batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32049-l32073
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32049-l32073
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 32049-32073
start: '32049'
end: '32073'
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: Editorial notes discuss the first blast of the trumpet, differing views
on whether there will be two or three blasts, possible beings exempted from a
blast, the doctrine that all souls including humans, animals, and angels must
taste death, the interval between two trumpet blasts, and notes on the damned
and the blessed in paradise.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Al Beidwi is said to identify the referenced blast as the first time and to
suppose that there will be no more than two blasts, while others suppose three.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Some identify the exempted beings as Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and the angel
of death, who are nevertheless said to die afterward at God's command.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states as a constant opinion of Mohammedan doctors that every
soul, including humans, land and sea animals, and angels, must taste death.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Other proposed exempted beings include angels who bear God's throne, black-eyed
damsels, and other inhabitants of paradise.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The space between two trumpet blasts is given as forty days according to Yahya
and others, while some suppose forty years.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: A note says the damned appear to attribute their ruin to God's decree of predestination.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A metaphorical expression is said to represent perfect security and abundance
enjoyed by the blessed in paradise.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Al Beidwi
description: Commentator cited for the view that there will be no more than two
trumpet blasts.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: Divine figure at whose command certain angels are said to die; also
associated with a decree of predestination in the note on the damned.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and the angel of death
description: Angels named by some as exempted beings who later die at God's command.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Every soul
description: Humans, animals living on land or in the sea, and angels, all said
to necessarily taste death.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angels who bear the throne of God
description: Beings proposed by others as exempted.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Black-eyed damsels and other inhabitants of paradise
description: Paradise inhabitants proposed by others as exempted.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Yahya
description: Authority cited for the view that the interval between two trumpet
blasts is forty days.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: The damned
description: Those whose words are interpreted as attributing ruin to God's decree
of predestination.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The blessed
description: Those said to enjoy perfect security and abundance in paradise.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: cited commentator or authority
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:7
basis: The passage names Al Beidwi and Yahya as sources for specific interpretive
views.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine commander and source of decree
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God commands the eventual death of certain angels and is linked to a decree
of predestination in the note.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: possibly exempted beings
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The passage lists these figures as beings some suppose are exempted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: beings subject to death
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The passage states that the named angels later die and that every soul must
taste death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: damned
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The note explicitly refers to the damned and their ruin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: blessed in paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The note explicitly refers to the blessed enjoying security and abundance
in paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet blasts
literal_form: two or three blasts of the trumpet
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: death tasted by every soul
literal_form: every soul must necessarily taste death
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: paradise
literal_form: paradise as the place of inhabitants and of the blessed's security
and abundance
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: throne of God
literal_form: the throne of God borne by angels
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: forty-day or forty-year interval
literal_form: forty days or forty years between two trumpet blasts
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Interpretation of the trumpet blasts
summary: The passage reports interpretive disagreement over whether the trumpet
will sound two or three times and identifies the first blast in Al Beidwi's view.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Possible exemptions and universal death
summary: Several groups are proposed as exempted, while the passage also states
that every soul, including angels, humans, and animals, must taste death.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Interval between blasts
summary: The time between two trumpet blasts is reported as forty days by some authorities
and forty years by others.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Fates of damned and blessed
summary: One note interprets the damned as attributing their ruin to predestination,
while another explains paradise language as security and abundance for the blessed.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: eschatological trumpet and final death
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage centers on trumpet blasts, possible exemptions, and the death
of all souls, including angels, in an end-time context.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is commentary and notes rather than the full surrounding Qur'anic
verse text.
- id: motif:2
label: universal mortality of souls
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that every soul, including humans, animals, and angels,
must taste death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is extracted as a local doctrinal pattern without assigning an external
taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:3
label: paradise reward of security and abundance
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The blessed are described as enjoying perfect security and abundance in paradise,
contrasted with the damned in adjacent notes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only explanatory notes, not a detailed narrative of
judgment or afterlife travel.
- id: motif:4
label: predestined ruin of the damned
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A note says the damned appear to attribute their ruin to God's decree of
predestination.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The statement is framed as an editorial interpretation of words outside
the provided excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 32049-32052
quote_or_summary: Al Beidwi identifies the blast as the first and supposes two blasts
only, while others suppose three.
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 32053-32059
quote_or_summary: Some say Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and the angel of death are
exempted but later die at God's command; the note says every soul of humans, animals,
and angels must taste death.
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 32059-32061
quote_or_summary: Other proposed exempted beings are the angels bearing God's throne,
the black-eyed damsels, and other inhabitants of paradise.
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 32062-32064
quote_or_summary: The interval between the two trumpet blasts is said by Yahya and
others to be forty days, though some suppose forty years.
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 32067-32069
quote_or_summary: A note refers to chapter 7 and chapter 11 and says the damned
seem to attribute their ruin to God's decree of predestination.
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 32070-32072
quote_or_summary: A note explains a metaphorical expression as representing the
perfect security and abundance that the blessed will enjoy in paradise.
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 notes. Motif assignment is cautious
because the excerpt consists mainly of commentary and cross-references rather
than the full surrounding chapter passage.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself support a specific cross-tradition comparison beyond internal interpretive variation.
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