batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l30335-l30394
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l30335-l30394
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXXIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXIV.
/ IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 30335-30394
start: '30335'
end: '30394'
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 says that Eblis successfully drew many people after him except
true believers, while his power was only to tempt so that belief in the life to
come might be distinguished from doubt. It rejects the power of other supposed
gods, restricts intercession to those permitted by God, presents God as provider,
judge, and sender of a messenger to all mankind, and describes unbelievers disputing
at the last judgment, especially the weak and the arrogant blaming one another.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Eblis is said to have found his opinion of people true, and they followed
him except a party of true believers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Eblis is described as having no power over people except to tempt them, with
the stated purpose of distinguishing believers in the life to come from those
who doubted it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage denies that imagined gods besides God possess even the weight
of an ant in heaven or on earth, share in creation or government, or assist God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Intercession is said to be useful only for one to whom God grants permission
to intercede.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Lord is said to assemble people at the last day and judge between them
with truth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker is described as sent to mankind in general as a bearer of good
tidings and a denouncer of threats.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Unbelievers reject belief in the Koran and earlier revelation, and the passage
depicts unjust doers set before their Lord disputing with one another.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Those esteemed weak blame the arrogant for preventing their belief; the arrogant
respond that the weak acted wickedly by their own free choice.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: A note explains Eblis's opinion as possibly concerning the Sabeans or all
mankind at Adam's fall or creation.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Eblis
description: A being whose opinion of people is fulfilled and whose power over them
is limited to tempting them.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers
description: A party excepted from those who followed Eblis and associated with
belief in the life to come.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The one who observes all things, grants permission for intercession,
provides from heaven and earth, assembles people at the last day, and judges with
truth.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: imagined gods besides God
description: Beings invoked by idolaters but denied any ownership, share in creation
or government, or assisting role.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: intercessor granted permission
description: A figure whose intercession is useful only if God grants permission.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: thee / messenger addressed
description: The one said to be sent to mankind in general as a bearer of good tidings
and denouncer of threats.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: unbelievers / unjust doers
description: People who say they will not believe in the Koran or prior revelation
and who are depicted standing before their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: those esteemed weak
description: A group among the unjust doers who blame the arrogant for their unbelief.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: those who behaved arrogantly
description: A group among the unjust doers accused by the weak and replying that
the weak chose wickedness.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: idolaters
description: People addressed as calling on imagined gods besides God.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: tempter with limited power
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Eblis has no power except to tempt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: faithful exception
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: True believers are excepted from those who followed Eblis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: supreme provider and final judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God provides from heaven and earth, assembles people at the last day, and
judges with truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: powerless rival deities
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage denies that the imagined gods own, share, or assist in creation
or government.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: permitted intercessor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Intercession is effective only for one granted permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: universal warner and bringer of good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The addressee is sent to mankind in general as bearer of good tidings and
denouncer of threats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: rejecters of revelation before judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They reject the Koran and prior revelation and are shown before their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: subordinate blamers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Those esteemed weak blame the arrogant for preventing their belief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: arrogant leaders or opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They are accused by the weak and deny responsibility, saying the weak chose
wickedness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: worshippers of imagined partners
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They are told to call on those they imagine to be gods besides God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: weight of an ant
literal_form: the weight of an ant in heaven or on earth
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: heaven and earth as domains of provision and non-ownership by rivals
literal_form: heaven and earth
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: sym:3
label: last day
literal_form: the last day / a day that cannot be retarded or hastened
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: sym:4
label: terror removed from hearts
literal_form: the terror shall be taken off from their hearts
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Eblis tempts and true believers are excepted
summary: Eblis is followed by many, but true believers are excepted; his power is
limited to temptation, which distinguishes belief in the life to come from doubt.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Denial of rival divine power
summary: Idolaters are challenged to call on supposed gods besides God, whose ownership,
creative share, governance, and assistance are denied.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Permitted intercession and divine response
summary: Intercession is restricted to those given permission, and those affected
wait in suspense until terror is removed from their hearts and they answer that
the Lord has spoken justly.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: scene:4
label: Final assembly and judgment
summary: The Lord will assemble people at the last day and judge between them with
truth; the threatened day cannot be hastened or delayed.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: scene:5
label: Dispute of the unjust before the Lord
summary: Unbelievers reject revelation, and the unjust are imagined before their
Lord, where the weak and the arrogant exchange blame over unbelief and responsibility.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: final divine judgment and assembly
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly says the Lord will assemble people at the last day
and judge between them with truth, and depicts unjust doers before their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgment and dispute; it does not provide a detailed
afterlife itinerary.
- id: motif:2
label: temptation as a test separating belief from doubt
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Eblis has no power except to tempt, and the temptation distinguishes those
who believe in the life to come from those who doubt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage calls Eblis a tempter but does not elaborate a full trickster
episode.
- id: motif:3
label: restricted intercession before the divine presence
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Intercession is said to avail only when God grants permission, with fear
and suspense surrounding the divine judgment context.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states the rule of intercession but gives little narrative
detail about individual intercessors.
- id: motif:4
label: powerless false partners contrasted with sole divine sovereignty
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage denies that imagined gods possess even the weight of an ant in
heaven or earth or share in creation and government.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No specific available taxonomy reference directly matches this polemical
monotheistic motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 30335-30336
quote_or_summary: "“Eblis found his opinion of them to be true... they followed
him, except a party of the true believers.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 30337-30340
quote_or_summary: Eblis has no power except to tempt, so that belief in the life
to come may be distinguished from doubt; the Lord observes all things.
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 30341-30345
quote_or_summary: Those imagined to be gods besides God lack even the weight of
an ant in heaven or earth, have no share in creation or government, and are not
assistants to God.
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 30346-30350
quote_or_summary: Intercession in God's presence helps only for one to whom God
grants permission; those involved wait until terror is removed from their hearts.
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 30355-30357
quote_or_summary: "“Our LORD will assemble us together at the last day: then he
will judge between us with truth.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 30360-30362
quote_or_summary: The addressee is sent to mankind in general as a bearer of good
tidings and a denouncer of threats, though most do not understand.
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 30366-30370
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers say they will not believe in the Koran or earlier
revelation; the unjust are depicted set before their Lord and disputing with one
another.
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 30370-30377
quote_or_summary: Those esteemed weak say the arrogant prevented their belief; the
arrogant deny turning them aside and say the weak acted wickedly by free choice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: note
locator: note n, lines 30379-30383
quote_or_summary: 'Sale''s note gives possible referents for Eblis''s opinion: the
Sabeans, or all mankind at Adam''s fall or creation.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 30352-30353
quote_or_summary: 'The passage asks who provides food from heaven and earth and
answers: God.'
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 30363-30365
quote_or_summary: A threatened day is announced that cannot be delayed or hastened
by one hour.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: note
locator: note q, lines 30386-30389
quote_or_summary: Sale's note explains the terror as being removed from intercessors
and those for whom intercession is allowed by divine permission; no angel or prophet
dares speak at the last day without divine leave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage and notes. Motif labels
are conservative; comparison claims are omitted 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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself establish historical contact, common inheritance, or comparison to a named external tradition beyond internal cross-references and notes.
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