batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l31836-l31890
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l31836-l31890
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 31836-31890
start: '31836'
end: '31890'
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 contrasts those whose breasts are opened to Islam and who follow
divine light with those whose hearts are hardened. It describes the Koran as a
consistent Arabic discourse of repeated admonitions that affects the skin and
hearts of those who fear God. It warns of punishment on the day of resurrection,
recalls punishments that came upon earlier people who accused apostles of imposture,
presents parables for warning, contrasts divided service with single devotion,
states that Mohammed and others will die and dispute before God at resurrection,
and contrasts liars against God with truth-bringers who will receive expiation
and reward.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A person whose breast God has enlarged to receive Islam and who follows light
from the Lord is contrasted with a person whose heart is hardened.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God are said to
be in manifest error.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: God is said to have revealed a discourse described as a book conformable to
itself and containing repeated admonitions.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The skins of those who fear their Lord shrink for fear and then become soft,
as do their hearts, at the remembrance of their Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A person facing punishment on the day of resurrection is described as obliged
to screen himself with his face.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The ungodly are told to taste what they have deserved.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Earlier people accused their apostles of imposture, and punishment came upon
them unexpectedly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The Koran is described as containing every kind of parable for mankind and
as an Arabic Koran with no crookedness.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: A parable contrasts a man with several mutually opposed companions and a man
who commits himself wholly to one person.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Mohammed is told that he will die, and that others also will die.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The parties are said to debate with one another before their Lord on the day
of resurrection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: A dwelling in hell is said to be provided for unbelievers.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Those who bring the truth and give credit to it are described as God-fearing
and as receiving desire, expiation, and reward from their Lord.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: A note explains the face-screening image as a person whose hands are chained
to his neck and who cannot oppose anything but his face to the fire.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: A note interprets the divided-service parable as representing the idolater
distracted among different masters and the worshipper of the one true God.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The Lord who enlarges the breast, reveals the discourse, directs whom
he pleases, punishes, receives debate at resurrection, expiates wrongdoing, and
rewards the righteous.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Person whose breast is enlarged
description: A person whose breast God has enlarged to receive Islam and who follows
light from the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those with hardened hearts
description: People whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God and
who are in manifest error.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who fear their Lord
description: People whose skins shrink and then soften, together with their hearts,
at the remembrance of their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Ungodly
description: Those addressed in relation to the severity of punishment on the day
of resurrection and told to taste what they have deserved.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Earlier accusers of apostles
description: Earlier people who accused their apostles of imposture and received
unexpected punishment.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Apostles whom earlier people accused of imposture.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Mankind
description: The audience for whom parables are proposed in the Koran so that they
may be warned.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Man with several companions
description: A parable figure who has several mutually opposed companions.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Man committed to one person
description: A parable figure who commits himself wholly to one person.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Addressed directly and told that he will die; a note says he will represent
his efforts to reclaim others from idolatry.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Those for whom a dwelling in hell is said to be provided.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Truth-bringer and believers in truth
description: Those who bring the truth and give credit to it, described as God-fearing
and recipients of recompense.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Divine revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to have revealed the discourse/book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: Divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Debate occurs before the Lord at resurrection, and punishment and reward
are attributed to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: Divine guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God directs thereby whom he pleases and that one whom God
causes to err has no director.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: Recipient of divine opening and light
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The figure’s breast is enlarged to receive Islam and the figure follows light
from the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: Hardened opponent of remembrance
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The figures are described as having hardened hearts against the remembrance
of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: Fearful responder to revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Their skins and hearts react to the revealed discourse and remembrance of
the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: Punished wrongdoer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The ungodly are linked to punishment on the day of resurrection and told
to taste what they deserved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: Rejecters of apostles
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They accused their apostles of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: Accused messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They are the apostles accused of imposture by earlier people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: Warned audience
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Parables in the Koran are proposed unto mankind so that they may be warned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: Parable figure of divided allegiance
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: He has several companions that are mutually at variance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: Parable figure of single allegiance
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: He commits himself wholly to one person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:13
label: Addressed prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The text addresses Mohammed directly and states that he will die.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:14
label: Hell-dweller
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: A dwelling in hell is said to be provided for unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: Righteous truth-affirmer
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: They bring truth, give credit to it, fear God, and receive recompense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Opened breast
literal_form: Breast enlarged to receive Islam
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Divine light
literal_form: Light from the Lord followed by the receptive person
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Hardened heart
