batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l2608-l2661
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l2608-l2661
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 2608-2661
start: '2608'
end: '2661'
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: '"illiterate prophet"'
summary: The passage describes Mohammed's reported disclosure of his mission to
Khadjah in the cave on Mount Hara, the reported angelic appearance of Gabriel,
Khadjah's acceptance and consultation with Warakah, and the early private conversion
of household members and influential Meccan followers.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Mohammed's followers are said to call him the "illiterate prophet."
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Mohammed retired with his family to a cave in Mount Hara before disclosing
his mission to Khadjah.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Mohammed told Khadjah that Gabriel had appeared to him and said he was appointed
the apostle of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Mohammed repeated to Khadjah a passage he said had been revealed through the
angel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Khadjah received the report with joy and expressed trust that Mohammed would
be the prophet of his nation.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Khadjah communicated the report to Warakah Ebn Nawfal, described as a Christian
who could write in the Hebrew character and knew the scriptures.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Warakah agreed with Khadjah and said that the same angel formerly appearing
to Moses was now sent to Mohammed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The first overture is placed in Ramadan, in the fortieth year of Mohammed's
age, called the year of his mission.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Mohammed proceeded by private persuasion before public exposure of the affair.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage lists Khadjah, Zeid Ebn Harethah, Ali, Abu Becr, and several principal
men in Mecca among early converts or followers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: obs:11
text: Zeid Ebn Harethah is described as Mohammed's servant, freed on the occasion
of his conversion.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Central figure who discloses his mission, reports Gabriel's appearance,
and privately persuades early followers.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Khadjah
description: Mohammed's wife, first addressed about the mission, who receives the
news with joy and consults Warakah.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: Angel said to have appeared to Mohammed, conveyed appointment as apostle
of God, and mediated revelation.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: God
description: Divine authority in whose name Mohammed is said to be appointed apostle.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Warakah Ebn Nawfal
description: Khadjah's cousin, described as a Christian knowledgeable in scriptures,
who validates her interpretation by comparison to Moses.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moses
description: Earlier figure mentioned in Warakah's comparison regarding the angel's
former appearance.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Zeid Ebn Harethah
description: Mohammed's servant, freed on the occasion and listed among early household
converts.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Ali
description: Mohammed's cousin and pupil, young at the time, listed among early
household converts and said to call himself the first of believers.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Abu Becr
description: A man of authority among the Koreish whom Mohammed approached; after
being gained over, he persuaded other principal Meccans.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Othman Ebn Affan, Abd'alrahman Ebn Awf, Saad Ebn Abi Wakkas, al Zobeir
Ebn al Awam, and Telha Ebn Obeid'allah
description: Principal men in Mecca said to have followed Abu Becr's example.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: reported apostle and prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says Gabriel told Mohammed he was appointed apostle of God, and
Khadjah trusted he would be prophet of his nation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: early believer or convert
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:10
basis: The passage lists these people among those who accepted or followed Mohammed
early.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: angelic messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Gabriel is said to appear, announce Mohammed's appointment, and mediate revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: divine sender
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Mohammed is described as being appointed apostle of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: private persuader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After the first disclosure, Mohammed is said to proceed by private persuasion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: scriptural validator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Warakah is described as scripturally learned and as affirming Khadjah's opinion
about the angel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: freed servant and early convert
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Zeid is described as Mohammed's servant, freed on that occasion, and made
a proselyte.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:8
label: influential intermediary convert
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Abu Becr is described as authoritative among the Koreish and as persuading
other principal men after he was gained over.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cave
literal_form: cave in Mount Hara
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: mountain
literal_form: Mount Hara
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: revealed passage
literal_form: a passage said to have been revealed by the ministry of the angel
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Disclosure in the cave on Mount Hara
summary: Mohammed retires with his family to the cave on Mount Hara and tells Khadjah
that Gabriel has appeared and announced his appointment as apostle of God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Khadjah and Warakah's affirmation
summary: Khadjah accepts Mohammed's report, tells Warakah, and Warakah affirms that
the angel associated with Moses has now been sent to Mohammed.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Private persuasion and early followers
summary: Mohammed proceeds privately, gaining household members and then Abu Becr,
whose influence brings other principal Meccans to follow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prophetic commissioning by angelic messenger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage reports that Gabriel appeared to Mohammed and told him he was
appointed apostle of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a later English preliminary discourse with polemical framing;
the extraction records only the reported narrative elements in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:2
label: revelation in a cave or mountain retreat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The disclosure of mission and reported revelation are placed in a cave in
Mount Hara, after retirement with family.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports the cave setting for the disclosure to Khadjah and
refers to earlier circumstances of the first appearance; it does not fully narrate
the first appearance itself.
