batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l30481-l30579
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l30481-l30579
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXV. /
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 30481-30579
start: '30481'
end: '30579'
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 XXXV by praising God as creator of heaven and
earth and maker of winged angelic messengers. It warns that former apostles were
also accused, identifies Satan as an enemy and deceiver, contrasts punishment
for unbelief with reward for righteous belief, describes God reviving dead earth
as a sign of resurrection, states that good speech ascends to God, recounts human
creation from dust and seed, contrasts fresh and salt seas, describes cosmic alternation
of night and day and the appointed courses of sun and moon, denies power to idols,
and closes with individual accountability and assembly before God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as creator of heaven and earth and as making angels messengers
with wings in differing numbers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God's mercy is described as something no one can withhold if God bestows it,
and no one can bestow if God withholds it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed messenger is told that apostles before him were also accused
of imposture.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage warns humans not to be deceived by present life or by the deceiver
concerning God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Satan is identified as an enemy who invites his confederates to become inhabitants
of hell.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Unbelievers are said to have severe torment prepared for them, while believers
who do right are said to have mercy and a great reward prepared for them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: God sends winds, raises a cloud, drives it to a dead country, and thereby
quickens the earth after it has been dead; the passage says the resurrection shall
be so.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Good speech is said to ascend to God, and righteous work is said to be exalted
by him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Humans are described as created first from dust and afterward from seed, and
as made man and wife.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Conception, birth, lengthening of life, and diminishing of age are said to
occur with God's knowledge and to be written in the book of God's decrees.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: 'Two seas are contrasted: one fresh, sweet, and pleasant to drink; the other
salt and bitter; both provide fish and ornaments, and ships are seen moving through
their waves.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Night succeeds day and day succeeds night, while sun and moon run appointed
courses.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Idols invoked besides God are described as unable to hear or answer and as
disclaiming the association on the day of resurrection.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: A burdened soul is said not to bear the burden of another, and all are said
to be assembled before God at the last day.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Creator of heaven and earth, giver or withholder of mercy, provider,
sender of winds and clouds, reviver of dead earth, creator of humans, ruler of
cosmic cycles, and final judge before whom all assemble.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: angels
description: Messengers made by God, furnished with wings in differing numbers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: men / mankind
description: The addressed human audience, dependent on God for provision and admonished
to remember God's favor.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: addressed messenger
description: The person addressed as being accused of imposture and told that earlier
apostles were likewise accused.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: apostles before the addressed messenger
description: Earlier apostles who were also accused of imposture.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Satan
description: Enemy and deceiver who invites his confederates to hell.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: unbelievers and wicked plotters
description: Those for whom severe torment is prepared and those whose wicked devices
are rendered vain.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: believers who do right
description: Those for whom mercy and a great reward are prepared.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: idols invoked besides God
description: Objects or beings invoked besides God, said not to hear or answer and
to disclaim association on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: burdened soul
description: A soul bearing its own burden and unable to have another bear any part
of it, even if the other is closely related.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is named creator of heaven and earth and creator of humankind from dust
and seed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: provider and giver of mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God's mercy and provision from heaven and earth are described as under his
control.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: reviver and resurrection guarantor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends winds and clouds to quicken dead earth, with this action linked
to resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: final judge and cosmic sovereign
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says all things return to God, the kingdom is his, idols disclaim
association on resurrection day, and all assemble before God at the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: angelic messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Angels are directly called God's messengers and described with wings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: dependent human audience
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Humans are told they need God and are asked to remember his favor and provision.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: accused messenger and admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The addressed figure is told that accusations against him repeat those against
earlier apostles and is instructed to admonish those who fear their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: precedent rejected apostles
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Earlier apostles are said to have been accused of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: enemy and deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Satan is called an enemy and connected with deception and invitation to hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: condemned unbelievers and plotters
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Unbelievers receive severe torment, and wicked plotters' devices are rendered
vain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: righteous recipients of reward
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Those who believe and do right are promised mercy and a great reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:12
label: powerless false objects of invocation
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Idols invoked besides God are described as unable to hear or answer and as
disclaiming association at resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: individually accountable soul
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: A burdened soul cannot transfer its burden to another and all are assembled
before God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: angel wings
literal_form: two, three, and four pairs of wings on angelic messengers
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: winds and cloud reviving dead land
literal_form: winds, cloud, dead country, and quickened earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: ascent of good speech
literal_form: good speech ascending to God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: dust and seed
literal_form: dust and seed as stages in human creation
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: book of God's decrees
literal_form: written record of life span, conception, and birth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: two contrasted seas
literal_form: fresh sweet sea and salt bitter sea
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: ships on the waves
literal_form: ships ploughing the waves for commerce
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: sun and moon on appointed courses
literal_form: sun and moon performing their services and running appointed courses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: skin of a date-stone
literal_form: the skin of a date-stone used as an image of minimal power or possession
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: burden of the soul
literal_form: a burden carried by a soul and not transferable to another
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Creation, angels, mercy, and provision
summary: God is praised as creator of heaven and earth, maker of winged angelic
messengers, controller of mercy, and provider from heaven and earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Warning against accusation and deception
summary: The addressed messenger is told that earlier apostles were accused; humans
are warned against deception, Satan is named an enemy, and opposing destinies
of punishment and reward are stated.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Dead earth quickened as resurrection sign
summary: God sends winds and a cloud to a dead country, quickening the earth after
death; the passage states that resurrection will be like this.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Ascent of speech and failure of plots
summary: Good speech ascends to God, righteous work is exalted, and wicked plots
are said to bring punishment and become vain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Human generation and decreed lifespan
summary: God creates humans from dust and seed, makes them man and wife, knows conception
and birth, and records lifespan in the book of decrees.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Two seas and maritime provision
summary: Fresh and salt seas are contrasted while both yield fish and ornaments,
and ships move through the waves for commerce and abundance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Cosmic alternation and powerless idols
summary: Night and day succeed each other, sun and moon run appointed courses, and
idols invoked besides God are denied power and said to disclaim association at
resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Individual burden and final assembly
summary: Each burdened soul is responsible for its own burden; the admonished are
those who fear their Lord and pray, and all are assembled before God at the last
day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine creation and providence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God is described as creator of heaven and earth, provider from heaven and
earth, maker of human beings, and source of mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is a broad theological pattern rather than a narrow narrative motif.
