batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32137-l32197
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32137-l32197
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XXXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XL. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 32137-32197
start: '32137'
end: '32197'
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 calls for pure worship of God, describes God as exalted and
enthroned, sending signs, food from heaven, and the spirit to warn of the day
of meeting. It depicts resurrection from graves, divine kingship, judgment of
every soul without injustice, exposure of hidden things, and the powerlessness
of false gods and intercessors. It then recalls former peoples punished for rejecting
apostles, and begins the Moses narrative: Moses is sent with signs to Pharaoh,
Haman, and Karn; they call him a sorcerer and liar; Pharaoh’s party orders the
killing of believers’ sons and Pharaoh proposes killing Moses; Moses seeks refuge
in God; and a concealed believer from Pharaoh’s family argues against killing
a man who says God is his Lord.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as showing signs and sending down food from heaven, while
admonition is received by those who turn to God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is described as exalted, possessing the throne, and sending down the spirit
at his command to selected servants so that they may warn mankind of the day of
meeting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: On the day of meeting, people come forth from their graves, nothing concerning
them is hidden from God, and the kingdom belongs to God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Every soul is rewarded according to its merits, no injustice is done, and
God is swift in taking account.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The warned day is described as suddenly approaching, with men’s hearts coming
up to their throats and strangling them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The ungodly have no friend or intercessor who is heard; God knows the deceitful
eye and concealed thoughts, judges with truth, and false gods do not judge.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Earlier peoples, though stronger and leaving greater traces of power on earth,
were chastised by God for sins after rejecting apostles who came with evident
signs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Moses was sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh, Haman, and Karn,
who called him a sorcerer and liar.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: When Moses came with truth, his opponents ordered the killing of the sons
of those who believed with him and the sparing of their daughters; Pharaoh also
proposed killing Moses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Moses says he has recourse to his Lord and the people’s Lord for defense against
every proud person who does not believe in the day of account.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: A true believer from Pharaoh’s family, who concealed his faith, argues against
putting a man to death because he says God is his Lord and has come with evident
signs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The exalted possessor of the throne who sends signs, provision, and
the spirit; knows what is hidden; judges with truth; and chastises sinners.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mankind / every soul
description: Those warned of the day of meeting and account, who come forth from
graves and are rewarded according to merits.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The ungodly / infidels
description: Those averse to pure religion, lacking an intercessor who is heard,
and associated with invoking false gods.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: False gods
description: Deities invoked besides God that are said not to judge at all.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Former peoples
description: Earlier peoples stronger than the present audience, leaving greater
marks of power, but chastised for sins after rejecting apostles.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Apostles before Moses
description: Messengers who came to former peoples with evident signs and were disbelieved.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Moses
description: Sent with signs and manifest power; accused of being a sorcerer and
liar; threatened by Pharaoh; seeks refuge in God.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Recipient of Moses’ signs; associated with accusations against Moses,
persecution of believers’ children, and a stated desire to kill Moses.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Haman
description: Named with Pharaoh and Karn as one to whom Moses was sent; included
in the group saying Moses was a sorcerer and liar.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Karn
description: Named with Pharaoh and Haman as one to whom Moses was sent; included
in the group saying Moses was a sorcerer and liar.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Believers with Moses and their children
description: Those who believed with Moses; their sons are ordered killed and their
daughters spared.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Concealed believer from Pharaoh’s family
description: A true believer of Pharaoh’s family who concealed his faith and spoke
against killing Moses.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Exalted deity and possessor of the throne
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls God the Being of exalted degree and possessor of the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: Divine judge and accountant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God rewards every soul, takes account, knows hidden things, and judges with
truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: Sender of signs, provision, spirit, and punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends signs, food, and spirit, and chastises former peoples for sins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: Warned and judged humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mankind is warned of the day of meeting; every soul is rewarded according
to its merits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: Rejecters subject to judgment or chastisement
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: The ungodly lack an intercessor, and former peoples are chastised after disbelief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: Powerless objects of invocation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: False gods invoked besides God are said not to judge at all.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: Messenger bearing evident signs
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Earlier apostles and Moses are described as coming or being sent with signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: Threatened prophet seeking divine protection
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Pharaoh proposes killing Moses, and Moses seeks refuge in his Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: Opposing rulers or elites
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: Pharaoh, Haman, and Karn are recipients of Moses’ signs and are associated
with calling him a sorcerer and liar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: Persecuted believers and children
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The sons of those who believed with Moses are ordered killed and the daughters
spared.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:11
label: Concealed advocate for the threatened prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: A hidden believer from Pharaoh’s family argues that Moses should not be put
to death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Throne
literal_form: The throne possessed by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Food from heaven
