batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l29806-l29859
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l29806-l29859
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXXII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXIII.
/ IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 29806-29859
start: '29806'
end: '29859'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage includes commentary on distribution of possessions, Mohammed's
wives being offered a choice after asking for increased allowances, and interpretive
notes on the prophet's household. The translated text states that believers must
not choose contrary to what God and his apostle have decreed, recounts the case
of Zeid divorcing his wife and God joining her in marriage to the prophet, and
explains this as removing blame from believers who marry the former wives of adopted
sons after divorce.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Mohammed is described as giving immovable possessions to the Mohjerin because
the Ansrs had their own houses and the others lacked habitations.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Movable goods are described as being divided among Mohammed's followers, while
the usual fifth part was remitted.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The commentary says the passage was revealed after Mohammed's wives asked
for more sumptuous clothes and an additional allowance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The commentary says Mohammed gave his wives the option either to remain with
him or to be divorced; Ayesha chose God and his apostle, and the others followed
her example.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The translated text states that a true believer of either sex should not choose
a different matter after God and his apostle have decreed something.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The translated text addresses Mohammed remembering when he told a man favored
by God and by Mohammed to keep his wife and fear God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The translated text says Mohammed concealed in his mind what God had determined
to disclose and feared men, though it was more just for him to fear God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The translated text says that when Zeid resolved to divorce his wife, God
joined her in marriage to Mohammed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The stated purpose of the marriage is that no crime should be charged against
believers for marrying the wives of their adopted sons after those sons have determined
the matter concerning them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The translated text states that no crime is chargeable to the prophet concerning
what God has allowed him, according to an ordinance of God concerning those who
preceded him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: A commentary note reports a Shiite interpretation that the household of the
prophet in the surrounding passage particularly means Fatema, Ali, Hasan, and
Hosein.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed / the prophet / the apostle
description: The passage names Mohammed as distributor of possessions and identifies
him as God's apostle and the prophet who is addressed in the marriage episode.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: God decrees, has been gracious to the man addressed by Mohammed, determines
what will be disclosed, joins the woman in marriage to Mohammed, and allows the
prophet what is described as lawful.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mohjerin
description: A group described as receiving immovable possessions because they were
destitute of habitations.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ansrs
description: A group described as being in their own houses.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Mohammed's wives
description: The commentary says they asked for more sumptuous clothes and an additional
allowance and were offered the choice of staying with Mohammed or being divorced.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ayesha
description: One of Mohammed's wives, named in the commentary as the first to choose
God and his apostle when given the option.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: True believers of either sex
description: The translated text addresses true believers of either sex as not having
liberty to choose differently from what God and his apostle decree.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Zeid
description: The man in the translated text who resolves to divorce his wife after
Mohammed had told him to keep her and fear God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Zeid's wife
description: The woman whom Zeid resolves to divorce and whom God joins in marriage
to Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Fatema, Ali, Hasan, and Hosein
description: Named in a commentary note as the persons whom Shiite interpreters
identify as the household of the prophet in the surrounding passage.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The text refers to Mohammed as the prophet and says no crime is chargeable
to the prophet in what God allowed him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The text pairs God and his apostle as the authorities whose decree believers
must follow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: divine decreer and giver of allowance
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God decrees, discloses, joins the marriage, and allows what the prophet does.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: wives offered a choice
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The commentary says Mohammed's wives were offered the option to remain with
him or be divorced, and Ayesha chose God and his apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: obedient believers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Believers of either sex are said not to have liberty to choose contrary to
God's and the apostle's decree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: divorcing husband
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Zeid is said to have determined the matter concerning his wife and resolved
to divorce her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: distributor of possessions
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mohammed is described as assigning immovable possessions and distributing
movables.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: destitute recipients of habitations
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Mohjerin are described as destitute of habitations and as receiving immovable
possessions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:9
label: housed community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Ansrs are described as being in their own houses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:10
label: woman joined in marriage after divorce
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: After Zeid resolves to divorce her, God joins her in marriage to Mohammed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: interpreted household of the prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The commentary reports a Shiite interpretation identifying these figures
as the household of the prophet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: houses and habitations
literal_form: Ansrs' houses and the Mohjerin's lack of habitations
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fifth part of goods
literal_form: The usual fifth part of movable goods, here remitted
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: choice between marriage and divorce
literal_form: The option given to Mohammed's wives to stay with him or be divorced
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: divinely joined marriage
literal_form: God joining Zeid's former wife in marriage to Mohammed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Distribution of possessions
summary: Mohammed assigns immovable possessions to the Mohjerin because they lack
habitations, notes that the Ansrs have houses, divides movable goods among followers,
and remits the usual fifth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Wives offered the option
summary: The commentary says Mohammed's wives ask for more clothes and allowance,
after which he offers them the choice to stay with him or be divorced; Ayesha
chooses God and his apostle, and the others follow.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Believers under divine and apostolic decree
summary: The translated text states that true believers of either sex should not
choose differently when God and his apostle have decreed a matter, and that disobedience
is manifest error.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Zeid's divorce and Mohammed's marriage
summary: Mohammed tells the favored man to keep his wife and fear God; after Zeid
resolves to divorce her, God joins her in marriage to Mohammed so that believers
will not be blamed for marrying former wives of adopted sons after divorce.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Commentarial identification of the prophetic household
summary: A note reports that Shiite interpreters understand the prophet's household
in the surrounding passage as Fatema, Ali, Hasan, and Hosein.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine decree overrides individual choice
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The text explicitly says believers should not choose a different matter after
God and his apostle have decreed something, and calls disobedience manifest error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a legal-theological motif in the passage rather than a narrative
adventure motif.
