batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l29135-l29197
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l29135-l29197
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXI. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 29135-29197
start: '29135'
end: '29197'
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 opens Chapter XXXI, identifies the signs of the wise book as
guidance and mercy for the righteous, contrasts believers with a man who buys
frivolous tales to turn people from God's way, describes punishment and reward,
affirms God's creation of heavens, mountains, animals, rain, and plants, and introduces
Lokmn as a recipient of wisdom who admonishes his son against associating partners
with God and urges gratitude to God and parents before final judgment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The text presents the signs of a wise book as direction and mercy for righteous
people who pray, give alms, and trust in the life to come.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A man is described as purchasing a ludicrous story in order to seduce people
from the way of God and mock it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The man who turns away from rehearsed signs is threatened with grievous punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Believers who work righteousness are promised gardens of pleasure in which
they will remain forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as creating the heavens without visible pillars, placing
firmly rooted mountains on the earth, filling the earth with beasts, sending rain
from heaven, and causing noble vegetation to grow.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage challenges those worshipped besides God by asking what they have
created and states that the ungodly are in manifest error.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Wisdom is said to have been bestowed on Lokmn, who is commanded to be thankful
to God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Lokmn admonishes his son not to give a partner to God, calling polytheism
a great impiety.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Human beings are commanded to be grateful to God and to their parents, with
mention of the mother's pregnancy, weakness, and weaning over two years.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage states that all will come to God to be judged.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine creator, giver of guidance, reward, punishment, wisdom,
and final judgment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the righteous / believers who work righteousness
description: People who observe prayer, give alms, have assurance in the life to
come, believe, and work righteousness.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: man who purchases a ludicrous story
description: A person who buys or uses frivolous tales to lead people away from
God's way and scorn it.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lokmn
description: A figure on whom wisdom was bestowed and who admonishes his son.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Lokmn's son
description: The son addressed by Lokmn in an admonition against giving a partner
to God.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: parents and mother
description: Parents are named as recipients of gratitude; the mother is described
as carrying the child in weakness and faintness and weaning him in two years.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the ungodly
description: Those described as being in manifest error in the challenge about creation.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates the heavens, earth features, animals, rain, and vegetation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: giver of reward and punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage announces punishment for the scoffer and gardens for righteous
believers as God's certain promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: final judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says all shall come to God to be judged.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: righteous recipients of guidance and reward
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The righteous are directed by their Lord and believers who work righteousness
receive gardens of pleasure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: seducer through frivolous tale
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The man purchases a ludicrous story to seduce people from God's way and mock
it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: wise admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Wisdom is bestowed on Lokmn, and he admonishes his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: recipient of divine wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The text says wisdom was bestowed on Lokmn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: instructed child
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Lokmn addresses his son with religious admonition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: parents owed gratitude
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage commands gratitude to parents and describes the mother's bearing
and weaning of the child.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: erring opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The ungodly are described as in manifest error in relation to worship besides
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: wise book
literal_form: the signs of the wise book
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: ludicrous story
literal_form: a purchased frivolous tale used to divert people from God's way
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: sym:3
label: gardens of pleasure
literal_form: gardens promised to righteous believers forever
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: mountains firmly rooted
literal_form: mountains placed on the earth to keep it from moving with people
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: rain from heaven
literal_form: rain sent down from heaven causing vegetation to spring forth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: noble vegetation
literal_form: every kind of noble vegetable springing forth from rain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: mother's womb and weaning
literal_form: mother carrying the child in weakness and weaning him in two years
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Opening guidance and moral contrast
summary: The passage identifies the wise book as guidance and mercy for the righteous
and contrasts them with a man who uses frivolous stories to divert people from
God's way.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Reward and punishment
summary: The scornful hearer of divine signs is threatened with punishment, while
believing righteous workers are promised everlasting gardens of pleasure.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Creation as divine proof
summary: God's creation of the heavens, mountains, animals, rain, and vegetation
is presented, followed by a challenge to those worshipped besides God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Lokmn's wisdom and admonition
summary: Lokmn receives wisdom and is told to be thankful; he admonishes his son
against giving a partner to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Gratitude to parents and return for judgment
summary: Human beings are commanded to be grateful to God and parents, the mother's
labor is recalled, and all are said to come to God for judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: bestowed wisdom and filial instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Lokmn is explicitly given wisdom and uses admonitory speech to instruct his
son in monotheism and gratitude.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage identifies wisdom and instruction directly; broader narrative
context for Lokmn is not included in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment with punishment and reward
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts shameful or grievous punishment for those who mislead
or reject signs with everlasting gardens for righteous believers and states that
all will come to God to be judged.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt summarizes judgment outcomes but does not narrate a full judgment
scene.
- id: motif:3
label: creation as proof against false worship
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage lists God's creative acts and asks what those worshipped besides
God have created.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names creation-as-proof; this is
retained as a plain candidate motif without taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:4
label: stabilizing mountains and life-giving rain
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mountains are placed to keep the earth from moving, and rain from heaven
causes vegetation to grow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied taxonomy includes mountain and water symbols but no specific
motif family for earth-stabilizing mountains or rain fertility.
- id: motif:5
label: deceptive entertainment diverting from sacred teaching
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes a man purchasing a ludicrous story to seduce people
from God's way and scorn it; the note links this to tales, songs, or Persian heroic
romance used to divert would-be Muslims.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The contextual identification is from the translator's note rather than
the main scriptural line.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note connects the 'ludicrous story' with Persian heroic
romance about Rostam and Isfandiyar, presented as rival recitation used to divert
listeners from Qur'anic teaching.
claim_level: same_function
target: Persian heroic romance of Rostam and Isfandiyar as reported in Sale's note
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This comparison depends on the explanatory note included in the passage,
not on an explicit comparison in the main translated verse; it supports functional
rivalry of narratives rather than a shared mythic motif.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 29135-29197, opening verses of Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: The wise book is described as guidance and mercy for the righteous,
who pray, give alms, and trust in the life to come.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: A man purchases a 'ludicrous story' to seduce people from God's
way and laugh it to scorn; such people receive shameful punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short phrase quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: When signs are rehearsed to the same figure, he turns away as
if deaf, and grievous punishment is announced for him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: Those who believe and work righteousness are promised gardens
of pleasure forever as the certain promise of God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: God creates the heavens without visible pillars, places rooted
mountains on earth, replenishes it with beasts, sends rain from heaven, and causes
noble vegetation to grow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, verse marked 10
quote_or_summary: The text asks what beings worshipped besides God have created
and says the ungodly are in manifest error.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: Wisdom was bestowed on Lokmn, who was commanded to be thankful
to God; gratitude benefits the grateful soul.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: Lokmn says to his son not to give God a partner, because polytheism
is a great impiety.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary with brief wording used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, Chapter XXXI
quote_or_summary: 'Humankind is commanded concerning parents: the mother carries
the child in weakness and weans him in two years; people are told to be grateful
to God and parents, and all come to God to be judged.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 29135-29197, translator note o
quote_or_summary: The note explains the 'ludicrous story' as vain fables and reports
an occasion involving al Nodar Ebn al Hareth, Persian tales of Rostam and Isfandiyar,
and songs or tales used to divert people from becoming Muslims.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary of note used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied passage. Motif labeling is
limited to the excerpt and supplied taxonomy; the comparison claim relies on the
included translator's note.
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: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were applied only where directly supported by the supplied lists.
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