batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l23388-l23472
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l23388-l23472
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVIII. /
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23388-23472
start: '23388'
end: '23472'
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 includes notes on the sleepers in the cave as a representation
of death and resurrection, admonitions to read God's revealed book without alteration,
warnings of hell for the unjust, promises of garden rewards for believers, and
a parable of two men in which a wealthy garden-owner boasts, doubts the Last Hour,
and is answered by a believing companion who affirms God as Lord and creator.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note states that the long sleep and waking of the young men represents the
condition of those who die and are afterwards raised to life.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note reports that a young man sent into the city paid with old coinage,
leading others to bring him before a Christian prince, who then sent people to
the cave.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note reports that those sent to the cave saw and spoke to the other sleepers,
after which the sleepers fell asleep again and died.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A note reports that the prince ordered the sleepers buried in the same place
and built a chapel over them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The addressed figure is told to read what has been revealed from the Lord's
book and not to change it.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The unjust are said to have hell fire prepared for them, with flame and smoke
surrounding them like a pavilion.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Those who seek relief in hell are given water like molten brass that scalds
their faces.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Those who believe and do good works are promised gardens of eternal abode
watered by rivers, gold bracelets, green garments, and thrones.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: A parable introduces two men, one of whom has two vineyards surrounded by
palm-trees, corn growing between them, seasonal fruit, and a river flowing through
the gardens.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The wealthy garden-owner says he is superior to his companion in wealth and
has a more powerful family.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The wealthy garden-owner says he does not think his garden will decay or that
the Last Hour will come.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The companion answers by invoking the creator who made the man from dust,
then seed, and fashioned him into a perfect man.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The companion affirms God as his Lord and refuses to associate another deity
with his Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the young men / sleepers
description: Young men whose long sleep and later waking are discussed in the notes;
they are associated with a cave and later die after waking again.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: young man sent into the city
description: One of the sleepers who goes into the city, buys provision, and pays
with old money.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Christian prince
description: A prince before whom the young man is brought; he hears the story,
sends people to the cave, and orders burial and a chapel.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the addressed recipient of revelation
description: A figure instructed to read the revealed book, not change it, and behave
with constancy toward those who call on their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the unjust
description: Those for whom hell fire is prepared.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: those who believe and do good works
description: Those promised gardens, adornment, garments, thrones, and reward.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: wealthy garden-owner
description: One of two men in the parable; he possesses two fruitful vineyards
and boasts of wealth and family, while doubting decay and the Last Hour.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: believing companion
description: The companion in the parable who rebukes the garden-owner and affirms
God as Lord.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sleepers as sign of resurrection
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Their long sleep and waking are explicitly described as representing those
who die and are later raised to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: messenger to the city
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is sent into the city for provisions and becomes the means by which the
story reaches the prince.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: royal witness and memorial builder
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He hears the story, sends witnesses to the cave, orders burial, and builds
a chapel over the sleepers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: recipient instructed in revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The text commands this figure to read what has been revealed and not alter
God's words.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: punished wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Hell fire and scalding drink are prepared for the unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: rewarded righteous believers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those who believe and do good works receive gardens, adornment, garments,
thrones, and reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: boastful owner who doubts judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: He boasts of wealth and family and says he does not think the garden will
decay or the Last Hour will come.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: monotheistic admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: He challenges disbelief in the creator and affirms God as his Lord without
associating another deity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cave
literal_form: cave where the sleepers are found
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: hell fire
literal_form: fire with flame and smoke surrounding the unjust like a pavilion
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: scalding water
literal_form: water like molten brass given to those seeking relief
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: gardens watered by rivers
literal_form: gardens of eternal abode watered by rivers
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: vineyards, palm-trees, corn, and river
literal_form: two vineyards surrounded by palm-trees, corn between them, and a river
in their midst
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: old coinage
literal_form: old money identified as coin of Decianus
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sleepers discovered after long sleep
summary: The sleepers' long sleep and waking are interpreted as a representation
of death and later resurrection; the youth's old coin leads to the prince's investigation
of the cave.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Instruction concerning revelation and devotion
summary: The addressed figure is instructed to read the revealed book, avoid changing
God's words, and remain with those who call upon their Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Contrasted afterlife outcomes
summary: The unjust are threatened with hell fire and scalding water, while believers
who do righteous works are promised gardens, rivers, ornaments, garments, and
thrones.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Parable of two men and the garden
summary: A wealthy man with two productive gardens boasts to his companion, doubts
the decay of the garden and the Last Hour, and is answered by the companion's
reminder of creation and affirmation of God as Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sleep and waking as resurrection sign
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage explicitly states that the young men's long sleep and waking
represents those who die and are afterwards raised to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The wording is from explanatory notes attached to the passage, not from
the main translated verse in this line range.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment with hell punishment and garden reward
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts hell fire and scalding drink for the unjust with gardens,
rivers, adornment, garments, and thrones for righteous believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction records only the contrast present in this passage and does
not infer a full eschatological system beyond it.
