batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l24981-l25067
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l24981-l25067
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24981-25067
start: '24981'
end: '25067'
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 presents creation and cosmic order as signs of God, states
that all souls die and return to God, warns unbelievers and scoffers of sudden
punishment and hell-fire, describes just balances on the day of resurrection,
and links the present book with the law formerly given to Moses and Aaron as guidance
and admonition.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says the wonders of creation manifest divine power and wisdom
for people of understanding.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note states that the heavens and earth were one mass until separated, or
alternatively that the heavens and earth were closed until opened by divine power.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The heaven is described as a well-supported roof, and people are said to turn
aside from its signs.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Night, day, sun, moon, and all celestial bodies are said to have been created
by God, each moving in its own orb.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: No human before the addressed prophet is said to have been granted permanent
life in this world.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Every soul is said to taste death, to be tested with evil and good, and to
return to God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Unbelievers are described as scoffing at the addressed prophet and asking
when the threatened punishment will occur.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says unbelievers will not be able to drive back the fire of hell
from their faces or backs when its time comes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The day of vengeance is described as coming suddenly, striking with astonishment,
and allowing neither aversion nor respite.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Other apostles are said to have been mocked before, and the punishment they
were mocked about fell on the mockers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The passage asks whether gods besides God can defend the unbelievers and states
that such gods cannot help themselves.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Just balances are to be appointed for the day of resurrection, so that no
soul is injured, and even a mustard-seed weight of action is produced publicly.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Moses and Aaron are said to have received the law as a distinction between
good and evil, a light, and an admonition to the pious.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: The present book is described as a blessed admonition sent down from heaven.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Merciful / LORD
description: The divine speaker and agent who creates, reveals signs, judges, punishes,
and sends down guidance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed prophet
description: The person addressed as 'thee' who is mocked by unbelievers and told
to preach revelation.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unbelievers / scoffers
description: People who mock the addressed prophet, ask when the threat will be
fulfilled, neglect remembrance of the Lord, and are warned of punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Other apostles
description: Earlier apostles who were mocked before the addressed prophet.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Gods besides God
description: Other gods invoked as possible defenders but described as unable to
help themselves or assist against God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moses and Aaron
description: Former recipients of the law, described as a distinction, light, and
admonition.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator and cosmic governor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to have created night, day, sun, moon, and the moving celestial
bodies, and to have made the heaven a supported roof.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage describes return to God, divine testing, hell-fire, sudden vengeance,
and just balances on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: revealer of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says the law was formerly given to Moses and Aaron and this book
was sent down from heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: mocked messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: The addressed prophet is scoffed at, and earlier apostles are said to have
been mocked before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: scoffing unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They receive the prophet with scoffing, ask when the threat will come, and
neglect remembrance of the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: powerless rival deities
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage states that gods besides God are not able to defend or help themselves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: recipients of former law
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Moses and Aaron are named as those formerly given the law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: supported heavenly roof
literal_form: heaven described as a roof well supported
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: celestial bodies in orbs
literal_form: night, day, sun, moon, and celestial bodies moving each in its orb
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: fire of hell
literal_form: fire that unbelievers cannot drive back from faces or backs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: just balances
literal_form: balances appointed for the day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: mustard-seed weight
literal_form: an action of the weight of a grain of mustard-seed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: law as light and distinction
literal_form: law given to Moses and Aaron, called a distinction, light, and admonition
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: blessed book sent down
literal_form: book described as a blessed admonition sent down from heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Cosmic signs of creation
summary: God is described as making the heaven a supported roof and creating night,
day, sun, moon, and celestial bodies that move in their respective orbs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Mortality, testing, and return
summary: The passage denies worldly immortality, states that every soul dies, and
presents evil and good as tests before return to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Scoffing and threatened punishment
summary: Unbelievers scoff at the prophet and ask when the threat will be fulfilled;
the passage warns of hell-fire and a sudden day of vengeance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Earlier mocked apostles and powerless defenders
summary: The passage states that previous apostles were mocked and their mockers
were punished, then denies that other gods can defend the scoffers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Resurrection judgment by balances
summary: Just balances are appointed for the day of resurrection, and even the smallest
action is publicly produced for accounting.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Former law and present admonition
summary: Moses and Aaron receive the law as moral distinction, light, and admonition;
the present book is also called a blessed admonition sent down from heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Cosmic order as divine sign
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage connects creation, the supported heaven, and ordered celestial
motion with divine signs and wisdom for people to consider.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no direct 'creation order' category; 'wisdom'
is used because the passage explicitly frames creation as a lesson for understanding.
- id: motif:2
label: Universal death, testing, and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Every soul is said to taste death, undergo testing through evil and good,
and return to God; the day of resurrection is later named.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgment and return more than narrative description
of bodily resurrection.
- id: motif:3
label: Sudden divine judgment on scoffers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Unbelievers mock the prophet and demand the threat; the passage warns that
hell-fire and the day of vengeance will come suddenly and cannot be averted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is exhortative and warning-oriented rather than a narrated
completed punishment scene.
- id: motif:4
label: Mocked messenger vindicated by punishment of mockers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Other apostles are said to have been mocked before, and the punishment they
were mocked about fell on those who mocked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The earlier apostles and punishments are not individually identified in
this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Judgment by perfectly just weighing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Just balances are appointed for the day of resurrection, no soul is injured,
and even a mustard-seed weight of action is produced.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The balances are described briefly, without further procedural detail.
- id: motif:6
label: Revelation as light, distinction, and admonition
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The law given to Moses and Aaron is called a distinction, light, and admonition,
and the present book is also described as a blessed admonition from heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference 'wisdom' is broad and does not specifically encode
scriptural revelation.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage presents the present book and the earlier law given to Moses
and Aaron as serving a comparable admonitory and guiding function.
claim_level: same_function
target: Moses and Aaron's law and the present book within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an internal textual comparison within the passage; it does
not by itself establish historical development beyond the stated relationship.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage explicitly compares the mockery of the addressed prophet with
the mockery of earlier apostles, linking both to eventual punishment of mockers.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Earlier mocked apostles mentioned in the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The earlier cases are not named or narrated in detail in this line
range.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 24981-25010
quote_or_summary: Commentarial and passage material describe creation as manifesting
divine power and wisdom, affirm unity of God across sacred books, and explain
separation or opening of heavens and earth.
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 25011-25014
quote_or_summary: God is said to have made heaven a supported roof and to have created
night, day, sun, moon, and all celestial bodies moving in their orbs.
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 25015-25018
quote_or_summary: No one before the addressed prophet has been granted eternal worldly
permanence; every soul tastes death, is tested with evil and good, and returns
to God.
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 25019-25027
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers scoff at the prophet and demand the threat; the passage
warns they will not repel hell-fire and that the day of vengeance will come suddenly.
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 25028-25037
quote_or_summary: Earlier apostles were mocked and punishment fell on their mockers;
the passage denies that other gods can defend the unbelievers or help themselves.
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 25038-25042
quote_or_summary: Those touched by punishment confess injustice; just balances are
appointed for resurrection day, and even a mustard-seed weight of action is brought
forth.
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 25043-25050
quote_or_summary: Moses and Aaron receive the law as distinction, light, and admonition;
the pious fear the Lord and judgment, and this book is a blessed admonition sent
from heaven.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Some early lines are
translator/commentarial notes rather than direct Quranic verse text, so motifs
based on them are treated cautiously.
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: |-
All taxonomy references are limited to the supplied available taxonomy lists; no external motif indices were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l24981-l25067
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