batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l28371-l28433
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l28371-l28433
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII.
/ IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28371-28433
start: '28371'
end: '28433'
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 describes condemned seducers and idolaters being questioned
before God, unable to obtain help from associated deities or answer concerning
the messengers. It affirms repentance and righteous action, God's creative choice
and knowledge, his sole divinity and judgment, and the final assembly. It presents
night and day as merciful provisions and imagines perpetual night or day as conditions
only God could remedy. It also describes a witness from every nation being produced
against false claims, and introduces Karn of the people of Moses as insolent because
of immense treasure.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those upon whom damnation is pronounced answer that they seduced others but
now quit them and turn to the Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Idolaters are told to call upon beings associated with God; those beings do
not answer, and the idolaters see punishment prepared for them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God asks what answer was returned to his messengers, and the questioned people
cannot give an account or ask one another for information.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that whoever repents, believes, and does right may expect
happiness.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as creator, chooser, knower of hidden and open hostility,
sole deity, possessor of praise, judge, and the one before whom people will be
assembled at the last day.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage asks who besides God could bring light if God made perpetual night
until resurrection, or bring night if God made continual day until resurrection.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Night and day are described as made by mercy so that people may rest, seek
provision, and give thanks.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: God calls for imagined partners, produces a witness from every nation, demands
proof, and the devised deities abandon their claimants.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Karn is said to belong to the people of Moses, to have behaved insolently
toward them, and to possess so much treasure that its keys would load several
strong men.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Karn's people tell him not to rejoice immoderately because God does not love
those who rejoice immoderately in riches.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The sole deity who creates, chooses, knows hidden and open things,
judges, calls people to account, provides night and day, and assembles people
at the last day.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Condemned seducers
description: Those upon whom damnation is pronounced; they say they seduced others
but now quit them and turn to the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Idolaters / those who associated partners with God
description: People told to call upon those they associated with God; they fail
to receive an answer and see punishment prepared for them.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Associated deities / imagined partners
description: Beings associated with God by idolaters; they do not answer when called
and later abandon those who devised them.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Messengers
description: God's messengers concerning whom people are asked what answer they
returned.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Witness from every nation
description: A witness produced out of every nation when proof is demanded of false
claims.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Karn
description: A man of the people of Moses who behaves insolently and possesses immense
treasure.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: People of Moses / Karn's people
description: The community to which Karn belongs; they admonish him not to rejoice
immoderately in riches.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as creating, choosing, knowing, judging, calling people
to account, and assembling them at the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: condemned seducers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are under a sentence of damnation and acknowledge having seduced others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: defendants in idolatry judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are commanded to call their associated deities, see punishment, and
are asked for proof.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: unresponsive false associates
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The associated beings do not answer when called and abandon those who devised
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: sent messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God asks what answer was returned to his messengers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: national witness
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: A witness is produced out of every nation before proof is demanded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: wealthy insolent figure
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Karn behaves insolently and has treasure whose keys would load several strong
men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: admonishing community
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Karn's people warn him not to rejoice immoderately in riches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: perpetual night
literal_form: Night lasting until the day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: continual day
literal_form: Day lasting until the day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: night and day as provisions
literal_form: Night for rest and day for seeking provision
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: imagined partners
literal_form: Deities or partners associated with God by idolaters
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: treasure keys
literal_form: Keys to Karn's treasure, heavy enough to load several strong men
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: witness from every nation
literal_form: A witness produced out of each nation
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Condemned seducers renounce those they seduced
summary: Those under damnation say they seduced others but now quit them and turn
to the Lord, denying that the others truly worshipped them rather than their own
lusts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Idolaters call on unresponsive associates
summary: Idolaters are told to call upon those associated with God; the associates
do not answer, and the idolaters see punishment and wish they had accepted direction.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Question about the messengers
summary: God asks what answer people gave to his messengers, and they cannot give
an account or consult one another.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Divine judgment and cosmic alternation
summary: God is affirmed as sole deity, judge, and final assembler, while night
and day are presented as merciful provisions that only God can alter or restore.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Witnesses and proof against false partners
summary: God calls for imagined partners, produces a witness from every nation,
asks for proof, and the devised deities abandon those who asserted them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Karn's wealth and admonition
summary: Karn, from the people of Moses, is introduced as insolent because of immense
treasure, and his people warn him not to rejoice excessively in riches.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: final divine judgment with questioning and witnesses
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly depicts God calling people to account, asking about
messengers and imagined partners, producing witnesses, demanding proof, preparing
punishment, and assembling people at the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not classify broader
eschatological doctrine beyond the stated judgment scenes.
- id: motif:2
label: false gods fail their worshippers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Associated deities do not answer when called and later abandon those who
devised them during divine questioning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this within monotheistic judgment rather than as an
independent mythic episode.
- id: motif:3
label: cosmic alternation of night and day as divine mercy
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage contrasts perpetual night and continual day, then states that
night and day are made for rest, provision-seeking, and gratitude.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link to duality is thematic; the passage itself presents
a theological argument rather than a narrative of paired cosmic forces.
- id: motif:4
label: wealth leading to insolence and admonition
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Karn is described as insolent after receiving immense treasure, and his people
admonish him not to rejoice immoderately in riches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the opening of the Karn episode appears in the supplied passage,
so later developments are not included.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 28388-28391
quote_or_summary: Those under damnation say they seduced others but now quit them
and turn to the Lord; a note glosses that the seduced did not worship them but
their own lusts.
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 28392-28395
quote_or_summary: Idolaters are told to call upon those associated with God; the
associates do not answer, and the idolaters see punishment prepared for them.
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 28396-28399
quote_or_summary: God asks what answer was returned to his messengers; the people
cannot give an account or ask one another.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 28400-28401
quote_or_summary: '"whoso shall repent and believe, and shall do that which is right,
may expect to be happy."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 28402-28409
quote_or_summary: God creates and chooses freely, knows hidden and open hostility,
is the only God, receives praise in this life and the next, owns judgment, and
before him people are assembled at the last day.
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 28410-28418
quote_or_summary: The passage asks who besides God could bring light under perpetual
night or night under continual day until resurrection, and says night and day
were made by mercy for rest, provision, and thanksgiving.
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 28419-28424
quote_or_summary: God calls for imagined partners, produces a witness from every
nation, asks for proof, and the devised deities abandon their claimants.
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 28425-28433
quote_or_summary: Karn, of the people of Moses, behaves insolently after being given
treasure whose keys would load several strong men; his people tell him not to
rejoice immoderately in riches.
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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied English translation.
Motif labels are cautious and passage-level; the Karn episode is incomplete in
this line range. No comparison claims are made because the passage itself does
not support a specific external comparison.
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 Qur'anic context or later narrative continuation was added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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