then recounts Moses confronting Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s drowning, Israel
dwelling in the land, future judgment, the Qur'an’s truthful and gradual revelation,
the humble response of people knowledgeable in prior scriptures, and instructions
concerning divine names, prayer volume, and praise of God without child or partner.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note says the Koreish demanded miracles of Mohammed as proofs of his mission,
and another note refers to an objection that no one witnessed his night-journey.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note explains that when the fire abates after consuming the damned, renewed
bodies are given so the flames regain force; another note glosses this as life
or resurrection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note lists Moses’s signs as including a rod becoming a serpent, a white
shining hand, plagues, division of the Red Sea, water from a rock, and the shaking
of Mount Sinai; it also reports an alternate interpretation as commandments.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Moses tells Pharaoh that only the Lord of heaven and earth sent down the evident
signs and calls Pharaoh a lost man.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Pharaoh sought to drive Moses’s people from the land, and Pharaoh and those
with him were drowned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: After Pharaoh’s destruction, the children of Israel are told to dwell in the
land, and a future promise of the next life includes bringing both groups to judgment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The Qur'an is described as sent down with truth, and Mohammed is described
as a bearer of good tidings and a denouncer of threats.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The Qur'an is described as divided and revealed by parcels so it may be read
to people with deliberation as occasion required.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Those favored with knowledge of earlier scriptures fall on their faces worshipping,
praise their Lord, weep, and increase in humility when the Qur'an is rehearsed
to them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says one may call upon God or the Merciful, instructs a middle
way in prayer volume, and praises God as having no child, partner, or protector
against contempt.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Recipient or addressee associated with demanded miracles, the night-journey
note, and the commission to bear good tidings and threats.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Koreish
description: Group said in a note to have demanded miracles of Mohammed as proof
of his mission.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses
description: Figure associated with evident signs and speech to Pharaoh.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Ruler addressed by Moses, described as seeking to drive them out and
then being drowned with those who were with him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: God / Lord / Merciful
description: Divine figure named as sender of signs, revealer of the Qur'an, judge
of the next life, and possessor of excellent names.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: children of Israel
description: Community addressed after Pharaoh’s destruction and told to dwell in
the land.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: those favored with knowledge of earlier scriptures
description: People who respond to the rehearsed Qur'an by falling on their faces,
worshipping, praising, weeping, and increasing in humility.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: the damned
description: People in the note whose consumed bodies are renewed so the fire’s
punishment continues.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: those who were with Pharaoh
description: Group drowned along with Pharaoh.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: demanders of miraculous proof
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The note says the Koreish demanded miracles of Mohammed as proofs of his
mission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: bearer of good tidings and threats
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says Mohammed was sent as a bearer of good tidings and a denouncer
of threats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: divine sender, revealer, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God is presented as sending signs, sending down the Qur'an with truth, possessing
excellent names, and bringing people to judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: prophetic challenger of Pharaoh
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Moses speaks to Pharaoh about the signs sent by the Lord and condemns Pharaoh
as lost.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: opposing ruler destroyed by drowning
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Pharaoh seeks to drive them out of the land and is drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: delivered community later subject to judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: After Pharaoh’s destruction the children of Israel are told to dwell in the
land, and a later judgment is announced.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: humble worshippers responding to scripture
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They fall on their faces, worship, praise, weep, and become more humble when
the Qur'an is rehearsed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: recipients of fiery punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The note describes the damned as consumed by fire and given renewed bodies
for continued flames.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: companions in Pharaoh’s destruction
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The passage says Pharaoh and all who were with him were drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: serpent sign
literal_form: Moses’s rod changed into a serpent
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: punitive fire
literal_form: fire or flames consuming and renewed against the damned
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: water of deliverance and destruction
literal_form: division of the Red Sea, water from the rock, and drowning of Pharaoh
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Mount Sinai
literal_form: Mount Sinai shaken over the children of Israel
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: sent-down Qur'an
literal_form: the Qur'an sent down with truth and revealed in parcels
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: falling on faces
literal_form: falling down on faces, worshipping and weeping
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: excellent divine names
literal_form: calling upon God or the Merciful
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Commentary on demanded proofs and Moses’s signs
summary: Notes describe miracles demanded of Mohammed and explain possible enumerations
of Moses’s signs or commandments, including serpent, water, and mountain signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Moses confronts Pharaoh and Pharaoh is drowned
summary: Moses says the signs come from the Lord; Pharaoh tries to drive them out,
and Pharaoh with his followers is drowned.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Israel dwells in the land and future judgment is announced
summary: After Pharaoh’s destruction, the children of Israel are told to dwell in
the land, while a later promise of the next life will bring groups to judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: The Qur'an descends and is recited gradually
summary: The Qur'an is said to descend with truth and to be divided into parcels
for deliberate recitation as circumstances require.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: People of earlier scriptures respond in worship
summary: Those with knowledge of previous scriptures fall on their faces, worship,
praise, weep, and grow humbler at the recitation.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Invocation, prayer, and praise
summary: The passage permits calling upon God or the Merciful, directs a middle
way in prayer volume, and praises God as without child, partner, or protector.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Commentary on renewed fire punishment
summary: A note describes the damned being given renewed bodies so that the fire’s
punishment continues.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine signs confront an opposing ruler
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Moses identifies the evident signs as sent by the Lord of heaven and earth
before Pharaoh’s attempted expulsion and destruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names the signs but gives their detailed list mainly in a
translator’s note.
