batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27557-l27599
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27557-l27599
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 27557-27599
start: '27557'
end: '27599'
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: Commentary notes explain God observing the prophet during night devotion
and care for the Muslims' duties; a report of Mohammed privately inspecting companions'
houses and finding them absorbed in Qur'an recitation and prayer; alternative
explanations of prayer postures; a defense against charges of communication with
devils; devils as secret inspirers or eavesdroppers on angelic discourse; criticism
of ancient poetry; and approval of Muslim poets who praise God, defend the faith,
and use satire against attackers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The note glosses the passage as God seeing the prophet when he rises for night
religious exercises and observing his care for the Muslims' performance of duty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A reported tradition says Mohammed went privately from house to house and
found his companions intent on reading the Koran and repeating prayers, with their
houses compared to nests of hornets because of the humming noise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: 'Some commentators interpret the prophet''s behavior as the prayer postures
used while leading his companions: standing, bowing, prostration, and sitting.'
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The commentary states that the prophet is vindicated from the charge of communication
with devils by the opposition between his doctrine and their designs and by their
inability to compose a book as consistent as the Koran.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The commentary identifies liars and slanderers, described as the prophet's
enemies and opposers, as the persons most likely to correspond with evil spirits.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The commentary says devils may secretly inspire earthly correspondents, or
may impart incoherent scraps of angelic discourse that they hear by stealth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Ancient poetry is characterized as wild and full of vain imaginations, including
fabulous stories, love verses, flattery, reproaches, incitements to vice, and
vainglorious boasting.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Poets who embraced Mohammedism are described as praising God, establishing
divine unity, and exhorting obedience and moral virtue, while using satire defensively
against attackers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The commentary names Labid Ebn Raba, Abda'llah Ebn Rawha, Hassn Ebn Thabet,
and the two Caabs as poets used by Mohammed to defend himself and religion from
insult and ridicule.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: A saying attributed to Mohammed tells Caab Ebn Malec to attack opponents with
satires, stating that satires wound more deeply than arrows.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine observer who sees the prophet's night rising and care for
the Muslims' duties.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed / the prophet
description: The prophet engaged in night religious exercises, leading prayer postures,
defending himself from charges of communication with devils, and employing poets
for religious defense.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moslems / companions
description: The prophet's companions, described as reading the Koran and repeating
prayers in their houses, and as being led in prayer postures.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Devils / evil spirits
description: Beings alleged by opponents to communicate with the prophet, but described
instead as associated with liars and slanderers, secret inspiration, and stealthy
hearing of angelic discourse.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Liars and slanderers / enemies and opposers
description: Persons said to be most likely to correspond with evil spirits.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Angels
description: Heavenly beings whose discourse is described as being heard in scraps
by devils stealthily.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ancient poets
description: Poets whose compositions are described as wild, vain, flattering, reproachful,
vicious, and vainglorious.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Muslim poets named in the commentary
description: Labid Ebn Raba, Abda'llah Ebn Rawha, Hassn Ebn Thabet, and the two
Caabs, described as poets employed to defend Mohammed and religion.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine observer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as seeing the prophet during night devotion and observing
his care for Muslim duty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: night devotee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The prophet is described as rising to watch and spend the night in religious
exercises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: prayer leader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Some commentators explain his behavior as standing, bowing, prostrating,
and sitting while praying at the head of his companions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: devout companions
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are found intent on reading the Koran and repeating prayers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: secret inspirers or eavesdroppers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The devils are described as secretly inspiring correspondents or conveying
scraps of angelic discourse heard by stealth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: earthly correspondents of evil spirits
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Liars and slanderers are identified as the persons most likely to correspond
with evil spirits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: defended prophet and religious leader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The commentary says he vindicates himself from charges involving devils and
employs poets to defend himself and religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: source of overheard heavenly discourse
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The devils are said to hear scraps of angels' discourse by stealth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: profane or vain poets
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Their compositions are described as full of vain imaginations and morally
suspect themes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: religious defenders through poetry
