batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l31729-l31833
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l31729-l31833
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
/ CHAPTER XXXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31729-31833
start: '31729'
end: '31833'
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: Opening portion of Chapter XXXIX states that the book is revealed from
God, commands pure worship, rejects patrons and divine sonship, describes God
as creator and governor of cosmic cycles and human formation, contrasts ingratitude
and prayerful obedience, warns of hell and resurrection loss, promises paradise
to the God-fearing, and presents rain-fed vegetation that grows, withers, and
becomes dust as instruction.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says the revelation of the book is from God and commands worship
of God with pure religion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Some people are described as taking patrons besides God and saying they worship
them only to be brought nearer to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that God will judge between disputants and will not direct
one who is a liar or ungrateful.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The passage rejects the idea that God has a son and calls God sole and almighty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as creating the heavens and earth, causing night and day
to succeed each other, and assigning the sun and moon to appointed periods.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Human beings are described as created from one man, with his wife formed from
him, and formed in mothers' wombs through gradual formations within three veils
of darkness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says a burdened soul shall not bear another's burden, and that
people will return to their Lord, who will declare what they have done and reward
them accordingly.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: A man in harm calls on his Lord, but after receiving favor forgets the being
he invoked and sets up equals to God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: A prayerful person at night, prostrate and standing, is contrasted with the
wicked unbeliever; those who know and those who do not know are also contrasted.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Those who lose their own souls and families on the day of resurrection are
called losers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Punishment is described with roofs of fire above and floors of fire below.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Those who avoid idol worship and turn to God receive good tidings and are
described as following the best of God's word.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Those who fear their Lord are promised high apartments in paradise, with other
apartments over them and rivers running beneath.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: God sends down water from heaven, makes it enter the earth as sources, produces
various corn, then causes it to wither, turn yellow, and crumble into dust.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The mighty and wise source of revelation; sole, almighty Lord, creator,
judge, forgiver, and giver of reward or punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Addressed in the passage as the one commanded to speak and worship
God; asked whether he can deliver one destined for hell.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those who take patrons besides God
description: People who say they worship other patrons so that those patrons may
bring them nearer to God.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ungrateful or forgetful man
description: A person who calls on God during harm but forgets after receiving favor
and sets up equals to God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Prayerful servant
description: One who prays during the hours of night, prostrate and standing, heeds
the life to come, and hopes for God's mercy.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Men of understanding
description: People who are warned, heed God's word, and follow what is most excellent
in it.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Those who fear their Lord
description: People for whom high apartments in paradise are prepared.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Wicked unbeliever or condemned person
description: A figure contrasted with the prayerful servant and described as destined
to dwell in hell fire when sentence is pronounced.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: revealer and lord
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The book is said to be revealed from God, who is called Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: creator and cosmic governor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates heavens, earth, humans, and governs night, day, sun, moon, water,
and vegetation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God judges disagreements, declares deeds after return, and rewards accordingly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: commanded messenger-speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Commands introduced by 'Say' direct the speaker to proclaim worship, warning,
and good tidings; Mohammed is named in a question about deliverance from hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: idolatrous intermediaries' worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They take patrons besides God and explain their worship as seeking nearness
to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: ungrateful recipient of favor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He invokes God in harm, then forgets after favor and sets up equals to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: night worshipper
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He prays at night, prostrate and standing, and hopes for God's mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: understanding hearers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage says men of understanding are warned and follow the best of God's
word.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: paradise recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Those who fear their Lord receive prepared high apartments in paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: hell-destined unbeliever
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The wicked unbeliever and the one under sentence of eternal punishment are
associated with hell fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: revealed book
literal_form: book revealed from God with truth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: night and day succession
literal_form: night succeeding day and day succeeding night
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sun and moon under appointed service
literal_form: sun and moon performing services until an appointed period
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: three veils of darkness
literal_form: three veils of darkness around gradual womb formation
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: individual burden
literal_form: a burdened soul not bearing another's burden
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: hell fire enclosure
literal_form: roofs of fire above and floors of fire below