- id: motif:2
label: Divinely sanctioned marriage establishes a legal precedent
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: God is said to join Zeid's former wife in marriage to Mohammed, with the
stated aim of removing blame from believers in analogous marriages after divorce.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label 'sacred_marriage' is only approximate; the passage
emphasizes divine authorization and legal precedent rather than a mythic union
of deities.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacred household offered a choice of loyalty
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The commentary says Mohammed's wives were offered the choice either to continue
with him or be divorced, and Ayesha and the others chose God and his apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is drawn from Sale's commentary, not solely from the translated
Qur'anic verses in the excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: Redistribution to a destitute faithful group
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Mohammed gives immovable possessions to the Mohjerin because they lack habitations
and divides movable goods among followers while remitting the usual fifth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: The available taxonomy reference is broad; the passage gives administrative
distribution details rather than an explicit mythic exchange pattern.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself frames the prophet's allowance as conformable to God's
ordinance concerning those who preceded him, suggesting a same-function comparison
with earlier prophetic precedents.
claim_level: same_function
target: Earlier persons or prophets described only as 'those who preceded him'
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The excerpt does not name the predecessors or describe their specific
cases, so the comparison cannot be made more specific from this passage alone.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 29806-29810
quote_or_summary: Commentary states that Mohammed gave immovable possessions to
the Mohjerin because the Ansrs had houses and the others lacked habitations; movables
were divided, and the usual fifth was remitted.
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 29812-29818
quote_or_summary: Commentary says the revelation followed Mohammed's wives asking
for more sumptuous clothes and allowance; he offered them the option to remain
with him or be divorced, and Ayesha and the others chose God and his apostle.
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 29819-29823
quote_or_summary: Commentary explains that a crime by the prophet's wives would
be more severe because of their superior condition and grace from God, and compares
this to doubled punishment for a free person and stricter reprimand of prophets.
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 29828-29833
quote_or_summary: Commentary reports a Shiite interpretation that the phrase concerning
the household of the prophet particularly refers to Fatema, Ali, Hasan, and Hosein.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 29844-29847
quote_or_summary: "“It is not fit for a true believer of either sex, when GOD and
his apostle have decreed a thing, that they should have the liberty of choosing
a different matter of their own.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 29848-29852
quote_or_summary: The text recalls Mohammed telling the man favored by God and by
himself to keep his wife and fear God, while Mohammed concealed what God would
disclose and feared men rather than 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 29852-29856
quote_or_summary: The text says that when Zeid resolved to divorce his wife, God
joined her in marriage to Mohammed so that believers would not be blamed for marrying
the wives of adopted sons after the matter was determined.
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 29856-29859
quote_or_summary: The text says no crime is chargeable to the prophet concerning
what God allowed him, in conformity with God's ordinance regarding those who preceded
him, and that God's command is a determinate decree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage combines translated Qur'anic text and Sale's explanatory notes.
Motif candidates that rely on commentary are marked cautiously; the strongest
extraction concerns divine decree and divinely sanctioned legal precedent.
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 supplied passage and metadata were used. No unstated names for Zeid's wife or external episode details were added.
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