batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l31955-l32047
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l31955-l32047
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 31955-32047
start: '31955'
end: '32047'
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 human ingratitude with divine mercy and warning,
urges repentance before punishment, describes resurrection through trumpet blasts,
depicts cosmic signs of God's power, and presents final judgment in which unbelievers
are driven to hell and the God-fearing are led to paradise while angels praise
God around the throne.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: When harm befalls a person, he calls upon God, but after receiving favor he
attributes it to his own deserts or wisdom; the passage calls this favor a trial.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressees are told not to despair of God's mercy and to turn to their
Lord before punishment overtakes them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A soul at punishment wishes it could return to the world and become righteous,
but God answers that signs had already come and were rejected with pride.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: On the day of resurrection, those who lied concerning God have blackened faces
and an abode in hell is prepared for the arrogant.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Those who fear God are delivered and placed in safety where evil and grief
do not touch them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: God is described as creator and governor of all things, possessing the keys
of heaven and earth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The whole earth is described as God's handful on the day of resurrection,
and the heavens are rolled together in his right hand.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: At the first sounding of the trumpet, those in heaven and on earth expire
except those whom God exempts; at the second sounding they arise and look up.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The earth shines by the light of its Lord, the book is laid open, prophets
and martyrs are brought as witnesses, and judgment is given with truth.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Unbelievers are driven in troops to hell; its gates are opened and its keepers
question them about apostles and warnings.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Those who feared their Lord are conducted in troops toward paradise; its gates
are open and its guards greet them with peace and tell them to enter forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Angels are seen going in procession around the throne and celebrating the
praises of their Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The merciful Lord who forgives, warns, creates, governs, resurrects,
judges, rewards, and is praised.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Man / soul addressed
description: A human figure who calls on God in harm, may attribute favor to personal
deserts, and may regret negligence at punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unbelievers / arrogant
description: Those who reject God's signs, lie concerning God, and are driven to
hell.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who fear God
description: Those delivered by God, placed in safety, and conducted to paradise.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Prophets
description: Witnesses brought at judgment; also earlier recipients of revelation
are mentioned.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Martyrs
description: Witnesses brought at judgment.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Messengers from among the unbelievers who rehearsed God's signs and
warned of the day of meeting.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Keepers of hell
description: Keepers who speak to the unbelievers at the opened gates of hell.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Guards of paradise
description: Guards who greet the God-fearing with peace and invite them into paradise.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Angels
description: Angels proceeding around the throne and praising their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: merciful forgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to forgive all sins and to be gracious and merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: creator and governor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is called creator and governor of all things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: resurrecting power
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After the trumpet soundings, beings expire and then arise, with exemptions
depending on God's will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: final judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Judgment is given with truth, and every soul is fully rewarded according
to its deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
- id: role:5
label: trial-subject and potential penitent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The human figure receives harm and favor as a trial and is urged to turn
to God before punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: condemned rejecters
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They reject signs, are described with blackened faces, and are driven to
hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: delivered righteous group
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They fear God, are delivered from evil and grief, and are led to paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: judgment witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Prophets and martyrs are brought as witnesses when the book is laid open.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: warners
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Apostles rehearsed God's signs and warned of the meeting of the day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: hell gatekeepers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The keepers of hell question arriving unbelievers after the gates are opened.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: paradise gate guards
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The guards of paradise greet the arriving righteous and bid them enter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: praising procession
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Angels go in procession around the throne and praise their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet
literal_form: A trumpet sounded twice at the end-time sequence.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: opened book
literal_form: The book laid open during judgment.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: blackened faces
literal_form: Faces of those who uttered lies concerning God become black on the
day of resurrection.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: keys of heaven and earth
literal_form: Keys belonging to God over heaven and earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: earth as handful and heavens rolled in right hand
literal_form: The whole earth is God's handful and the heavens are rolled together
in his right hand.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: shining earth
literal_form: The earth shining by the light of its Lord.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: gates of hell
literal_form: Gates of hell opened when unbelievers arrive.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: gates of paradise
literal_form: Gates of paradise already set open when the God-fearing arrive.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:9
label: throne
literal_form: The throne around which angels go in procession.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Human distress, favor, and trial
summary: A person calls on God in distress, then after receiving favor claims it
was due to personal deserts; the passage identifies this favor as a trial.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Call to repentance before punishment
summary: The addressees are urged not to despair of God's mercy, to turn to their
Lord, and to follow the revealed instruction before sudden punishment arrives.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Cosmic sovereignty of God
summary: God is described as creator and governor with keys of heaven and earth;
on the day of resurrection the earth is his handful and the heavens are rolled
in his right hand.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Trumpet, death, and arising
summary: A trumpet is sounded, beings in heaven and earth expire except those exempted
by God; it is sounded again and they arise and look up.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Judgment with book and witnesses
summary: The earth shines by God's light, the book is opened, prophets and martyrs
are brought as witnesses, and judgment is given truthfully; every soul is rewarded
according to its deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
- id: scene:6
label: Unbelievers at hell
summary: Unbelievers are driven in troops to hell, where the gates are opened and
the keepers question them; they are told to enter hell forever.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:15
- id: scene:7
label: God-fearing at paradise
summary: Those who feared their Lord are led in troops to paradise, where open gates
and guards greet them with peace; they praise God for fulfilling his promise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:16
- id: scene:8
label: Angelic procession around the throne
summary: Angels proceed around the throne praising their Lord after judgment is
given with truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Final divine judgment according to deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes the book opened, witnesses brought, judgment given
with truth, and every soul rewarded according to what it has done.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage's judgment imagery and does
not infer details beyond the supplied lines.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection after cosmic trumpet blasts
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: A trumpet sounds, beings expire, a second sounding occurs, and they arise
and look up.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not identify the trumpet-blower in the supplied text.
