batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27921-l28007
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l27921-l28007
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 27921-28007
start: '27921'
end: '28007'
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 a note about Saleh’s opponents being trapped by fallen
rock when attempting to attack him, followed by a Qur'anic argument that God guides
travelers, sends winds and clouds, creates and restores life, knows the hidden,
records all things in a clear book, gives the Koran as guidance, decides disputes,
and will bring forth a speaking beast from the earth before assembling deniers
on the day of resurrection.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note relates that opponents of Saleh went to a narrow place between mountains
to attack him but were trapped when a large rock fell at the mouth of the straits,
and they perished there.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is described as directing people in dark paths of land and sea and sending
winds that drive clouds as forerunners of mercy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God is described as producing a creature, restoring it to life after death,
and giving food from heaven and earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says that none in heaven or earth knows what is hidden besides
God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Unbelievers question whether they and their fathers will be brought out from
the grave after becoming dust, and call the threat fables of the ancients.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The addressee is told to travel through the earth and observe the end of the
wicked.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says God knows what people conceal and reveal, and that nothing
hidden in heaven or earth is absent from a clear book.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The Koran is described as declaring to the children of Israel many matters
over which they disagree and as guidance and mercy for true believers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The Lord is said to decide controversy by a definitive sentence and to be
mighty and wise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The addressee is told that he cannot make the dead hear, the deaf hear the
call, or the blind escape error; only those who believe in the signs will hear.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: When the sentence is ready to fall, God will cause a beast to come forth from
the earth to speak to people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: A note identifies the beast as al Jasssa, or the Spy, says its appearance
is a sign of the approach of the day of judgment, and adds that it has two wings.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: On the day of resurrection, a company from every nation of those who denied
the signs will be assembled and prevented from mixing together.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker or subject described as guiding, creating, restoring
life, knowing hidden things, deciding controversy, and causing the beast to appear.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Saleh
description: A prophet mentioned in a note as meeting with believers to pray in
a narrow place between mountains.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Believers with Saleh
description: Those who believed on Saleh and met with him to pray.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Infidels opposing Saleh
description: A party that intended to attack Saleh but was trapped by rock and perished.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: People who question resurrection after death and call the threat fables
of the ancients.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The addressed messenger
description: The addressee told to speak, not grieve, trust God, and not expect
the dead, deaf, or blind to hear the call except those who believe.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: True believers
description: Those for whom the Koran is direction and mercy, and who believe in
the signs.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: A group to whom the Koran is said to declare many points over which
they disagree.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Beast from the earth
description: A beast caused to come forth from the earth, which speaks to people;
a note calls it al Jasssa or the Spy and says it has two wings.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Deniers of the signs
description: Those from every nation who charged the signs with falsehood and will
be assembled on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God directs in dark paths of land and sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: life-restorer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God produces a creature and restores it to life after death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: knower of hidden things
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Only God knows what is hidden, and nothing hidden is absent from the clear
book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord will decide controversy by a definitive sentence and cause the sentence
to fall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: role:5
label: threatened prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Opponents planned to be beforehand with Saleh and attack him in the straits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: believer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:7
basis: Believers are described as praying with Saleh and as receiving the Koran
as direction and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: plotter against prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The party went to the straits intending to execute a design against Saleh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: resurrection denier
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:10
basis: Unbelievers question being brought from the grave after becoming dust, and
deniers charge the signs with falsehood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:13
- id: role:9
label: admonishing messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The addressee is instructed to answer, warn, trust God, and call people to
the true faith.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: community in dispute
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The children of Israel are said to disagree over points that the Koran declares.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: eschatological speaking creature
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: A beast comes from the earth and speaks when the sentence is ready to fall;
the note links it with the approach of the day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: assembled judged group
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: A company of deniers from every nation will be assembled on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: narrow place between mountains
literal_form: A strait or narrow place between mountains where Saleh and believers
prayed and where attackers were trapped.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fallen rock
literal_form: A large piece of rock that fell at the mouth of the straits and cut
off the attackers’ retreat.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: dark paths of land and sea
literal_form: Dark paths on land and sea through which God directs people.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: winds and clouds
literal_form: Winds driving clouds as forerunners of divine mercy.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: dust and grave
literal_form: The state from which unbelievers question whether they and their fathers
will be taken forth.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: clear book
literal_form: A clear book in which nothing hidden in heaven or earth is absent.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: signs
literal_form: Divine signs believed by the resigned and denied by others.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: sym:8
label: beast from the earth
literal_form: A speaking beast emerging from the earth; in the note, al Jasssa or
the Spy, with two wings.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Plotters trapped in the mountain straits
summary: Saleh and believers pray in a narrow place between mountains; opponents
go there to attack him, but a large rock blocks the straits and they perish.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Divine powers in guidance, weather, life, and provision
summary: The passage asks whether any god besides God can guide travelers, send
winds and clouds, create and restore life, and provide food from heaven and earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Dispute over hidden knowledge and resurrection
summary: The passage states that only God knows the hidden; unbelievers doubt resurrection
from dust and call the warning ancient fables.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Warning to observe the fate of the wicked
summary: The addressee is told to tell people to pass through the earth and observe
the end of the wicked, while God knows what is concealed and revealed and records
hidden things in a clear book.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Koran as guidance and divine decision of dispute
summary: The Koran declares disputed matters to the children of Israel and is guidance
and mercy to true believers; God will decide controversy by a definitive sentence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Limits of admonition to the unhearing and unseeing
summary: The addressee cannot make the dead, deaf, or blind respond to the call,
except those who believe in the signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Speaking beast and resurrection assembly
summary: When the sentence is ready, a beast will emerge from the earth and speak
to people; on the day of resurrection, deniers from every nation will be assembled
and kept apart.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine entrapment of plotters against a prophet
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The note describes opponents who seek to attack Saleh but are themselves
trapped by a fallen rock and perish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage note gives the event but does not explicitly state that God
caused the rockfall.