literal_form: Heart hardened against remembrance of God
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: Revealed book
literal_form: Excellent discourse; conformable book with repeated admonitions; Arabic
Koran with no crookedness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Shrinking and softening skin
literal_form: Skins shrink for fear and then grow soft at remembrance of the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: Face as shield
literal_form: A person screens himself with his face from punishment
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Fire
literal_form: Fire opposed only by the face, according to the note
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: Unexpected punishment
literal_form: Punishment coming from where earlier accusers did not expect it
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:9
label: Parables
literal_form: Every kind of parable in the Koran proposed to mankind
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:10
label: Several discordant companions
literal_form: Several companions at mutual variance in a parable
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:11
label: Single person of commitment
literal_form: One person to whom the parable figure commits himself wholly
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:12
label: Hell dwelling
literal_form: Dwelling provided in hell for unbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:13
label: Reward and expiation
literal_form: Desire fulfilled, worst deeds expiated, and reward rendered
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Opened breast versus hardened heart
summary: The passage contrasts the person opened by God to Islam and divine light
with those hardened against God’s remembrance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Revealed discourse affects bodies and hearts
summary: God reveals a consistent admonitory book; those who fear their Lord physically
and emotionally respond, and the passage identifies this as divine direction.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Punishment at resurrection
summary: A punished person on the day of resurrection is described as shielding
himself with his face, and the ungodly are told to taste what they deserved.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Earlier rejecters punished
summary: Earlier people accused their apostles of imposture, after which unexpected
punishment and shame came upon them, with a greater punishment promised in the
life to come.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Koranic parables for warning
summary: The text says that the Koran proposes every kind of parable to mankind,
in Arabic and without crookedness, so that people may be warned and fear God.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Divided service and single commitment parable
summary: A parable contrasts a man associated with several mutually opposed companions
with a man wholly committed to one person.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Death and debate before the Lord
summary: Mohammed is told that he and others will die and then debate with one another
before the Lord on the day of resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: scene:8
label: Unbelievers and righteous truth-affirmers
summary: The passage contrasts those who lie concerning God and deny truth, for
whom hell is provided, with those who bring and affirm truth and receive recompense
from their Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment at resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage describes punishment on the day of resurrection, debate before
the Lord after death, hell for unbelievers, and recompense for the righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction identifies broad motif-family alignment only; it does not
infer details beyond this passage.
- id: motif:2
label: Revelatory guidance and warning through sacred discourse
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as a revealed, self-consistent discourse containing
repeated admonitions and parables that warn mankind and direct those whom God
pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label 'wisdom' is broad; the passage emphasizes revelation,
admonition, and guidance rather than a narrative wisdom quest.
- id: motif:3
label: Moral duality of receptive and hardened hearts
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage repeatedly contrasts opened breast and light with hardened heart,
divided allegiance with single commitment, unbelievers with truth-affirming righteous
people, and punishment with reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is structural and thematic rather than a discrete mythic episode.
- id: motif:4
label: Punishment by fire imagery
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The main text describes shielding the face from severe punishment, and the
note explains this as a chained person opposing his face to the fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The explicit fire image occurs in an explanatory note rather than the
main passage text; the available motif family 'world_destroying_fire' would overstate
the scope.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 31836-31840
quote_or_summary: A person whose breast God enlarged to receive Islam and who follows
the Lord’s light is contrasted with those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance
of God.
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 31841-31847
quote_or_summary: God revealed an excellent, conformable discourse with repeated
admonitions; the skins and hearts of those who fear the Lord shrink and then soften
at divine remembrance; God directs whom he pleases.
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 31848-31851
quote_or_summary: The passage asks about one obliged to screen himself with his
face from punishment on the day of resurrection and says the ungodly will be told
to taste what they deserved.
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 31852-31857
quote_or_summary: Earlier people accused their apostles of imposture; unexpected
punishment and shame came in this life, with greater punishment in the life to
come.
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 31858-31861
quote_or_summary: The Koran is said to present every kind of parable for mankind,
as an Arabic Koran without crookedness, so that people may be warned and fear
God.
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 31862-31865
quote_or_summary: God propounds a parable of a man with several mutually opposed
companions and a man who commits himself wholly to one person, asking whether
they are equal.
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 31866-31868
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is told that he will die and that the others will die;
they will debate with one another before their Lord on the day of resurrection.
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 31869-31872
quote_or_summary: The passage asks who is more unjust than one who lies concerning
God and denies truth, and asks whether a dwelling in hell is provided for unbelievers.
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 31873-31879
quote_or_summary: Those who bring truth and give credit to it are described as fearing
God and receiving what they desire, expiation of their worst deeds, and reward
according to their good works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: note i, lines 31880-31882
quote_or_summary: The note explains that the punished person’s hands are chained
to his neck, so he can oppose nothing but his face to the fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: note l, lines 31884-31887
quote_or_summary: The note says the parable represents the idolater distracted among
different masters and the satisfaction attending worship of the one true God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: note m, lines 31888-31890
quote_or_summary: The note says the prophet will represent his efforts to reclaim
others from idolatry, while they will offer excuses such as obedience to chiefs
and ancestral religion.
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: uncertain
notes: The main narrative and doctrinal contrasts are clear in the supplied passage.
Motif labels are broad taxonomy alignments and should be reviewed by a human editor.
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not make an explicit
cross-traditional 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: |-
Used only the supplied passage text and metadata. Footnotes were treated as part of the supplied passage evidence and distinguished from main-text observations where relevant.
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