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: These poets are said to praise God, establish divine unity, exhort virtue,
and defend the prophet and religion from ridicule.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: night religious exercises
literal_form: watching, night prayer, Koran recitation, repeated prayers
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: prayer postures
literal_form: standing, bowing, prostration, and sitting
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: secret inspiration and stolen discourse
literal_form: devils' secret inspiration and stealth-heard scraps of angels' discourse
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: satire as arrows
literal_form: satires said to wound more deeply than arrows
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Night devotion and inspection of companions
summary: The commentary describes the prophet rising at night for religious exercises
and reports that he privately visits companions' houses, finding them absorbed
in Koran recitation and prayer.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Prayer postures before companions
summary: An alternate commentary interpretation explains the prophet's behavior
as the sequence of postures used when praying at the head of his companions.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Refutation of demonic communication
summary: The commentary states that the prophet rejects accusations of communication
with devils, arguing that his doctrine opposes their designs and that they could
not compose a consistent book like the Koran.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Devils, slanderers, and overheard angelic discourse
summary: The commentary associates evil spirits with liars and slanderers, explaining
that devils may secretly inspire them or convey scraps of angelic discourse heard
by stealth.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Poetry judged and redirected to religious defense
summary: The commentary contrasts ancient poetry's vain and immoral themes with
Muslim poets who praise God, affirm divine unity, exhort virtue, and defend Mohammed
and religion with satire.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: night vigil and communal devotion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes the prophet's night religious exercises and companions'
household recitation and prayers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a devotional pattern in commentary rather than a developed narrative
motif.
- id: motif:2
label: illicit access to heavenly speech
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: Devils are described as hearing scraps of angels' discourse by stealth and
passing incoherent suggestions to earthly correspondents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The commentary notes uncertainty about the grammatical subject, so the
exact direction of transmission is not fully fixed.
- id: motif:3
label: sacred speech used for religious defense
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Muslim poets are described as praising God, affirming divine unity, exhorting
virtue, and using satire to defend the prophet and religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage discusses literary and polemical practice more than mythic
narrative action.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The devils' stealthy hearing of angelic discourse functions like the available
forbidden-knowledge motif family because lower or hostile beings illicitly access
higher speech and transmit fragments to humans.
claim_level: same_function
target: forbidden_knowledge motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage is exegetical commentary and gives an alternative grammatical
reading; it does not narrate a full theft-of-knowledge episode.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 27557-27561
quote_or_summary: God is glossed as seeing the prophet when he rises for night religious
exercises and observing his care for the Muslims' performance of duty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 27561-27566
quote_or_summary: A reported tradition says Mohammed privately visited houses to
see how companions spent the time and found them intent on Koran reading and prayer,
with their houses compared to nests of hornets because of the humming sound.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 27566-27570
quote_or_summary: 'Some commentators say the prophet''s behavior refers to the postures
used in prayer at the head of his companions: standing, bowing, prostration, and
sitting.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 27571-27576
quote_or_summary: The prophet is said to vindicate himself from the charge of communication
with devils through the opposition between his doctrine and their designs and
their inability to compose a consistent book like the Koran.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 27574-27577
quote_or_summary: The commentary says the persons most likely to correspond with
evil spirits are liars and slanderers, identified as the prophet's enemies and
opposers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 27578-27584
quote_or_summary: The commentary explains that devils may secretly inspire earthly
correspondents, or may convey incoherent scraps of angels' discourse that they
hear by stealth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 27585-27591
quote_or_summary: Ancient poetry is described as wild and full of vain imaginations,
including fabulous stories, love verses, flattery, reproaches, vice-incitement,
and vainglorious boasting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 27592-27598
quote_or_summary: Poets who embraced Mohammedism are described as praising God,
establishing divine unity, exhorting obedience and moral virtue, and avoiding
profane or unjust satire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 27598-27605
quote_or_summary: The commentary says Mohammed employed poets including Labid Ebn
Raba, Abda'llah Ebn Rawha, Hassn Ebn Thabet, and the two Caabs to defend himself
and religion from insults and ridicule.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 27605-27608
quote_or_summary: A saying attributed to Mohammed tells Caab Ebn Malec to ply opponents
with satires, which are said to wound more deeply than arrows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary generated from supplied
passage.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is mainly translator/exegetical commentary rather than continuous
narrative. Some evidence locators slightly exceed the supplied line-range label
because the supplied passage text includes continuation lines after 27599.
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 and metadata. No external identifications or taxonomy IDs beyond the provided available refs were added.
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