batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l26003-l26068
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l26003-l26068
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIII. / ENTITLED, THE TRUE
BELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26003-26068
start: '26003'
end: '26068'
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 states that nations are punished only at their appointed time,
recounts successive rejected apostles and the destruction of unbelieving nations,
mentions Moses and Aaron sent to Pharaoh, the giving of the law to Moses, the
son of Mary and his mother as a sign in a secure watered abode, and contrasts
divided sects and negligent hearts with believers who fear their Lord, give alms,
and expect return to Him.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Nations are said not to be punished before or after their determined time.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Apostles are sent one after another, and nations repeatedly charge their apostle
with imposture.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Rejected nations are caused to follow one another to destruction and become
subjects of traditional stories.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Moses and Aaron are sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh and his
princes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Pharaoh and his princes proudly refuse belief and accuse Moses and Aaron of
imposture.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The book of the law is given to Moses so that the children of Israel may be
directed by it.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The son of Mary and his mother are appointed for a sign and placed in an elevated,
quiet, secure, spring-watered abode.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Apostles are instructed to eat good things and work righteousness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The religion is described as one religion, while men divide it into various
sects.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Some believers fear their Lord, believe in His signs, do not attribute companions
to Him, give alms, and expect return to Him.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: A truthful book is said to be with the speaker, and no soul is burdened beyond
its ability.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Negligent hearts and different works continue until affluent offenders are
chastised by severe punishment and cry aloud for help.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: LORD / divine speaker
description: The first-person divine speaker who sends apostles, gives signs and
books, knows deeds, and imposes punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: apostles
description: Apostles sent one after another to nations and instructed to eat good
things and work righteousness.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: unbelieving nations
description: Nations who charge their apostles with imposture and are destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Moses
description: Sent with Aaron to Pharaoh and given the book of the law.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Aaron
description: Brother of Moses, sent with him to Pharaoh and his princes.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Pharaoh and his princes
description: A haughty people who refuse belief and accuse Moses and Aaron of imposture.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: children of Israel
description: People intended to be directed by the book of the law given to Moses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: son of Mary
description: Appointed with his mother for a sign and given an elevated secure abode.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: mother of the son of Mary
description: Appointed with her son for a sign and given an elevated secure abode.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: believers who fear their Lord
description: Those who believe in signs, avoid associating companions with the Lord,
give alms, and expect return to Him.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: divided sects
description: Parties who have divided religion and rejoice in what they follow.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: affluent offenders
description: Those enjoying affluence who are chastised by severe punishment and
cry for help.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and sender
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker sends apostles, determines punishment, gives scripture, knows
deeds, and chastises offenders.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: sent messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Apostles are sent successively; Moses and Aaron are sent to Pharaoh with
signs and manifest power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: rejecter subject to destruction or punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:12
basis: Nations, Pharaoh's party, and affluent offenders reject or neglect divine
direction and are destroyed or punished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: recipient of law
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The book of the law is given to Moses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: intended recipients of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The children of Israel are to be directed by the law given to Moses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: appointed sign
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: The son of Mary and his mother are explicitly appointed for a sign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: righteous returnees to the Lord
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They fear the Lord, give alms, and act in dread of their return to Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: religious divider
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Men divide the affair of religion into various sects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: signs
literal_form: signs and manifest power; signs of the Lord; the son of Mary and his
mother as a sign
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: book of the law
literal_form: book of the law given to Moses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: elevated secure abode
literal_form: an elevated part of the earth, quiet, secure, and watered with running
springs
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: running springs
literal_form: running springs
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: alms
literal_form: that which they give in alms
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: truth-speaking book
literal_form: a book which speaketh the truth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Successive apostles and destruction of rejecting nations
summary: Apostles come to nations in succession; the nations accuse them of imposture
and are made to follow one another into destruction.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh
summary: Moses and Aaron are sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh and his
princes, who proudly refuse belief and accuse them of imposture.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Law given to Moses
summary: The book of the law is given to Moses for the direction of the children
of Israel.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: The son of Mary and his mother in a secure watered abode
summary: The son of Mary and his mother are appointed as a sign and provided a quiet,
secure, elevated place with running springs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: One religion and divided sects
summary: Apostles are told to eat good things and work righteousness; the religion
is declared one, while men divide it into sects.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Righteous believers returning to the Lord
summary: Believers fear the Lord, believe in His signs, give alms in dread of return
to Him, and hasten toward good.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Truthful book and later chastisement
summary: A truthful book is with the divine speaker, no soul is burdened beyond
ability, and negligent affluent offenders continue until severe punishment makes
them cry for help.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: appointed-time divine punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that nations are punished only at their determined time
and describes rejecting nations and affluent offenders being destroyed or chastised.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes moral and divine judgment rather than a detailed
afterlife scene.
- id: motif:2
label: rejected messenger followed by destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Successive apostles are accused of imposture, and their rejecting nations
are made to follow one another into destruction; Moses and Aaron are likewise
rejected by Pharaoh's party.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a recurring prophetic-history pattern within the passage, not
a full narrative episode.
- id: motif:3
label: scriptural guidance through a chosen recipient
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The book of the law is given to Moses so that the children of Israel may
be directed by it, and a truth-speaking book is later mentioned with the divine
speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage speaks more specifically
of law and guidance.
- id: motif:4
label: holy figure and mother as sign in protected refuge
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The son of Mary and his mother are appointed as a sign and placed in an elevated,
quiet, secure, spring-watered abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage itself does not narrate a birth event; the footnote suggests
possible birth-related interpretation, but this extraction treats only the stated
sign and refuge.
- id: motif:5
label: return to the Lord with righteous giving
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Believers give alms with hearts struck by dread because they must return
to their Lord, and they hasten to good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions return to the Lord but does not elaborate an afterlife
journey map.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 26003-26011
quote_or_summary: No nation is punished before or after its determined time; apostles
come successively, are charged with imposture, and rejecting nations are destroyed
and become traditional stories.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 26012-26020
quote_or_summary: Moses and Aaron are sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh
and his princes, who proudly refuse belief, call them impostors, and are counted
among the destroyed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 26021-26022
quote_or_summary: The book of the law is given to Moses so that the children of
Israel may be directed by it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 26023-26026 and footnote r
quote_or_summary: The son of Mary and his mother are appointed as a sign and placed
in an elevated, quiet, secure abode watered by running springs; the note lists
proposed locations and mentions a tradition concerning Mary's retirement to a
hill for delivery.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 26027-26036 and footnotes s-t
quote_or_summary: Apostles are addressed to eat good things and work righteousness;
the religion is called one religion, while men divide it into various sects.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 26039-26047
quote_or_summary: Those who fear their Lord, believe in His signs, assign Him no
companions, give alms in dread of return to Him, and hasten toward good are described.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 26048-26051
quote_or_summary: No soul is burdened beyond ability; with the speaker is a book
that speaks truth, and people will not be injured.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 26052-26068 and footnote x
quote_or_summary: Negligent hearts continue in other works until affluent persons
are chastised by severe punishment and cry for help; the note identifies possible
historical punishments such as Badr or famine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage and translator notes. Motif
labels are broad and require human review for taxonomy alignment.
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 explicitly support comparison to another text or tradition beyond internal prophetic examples and translator notes.
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