batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l29338-l29435
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l29338-l29435
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXII. /
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 29338-29435
start: '29338'
end: '29435'
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 introduces Chapter XXXII, identifies the revelation as from
God, and describes divine creation, governance, human formation, death, resurrection,
judgment, punishment, worship, almsgiving, and hidden reward. Included notes discuss
secret knowledge known to God alone and relate a story about the angel of death,
Solomon, and a man carried to India.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The book's revelation is said to come from the Lord of all creatures, and
Mohammed is told to preach to a people without a prior preacher.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to have created the heavens, the earth, and what is between them
in six days and then ascended his throne.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that there is no patron or intercessor besides God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God is described as governing all things from heaven to earth, after which
they return to him on a day measured as a thousand human years.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Human creation is described as beginning from clay, then posterity from a
fluid identified in the note as seed, followed by shaping, divine breath, hearing,
sight, and hearts for understanding.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Some deny being raised again after lying hidden in the earth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The angel of death is said to cause people to die, after which they are brought
back to their Lord.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The wicked are depicted bowing their heads before their Lord and asking to
return to the world to do right.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says hell will be filled with genii and men altogether, and commands
the punished to taste eternal punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Believers are described as falling down adoring when warned by signs, praising
their Lord, rising from beds, calling with fear and hope, and distributing alms.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: 'A note enumerates five things known to God alone: the time of judgment, the
time of rain, what is forming in the womb, what will happen tomorrow, and where
any person will die.'
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:12
text: A note recounts that the angel of death saw a man with Solomon; the man was
carried by wind to India, where the angel had been commanded to take his soul.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The Lord of all creatures; creator, governor, knower, giver of judgment,
punishment, and reward.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Named in the passage as accused by opponents of forging the book and
addressed as one who may preach.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: People without a prior preacher
description: The people to whom Mohammed is to preach, described as having had no
preacher before him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Man / human posterity
description: Humanity described as first created of clay, with posterity made from
an extract of water or seed, then shaped and given senses and hearts.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angel of death
description: The being set over humans to cause them to die; also appearing in the
note's story involving Solomon and the man taken in India.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The wicked
description: Those shown bowing their heads before their Lord, asking to return
to the world, and receiving punishment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Genii and men
description: Groups named as filling hell altogether in the divine statement.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Believers
description: Those who fall down adoring when warned by signs, praise their Lord,
pray with fear and hope, give alms, and receive a hidden reward.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Solomon
description: A figure in the note who identifies the angel of death and orders the
wind to carry a man to India.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The man with Solomon
description: A man in the note who fears the angel of death, asks to be carried
to India, and is the appointed target of the angel there.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Creator, governor, judge, and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates the cosmos and humanity, governs all things, receives the return
of beings, judges the wicked, and prepares hidden reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: Preacher of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is addressed in connection with the book and told to preach to a
people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: Recipients of preaching
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are described as a people to whom no preacher had come before.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: Created human beings
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage describes human formation from clay, seed, shape, divine spirit,
senses, and hearts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: Death agent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The angel of death is set over humans to cause them to die.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: Penitent judged sinners
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The wicked bow before their Lord and ask to return after seeing and hearing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: Occupants of hell
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The statement says hell will be filled with genii and men altogether.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: Adoring and almsgiving worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Believers fall down adoring, praise God, pray with fear and hope, and distribute
alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: Narrative ruler able to command the wind
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: In the note, Solomon orders the wind to carry the man to India.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: One unable to evade appointed death
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The man seeks removal to India, but the angel says he was commanded to take
his soul there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Revealed book
literal_form: The book whose revelation is from the Lord of all creatures.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Throne
literal_form: God's throne, ascended after creation of the heavens and earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Clay
literal_form: Material from which man is first created.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Water or seed
literal_form: An extract of despicable water, glossed in the note as seed.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Divine breath or spirit
literal_form: God breathes of his spirit into the shaped human.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Thousand-year day