- id: motif:3
label: Afterlife destinations reached in processions
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Unbelievers are driven in troops to hell with gates and keepers, while those
who fear God are conducted in troops to paradise with open gates and guards.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents destination scenes rather than a detailed route or
geography.
- id: motif:4
label: Cosmic manifestation of divine sovereignty
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The earth is described as God's handful, the heavens rolled in his right
hand, and the earth shining by the light of its Lord during the resurrection and
judgment sequence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is grouped under divine judgment because the cosmic imagery occurs
in that eschatological context; no more specific supplied taxonomy ref directly
matches it.
- id: motif:5
label: Mercy and repentance before irreversible punishment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage tells transgressing servants not to despair of God's mercy and
to turn to their Lord before punishment overtakes them, while later regret after
punishment is answered by reference to rejected signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: No provided taxonomy family directly corresponds to repentance or mercy
as a motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 31955-31961
quote_or_summary: When harm befalls man he calls upon God; after favor is bestowed
he attributes it to his deserts or wisdom, but the passage says it is a trial.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 31969-31978
quote_or_summary: God's transgressing servants are told not to despair of mercy,
to turn to their Lord, and to follow the instructions sent down before punishment
comes suddenly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 31979-31987
quote_or_summary: A soul laments negligence, wishes for direction or a return to
righteousness, and God answers that signs came but were rejected with pride.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 31988-31991
quote_or_summary: On the day of resurrection, faces of those who lied concerning
God become black, and hell is prepared for the arrogant.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 31992-31994
quote_or_summary: God delivers those who fear him and places them in safety, untouched
by evil or grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 31995-31998
quote_or_summary: God is creator and governor of all things; his are the keys of
heaven and earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 32005-32009
quote_or_summary: On the day of resurrection, the earth is God's handful and the
heavens are rolled together in his right hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 32021-32024
quote_or_summary: The trumpet is sounded; beings in heaven and earth expire except
those God exempts. It is sounded again and they arise and look up.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32025-32028
quote_or_summary: The earth shines by its Lord's light, the book is laid open, prophets
and martyrs are brought as witnesses, and judgment is given with truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 32031-32037
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers are driven in troops to hell; its gates open and its
keepers ask whether apostles warned them of the day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 32040-32044
quote_or_summary: Those who feared their Lord are conducted in troops to paradise;
its gates are open and guards greet them with peace and invite them to enter forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 32046-32047
quote_or_summary: Angels go in procession around the throne, praising their Lord,
after judgment is given with truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 32000-32004
quote_or_summary: Revelation was spoken to the addressee and to prophets before
him, warning that associating partners with God makes work unprofitable and leads
to perdition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 32029-32030
quote_or_summary: Every soul is fully rewarded according to what it has wrought,
and God knows what they do.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 32038-32039
quote_or_summary: The unbelievers are told to enter the gates of hell and dwell
there forever; it is called a miserable abode of the proud.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 32045-32046
quote_or_summary: The entrants to paradise praise God for performing his promise
and making them inherit the earth, so they may dwell in paradise wherever they
please.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage explicitly supports resurrection, judgment, hell, paradise, and
related symbols. No comparison claims were added because the supplied passage
does not itself make a comparative connection to another tradition or corpus.
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 and metadata. Available taxonomy references were applied only where directly supported by the passage.
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