batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l30397-l30478
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l30397-l30478
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 30397-30478
start: '30397'
end: '30478'
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 describes disputes between weak followers and arrogant leaders,
denial of divine warnings by affluent people and Meccan unbelievers, the insufficiency
of riches and children before God, reward for belief and righteousness, punishment
for rejecting signs, a judgment scene involving angels and devil-worship, accusations
against Mohammed and the Koran, reminders of former peoples punished for rejecting
apostles, counsel to deliberate before God, the prophet's lack of request for
reward, the coming of truth over falsehood, and a final scene in which unbelievers
tremble, cannot reach faith from a distant place, and are separated by a bar from
what they desire.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those called weak accuse arrogant figures of ruining them through plots and
commands not to believe in God and to set up other gods as equals.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: After seeing the prepared punishment, the disbelievers conceal repentance,
and yokes are put on their necks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Whenever a warner is sent to a city, affluent inhabitants reject the message.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Those of Mecca claim abundance in riches and children and deny future punishment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Riches and children are said not to bring people near to God; belief and righteous
works receive a double reward and secure dwelling in upper apartments of paradise.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Whatever is given in alms is said to be returned by the Lord, who is called
the best provider of food.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: On a day of gathering, God questions angels about whether the people worshipped
them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The angels deny being worshipped and say the people worshipped devils.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Those who acted unjustly are told to taste the pain of hell fire that they
had rejected as falsehood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: When evident signs are read, opponents describe Mohammed as a man turning
people away from ancestral gods and describe the Koran as forged falsehood and
sorcery.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Earlier peoples are said to have accused prophets of imposture and then experienced
severe vengeance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The hearers are advised to stand before God in pairs and singly and consider
that Mohammed is not mad but a warner before severe punishment.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Mohammed is instructed to say that he asks no reward for preaching and expects
reward from God alone.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Truth is said to have come, while falsehood has vanished and will not return.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: Unbelievers are described as trembling, finding no refuge, being taken from
a near place, and being unable to receive faith from a distant place after previous
denial.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:16
text: A bar is placed between the unbelievers and what they desire, as with earlier
people like them.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: those esteemed weak
description: People described as weak who accuse arrogant figures of causing their
ruin.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: those who behaved with arrogance
description: Figures accused of plotting and commanding disbelief and association
of other gods with God.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure who provides, rewards, gathers, questions angels,
reveals truth, and judges.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: warner
description: A messenger sent to cities; Mohammed is also described as a warner
before severe punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: affluent city inhabitants
description: Inhabitants living in affluence who reject the message of a warner.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: those of Mecca
description: People who claim abundance in riches and children and deny future punishment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: believers and righteous workers
description: Those who believe and work righteousness and receive doubled reward
and secure dwellings.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: angels
description: Beings questioned by God who deny that the people worshipped them and
identify devil-worship.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: devils
description: Beings identified by the angels as the actual objects of worship for
many people.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: those who acted unjustly / unbelievers
description: People who reject signs, deny truth, reject hell fire, tremble, find
no refuge, and are separated from what they desire.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Named as a companion not mad, a preacher asking no reward, and a warner
before severe punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: former peoples
description: Earlier groups who accused apostles of imposture and received severe
vengeance; also compared to later unbelievers blocked from desire.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: prophets / apostles
description: Messengers accused of imposture by earlier peoples.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: subordinate accuser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They address the arrogant and blame them for ruin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: arrogant misleader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are accused of plotting and commanding disbelief and association of
other gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God gathers all, questions angels, assigns punishment, and rewards deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: provider and revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Lord bestows or withholds provision, returns alms, and reveals truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: warner or messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:11
- fig:13
basis: Warners are sent to cities, Mohammed is named a warner, and apostles are
rejected by former peoples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: rejecter of warning
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:10
basis: These figures reject the message, deny punishment, or reject signs and truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Belief and righteous action receive doubled reward and secure dwelling.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: angelic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The angels answer God's question and clarify whom the people worshipped.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: false object of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The angels say the people worshipped devils.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: punished unjust
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They are told to taste hell fire, tremble, find no refuge, and are barred
from desire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:11
label: unpaid preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: He says he asks no reward for preaching and expects reward from God alone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: precedent generation
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Former peoples similarly accused apostles and experienced divine vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: yokes on necks
literal_form: yokes placed on the necks of disbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: riches and children
literal_form: wealth and offspring claimed by the people of Mecca
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: upper apartments of paradise
literal_form: secure upper dwellings in paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: alms returned
literal_form: things given in alms that the Lord returns
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: hell fire
literal_form: fire of hell whose pain is tasted
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: two and two, and singly
literal_form: standing before God in pairs and alone for deliberation
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: near place and distant place
literal_form: spatial contrast between being taken from a near place and attempting
to receive faith from a distant place
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:8
label: bar between desire and the unbelievers
literal_form: a bar placed between the unbelievers and what they desire
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:9
label: truth and falsehood
literal_form: truth coming and falsehood vanishing
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Weak and arrogant disputing after ruin
summary: The weak blame arrogant leaders for plotting and commanding disbelief;
after punishment appears, repentance is concealed and yokes are placed on disbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Affluent rejection of warning
summary: Warners sent to cities are rejected by affluent inhabitants; Meccan opponents
claim wealth and children and deny afterlife punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Reward, provision, and alms
summary: The passage states that wealth and children do not bring nearness to God,
while belief and righteous action receive doubled reward and secure paradisal
dwellings; alms are returned by the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Judgment involving angels and devils
summary: On a day of gathering, God asks the angels whether the people worshipped
them; the angels deny this and identify the worship of devils.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Punishment for rejected truth
summary: The unjust are told that neither party can profit or hurt another and are
commanded to taste the pain of hell fire they rejected.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Accusations against Mohammed and the Koran
summary: Opponents respond to evident signs by accusing Mohammed of turning them
from ancestral gods and calling the Koran forged falsehood and sorcery.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Former peoples as precedent
summary: The passage recalls that earlier peoples accused prophets and apostles
of imposture despite greater riches and strength, and then faced severe vengeance.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Deliberation before God and the unpaid preacher
summary: The hearers are told to stand before God in pairs and alone, consider Mohammed's
sanity and warning, and hear that he asks no preaching reward except from God.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:9
label: Truth arrives and unbelievers are barred
summary: Truth is said to come and falsehood to vanish; unbelievers tremble, find
no refuge, seek faith too late from a distant place, and are separated by a bar
from what they desire.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:10
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment according to deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly connects belief, righteous works, disbelief, injustice,
and rejection of signs with reward, punishment, hell fire, and a final bar from
desire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and eschatological; motif labeling should not
flatten the theological context.