- id: motif:2
label: Angelic messengers with multiple wings
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Angels are made God's messengers and furnished with two, three, and four
pairs of wings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this image.
- id: motif:3
label: Rejected messenger in continuity with earlier apostles
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressed messenger is told that apostles before him were also accused
of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the pattern but does not narrate the earlier apostles'
stories here.
- id: motif:4
label: Deceiver enemy leading followers to hell
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Satan is identified as an enemy and deceiver who invites his confederates
to become inhabitants of hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: Although Satan is a deceiver, the available trickster taxonomy is not
assigned because the passage emphasizes enmity and punishment rather than boundary-crossing
trickster functions.
- id: motif:5
label: Divine judgment with reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts severe torment for unbelief with mercy and reward for
righteous belief, describes idols disclaiming association at resurrection, and
states that all assemble before God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states judgment outcomes and accountability but does not depict
a full judgment-scene narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: Resurrection figured by reviving dead earth
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: God quickens dead earth by winds and cloud, and the passage explicitly says
the resurrection shall be so.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The death-rebirth reference applies to the earth image; the passage's
explicit doctrinal target is resurrection.
- id: motif:7
label: Ascent of good speech
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Good speech is said to ascend to God, with righteous work exalted by him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is not a bodily ascent narrative; it is the ascent of speech and
exaltation of deeds.
- id: motif:8
label: Human origin from dust and seed under divine decree
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Humans are created from dust and seed, made as spouses, and life processes
are recorded in the book of God's decrees.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No narrower available taxonomy reference directly fits this creation-and-decree
sequence.
- id: motif:9
label: 'Contrasted waters: fresh and salt seas'
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage contrasts a fresh sweet sea with a salt bitter sea while noting
that both yield food and ornaments and carry ships.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The duality is literal and cosmological/economic in the passage; no conflict
between the seas is narrated.
- id: motif:10
label: Ordered alternation of night and day with celestial courses
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Night and day succeed one another, and sun and moon run appointed courses
under God's sovereignty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions daily alternation and celestial order; a full seasonal-cycle
motif is only partially supported.
- id: motif:11
label: Individual non-transferable burden
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A burdened soul cannot bear another's burden, and all are assembled before
God at the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is juridical and moral rather than a narrative action sequence.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself compares the quickening of dead earth by winds and cloud
to the resurrection of the dead.
claim_level: same_function
target: resurrection motif family expressed through dead-earth revival imagery
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is internal to the passage and does not establish historical
contact with other traditions.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage presents accusations against the addressed messenger as part
of the same recurring pattern experienced by earlier apostles.
claim_level: same_motif
target: rejected or accused apostolic messengers in the nearby prophetic corpus
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The earlier apostles are not named or narrated in this excerpt.
- id: claim:3
claim: The contrast between reward for righteous believers and torment for unbelievers
functions as an instance of the divine judgment motif family.
claim_level: same_function
target: divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The excerpt states the judgment logic but does not present a detailed
judgment tribunal scene.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 30481-30490
quote_or_summary: Chapter opening praises God as creator of heaven and earth and
describes angels as his messengers with two, three, and four pairs of wings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 30490-30495
quote_or_summary: God's mercy cannot be withheld if bestowed or bestowed if withheld;
humans are told to remember God's favor and provision from heaven and earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 30520-30530
quote_or_summary: The addressed messenger is told that previous apostles were accused;
humans are warned against deception; Satan is called an enemy; unbelievers face
torment and righteous believers mercy and reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 30530-30535
quote_or_summary: The passage contrasts one whose evil work seems good with one
rightly disposed, says God causes to err or directs whom he pleases, and tells
the addressed figure not to spend his soul in grief for the obstinate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 30536-30539
quote_or_summary: God sends winds and a cloud to a dead country and thereby quickens
the dead earth; "so shall the resurrection be."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 30540-30543
quote_or_summary: Good speech ascends to God, righteous work is exalted, and wicked
plotters suffer punishment while their devices become vain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 30544-30549
quote_or_summary: God creates humans from dust and seed, makes them man and wife,
knows conception and birth, and records changes in lifespan in the book of decrees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 30550-30556
quote_or_summary: The passage contrasts fresh sweet water with salt bitter water;
both yield fish and ornaments, and ships plough the waves for commerce and abundance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 30557-30565
quote_or_summary: God makes night and day succeed each other and appoints courses
for sun and moon; idols invoked besides God lack power, do not answer, and disclaim
association on resurrection day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 30566-30579
quote_or_summary: Humans need God; God could replace them with a new creature; no
burdened soul bears another's burden; those who fear God and pray are admonished;
all assemble before God at the last day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy mapping
is cautious because several important images do not have exact available taxonomy
references. Comparison claims are limited to internal comparisons and explicitly
stated recurring patterns.
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 text and metadata were used. Footnotes from the supplied text were not treated as independent narrative scenes except where they clarify the supplied translation context.
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