batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l28917-l28982
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l28917-l28982
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXX. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28917-28982
start: '28917'
end: '28982'
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 declares God's promise of future victory, contrasts worldly
knowledge with neglect of the life to come, points to creation and former peoples
as signs, affirms resurrection and return to God, describes separation and recompense
at the Hour, calls for glorifying God at appointed times, and lists signs including
life from death, human creation from dust, and spouses joined by love and compassion.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A defeated group is said to overcome others within a few years, and believers
are said to rejoice in success granted by God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that God will not act contrary to his promise.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Many people are described as knowing the outward appearance of present life
while being careless about the life to come.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The heavens, the earth, and what is between them are described as created
in truth and for a determined period.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage asks people to observe the end of earlier peoples who were stronger,
cultivated the earth, and were visited by apostles with evident miracles.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: God is said to produce creatures, restore them to life, and receive their
return.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: On the day of the Hour, the wicked are struck dumb, lack intercessors among
associated idols, and deny the false gods they had associated with God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: On the day of the Hour, true believers and infidels are separated.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Believers who have done righteousness are assigned pleasure in a delightful
meadow, while disbelievers who rejected signs and the next life are delivered
to punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The passage commands glorification and praise of God at evening, morning,
sunset, and noon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: God is said to bring the living from the dead, the dead from the living, quicken
the dead earth, and bring people forth from graves in like manner.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Human beings are described as created from dust and spread over the face of
the earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Wives are described as created out of yourselves, with love and compassion
placed between spouses.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: A translator's note reports interpretations of the land as Arabia, Greek territory,
Persia/Mesopotamia, or Palestine.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: A translator's note explains that breaking up the earth may refer to digging
for water and minerals and tilling for seed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:16
text: A translator's note says some interpret the times of glorification as referring
to the five times of prayer.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine agent who grants success, keeps promise, creates, restores
life, judges, and places love and compassion.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: believers / true believers
description: Those who rejoice in success granted by God and, if righteous, take
pleasure in a delightful meadow.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: wicked / infidels / disbelievers
description: Those who reject signs and the meeting of the next life; at the Hour
they are separated from believers and delivered to punishment.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: idols / false gods
description: Associated beings or objects from whom no intercession is available
and whom the wicked deny at the Hour.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: former peoples
description: Earlier peoples stronger and more prosperous than the present audience,
whose evil end is presented as a warning.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: apostles
description: Messengers who came to former peoples with evident miracles.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: wives / spouses
description: Wives created out of yourselves, with love and compassion between spouses.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine promiser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that the promise of God will not be contradicted by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates the heavens and earth, produces creatures, creates humans from
dust, and creates wives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: restorer of life
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God restores creatures to life, brings living from dead and dead from living,
quickens dead earth, and brings people from graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: judge and separator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage describes the Hour, separation of believers and infidels, meadow
for the righteous, and punishment for rejecters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: recipients of divine success
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Believers rejoice in success granted by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: righteous rewarded group
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Believers who have done righteousness are placed in a delightful meadow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: rejecters of signs and next life
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Disbelievers are described as rejecting signs and the meeting of the next
life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: punished group
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are struck dumb, separated from believers, and delivered to punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: failed intercessors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The idols associated with God provide no intercession and are denied by the
wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: warning precedent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The end of earlier peoples is cited as something to observe and learn from.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: miracle-bearing messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Apostles came to former peoples with evident miracles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: spousal companions
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Wives are created for cohabitation, with love and compassion between spouses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: the Hour
literal_form: the day whereon the hour shall come
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: delightful meadow
literal_form: afterlife meadow of pleasure for righteous believers
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: punishment
literal_form: punishment assigned to those who disbelieved and rejected signs
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: dead earth quickened
literal_form: earth made alive after being dead
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: graves
literal_form: graves from which people are brought forth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: dust
literal_form: dust from which human beings are created
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: earth cultivation
literal_form: breaking up the earth, explained as digging for water and minerals
and tilling for seed
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Promised reversal and believer rejoicing
summary: A defeated party is foretold to overcome within a few years, and believers
will rejoice in success granted by God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Signs in creation and former peoples
summary: The passage points to the created heavens and earth, the set term of creation,
and the fate of earlier peoples visited by apostles as signs for reflection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:13
- id: scene:3
label: Resurrection and return to God
summary: God produces creatures, restores them to life, and they return to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: The Hour and separation
summary: At the Hour the wicked are struck dumb, their associated idols provide
no intercession, and believers and infidels are separated into meadow pleasure
and punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Daily glorification
summary: The audience is commanded to glorify and praise God at several times of
day; a note reports that some understand these times as the five prayers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:14
- id: scene:6
label: Life from death and human origins
summary: God brings life from death, quickens the dead earth, brings people from
graves, creates humans from dust, and creates wives with love and compassion between
spouses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: resurrection and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage directly states that God will restore creatures to life, that
people will return to him, and that they will be brought forth from graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and declarative rather than a narrative journey
account.
