batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l24216-l24303
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l24216-l24303
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24216-24303
start: '24216'
end: '24303'
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 contrasts unbelievers who boast of wealth and expect future
riches with believers whose enduring good works are valued by God. It warns that
God records speech, numbers days of respite, destroys former generations, assembles
the pious honorably, drives the wicked to hell, limits intercession to one with
a covenant from the Merciful, rejects the claim that the Merciful has begotten
children, and declares that all beings will come to God as servants on the day
of resurrection.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Unbelievers compare their worldly condition and assembly favorably against
the believers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Earlier generations are said to have been destroyed despite excelling in wealth
and outward appearance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A person who disbelieves in the signs claims that riches and children will
be bestowed on him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God is said to write down the unbeliever's claim, increase his punishment,
inherit what he speaks of, and make him appear alone and naked on the last day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: People have taken other gods besides God for glory, but those gods will deny
their worship and become adversaries.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Devils are sent against unbelievers to incite them to sin, while their days
of respite are numbered.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The pious will be assembled before the Merciful honorably, while the wicked
will be driven into hell as cattle are driven to water.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Intercession is denied except for one who has received a covenant from the
Merciful.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The claim that the Merciful has begotten issue is called impious and is associated
with imagery of heavens rent, earth split, and mountains falling.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Everyone in heaven or on earth is said to approach the Merciful as a servant
and to come to him on the day of resurrection without helpers or followers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Those who believe and do good works are promised love from the Merciful.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: GOD / the Merciful
description: The divine figure who directs, records speech, numbers days, grants
or withholds covenantal intercession, judges, and receives all as servants.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers / pious
description: Those contrasted with unbelievers; they receive direction, do good
works, and are assembled honorably before the Merciful.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: infidels / wicked / contentious people
description: Those who deny the signs, boast of worldly advantage, take other gods,
are incited by devils, and are driven into hell.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unbeliever claiming future riches and children
description: A disbeliever in the signs who says he will have riches and children
bestowed on him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: other gods / idols
description: Beings taken besides God for glory; at resurrection they deny worship
and become adversaries to their worshippers.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: devils
description: Agents sent against the unbelievers to incite them to sin.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: one who has received a covenant from the Merciful
description: The exceptional figure connected with obtaining or giving intercession,
according to the passage and note.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and reckoner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God records speech, counts days, encompasses all by knowledge and power,
and receives all on the resurrection day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: pious recipients of honor and love
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The pious are assembled honorably and believers doing good works receive
love from the Merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: unbelieving judged party
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: Unbelievers deny signs, boast of wealth or future children, and are threatened
with punishment and hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: false divine adversaries
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Other gods are said to deny worship and become adversaries to those who worshipped
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: tempters to sin
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Devils are sent against unbelievers to incite them to sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: covenant-bearing intercessory exception
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Intercession is limited to one who has received a covenant or permission
from the Merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: covenant from the Merciful
literal_form: covenant or permission connected with intercession
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: written record of speech
literal_form: God writing down what the unbeliever says
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: numbered days of respite
literal_form: a determined number of days counted for the unbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: hellward driving
literal_form: the wicked driven into hell as cattle are driven to water
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: cosmic rupture at impious speech
literal_form: heavens rent, earth cleft, and mountains overthrown and falling
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: resurrection assembly
literal_form: all come to the Merciful on the day of resurrection without helpers
or followers
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Worldly boasting and warning from destroyed generations
summary: Unbelievers compare their condition favorably with believers, while the
passage recalls the destruction of wealthier and more impressive earlier generations.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Unbeliever's claim recorded for judgment
summary: A disbeliever claims future riches and children; God rejects the claim,
records it, increases punishment, and declares that the person will appear alone
and naked on the last day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: False gods become adversaries
summary: Those who took other gods for glory are told that these gods will deny
their worship and become adversaries.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Devils incite during numbered respite
summary: Devils are sent against unbelievers to incite them while their allotted
days of respite are counted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Judgment gathering of pious and wicked
summary: The pious are assembled before the Merciful in honor, while the wicked
are driven into hell; intercession is restricted to one with a covenant from the
Merciful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Rejection of divine offspring and cosmic disturbance
summary: The assertion that the Merciful has begotten issue is condemned, with imagery
of the heavens, earth, and mountains almost breaking apart because children are
attributed to the Merciful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Universal approach on resurrection day
summary: All in heaven and on earth are counted by the Merciful and come to him
on the day of resurrection as servants, without helpers or followers; believers
doing good works receive love.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: final divine judgment and separation of pious and wicked
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage describes resurrection-day assembly, the pious presented honorably,
the wicked driven to hell, and all coming to the Merciful without helpers or followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this translated passage and does not assess
broader Qur'anic context.
