batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l24832-l24882
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l24832-l24882
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24832-24882
start: '24832'
end: '24882'
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 those who forget God's signs will be forgotten and
punished in the life to come; it recalls destroyed generations whose dwellings
remain visible; it instructs Mohammed to be patient, praise God at appointed times,
avoid coveting worldly splendor, command his family to prayer, and answer unbelievers
who demand a sign by pointing to revelation and former scriptures.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God answers that because a person forgot the signs, that person will be forgotten
on that day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Negligent unbelievers are said to receive reward as punishment, and the punishment
of the life to come is described as more severe and lasting than punishment in
this life.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage refers to many earlier generations destroyed by God, whose dwellings
the Meccans pass through.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A prior decree from God grants respite until a determined time for punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Mohammed is instructed to bear what others say, praise God before sunrise
and sunset, and praise him during the night and at the extremities of the day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Mohammed is told not to look covetously at the worldly splendor granted to
some unbelievers, since it is given as a test.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Mohammed is instructed to command his family to observe prayer and to persevere
in it; God says he will provide.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Unbelievers say they will not believe unless Mohammed comes to them with a
sign from his Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The response says a plain declaration has come in the Koran concerning what
is contained in former scriptural volumes.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The passage presents a hypothetical complaint at the resurrection that people
would have made if destroyed before an apostle was sent to them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The passage ends with an instruction to wait for the issue, after which it
will be known who followed the even way and was rightly directed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine speaker and source of signs, decree, punishment, provision,
and command.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The addressed prophet who is instructed to be patient, praise God,
avoid coveting worldly splendor, command family prayer, and answer unbelievers.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unbelievers / Meccans
description: Those warned by the example of earlier destructions, granted worldly
splendor as a test, and represented as demanding a sign before belief.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Destroyed earlier generations
description: Past peoples destroyed before the Meccans; their dwellings are mentioned
as places through which the Meccans walk.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Mohammed's family
description: The family whom Mohammed is told to command to observe prayer.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Apostle
description: A messenger whose absence would have been cited in a hypothetical resurrection
complaint if punishment had come before revelation.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God forgets those who forgot the signs, punishes unbelief, destroyed earlier
generations, and fixes a time for punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine provider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God says he does not require Mohammed to provide for himself and family and
that he will provide.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: prophet instructed in patience and prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is directly commanded to bear hostile speech, praise God at set
times, avoid worldly envy, command family prayer, and wait for the issue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: unbelieving opponents under warning
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The unbelievers demand a sign, are described as enjoying worldly splendor
as a test, and are warned by earlier destroyed generations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: exemplary destroyed predecessors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Earlier generations are cited as destroyed examples whose dwellings remain
visible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: household instructed to prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Mohammed is commanded to direct his family to observe prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: messenger of warning
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The hypothetical resurrection complaint says an apostle should have been
sent so people could follow the signs before humiliation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: divine signs
literal_form: signs from God / the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: ruined dwellings of destroyed generations
literal_form: dwellings of earlier destroyed peoples through which the Meccans walk
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: appointed prayer times
literal_form: before sunrise, before sunset, hours of night, and extremities of
day
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: splendor of present life
literal_form: worldly splendor granted to some unbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: former volumes of scripture and the Koran
literal_form: former scriptural volumes and revelation of the Koran
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: resurrection as future reckoning
literal_form: resurrection in which a complaint would be made after prior destruction
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning of forgotten signs and afterlife punishment
summary: God declares that those who forgot the signs will be forgotten, and the
passage states that punishment in the life to come is more severe and lasting.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Destroyed generations as warning
summary: Earlier generations are cited as destroyed predecessors whose dwellings
remain visible to the Meccans, and their destruction is framed as a sign for people
with understanding.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Respite until appointed punishment
summary: The passage says that a prior decree from God prevents immediate destruction
and sets a determined time for punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Instructions to Mohammed for patience, praise, and household prayer
summary: Mohammed is instructed to endure hostile speech, praise God at appointed
times, avoid coveting worldly splendor, command family prayer, and trust divine
provision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Demand for a sign and appeal to revelation
summary: Unbelievers demand a sign; the response points to the Koran and former
scriptures, explains that prior destruction would have invited complaint at resurrection,
and tells both sides to wait for the outcome.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment after neglect of signs
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage links forgetting or rejecting God's signs with being forgotten,
punished in the life to come, and facing a determined time of punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a direct theological warning rather than a narrative episode with
developed plot action.
- id: motif:2
label: destroyed predecessors as moral warning
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Earlier generations destroyed by God are invoked as visible evidence and
warning for the present audience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the earlier destructions in detail; it only
alludes to them.
- id: motif:3
label: resurrection reckoning
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage imagines a complaint at the resurrection if people had been destroyed
before receiving an apostle and signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: Resurrection appears as a future juridical setting, not as a story of
an individual returning from death.
- id: motif:4
label: prophetic endurance through disciplined prayer
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Mohammed is instructed to endure hostile speech, praise God at set times,
and command household prayer rather than covet worldly splendor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact prayer-discipline motif; 'wisdom'
is a broad fit for right conduct and understanding.
- id: motif:5
label: revelation as sufficient sign
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: When unbelievers demand a sign, the response points to the Koran and former
scriptures as a plain declaration already given.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames revelation as evidence, but does not use a developed
symbolic episode.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage presents the Koran as a plain declaration connected with what
is contained in former scriptural volumes, suggesting continuity of revelatory
function within the passage's own terms.
claim_level: same_function
target: former volumes of scripture
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage does not identify the former volumes by name in the excerpt
and does not provide detailed textual parallels.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 24832-24834
quote_or_summary: God says that because the addressee forgot the signs, the addressee
will be forgotten that day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 24835-24838
quote_or_summary: Those who are negligent and do not believe in the Lord's signs
are rewarded with punishment; punishment in the life to come is more severe and
lasting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 24839-24842 and note k
quote_or_summary: The Meccans are reminded of many destroyed generations whose dwellings
they walk through; the note glosses this as seeing footsteps of destruction, such
as the tribes of Al and Thamd.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 24843-24846
quote_or_summary: A prior decree from the Lord grants respite; otherwise destruction
would have followed, but a certain time is determined for punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 24847-24852 and note l
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is told to bear what people say and praise the Lord before
sunrise, before sunset, in the night, and at the extremities of the day; the note
relates these to principal hours of prayer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 24853-24858 and notes m-n
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is told not to set his eyes on the splendor of present
life granted to some unbelievers as a test; the provision or reward from the Lord
is better and more permanent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 24859-24863 and note o
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is commanded to direct his family to prayer and persevere
in it; God says he will provide, and the note says Mohammed used this verse in
family strait or affliction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 24864-24868
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers demand a sign from the Lord; the response asks whether
a plain declaration has come of what is in former scriptural volumes through the
revelation of the Koran.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 24869-24873
quote_or_summary: If people had been destroyed by judgment before revelation, they
would have complained at the resurrection that no apostle had been sent so they
could follow the signs before humiliation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 24874-24876
quote_or_summary: The speaker tells the audience that each side waits the issue
and that they will know who followed the even way and was rightly directed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is explicit about judgment, punishment, prayer, and revelation.
Some motif labels are broad because the excerpt is primarily admonitory rather
than narrative.
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: |-
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