- id: motif:2
label: Drowning of the oppressive ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Pharaoh seeks to drive them out, and God drowns Pharaoh and all who were
with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the episode briefly.
- id: motif:3
label: Future judgment in the next life
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage announces that, when the promise of the next life is fulfilled,
both groups will be brought to judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The exact identity of both groups is context-dependent within the broader
chapter.
- id: motif:4
label: Renewed fiery punishment of the damned
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: A note explains renewed bodies or life/resurrection so that flames continue
against the damned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This detail appears in translator commentary rather than the main verse
text in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Gradual descent of sacred scripture
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Qur'an is described as sent down with truth and divided into parcels
for deliberate reading as occasion required.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No taxonomy reference in the supplied list directly matches gradual revelation.
- id: motif:6
label: Humble prostration at fulfilled divine promise
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: People knowledgeable in earlier scriptures fall on their faces, worship,
praise the fulfilled promise, weep, and increase in humility.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the ritual-emotional response without expanding
its narrative background.
- id: motif:7
label: Serpent sign among prophetic miracles
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: A note includes the changing of Moses’s rod into a serpent among the possible
nine signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The serpent appears in a list of signs in commentary, not as a narrated
event in the main passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note’s list of Moses’s signs overlaps with the Exodus miracle cycle,
including rod-serpent transformation, plagues, Red Sea division, water from rock,
and Sinai imagery.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Moses-Pharaoh Exodus miracle cycle
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supported by the translator’s note and the passage’s
Moses-Pharaoh summary, but the supplied passage does not provide a full external
text for direct comparison.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 23142-23147
quote_or_summary: Notes state that miracles were demanded of Mohammed by the Koreish
as proofs of his mission and refer to his night-journey as unwitnessed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 23148-23152
quote_or_summary: A note explains renewed force to hellfire by giving new bodies
to the damned; another note glosses the term as life or resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 23153-23172
quote_or_summary: A note lists Moses’s possible nine miracles, including rod to
serpent, shining hand, plagues, Red Sea division, water from rock, and Mount Sinai,
while also reporting an alternate commandments interpretation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 23181-23184
quote_or_summary: "“none hath sent down these evident signs except the LORD of heaven
and earth” and Moses esteems Pharaoh “a lost man.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 23185-23186
quote_or_summary: Pharaoh sought to drive them out of the land, but he and all those
with him were drowned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 23187-23190
quote_or_summary: After Pharaoh’s destruction, the children of Israel are told to
dwell in the land, and the promise of the next life will bring both groups to
judgment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 23190-23196
quote_or_summary: The Qur'an is sent down with truth; Mohammed is sent as bearer
of good tidings and threats; the Qur'an is divided and revealed by parcels for
deliberate recitation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 23197-23204
quote_or_summary: Those favored with knowledge of prior scriptures fall on their
faces worshipping, praise the fulfillment of the Lord’s promise, weep, and increase
in humility.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 23205-23212
quote_or_summary: The passage permits invoking God or the Merciful, instructs a
middle way in prayer volume, and praises God as having no child, no partner, and
no protector from contempt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main narrative elements are clear. Some motif identifications rely on translator’s
notes included in the supplied passage, especially the enumerated Moses signs
and the renewed-fire explanation.
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 provided motif families and symbols.
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