- id: motif:2
label: divine guidance through dangerous paths and weather mercy
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God directs people through dark paths of land and sea and sends winds driving
clouds as forerunners of mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label 'wisdom' is broad; the passage emphasizes divine guidance
and mercy rather than a wisdom quest.
- id: motif:3
label: restoration of the dead to life
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: God is described as producing a creature and restoring it to life after death,
and unbelievers dispute being brought forth from the grave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:4
label: exclusive divine knowledge of the hidden and cosmic record
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage says none knows the hidden besides God and that nothing hidden
in heaven or earth is absent from a clear book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate acquisition of hidden knowledge by humans.
- id: motif:5
label: judgment after denial of signs
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: God will decide controversy by a definitive sentence, a beast will appear
when the sentence is ready to fall, and deniers from every nation will be assembled
on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:6
label: speaking beast as end-time sign
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A beast comes forth from the earth and speaks to people; the note says its
appearance is a sign of the approaching day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy list has no specific 'apocalyptic beast' category, so it
is placed under divine judgment.
- id: motif:7
label: spiritual incapacity figured as deadness, deafness, and blindness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressee is told he cannot make the dead hear, the deaf hear the call,
or the blind escape error; only believers in the signs hear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is presented as admonitory imagery rather than a narrative motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: A note compares the accusation against Saleh with Egyptians accusing Moses
as the cause of their calamities, suggesting a same-function pattern of opponents
blaming a prophet for disaster.
claim_level: same_function
target: Egyptians accusing Moses as cause of calamities in the cited chapter 7 passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The cited Moses passage itself is not included here, so the comparison
rests only on the note's cross-reference.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 27923-27934
quote_or_summary: A note says Saleh and believers prayed in a narrow place between
mountains; opponents went there to attack him, but a large rock fell at the mouth
of the straits, trapped them, and they perished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 27942-27948
quote_or_summary: God directs people in dark paths of land and sea and sends winds
driving clouds as forerunners of mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 27949-27952
quote_or_summary: God produces a creature, restores it to life after death, and
gives food from heaven and earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 27953-27956
quote_or_summary: None in heaven or earth knows what is hidden besides God, and
they do not know when they will be raised.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 27957-27964
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers are uncertain about the life to come, ask whether
they and their fathers will be brought out from the grave after becoming dust,
and call the threat fables of the ancients.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 27965-27971
quote_or_summary: The addressee is told to say to pass through the earth and see
the end of the wicked, and not to grieve over the plots of opponents.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 27976-27979
quote_or_summary: The Lord knows what people conceal and reveal, and nothing hidden
in heaven or earth is absent from a clear book.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 27980-27983
quote_or_summary: The Koran declares to the children of Israel many matters over
which they disagree and is direction and mercy for true believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 27984-27987
quote_or_summary: The Lord will decide controversy by a definitive sentence; the
addressee is told to trust God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 27988-27993
quote_or_summary: The addressee cannot make the dead hear, the deaf hear the call,
or the blind escape error; only those who believe in the signs will hear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 27994-27997
quote_or_summary: When the sentence is ready to fall, God will cause a beast to
come forth from the earth and speak to people because people do not firmly believe
in the signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 28002-28006
quote_or_summary: A note says Muslims call the beast al Jasssa, or the Spy; its
appearance is a sign of the approaching day of judgment, and it has two wings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 27998-28000
quote_or_summary: On the day of resurrection, God will assemble from every nation
a company of those who denied the signs, and they will be prevented from mixing
together.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 27921-27922
quote_or_summary: A note refers to chapter 7, where Egyptians are said to accuse
Moses in the same manner as the cause of their calamities.
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: low
notes: The main Qur'anic themes are clear in the supplied passage. Some motif taxonomy
assignments are broad because the available taxonomy lacks specific categories
for apocalyptic beast, divine record, or prophetic opposition.
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: |-
All claims are based only on the supplied passage text and metadata; quotations were avoided in favor of concise summaries.
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