- id: motif:3
label: first believer affirms prophet's mission
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Khadjah receives the report with joy and trusts Mohammed will be prophet
of his nation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is an early-conversion pattern in the passage rather than a formal
taxonomy motif.
- id: motif:4
label: scriptural recognition of new mission through earlier precedent
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Warakah is presented as versed in scriptures and affirms that the angel formerly
appearing to Moses was now sent to Mohammed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom taxonomy reference is supported only by Warakah's scriptural
knowledge and interpretive role, not by an explicit named wisdom motif.
- id: motif:5
label: private gathering of first disciples
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mohammed is said to begin with household conversion and private persuasion
before public exposure, then gain several early followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: This is a social-sequence motif and not necessarily mythological in itself.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself compares Gabriel's mission to Mohammed with the angelic
appearance formerly associated with Moses.
claim_level: same_function
target: angelic messenger to Moses in earlier scriptural tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim rests solely on Warakah's statement as reported in this passage;
no independent textual comparison is provided here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 2608-2613
quote_or_summary: Mohammed's followers are said to call him the "illiterate prophet."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 2618-2622
quote_or_summary: Before attempting abroad, Mohammed is said to retire with his
family to the above-mentioned cave in Mount Hara and disclose his mission to Khadjah.
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: 2621-2624
quote_or_summary: Mohammed tells Khadjah that Gabriel had appeared to him and told
him he was appointed apostle of God.
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: 2624-2627
quote_or_summary: Mohammed repeats a passage to Khadjah which he says had been revealed
through the angel, along with other circumstances of the first appearance.
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: 2627-2630
quote_or_summary: Khadjah receives the news with joy and says she trusts he will
be prophet of his nation.
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: 2630-2633
quote_or_summary: Khadjah tells her cousin Warakah Ebn Nawfal, described as a Christian
able to write in Hebrew character and versed in the scriptures.
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: 2633-2635
quote_or_summary: Warakah accepts Khadjah's view and says the same angel formerly
appearing to Moses was now sent to Mohammed.
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: 2635-2637
quote_or_summary: The first overture is dated to Ramadan in Mohammed's fortieth
year, called the year of his mission.
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: 2638-2641
quote_or_summary: Encouraged, Mohammed resolves to proceed by private persuasion
and not expose the affair suddenly to the public.
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: 2641-2647
quote_or_summary: The passage lists Khadjah, Zeid Ebn Harethah, and Ali among early
proselytes under Mohammed's roof; Zeid is freed and Ali later styles himself first
of believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 2647-2653
quote_or_summary: Mohammed approaches Abu Becr, whose influence among the Koreish
helps bring Othman, Abd'alrahman, Saad, al Zobeir, and Telha to follow his example.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 2659-2661
quote_or_summary: A note states that Zeid was Mohammed's purchased slave, according
to Abulfeda, and not his cousin-german as another author asserted.
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: medium
notes: The main narrative elements are explicit in the passage. Motif labels beyond
the explicit cave, mountain, angelic commissioning, and first converts are interpretive
and require review. Sale's wording is polemical; extraction avoids endorsing those
judgments.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Names follow the spellings in the passage where legible.
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