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: paradise apartments and rivers
literal_form: high apartments in paradise with other apartments above and rivers
beneath
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: heaven-sent water and withering crop
literal_form: water from heaven, earth sources, corn growth, yellowing, withering,
and dust
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revelation and pure worship command
summary: The passage identifies the book as revelation from God, commands pure religion
toward God, and says God will judge those who worship patrons besides him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Creation and formation
summary: God creates and governs the heavens, earth, night, day, sun, moon, human
origin, cattle, and human development in the womb.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Return and recompense
summary: The passage states that no soul bears another's burden and that people
return to their Lord, who declares and rewards their deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Distress, favor, and forgetfulness
summary: A harmed man invokes his Lord but after receiving favor forgets the one
he invoked and sets up equals to God, with hell fire threatened.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Contrasted worshippers and knowers
summary: The night worshipper who hopes for mercy and heeds the life to come is
contrasted with the wicked unbeliever and with those who lack knowledge.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Resurrection loss and fiery punishment
summary: Those who lose themselves and families on the day of resurrection are warned
of fire above and below.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Good tidings and paradise promise
summary: Those who avoid idols and turn to God receive good tidings; those who fear
their Lord are promised layered apartments in paradise with rivers beneath.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Rain-fed vegetation as instruction
summary: God sends down water that enters the earth, brings forth corn, then the
corn withers, yellows, and crumbles into dust as instruction for men of understanding.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment and recompense
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God judges between religious disputants, people return to their Lord, and
deeds are declared and rewarded accordingly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal proclamation rather than narrative myth.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection-day loss and afterlife punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage names the day of resurrection, describes loss of souls and families,
and depicts punishment with fire above and below.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives warning imagery, not an extended resurrection narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: contrasting afterlife destinations
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- duality
basis: Condemned figures are destined for hell fire, while those who fear God are
promised high apartments in paradise with rivers beneath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: There is no detailed journey map; the motif is limited to opposed destinations
and settings.
- id: motif:4
label: moral duality of believer and unbeliever
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage contrasts the prayerful person with the wicked unbeliever and
those who know with those who do not know.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The contrast is ethical and religious, not a paired mythic dualism of
deities.
- id: motif:5
label: water-driven growth, decay, and instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Water from heaven produces corn, which then withers, yellows, and crumbles
into dust; this is presented as instruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents an agricultural cycle as a sign or lesson; it does
not narrate a full seasonal myth.
- id: motif:6
label: divine creative ordering
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God creates heavens and earth, orders night and day, appoints sun and moon,
and forms humans in the womb.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No matching creation-specific motif family is supplied in the available
taxonomy list beyond broader adjacent categories.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 31729-31752
quote_or_summary: The book is revealed from God with truth; pure religion is to
be exhibited to God; worshippers of other patrons say these patrons bring them
nearer to God; God will judge between them; divine sonship is denied.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 31753-31765
quote_or_summary: God creates heavens and earth, makes night and day succeed one
another, assigns sun and moon to appointed periods, creates humans from one man
and his wife, bestows cattle, and forms humans in wombs within three veils of
darkness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 31784-31790
quote_or_summary: If people are ungrateful God has no need of them; no burdened
soul bears another's burden; people return to their Lord, who declares what they
have wrought and rewards accordingly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 31791-31798
quote_or_summary: When harm befalls a man he calls on his Lord, but after God grants
favor he forgets the being invoked and sets up equals to God; he is warned that
he will be among inhabitants of hell fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 31799-31806
quote_or_summary: A person praying in the night, prostrate and standing, heeding
the life to come and hoping for mercy, is contrasted with the wicked unbeliever;
those who know and those who do not are not equal; men of understanding are warned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 31812-31818
quote_or_summary: Those who lose themselves and their families on the day of resurrection
suffer manifest loss; over them are roofs of fire and under them floors of fire,
by which God terrifies his servants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 31819-31823
quote_or_summary: Those who eschew idol worship and turn to God receive good tidings;
those who hear God's word and follow the most excellent part are directed by God
and are men of understanding; Mohammed is addressed regarding one destined for
hell fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 31824-31828
quote_or_summary: For those who fear their Lord, high apartments in paradise are
prepared, with other apartments built over them and rivers running beneath; this
is called God's promise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 31829-31833
quote_or_summary: God sends down water from heaven, makes it enter and form sources
in the earth, produces various corn, then makes it wither, turn yellow, and crumble
into dust; this is instruction to men of understanding.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based directly on the supplied English passage. Motif labels
are limited to the provided taxonomy and stated imagery; no external comparison
claims were added.
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: |-
Footnotes in the supplied passage were used only where they clarified literal wording already present; no external source material was introduced.
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