batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l26961-l27057
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l26961-l27057
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXV. / ENTITLED, AL FORKAN;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26961-27057
start: '26961'
end: '27057'
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 includes notes on earlier prophetic communities and revelation,
then verses in which scoffers reject the apostle, divine signs in shadow, night,
sleep, day, wind, rain, revived land, separated seas, and the creation of man
from water are described. The passage also contrasts true worship with worship
of powerless beings and assigns the apostle the role of bearer of good tidings
and denouncer of threats.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Scoffers see the addressed apostle and mock him as the one allegedly sent
by God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The scoffers state that the apostle nearly drew them away from worship of
their gods, but that they persevered in devotion to them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says the scoffers will know, when they see prepared punishment,
who has strayed farther from the right path.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A person who takes his lust for his god is presented as difficult or impossible
for the addressed apostle to guard or reclaim.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as stretching forth the shadow before sunrise, then causing
the sun to rise and show it, and then contracting it gradually.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: God is described as ordaining night as a covering garment, sleep as rest,
and day for waking.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: God sends winds that drive pregnant clouds as forerunners of mercy and sends
pure water from heaven.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Heavenly water revives a dead country and gives drink to cattle and many people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: God is described as letting loose two seas, one fresh and sweet and the other
salt and bitter, with a barrier and impassable bound between them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: God is described as creating man of water and making him bear relations of
consanguinity and affinity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The unbelievers worship, besides God, beings or things that can neither profit
nor hurt them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: The addressed apostle is sent as a bearer of good tidings and a denouncer
of threats.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: A note reports variant accounts of al Rass as a well or town whose people
rejected or killed a prophet and were destroyed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: One note says monstrous birds called Ank lodged in a mountain above a people,
snatched away their children, and preceded the people's killing of their prophet
and destruction.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine agent described as sending the apostle, preparing punishment,
ordering natural cycles, sending water, separating seas, and creating man of water.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed apostle
description: The messenger mocked by the unbelievers and sent as bearer of good
tidings and denouncer of threats.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Scoffers / unbelievers
description: People who mock the apostle, persist in devotion to their gods, and
worship besides God what can neither profit nor hurt them.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Devil
description: The unbeliever is described as an assistant of the devil against his
Lord.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: People of al Rass
description: A community or communities described in notes as idolaters or remnants
connected with a well or town, who rejected or killed a prophet and were destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Prophet associated with al Rass
description: A prophet in the note, variously associated with Shoaib, Habb al Najjar,
or Handha/Khantala Ebn Safwan, who preached to or was killed by the people.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ank birds
description: Monstrous birds in a note that lodged in a mountain and snatched away
children.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Divine creator, sustainer, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends natural provisions, creates man from water, and prepares punishment
for those who stray.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: Messenger of warning and good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The apostle is explicitly sent as bearer of good tidings and denouncer of
threats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: Mocking unbelievers and idolaters
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They scoff at the apostle, remain devoted to their gods, and worship besides
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: Rebel ally or adversarial figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The unbeliever is said to assist the devil against his Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: Destroyed rejecting community
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note reports that the people of al Rass rejected or killed a prophet
and were destroyed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:6
label: Rejected prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note describes a prophet sent to the people, in some accounts killed
by them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: Monstrous child-snatching birds
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The note describes Ank birds as monstrous and as snatching away children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Pure water from heaven
literal_form: Pure water sent down from heaven to revive land and give drink
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: Dead country revived
literal_form: A dead country revived by heavenly water
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Two separated seas
literal_form: Fresh sweet sea and salt bitter sea divided by a barrier and impassable
bound
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: Creation from water
literal_form: Man created of water
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: Shadow and sun
literal_form: Shadow stretched before sunrise, shown by the sun, then gradually
contracted
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: Night as garment
literal_form: Night ordained to cover people as a garment
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Sleep and waking day
literal_form: Sleep giving rest and day ordained for waking
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Pregnant clouds
literal_form: Winds driving pregnant clouds as forerunners of mercy
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: Lust taken as god
literal_form: A person taking his lust for his god
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:10
label: Well of al Rass
literal_form: A well associated in notes with a destroyed rejecting community
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:11
label: Mountain of the Ank birds
literal_form: A mountain above the people where monstrous birds lodged
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Mockery of the apostle and warning of punishment
summary: The unbelievers mock the apostle, affirm loyalty to their gods, and are
told that they will later see punishment and learn who strayed farther.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Signs in shadow, night, sleep, and day
summary: God's ordering of shadow, sunrise, night, sleep, and waking day is described
as a set of observable works.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Rain, revived land, and provision for creatures
summary: God sends winds and clouds, brings pure water from heaven, revives dead
land, and gives drink to cattle and many people.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Separated waters and human creation from water
summary: God separates fresh and salt seas with a barrier and creates man from water,
assigning kinship relations.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: False worship and apostolic mission
summary: The unbelievers worship powerless beings besides God and are linked with
the devil, while the apostle is sent to announce good tidings and threats.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Al Rass traditions in commentary note
summary: Notes present variant traditions about al Rass as a well or town whose
people rejected or killed a prophet and were destroyed; one account includes monstrous
birds from a mountain snatching children.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment on rejecters of a messenger
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The main passage warns scoffers of prepared punishment, and the notes describe
communities destroyed after rejecting or killing a prophet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The al Rass material appears in translator/commentary notes rather than
in the translated verse sequence itself.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine provision through rain and revived land
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God sends winds, pregnant clouds, pure water, and revives dead country for
cattle and people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is ecological and providential in this passage; it is not explicitly
an afterlife resurrection scene.
