batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l23474-l23556
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l23474-l23556
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 23474-23556
start: '23474'
end: '23556'
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 continues a parable in which a companion warns a garden owner
to acknowledge God's power; the garden owner's possessions are destroyed and he
regrets associating another deity with his Lord. It then gives a similitude of
worldly life as rain-fed vegetation that becomes dry stubble, contrasts wealth
and children with enduring good works, describes the final gathering and judgment
with a book of deeds, and recalls the command to the angels to worship Adam, which
all obeyed except Eblis.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A companion tells the garden owner to say that what God pleases will come
to pass and that there is no power except in God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The companion says God can give him a better gift than the garden, strike
the garden from heaven so it becomes barren dust, or make its water sink beyond
reach.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The garden owner's possessions are destroyed; the vines fall down, and he
expresses regret that he associated another deity with his Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The garden owner has no party besides God to assist or defend him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The present life is compared to water sent from heaven that causes vegetation
to flourish before it becomes dry stubble scattered by winds.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Wealth and children are called ornaments of present life, while permanent
good works are said to be better with respect to reward and hope.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: On a certain day the mountains will pass away, the earth will appear plain
and even, and all mankind will be gathered.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: People will be set before the Lord in order, and a book recording actions
will be put into each person's hand; the wicked will fear what is written there.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The Lord is said not to deal unjustly with anyone.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The angels are commanded to worship Adam; all do so except Eblis, who is described
as one of the genii and as departing from his Lord's command.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Eblis and his offspring are described as enemies when people take them as
patrons besides God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: God says the seducers were not present at the creation of the heavens and
earth or of themselves, and were not taken as assistants.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Companion of the garden owner
description: The speaker who warns the garden owner to acknowledge God's power over
the garden and its water.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Garden owner
description: The person addressed as possessing a garden, whose possessions are
destroyed and who regrets associating another deity with his Lord.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure whose will determines events, who can destroy or
replace the garden, who alone gives protection, and before whom mankind is judged.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mankind
description: All people who are gathered together and not left behind on the appointed
day.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The wicked
description: Those who are in great terror because of what is written in the book
of actions.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings commanded to worship Adam; the passage says they all obeyed
except Eblis.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Adam
description: The figure whom the angels are commanded to worship.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Eblis
description: The being who is one of the genii, refuses the command concerning Adam,
and departs from his Lord's command.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Eblis's offspring / seducers
description: Figures associated with Eblis, described as enemies and not present
at creation or assistants to God.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: warning companion
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He speaks to the garden owner about God's will and the possible loss of the
garden or its water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: possessor whose prosperity is destroyed
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: His possessions are encompassed with destruction after the warning, and he
regrets his association of another deity with his Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: divine sovereign and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is described as having power over the garden, as the rightful protector,
and as the Lord before whom all are gathered and judged without injustice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: gathered humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Mankind is gathered together with no one left behind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: fearful wrongdoers at judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The wicked are terrified by the contents of the book recording actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: obedient worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The angels obey the command to worship Adam, with Eblis as the named exception.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: honored created figure
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Adam is the one whom the angels are commanded to worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: disobedient supernatural being
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Eblis refuses the command and departs from his Lord's command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: enemy seducers
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Eblis and his offspring are described as enemies, and the seducers are denied
any role in creation or divine assistance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: garden
literal_form: The garden belonging to the prosperous figure, later made subject
to destruction.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: water
literal_form: Garden water that may sink deep into the earth, and water sent from
heaven in the similitude of present life.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: barren dust and dry stubble
literal_form: The garden may become barren dust; flourishing vegetation becomes
dry stubble scattered by winds.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: mountains passing away
literal_form: Mountains caused to pass away on the day when mankind is gathered.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: book of actions
literal_form: A book in each person's hand recording small and great actions.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: worship of Adam
literal_form: The commanded act of the angels worshipping Adam, with Eblis refusing.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning over the garden
summary: The companion urges the garden owner to acknowledge God's will and says
God can replace or destroy the garden and make its water unreachable.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Destruction and regret of the garden owner
summary: The owner's possessions are destroyed, the vines fall, and he regrets associating
another deity with his Lord; no party can assist him besides God.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Similitude of present life
summary: Present life is compared to rain-fed vegetation that becomes dry stubble,
and worldly ornaments are contrasted with permanent good works.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Final gathering and book of deeds
summary: The mountains pass away, the earth appears plain, mankind is gathered before
the Lord, and the wicked fear the comprehensive book of actions.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Adam, angels, and Eblis
summary: The angels are commanded to worship Adam; all comply except Eblis, who
departs from the divine command and is linked with hostile offspring and seducers.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Destroyed prosperity as moral warning
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A prosperous garden owner is warned to acknowledge God, then his possessions
are destroyed and he regrets his error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the episode as admonition; the named taxonomy reference
is broad because no narrower garden-destruction motif is available.
- id: motif:2
label: Transience of worldly life through vegetation image
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage explicitly gives a similitude in which rain-fed vegetation flourishes
briefly and then becomes dry stubble scattered by winds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a didactic image rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Final divine judgment with book of deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: Mankind is gathered before the Lord after cosmic alteration, and a book recording
every action is produced; the wicked fear its contents and divine justice is affirmed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgment and record of deeds; resurrection is inferred
from the gathering and return before God in the passage language.
- id: motif:4
label: Refusal of divine command by Eblis
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: All angels worship Adam except Eblis, who is one of the genii and departs
from the command of his Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly names this rebellion/refusal motif.
- id: motif:5
label: Seducers excluded from creation and divine counsel
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God says the seducers were not present at the creation of the heavens and
earth or of themselves, and were not taken as assistants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a doctrinal assertion within the passage rather than a developed
narrative motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 23474-23556; paragraph beginning 'And when thou enterest thy garden'
quote_or_summary: The companion says the garden owner should acknowledge what God
pleases and God's sole power; God can give a better gift, strike the garden from
heaven so it becomes barren dust, or make its water sink beyond reach.
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 23474-23556; verse marker 40 and following
quote_or_summary: The owner's possessions are encompassed with destruction, his
vines fall, and he expresses regret that he associated another deity with his
Lord.
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 23474-23556; paragraph after destruction of possessions
quote_or_summary: The passage says he has no party to assist him besides God and
cannot defend himself; protection belongs rightly to God alone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 23474-23556; similitude of present life
quote_or_summary: Present life is compared to water from heaven that makes vegetation
flourish before it becomes dry stubble scattered by winds; wealth and children
are ornaments, while permanent good works are better.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 23474-23556; verse marker 50
quote_or_summary: On a certain day the mountains pass away, the earth appears plain
and even, and all mankind is gathered with none left behind.
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 23474-23556; judgment and book passage
quote_or_summary: People are set before the Lord in order; a book recording actions
is placed in hand; the wicked fear that it omits no small or great action, and
the Lord does not deal unjustly.
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 23474-23556; Adam and Eblis passage
quote_or_summary: The angels are commanded to worship Adam and all do except Eblis,
one of the genii, who departs from the command of his Lord; Eblis and his offspring
are described as enemies when taken as patrons besides God.
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 23474-23556; creation and seducers passage
quote_or_summary: God says the seducers were not present at the creation of the
heavens and earth or of themselves and were not taken as assistants.
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: uncertain
notes: Extraction uses only the supplied English passage and footnote context. Motif
labels are cautious; some taxonomy assignments are broad because the available
taxonomy lacks exact entries for the garden parable and Eblis's refusal.
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: |-
Footnotes mention possible historical identifications for the two figures in the garden parable, but the extraction treats them generically because the main passage does not require a named identification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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