- id: motif:2
label: final divine judgment and separation
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: At the Hour, believers and infidels are separated; righteous believers receive
meadow pleasure while rejecters are delivered to punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The judging process is implied through outcomes rather than described
as a courtroom scene.
- id: motif:3
label: life emerging from death
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: God is said to bring living from dead, dead from living, quicken dead earth,
and bring people from graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses the pattern as a sign of resurrection; it does not narrate
an individual dying-and-returning hero.
- id: motif:4
label: exemplary destruction of former peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The fate of earlier, stronger peoples who rejected signs is presented as
an evil end resulting from their own obstinate infidelity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage summarizes former peoples generally and does not name a specific
destroyed community in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: created spousal bond with love and compassion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Wives are described as created out of yourselves, with love and compassion
placed between spouses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches this spousal-creation
sign without overextending to sacred marriage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 28917-28926
quote_or_summary: After defeat, a group will overcome within a few years; believers
will rejoice in success granted by God, and God will not act contrary to his promise.
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 28927-28929
quote_or_summary: People know the outward appearance of present life but are careless
about the life to come.
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 28930-28934
quote_or_summary: God created the heavens, earth, and what is between them in truth
and set them a determined period; many reject future meeting with the Lord at
resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 28935-28943
quote_or_summary: The audience is asked to consider earlier peoples who were stronger,
cultivated the earth, enjoyed prosperity, received apostles with miracles, and
met an evil end after rejecting signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: line 28944
quote_or_summary: 'God produceth creatures, and will hereafter restore them to life:
then shall ye return unto him.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 28945-28950
quote_or_summary: On the day the Hour comes, the wicked are struck dumb; they have
no intercessors among associated idols and deny the false gods associated with
God.
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 28951-28957
quote_or_summary: At the Hour, true believers and infidels are separated; righteous
believers take pleasure in a delightful meadow, while those who disbelieved and
rejected signs and the next life are delivered to punishment.
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 28958-28962
quote_or_summary: The passage commands glorifying God at evening and morning and
praising him in heaven and earth at sunset and noon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 28963-28967
quote_or_summary: God brings living from dead and dead from living, quickens the
dead earth, and similarly brings people forth from graves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 28968-28970
quote_or_summary: One of God's signs is creating humans from dust, after which they
become people spread over the earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 28971-28974
quote_or_summary: Another sign is that God created wives out of yourselves for cohabitation
and placed love and compassion between you.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 28975-28979, note u
quote_or_summary: A note reports different interpretations of the land as Arabia
or Greek territory near Bostra and Adhrat, Persia/Mesopotamia, or Palestine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized translator note.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: line 28980, note x
quote_or_summary: A note explains breaking up the earth as digging for water and
minerals and tilling for seed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized translator note.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 28981-28982, note y
quote_or_summary: A note says some interpret the mentioned times as the five times
of prayer, with details about evening, sunset, afternoon, and noon prayer times.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized translator note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is explicit about resurrection, judgment, and signs in creation.
Motif assignment is strongest where wording directly matches available taxonomy;
no comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not make cross-traditional
comparisons.
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: |-
Extraction uses only the supplied passage and metadata; translator notes are treated separately from the main passage where relevant.
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