- id: motif:3
label: Life or humanity originating from water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that God created man of water and established kinship
relations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a brief doctrinal statement rather than a developed
creation narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Separation of opposed waters by a boundary
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage describes fresh sweet and salt bitter seas let loose but kept
apart by a barrier and impassable bound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is to a broad duality pattern; the passage does
not elaborate a mythic conflict between the waters.
- id: motif:5
label: Revelation by stages for strengthening the messenger
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A note explains gradual revelation as strengthening the prophet's courage,
memory, and understanding through repeated divine direction and angelic visits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a commentary note and not a narrated mythic episode in the verse
sequence.
- id: motif:6
label: Monstrous birds preying on children before communal destruction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A note says monstrous Ank birds lodged in a mountain and snatched children,
after which the people killed their prophet and were destroyed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: This appears only in one reported commentary tradition among several variants
for al Rass.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The commentary note explicitly compares the gradual revelation of the Koran
with the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospel, which it says were revealed in a different
manner according to the cited Muslim notion.
claim_level: same_function
target: Scriptural revelation in the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospel
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim is limited to the translator/commentator's note and does
not establish historical contact or a detailed shared narrative motif.
- id: claim:2
claim: The commentary note compares Mohammed's case with Moses, David, and Jesus
in relation to receiving and retaining revelation, emphasizing a difference in
literacy and mode of revelation.
claim_level: same_function
target: 'Prophetic recipients of revelation: Moses, David, and Jesus'
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an explanatory comparison about prophetic function, not evidence
of a shared mythic episode.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: "“When they see thee, they will receive thee only with scoffing,”
and say that he was sent as God's apostle; they add that he nearly drew them from
worship of their gods."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: The passage says the scoffers will later see the punishment prepared
for them and know who has strayed farther from the right path.
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 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: The passage asks about one who takes his lust for his god and
whether the apostle can be his guardian; a note glosses this as reclaiming such
a person from idolatry and infidelity.
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 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: God stretches forth shadow before sunrise, causes the sun to reveal
it, and then contracts it gradually.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: "“the night to cover you as a garment; and sleep to give you rest;
and ... the day for waking.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: God sends winds that drive pregnant clouds as forerunners of mercy
and sends pure water from heaven.
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 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: Heavenly water revives a dead country and gives drink to cattle
and many people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: "“the two seas; this fresh and sweet, and that salt and bitter”
are separated by “a bar” and an uncrossable bound."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: God created man of water and made him bear relations of consanguinity
and affinity.
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 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: The unbelievers worship besides God what cannot profit or hurt
them, and the unbeliever is described as an assistant of the devil against his
Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057
quote_or_summary: The apostle is sent only as a bearer of good tidings and a denouncer
of threats.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057, note g
quote_or_summary: A note gives several opinions on al Rass as a well or town where
a prophet was sent; in these traditions the people reject or kill the prophet
and are swallowed up or utterly destroyed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057, note g
quote_or_summary: One al Rass tradition says monstrous Ank birds lodged in a mountain
above the people and snatched their children; the people killed their prophet
after he called down judgment and were destroyed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 26961-27057, notes e-f
quote_or_summary: Notes compare the Koran's twenty-three-year revelation with the
Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospel, and say gradual revelation strengthened Mohammed's
courage, memory, and understanding, unlike Moses, David, and Jesus, who could
read and write.
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 main translated verses support the water, cosmic-order, idolatry, apostolic
mission, and judgment motifs. Some narrative details, especially al Rass and staged
revelation explanations, come from notes and require human review as commentary-derived
material.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references were limited to the provided motif families and symbols.
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