batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27394-l27462
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27394-l27462
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, AL FORKAN; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL
GOD. / CHAPTER XXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 27394-27462
start: '27394'
end: '27462'
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 recounts warnings by Saleh to Thamud, Lot to his people, and
the beginning of Shoaib’s warning to the inhabitants of the wood. Saleh presents
a she-camel as a sign with alternating access to water; the people kill her and
are overtaken by punishment. Lot asks God to deliver him and his family; they
are delivered except for an old woman, his wife, and the rest are destroyed by
a shower of stones. Each completed episode is framed as a sign, while most people
do not believe.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The tribe of Thamud is said to have charged God's messengers with falsehood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Saleh addresses Thamud as their brother and calls himself a faithful messenger,
asking them to fear God and obey him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Saleh says he seeks no reward from the people for preaching and expects reward
only from the Lord of all creatures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Thamud are described as secure among gardens, fountains, corn, palm-trees,
and mountain-cut habitations.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Saleh tells Thamud not to obey corrupt transgressors who do not reform the
earth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Thamud call Saleh distracted, call him a man like themselves, and demand a
sign if he speaks truth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Saleh identifies a she-camel as a sign and sets alternating appointed days
for her water portion and the people's water portion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: obs:8
text: Saleh warns that harming the she-camel will bring the punishment of a terrible
day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The people slay the she-camel, repent, and are overtaken by the threatened
punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The people of Lot are said to have accused God's messengers of imposture.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Lot calls himself a faithful messenger, asks his people to fear God and obey
him, and says he asks no reward for preaching.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Lot rebukes his people for approaching males among mankind and leaving their
wives, calling them transgressors.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Lot's people threaten to expel him from their city unless he desists.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Lot says he abhors their doings and asks God to deliver him and his family.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: Lot and all his family are delivered except an old woman, his wife, who remains
behind and perishes.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:16
text: The rest of Lot's people are destroyed by a shower of stones.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:17
text: The inhabitants of the wood are said to have accused God's messengers of imposture,
and Shoaib begins a warning speech.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:18
text: The completed Thamud and Lot episodes are each followed by the statement that
there was a sign, most did not believe, and the Lord is mighty and merciful.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD / Lord of all creatures
description: The divine figure whom the messengers urge people to fear and obey,
from whom they expect reward, and who delivers and destroys in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Saleh
description: A faithful messenger and brother of Thamud who warns the people and
presents the she-camel as a sign.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Tribe of Thamud
description: A people who reject the messengers, challenge Saleh, slay the she-camel,
and are overtaken by punishment.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: She-camel
description: An animal identified by Saleh as a sign to Thamud, with an appointed
portion of water on alternate days.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Lot
description: A faithful messenger who rebukes his people, asks God to deliver him
and his family, and is delivered.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: People of Lot
description: A people who accuse God's messengers, threaten Lot with expulsion,
and are destroyed by a shower of stones.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lot's family
description: Lot's family, delivered with him except for an old woman, his wife.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Old woman, Lot's wife
description: An old woman identified as Lot's wife who remains behind and perishes.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Inhabitants of the wood
description: A people who are said to have accused God's messengers of imposture.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Shoaib
description: A messenger who begins addressing the inhabitants of the wood by asking
whether they will fear God.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes deliverance of Lot and his family and destruction
of rejecting peoples to divine action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:2
label: faithful messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:10
basis: Saleh, Lot, and Shoaib are each presented in messenger-warning contexts;
Saleh and Lot explicitly call themselves faithful messengers, and Shoaib begins
the same formula.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: role:3
label: rejecting community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:9
basis: Thamud, Lot's people, and the inhabitants of the wood are each said to accuse
God's messengers of falsehood or imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: role:4
label: sign animal
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Saleh calls the she-camel a sign and assigns it a water portion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: delivered family group
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Lot and his family are delivered after Lot asks for deliverance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: one left behind
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The old woman, Lot's wife, is excepted from the delivered family and perishes
among those remaining behind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water allotment
literal_form: Alternating portions of water for the she-camel and the people on
appointed days
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: mountain-cut habitations
literal_form: Habitations cut out of the mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: she-camel as sign
literal_form: A she-camel presented as a sign to Thamud
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: shower of stones
literal_form: A shower of stones rained on the destroyed people of Lot
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Saleh warns Thamud
summary: Saleh identifies himself as a faithful messenger, urges Thamud to fear
God and obey him, and contrasts their prosperity and mountain habitations with
their insolence and corruption.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: The she-camel sign and punishment
summary: After Thamud demand a sign, Saleh presents the she-camel with alternating
water rights and warns against harming her; they slay her and the threatened punishment
overtakes them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: scene:3
label: Lot warns his people and asks deliverance
summary: Lot calls himself a faithful messenger, rebukes his people for transgression,
is threatened with expulsion, and prays for deliverance for himself and his family.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Deliverance and stone-shower destruction
summary: Lot and his family are delivered except for his wife, while the rest are
destroyed by a shower of stones.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:5
label: Shoaib and the inhabitants of the wood
summary: The inhabitants of the wood are introduced as another people who accuse
God's messengers, and Shoaib begins the same warning formula.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: rejected messenger followed by divine punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Thamud reject Saleh's warning and are overtaken by punishment; Lot's people
reject and threaten Lot, after which they are destroyed by stones.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is described only at the passage level; no claim is made about
historical relationship to other traditions.