literal_form: A day whose length is a thousand years of human computation.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: Bowing or falling down in adoration
literal_form: The wicked bow their heads before the Lord; believers fall down adoring.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: Five keys of secret knowledge
literal_form: Five things known to God alone, listed in the note.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- forbidden_knowledge
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revelation and preaching
summary: The book is presented as true revelation from God, and Mohammed is told
to preach to a people lacking a prior preacher.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Creation and cosmic governance
summary: God creates the heavens and earth in six days, ascends his throne, governs
all things from heaven to earth, and receives their return on a thousand-year
day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Formation of humanity
summary: Humanity is created from clay and seed or water, shaped, breathed into
with divine spirit, and given hearing, sight, and hearts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Death, resurrection, and judgment
summary: Deniers question resurrection; the angel of death causes death; people
return to their Lord; the wicked bow and ask to return but receive punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Adoration, prayer, alms, and reward
summary: Believers respond to signs by adoration, praise, nighttime prayer with
fear and hope, almsgiving, and a secretly prepared reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Secret knowledge and appointed death in the note
summary: The note lists five matters known to God alone and recounts a story in
which a man carried from Solomon to India meets the place appointed for his death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Revelation as divine truth and guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The book is described as a revelation from God and as truth by which Mohammed
may preach and direct a people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames revelation and guidance directly, but the broader taxonomy
label 'wisdom' is general.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine creation and enthronement
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: God creates the heavens and earth in six days and then ascends his throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference 'ascent' is used only for the stated divine ascent
to the throne, not for a full ascent-journey narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: Human formation from clay, water, and divine spirit
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage gives a sequence of human creation from clay, posterity from
water or seed, shaping, and divine breath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No more specific supplied taxonomy family directly matches this creation
sequence.
- id: motif:4
label: Resurrection and return to the Lord
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: Deniers question being raised from the earth; the angel of death causes death;
humans are brought back to their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes resurrection and judgment, without giving an extended
afterlife itinerary.
- id: motif:5
label: Judgment with punishment and hidden reward
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The wicked are punished and hell is filled, while believers receive a secretly
prepared satisfaction as reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The details are theological and ethical rather than a single narrative
episode.
- id: motif:6
label: Secret knowledge reserved to God
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: The note lists five matters known to God alone, including judgment's time,
rain, womb formation, tomorrow's events, and place of death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The 'forbidden_knowledge' reference is approximate; the note says the
knowledge is reserved to God, not that it is stolen or illicitly acquired.
- id: motif:7
label: Inescapable appointed death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: In the note's story, the man tries to flee the angel of death by being carried
to India, but India is where the angel was commanded to take his soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is from the translator/commentarial note rather than the main chapter
text.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note points to a recurrence of the statement about filling hell with
genii and men in other Qur'anic chapters.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Internal Qur'anic parallels noted as chapter 7 and chapter 11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: Only the note's cross-reference is present here; the compared passages
themselves are not included in the provided passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII opening
quote_or_summary: The revelation of the book is from the Lord; the accusation that
Mohammed forged it is denied; he is to preach to a people without a prior preacher.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, notes b-c before Chapter XXXII main text
quote_or_summary: A note lists five things known to God alone and recounts the story
of the angel of death, Solomon, and a man carried by wind to India where his soul
was appointed to be taken.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII creation passage
quote_or_summary: God creates the heavens, earth, and what is between them in six
days, then ascends his throne; no patron or intercessor exists besides him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII governance passage and note g
quote_or_summary: God governs from heaven to earth; things return to him on a day
measured as a thousand years; he knows future and present.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII human creation passage and note h
quote_or_summary: God first creates man from clay, makes posterity from an extract
of water glossed as seed, shapes him, breathes spirit into him, and gives hearing,
seeing, and hearts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII resurrection and death passage
quote_or_summary: Deniers question being raised after lying hidden in the earth;
the angel of death causes death; people are brought back to their Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII judgment and punishment passage with note
k
quote_or_summary: The wicked bow their heads and ask to return to the world; God
says hell will be filled with genii and men; the punished are told to taste eternal
punishment; the note cross-references chapters 7 and 11.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 29338-29435, Chapter XXXII believers and reward passage with notes
l-m
quote_or_summary: Believers fall down adoring, praise their Lord, rise from beds,
call with fear and hope, give alms, and receive a secretly prepared satisfaction
or 'joy of the eyes.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the main passage and notes. Some motif-family
mappings are approximate because the supplied taxonomy does not include all directly
relevant creation or death-appointment categories.
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 provided public-domain passage text and metadata. Translator/commentarial notes are treated as part of the provided passage but distinguished in evidence and cautions.
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