batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l28010-l28039
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l28010-l28039
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 28010-28039
start: '28010'
end: '28039'
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: On that day the trumpet shall be sounded; and whoever are in heaven and on
earth shall be struck with terror...
summary: 'The passage describes a day of judgment: deniers of divine signs are condemned,
the trumpet sounds, beings in heaven and earth come humbly before God, mountains
pass away like clouds, the righteous are rewarded, evildoers are cast into hell
fire, and the speaker is commanded to worship God, recite the Koran, and warn
those who go astray.'
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A group arrives at the place of judgment and is questioned by God about charging
his signs with falsehood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The sentence of damnation falls on those who acted unjustly, and they do not
speak in their own excuse.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Night is described as ordained for rest and day as giving open light.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: On that day a trumpet is sounded, and those in heaven and on earth are struck
with terror except those God exempts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: All come before God in humble guise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Mountains appear firmly fixed but pass away as clouds pass away.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Those who wrought righteousness receive a reward beyond their desert and are
secure from the terror of that day.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Those who wrought evil are thrown on their faces into hell fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker says he is commanded to worship the Lord of the territory of Mecca,
which God has sanctified.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker says he is commanded to be a Moslem and to rehearse the Koran,
which directs those who are guided by it to their own advantage.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The speaker identifies himself as a warner only to those who go astray.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker or judge who questions deniers, may exempt some
from terror, receives all before him, rightly disposes all things, sanctifies
Mecca, shows signs, and is not regardless of deeds.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Those who charged God's signs with falsehood
description: People questioned at the place of judgment and condemned because they
acted unjustly.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those in heaven and on earth
description: Beings struck with terror at the trumpet and brought before God, except
those God exempts.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who wrought righteousness
description: People who receive a reward beyond their desert and are secure from
the terror of that day.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Those who wrought evil
description: People thrown on their faces into hell fire.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The speaker
description: The speaker says he is commanded to worship God, be a Moslem, rehearse
the Koran, and warn those who go astray.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God questions the deniers at judgment, causes or declares damnation, exempts
whom he pleases, and receives all before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: sanctifier and revealer of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to have sanctified Mecca and to show his signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: condemned deniers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are questioned for charging God's signs with falsehood and receive the
sentence of damnation for acting unjustly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: summoned beings
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Those in heaven and on earth are terrified at the trumpet and all come before
God humbly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Those who wrought righteousness receive reward and safety from the day's
terror.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: punished evildoers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Those who wrought evil are thrown into hell fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: warner and reciter
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The speaker is commanded to rehearse the Koran and says he is a warner only.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet of the day
literal_form: trumpet sounded on the day of terror and gathering
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: passing mountains
literal_form: mountains that seem fixed but pass away like clouds
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: hell fire
literal_form: fire into which evildoers are thrown on their faces
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: night and day
literal_form: night ordained for rest and day giving open light
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: sanctified territory of Mecca
literal_form: the territory of Mecca, sanctified by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: the Koran as recited guidance
literal_form: the Koran rehearsed by the speaker and directing the guided to their
own advantage
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Questioning and condemnation at judgment
summary: At the place of judgment God questions those who denied his signs, and
the sentence of damnation falls on them because they acted unjustly.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Signs in night and day
summary: 'Night and day are presented as signs for believers: night for rest and
day as open light.'
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Trumpet, terror, and cosmic change
summary: The trumpet is sounded; beings in heaven and on earth are terrified except
those God exempts; all come humbly before God, and the mountains pass away like
clouds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Reward and punishment
summary: The righteous receive reward and security, while evildoers are cast face-down
into hell fire according to what they have wrought.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Command to worship and warn
summary: The speaker says he is commanded to worship the Lord of sanctified Mecca,
be a Moslem, rehearse the Koran, and warn those who go astray.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment of deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage depicts a place of judgment, divine questioning, condemnation
for injustice, reward for righteousness, and punishment for evil deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not infer details beyond
the described judgment and recompense.
- id: motif:2
label: eschatological trumpet and universal terror
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A trumpet is sounded on a decisive day, causing terror among those in heaven
and on earth, followed by their humble appearance before God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly names the trumpet motif; it is
recorded as a passage-level candidate motif.
- id: motif:3
label: cosmic dissolution of mountains
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The mountains, though appearing fixed, are said to pass away like clouds
as God's work.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes the mountains' disappearance but does not elaborate
a full destruction-of-world sequence.
- id: motif:4
label: revealed recitation as guidance and warning
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker is commanded to rehearse the Koran; those directed by it benefit,
and those who go astray are warned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a textual-revelation pattern rather than one of the supplied motif-family
taxonomy labels.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage fits the supplied divine_judgment motif family because it presents
divine questioning, judgment according to deeds, reward for righteousness, and
punishment for evil.
claim_level: same_motif
target: divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is a taxonomy-level comparison only; no claim of historical contact
or comparison with a specific non-Islamic text is supported by the passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 28010-28012
quote_or_summary: At the place of judgment God asks whether they charged his signs
with falsehood without comprehending them, and asks what they were doing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 28013-28015
quote_or_summary: The sentence of damnation falls on them because they acted unjustly,
and they do not speak in their own excuse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 28016-28018
quote_or_summary: Night is ordained for rest and day gives open light; these are
signs for believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 28019-28022
quote_or_summary: On that day the trumpet is sounded; those in heaven and on earth
are terrified except whom God exempts, and all come before him humbly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 28023-28026
quote_or_summary: '"the mountains... shall pass away, even as the clouds pass away"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 28027-28029
quote_or_summary: Whoever wrought righteousness receives reward beyond desert and
is secure from the terror of that day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 28030-28032
quote_or_summary: Whoever wrought evil is thrown on the face into hell fire and
receives only the reward of what was wrought.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 28033-28035
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he is commanded to worship the Lord of the territory
of Mecca, who sanctified it and to whom all things belong.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 28035-28038
quote_or_summary: The speaker is commanded to be a Moslem and to rehearse the Koran;
whoever is directed by it is directed to his own advantage.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 28038-28039
quote_or_summary: To the one who goes astray, the speaker says he is only a warner;
God will show signs and is not regardless of what they do.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is explicit about judgment, recompense, trumpet terror, mountains
passing, and recitation as guidance. Motif labeling beyond divine judgment is
more cautious because not all patterns match the supplied taxonomy labels exactly.
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 comparisons or unsupplied taxonomy IDs were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l28010-l28039
passage_sha256=1c45e19ea0fe2be8198e0c8060e276067fc758217a385f4115acebfc9312290e