literal_form: Food sent down from heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Spirit sent down
literal_form: The spirit sent down at God’s command on chosen servants
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Graves
literal_form: Graves from which people come forth on the day of meeting
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Day of meeting / day of account
literal_form: The day when creatures come forth, are exposed before God, and are
judged
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: sym:6
label: Hearts at throats
literal_form: Men’s hearts coming up to their throats and strangling them
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Evident signs
literal_form: Signs shown by God and brought by apostles and Moses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Divine signs and summons to pure worship
summary: God shows signs, sends food from heaven, and the audience is instructed
to call on God with pure religion despite the aversion of infidels.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Warning of the day of meeting and account
summary: God sends the spirit to warn mankind of a day when people come from graves,
nothing is hidden, the kingdom belongs to God, and every soul is judged without
injustice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Judgment without effective false intercession
summary: The ungodly lack a heard intercessor; God knows hidden deceit and judges
truly, while invoked false gods do not judge.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Former peoples chastised after rejecting signs
summary: The passage directs attention to earlier powerful peoples whose traces
remained on earth, but who were punished after rejecting apostles with evident
signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Moses opposed by Pharaoh’s circle
summary: Moses is sent with signs and power to Pharaoh, Haman, and Karn; they call
him a sorcerer and liar; believers’ sons are ordered killed and their daughters
spared; Pharaoh proposes killing Moses.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Moses’ refuge and the concealed believer’s defense
summary: Moses seeks protection in God against proud disbelievers in the day of
account, and a concealed believer from Pharaoh’s family argues against killing
Moses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment and final account
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly describes a day when God judges with truth, every
soul is rewarded according to merit, no injustice occurs, hidden things are known,
and no false gods can judge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is based on the supplied English translation and line range
only.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection from graves
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage says people will come forth out of their graves on the day of
meeting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not elaborate a full afterlife geography beyond the day
of meeting/account.
- id: motif:3
label: Powerless intercessors and false gods before the true judge
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The ungodly have no friend or intercessor who is heard, and false gods invoked
besides God do not judge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: Classified under divine judgment because the available taxonomy does not
include a separate false-intercession motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Punishment of former peoples who reject messengers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Earlier powerful peoples are said to have rejected apostles who brought evident
signs and were chastised by God for their sins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The specific identities of the former peoples are not named in this passage
segment.
- id: motif:5
label: Persecuted prophet opposed by ruler
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Moses is sent with signs to Pharaoh’s circle, is called a sorcerer and liar,
and Pharaoh proposes killing him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this motif.
- id: motif:6
label: Killing of male children and sparing of daughters
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The opponents command that the sons of those who believed with Moses be slain
and their daughters spared alive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents this as a policy against believers with Moses; broader
narrative parallels are outside the supplied passage.
- id: motif:7
label: Concealed believer defends the threatened righteous man
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A true believer from Pharaoh’s family, concealing his faith, speaks against
killing Moses because Moses says God is his Lord and has brought evident signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 32137-32140
quote_or_summary: "“showeth you his signs, and sendeth down food unto you from heaven”;
the audience is told to call upon God with pure religion."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 32141-32145
quote_or_summary: God is “the possessor of the throne” who sends down the spirit
to selected servants to warn mankind of the day of meeting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 32146-32149
quote_or_summary: On the day of meeting, people “shall come forth out of their graves,”
nothing is hidden from God, and the kingdom belongs to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 32150-32152
quote_or_summary: "“every soul” is rewarded according to merits; “there shall be
no injustice”; God is swift in taking account."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 32153-32155
quote_or_summary: The day suddenly approaches, when “men's hearts shall come up
to their throats, and strangle them.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 32156-32160
quote_or_summary: The ungodly have no heard friend or intercessor; God knows hidden
deceit and judges with truth; false gods invoked besides him do not judge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 32161-32168
quote_or_summary: Former peoples stronger in power and traces on earth were chastised
by God for sins after apostles came with evident signs and were disbelieved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 32169-32172
quote_or_summary: Moses is sent with signs and manifest power to Pharaoh, Haman,
and Karn; they say he is a sorcerer and liar.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32173-32179
quote_or_summary: When Moses comes with truth, opponents command that believers’
sons be slain and daughters spared; Pharaoh says he wants to kill Moses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 32180-32183
quote_or_summary: Moses says he has recourse to his Lord and their Lord for defense
against every proud person who does not believe in the day of account.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 32184-32190
quote_or_summary: A true believer from Pharaoh’s family, concealing his faith, asks
whether they will kill a man because he says God is his Lord, when he has come
with evident signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:12
type: note
locator: note m, lines 32192-32194
quote_or_summary: Sale’s note explains the “day of meeting” as a meeting of creator
and creatures, inhabitants of heaven and earth, false deities and worshippers,
oppressor and oppressed, and laborer and works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; source note summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is explicit about judgment, resurrection from graves, divine
accounting, Moses’ opposition by Pharaoh’s circle, and the concealed believer’s
defense. No cross-tradition comparison claims were made because the passage itself
does not present such a 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, metadata, notes, and available taxonomy references. No available taxonomy symbol matched the extracted literal symbols.
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