- id: motif:2
label: prophetic warning rejected by affluent or former peoples
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Warners sent to cities are rejected by affluent inhabitants; opponents accuse
Mohammed and the Koran; former peoples also accused apostles and received vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No specific named earlier people are given in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: wealth and children fail as protection before God
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Those of Mecca claim riches and children and deny punishment, but the passage
states that riches and children do not bring nearness to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a moral-theological pattern rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:4
label: angelic witness against misdirected worship
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: At the gathering, God asks angels whether they were worshipped; they deny
it and state that the people worshipped devils.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage provides a brief judgment dialogue, not an extended trial
scene.
- id: motif:5
label: truth overcomes falsehood
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that truth has come and falsehood has vanished and will
not return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The statement is formulaic and not expanded into an independent narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: too-late belief and blocked desire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Unbelievers tremble, cannot receive faith from a distant place after prior
denial, and a bar is placed between them and what they desire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The exact object of desire is not specified in the passage.
- id: motif:7
label: sacred exchange of alms returned by God
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage says whatever is given in alms will be returned by the Lord,
who is the best provider of food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is stated as religious teaching, not dramatized as a story
event.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself compares present rejecters with earlier peoples who rejected
apostles and were punished, supporting a recurring warning-rejection-vengeance
pattern within the text's own frame.
claim_level: same_function
target: former peoples who accused prophets or apostles of imposture
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The earlier peoples are unnamed in this excerpt, so the comparison
cannot be tied to a specific narrative without outside evidence.
- id: claim:2
claim: The judgment scenes align with the supplied motif family of divine judgment
because the passage presents gathering, testimony, reward, punishment, hell fire,
and separation from desired outcomes.
claim_level: same_motif
target: divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is a taxonomy-level comparison, not evidence of historical contact
with another tradition.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 30397-30404
quote_or_summary: The weak accuse the arrogant of plotting and commanding disbelief
and rival gods; after seeing punishment, repentance is concealed and yokes are
placed on disbelievers' necks.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 30405-30407
quote_or_summary: '"We have sent no warner unto any city, but the inhabitants thereof
who lived in affluence said, Verily we believe not that with which ye are sent."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 30408-30409
quote_or_summary: Those of Mecca say they abound more in riches and children and
will not be punished hereafter.
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 30412-30417
quote_or_summary: Riches and children do not bring nearness to God; believers who
work righteousness receive a double reward and dwell securely in the upper apartments
of paradise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 30420-30423
quote_or_summary: The Lord gives or withholds provision as he pleases, and whatever
is given in alms he returns; he is the best provider of food.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 30424-30427
quote_or_summary: On a day of gathering, God asks angels whether people worshipped
them; angels answer that God is their friend and that the people worshipped devils.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 30428-30431
quote_or_summary: '"Taste ye the pain of hell fire, which ye rejected as a falsehood."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 30432-30437
quote_or_summary: Opponents say Mohammed seeks to turn them from the gods of their
fathers, call the Koran forged falsehood, and call the truth manifest sorcery.
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 30440-30444
quote_or_summary: Earlier peoples accused prophets and apostles of imposture, though
they had greater riches and strength, and God's vengeance was severe.
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 30445-30456
quote_or_summary: The hearers are advised to stand before God two by two and singly,
deliberate sincerely, and recognize Mohammed as a warner before severe punishment;
a note explains private deliberation without passion or prejudice.
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 30460-30464
quote_or_summary: Mohammed says he asks no reward for preaching; his reward is expected
from God alone, who witnesses all things and sends down truth to prophets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: lines 30465-30466
quote_or_summary: '"Truth is come, and falsehood is vanished, and shall not return
any more."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 30469-30473
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers tremble, find no refuge, are taken from a near place,
claim belief, and cannot receive faith from a distant place after earlier denial.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 30474-30478
quote_or_summary: A bar is placed between the unbelievers and what they desire,
as was done with similar people before them, because they were in scandal-causing
doubt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear for judgment, reward, punishment, rejected warning,
and blocked desire motifs. Some line subranges are approximate within the supplied
stable passage range.
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: |-
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