- id: motif:3
label: boastful prosperous man admonished by faithful companion
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The parable presents a prosperous garden-owner boasting of wealth and doubting
the Last Hour, while his companion rebukes him by recalling creation and affirming
God as Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom motif label is interpretive; the literal passage presents a
parable and debate.
- id: motif:4
label: perishable garden as test of trust
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The garden-owner treats his abundance as secure and doubts final judgment,
while the companion redirects attention to God as creator and Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage excerpt ends before any explicit destruction of the garden,
so the motif is limited to boast, doubt, and admonition.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The sleepers' long sleep and later waking are explicitly framed as functioning
as a representation of death followed by resurrection.
claim_level: same_function
target: resurrection motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This claim is based on the explanatory note within the supplied passage;
it does not establish historical relationship to other resurrection traditions.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage reports variant Christian opinions and a Christian-prince setting
around the sleepers, indicating that this account is presented in relation to
a nearby Christian sleepers tradition.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Christian sleepers-in-the-cave tradition as reported in the notes
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage reports Christian associations and opinions but does not
by itself prove a specific transmission history.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 23388-23390
quote_or_summary: The long sleep of the young men and their waking after many years
are described as representing those who die and are afterwards raised to life.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 23396-23405
quote_or_summary: A youth sent into the city pays with old coinage, is brought before
a Christian prince, leads people back to the cave, and the sleepers die again;
the prince buries them there and builds a chapel over them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 23434-23441
quote_or_summary: The addressed figure is told to read the Lord's revealed book
without change, seek refuge only in God, and remain constant with those who call
on their Lord morning and evening.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 23442-23446
quote_or_summary: The truth is from the Lord; the unjust have hell fire prepared,
with flame and smoke surrounding them, and scalding water like molten brass as
relief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 23447-23452
quote_or_summary: Those who believe and do good works are promised gardens of eternal
abode watered by rivers, bracelets of gold, green garments of silk and brocade,
and thrones.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 23453-23458
quote_or_summary: A parable introduces two men; one has two vineyards surrounded
by palm-trees, corn between them, seasonal fruit, and a river in their midst.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 23458-23459
quote_or_summary: '"I am superior to thee in wealth, and have a more powerful family."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 23460-23463
quote_or_summary: Entering his garden, the owner says he does not think the garden
will decay forever or that the Last Hour will come, and expects a better garden
if returned to his Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 23464-23467
quote_or_summary: The companion asks whether the garden-owner disbelieves in the
one who created him from dust, then seed, and fashioned him into a perfect man.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 23468-23470
quote_or_summary: '"GOD is my LORD; and I will not associate any other deity with
my LORD."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 23391-23395 and 23406-23411
quote_or_summary: Notes report disputes about resurrection, the sleepers, and a
building over them, including opinions attributed to Christians, a Jacobite Christian,
and a Nestorian prelate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal observations are well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are strongest for resurrection and divine judgment; broader wisdom-pattern readings
and cross-tradition comparison 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: |-
Extraction uses only the supplied passage text and metadata. Footnote material is treated as part of the provided passage but distinguished in evidence notes where relevant.
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