- id: motif:2
label: divine sign demanded and rejected
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Thamud demand a sign from Saleh; the she-camel is given as a sign, harmed,
and followed by punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explain the origin of the she-camel within this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: righteous figure and family delivered before destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Lot prays for deliverance, and he and his family are delivered before the
rest are destroyed, except for his wife who remains behind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy list does not include a more specific rescue-before-destruction
category.
- id: motif:4
label: shared water ordeal involving a sacred sign animal
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The she-camel and the people are assigned alternating water portions on appointed
days, and harm to the animal is forbidden under threat of punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage calls the camel a sign; identifying the arrangement as sacred
exchange is interpretive and should be reviewed.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'Within the passage, the Thamud, Lot, and inhabitants-of-the-wood units share
a repeated warning pattern: a messenger calls the people to fear God, the people
are characterized by rejection, and completed episodes culminate in divine punishment
and a statement that the event is a sign.'
claim_level: same_function
target: repeated messenger-rejection judgment pattern within the same sura passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The Shoaib episode is only introduced in this line range, so its outcome
is not present in the provided passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 27398-27400
quote_or_summary: The tribe of Thamud is introduced as charging God's messengers
with falsehood.
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 27400-27406
quote_or_summary: Saleh tells Thamud that he is a faithful messenger, urges them
to fear God and obey him, and says he seeks reward only from the Lord of all creatures.
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 27406-27411
quote_or_summary: Thamud are described among gardens, fountains, corn, palm-trees,
and habitations cut from mountains.
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 27412-27414
quote_or_summary: Saleh tells the people to fear God and not obey corrupt transgressors
who do not reform the earth.
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 27415-27418
quote_or_summary: The people answer that Saleh is distracted, merely a man like
them, and demand a sign if he speaks truth.
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 27418-27423
quote_or_summary: Saleh identifies the she-camel as a sign, assigns alternate water
portions, and warns them not to hurt her lest punishment come.
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 27423-27428
quote_or_summary: They slay the she-camel, repent, and the threatened punishment
overtakes them; the episode is called a sign, though most did not believe.
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 27429-27435
quote_or_summary: The people of Lot accuse God's messengers; Lot declares himself
a faithful messenger and says he seeks no reward for preaching.
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 27436-27439
quote_or_summary: Lot rebukes his people for approaching males and leaving wives
created for them, calling them transgressors.
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 27440-27445
quote_or_summary: Lot's people threaten him with expulsion; Lot says he abhors their
deeds and asks God to deliver him and his family.
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 27446-27454
quote_or_summary: Lot and his family are delivered except for an old woman, his
wife; the rest are destroyed by a shower of stones, and the episode is called
a sign.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: note
locator: footnote f within lines 27394-27462
quote_or_summary: The note explains that the camel drank one day and the Thamudites
drew water the other day; when the camel drank, she emptied the wells or brooks
for that day.
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 27455-27462 and footnote g
quote_or_summary: The inhabitants of the wood are introduced as accusers of God's
messengers; Shoaib begins by asking whether they will fear God. The note discusses
their identification in relation to Midianites.
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: Literal extraction is strong for the Thamud and Lot units. The Shoaib unit
is incomplete in the provided line range, limiting motif claims for that episode.
The sacred-exchange motif assignment for water alternation is tentative.
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. No external Qur'anic or comparative material was added.
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