- id: motif:2
label: covenant-limited intercession
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Intercession is said to be unavailable except for one who has received a
covenant or permission from the Merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The note gives multiple interpretive possibilities for who receives or
gives intercession.
- id: motif:3
label: false gods turning against worshippers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Other gods taken for glory are said to deny the worship of their devotees
and become adversaries to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage and note identify the figures as other gods or idols, but
their exact mode of agency is not elaborated here.
- id: motif:4
label: rejection of divine offspring
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage explicitly rejects the claim that the Merciful has begotten issue
or children and calls the claim impious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: This is a negative or polemical use of a divine parent-child motif, not
an affirmation of divine parentage.
- id: motif:5
label: cosmic disturbance caused by impious speech
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The passage says the heavens nearly tear, the earth cleaves, and the mountains
fall because children are attributed to the Merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The imagery is rhetorical within the passage; no full world-destruction
sequence is narrated.
- id: motif:6
label: divine accounting of speech and allotted time
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- wisdom
basis: God is said to write down the unbeliever's speech, number the unbelievers'
days of respite, and count all beings exactly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad and rests on divine knowledge
and exact computation rather than a wisdom-teaching episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 24216-24218
quote_or_summary: '"the infidels say unto the true believers, Which of the two parties
is in the more eligible condition"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 24219-24220
quote_or_summary: God asks how many earlier generations were destroyed though they
surpassed the present opponents in wealth and outward appearance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 24228-24229
quote_or_summary: '"Hast thou seen him who believeth not in our signs, and saith,
I shall surely have riches and children bestowed on me?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 24230-24235
quote_or_summary: The passage denies that the speaker knows the future or has a
covenant; God will write his words, increase punishment, inherit what he mentions,
and bring him alone and naked on the last day.
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 24236-24240 and notes z-a
quote_or_summary: People take other gods besides God for glory; those gods will
later deny worship and become adversaries, with the note linking this to resurrection
and mutual accusation of idols and worshippers.
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 24241-24244
quote_or_summary: God sends devils against unbelievers to incite them to sin and
numbers for them a determined period of respite.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 24245-24248
quote_or_summary: '"we will assemble the pious before the Merciful in an honourable
manner" and "drive the wicked into hell, as cattle are driven to water"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 24249-24250 and note b
quote_or_summary: No intercession is obtained except by one who has received a covenant
from the Merciful; the note gives interpretations involving disposition, permission,
faith, and good works.
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 24251-24256
quote_or_summary: The claim that the Merciful has begotten issue is condemned; the
heavens nearly tear, the earth cleaves, and mountains fall because children are
attributed to the Merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 24275-24279
quote_or_summary: None in heaven or earth approaches the Merciful except as servant;
he encompasses and numbers them, and all come to him on the day of resurrection
without helpers or followers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: quote
locator: lines 24280-24281
quote_or_summary: '"as for those who believe and do good works, the Merciful will
bestow on them love"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is explicit about judgment, resurrection, covenantal intercession,
false gods, and the rejection of divine offspring. Motif labels are candidate
classifications based only on the supplied passage and available taxonomy refs.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not make an explicit comparison to another mythic text, tradition, or motif family beyond the candidate taxonomy mapping.
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