batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27838-l27919
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27838-l27919
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVII. /
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 27838-27919
start: '27838'
end: '27919'
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 Solomon, Asaf, and the queen of Saba, including
the miraculous transport of the queen's throne and Solomon's glass pavement over
water. It then narrates Saleh's opponents plotting against him and being destroyed,
Lot warning his people and being delivered with his family except his wife, and
a concluding argument that God alone creates and governs the natural world and
hears the afflicted.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note identifies the person who brought the throne as commonly supposed to
be Asaf, Solomon's wazir, while other views identify him as al Khedr, Gabriel,
another angel, or Solomon himself.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The throne is said to have traveled underground and appeared before Solomon
before he lowered his gaze from heaven.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The queen of Saba secured her throne in a strong castle with a guard before
setting out to submit herself to Solomon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Solomon's reception area is described as a transparent glass pavement laid
over running water with fish swimming below it.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The queen of Saba is said to profess Islam and renounce idolatry.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Saleh's opponents presage evil from him, while Saleh says the evil they presage
is with God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Nine corrupt men in the city swear to attack Saleh and his family by night
and deny involvement afterward.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A counter-plot is attributed to God, and the plotters and their people are
destroyed; their habitations remain empty.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Those who believed and feared God are delivered.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Lot warns his people against their conduct, and they answer by calling for
Lot's family to be expelled from the city.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Lot and his family are delivered except for his wife, who is decreed to remain
behind and be destroyed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: A shower of stones is rained upon Lot's people after warning.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: The passage lists divine acts including creating heaven and earth, sending
rain, causing groves to spring up, making rivers, placing immovable mountains,
setting a bar between two seas, hearing the afflicted, and making people successors
in the earth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity who is said to devise against the plotters, destroy unjust
people, deliver believers, create and order the world, send rain, and hear the
afflicted.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Solomon
description: A prince or king associated with Asaf, the transported throne, and
the reception of the queen of Saba on a throne by a glass pavement.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Asaf son of Barachia
description: Solomon's wazir, commonly identified in the note as the one who knew
the great or ineffable name of God and performed the exploit of bringing the throne.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Queen of Saba / Balks
description: A queen who secures her throne, travels to submit herself to Solomon,
and is said to profess Islam and renounce idolatry.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Saleh
description: A prophet-like speaker whose people accuse him of bringing evil and
against whom nine men plot by night.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Nine men in the city
description: Nine corrupt men who swear to attack Saleh and his family by night
and deny responsibility.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Saleh's believing followers
description: Those who believed and feared God and are delivered.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Lot
description: A figure who warns his people and is delivered with his family except
his wife.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Lot's people
description: The people addressed by Lot who call for his family to be expelled
and are struck by a shower of stones.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Lot's wife
description: Lot's wife, decreed to remain behind among those destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God destroys the plotters and Lot's warned people while delivering believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: deliverer of believers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God delivered those who believed and feared God, and delivered
Lot and his family except his wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: creator and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as creating heaven and earth, sending rain, causing groves,
rivers, mountains, and other ordered features.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: royal receiver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Solomon is seated on a royal throne to receive the queen of Saba.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: wonder-working court official
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Asaf is identified as the wazir who knew the ineffable name and performed
the exploit involving the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: submitting queen
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The queen is described as setting out to submit herself to Solomon and later
professing Islam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: warner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:8
basis: Saleh replies to opponents about divine evil or trial; Lot warns his people
against their conduct.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: plotters
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Nine corrupt men swear to attack Saleh and his family by night and deny involvement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: delivered righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Believers who feared God are delivered; Lot is delivered with his family
except his wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: warned offenders
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Lot's people reject him and are struck by a shower of stones after warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: one left behind
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Lot's wife is decreed to be one of those who remained behind to be destroyed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: transported throne
literal_form: the queen's throne, secured in a castle yet appearing before Solomon
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: glass pavement over water
literal_form: transparent glass pavement laid over running water with fish swimming
beneath
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: empty habitations
literal_form: habitations left empty after the destruction of the unjust people
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: shower of stones
literal_form: stones rained upon Lot's people
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: rain and groves
literal_form: rain from heaven causing delicious groves and trees to spring up
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: rivers and mountains
literal_form: rivers flowing through the earth and immovable mountains placed on
it
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: bar between two seas
literal_form: a bar set between two seas
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Solomon and the queen's throne
summary: Notes describe the identification of the figure who miraculously brings
the queen's throne before Solomon, and the queen's prior attempt to secure that
throne before traveling to submit to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Reception at the glass pavement
summary: Solomon sits to receive the queen in a place with transparent glass laid
over running water, and the queen is later said to profess Islam and renounce
idolatry.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Plot against Saleh and destruction of the plotters
summary: Nine corrupt men swear to attack Saleh and his family by night, but a divine
counter-plot results in their destruction and empty habitations, while believers
are delivered.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Lot's warning and the shower of stones
summary: Lot warns his people, they seek to expel his family, and Lot and his family
are delivered except his wife while the warned people are struck by a shower of
stones.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Divine signs in nature
summary: 'The passage argues for God''s worthiness by listing natural and cosmic
acts: creation, rain, groves, rivers, mountains, a barrier between seas, aid to
the afflicted, and human succession in the earth.'
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment against plotters and warned peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes a plot against Saleh met by a divine counter-plot and
destruction, and Lot's warned people struck by a shower of stones.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents two separate examples of judgment rather than a single
continuous narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: deliverance of believers from collective destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Believers who feared God are delivered in the Saleh episode, and Lot and
his family are delivered except his wife before the destruction of his people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No separate taxonomy reference for deliverance is available; it is grouped
here under divine judgment because deliverance is paired with punishment.
- id: motif:3
label: wonder-working knowledge of the divine name
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A note says Asaf knew the great or ineffable name of God and by pronouncing
it performed the exploit of bringing the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The note reports multiple identifications of the actor, so the figure
responsible is uncertain within the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: natural signs of divine creative sovereignty
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage lists rain, groves, rivers, mountains, the barrier between seas,
and relief of the afflicted as signs that God is to be preferred over associated
false gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No more specific available motif-family reference directly matches this
theological sign-list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 27838-27848
quote_or_summary: Commentary identifies the throne-bringer as Asaf in one view,
or al Khedr, Gabriel, another angel, or Solomon in others; the throne is said
to appear before Solomon after moving underground.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 27849-27864
quote_or_summary: The queen of Saba secures her throne before traveling; Solomon's
reception area is described as transparent glass over running water with fish,
with Solomon seated on a royal throne.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 27865-27872
quote_or_summary: Commentary reports traditions about the queen's legs and says
she professed Islam and renounced idolatry; traditions differ on whether she married
Solomon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 27880-27899
quote_or_summary: Saleh answers opponents who presage evil; nine corrupt men plot
to attack him and his family by night; God counters the plot, destroys them and
their people, leaves empty habitations, and delivers those who believed and feared
God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 27900-27910
quote_or_summary: Lot warns his people; they call for his family to be expelled;
Lot and his family are delivered except his wife, and a shower of stones falls
on those warned in vain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 27911-27919
quote_or_summary: The passage praises God and contrasts God with associated false
gods by listing creation of heaven and earth, rain, groves, rivers, mountains,
a bar between two seas, aid to the afflicted, and human succession in the earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based solely on the supplied line range. Some Solomonic details
are commentary notes with variant identifications, so those elements are marked
cautiously.
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 support a specific cross-tradition comparison beyond the supplied taxonomy-level motif labeling.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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