batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32200-l32262
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32200-l32262
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 32200-32262
start: '32200'
end: '32262'
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: An unnamed believer among Pharaoh's people warns his people not to reject
divine signs, invokes past destroyed peoples and the day of judgment, and contrasts
temporary worldly life with paradise and hell fire. Pharaoh commands Haman to
build a tower to reach heaven and view the God of Moses, but his stratagem ends
in loss. God delivers the believer and punishment encompasses Pharaoh's people.
Translator notes compare the speech to Gamaliel's and report an exegetical story
in which the believer is guarded by wild beasts on a mountain.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The believing speaker warns his people that their present power will not defend
them from God's scourge if it comes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Pharaoh replies that he proposes what he thinks expedient and claims to guide
the people to the right path.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The believing speaker fears for his people a fate like that of former opponents
of prophets, including the people of Noah and the tribes of Ad and Thamud.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The believing speaker describes a future day when people call to one another,
are turned back from a tribunal, and are driven to hell without protection against
God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: obs:5
text: Joseph is said to have previously come with evident signs, but the people
doubted until after his death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Pharaoh commands Haman to build him a tower so that he may reach the tracts
of heaven and view the God of Moses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The tower stratagem of Pharaoh is said to end only in loss.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The believing speaker says present life is temporary and the life to come
is the lasting abode.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Good believers, male or female, are said to enter paradise and receive abundant
provision; evildoers receive proportionate recompense.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The believing speaker contrasts his invitation to salvation with his people's
invitation to hell fire and false worship.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: God delivers the believer from devised evils, while grievous punishment encompasses
the people of Pharaoh.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: A translator note reports an exegetical story in which the believer flees
to a mountain, prays, is guarded by wild beasts, and his pursuers return frightened.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Ruler who answers the warning, commands Haman to build a tower, rejects
Moses as a liar, and whose stratagem ends in loss.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unnamed believing man
description: A man who had believed, addresses his people, warns of judgment, invites
them to salvation, and is delivered by God.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: Divine actor whose scourge, signs, judgment, guidance or misguidance,
sealing of hearts, forgiveness, deliverance, and punishment are described.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Haman
description: Person addressed by Pharaoh and commanded to build the tower.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Moses
description: Prophet associated with the God whom Pharaoh says he wants to view.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Joseph
description: Earlier messenger said to have come with evident signs before Moses.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: People of Pharaoh
description: The audience warned by the believer and later encompassed by grievous
punishment.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: 'Former peoples: people of Noah, Ad, and Thamud'
description: Past peoples invoked as examples of earlier opponents of prophets.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: False gods
description: Objects of worship to which the people invite the believer, described
as unworthy of invocation.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Wild beasts in translator note
description: In the reported exegetical story, wild beasts guard the praying believer
on a mountain.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Pursuers in translator note
description: Men reportedly sent by Pharaoh to seize the believer; they find him
guarded by beasts and return frightened.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: opposing ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Pharaoh dismisses the warning and orders a tower to challenge or inspect
the claim about Moses' God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: believing admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The believing man repeatedly addresses his people with warnings and guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: delivered faithful figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God delivers him from evils devised against him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is described as punishing, judging, guiding or misguiding, forgiving,
and delivering the believer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: failed schemer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Pharaoh's stratagem is said to end only in loss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: builder commanded by ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Haman is commanded by Pharaoh to build the tower.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: prophetic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Moses is associated with God in Pharaoh's speech, and Joseph is said to have
brought evident signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: warned community
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The believing man repeatedly addresses them as his people and warns them
of divine punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: exemplary former peoples
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They are cited as earlier cases whose condition the believer fears may be
repeated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: rejected objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The believer says the beings invoked by his people do not deserve invocation
in this world or the next.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: animal guardians in exegetical report
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The translator note says wild beasts guarded the believer while he prayed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: failed captors in exegetical report
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The translator note says they were sent to seize the believer but returned
frightened.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: tower toward heaven
literal_form: Tower built at Pharaoh's command to reach the tracts of heaven and
view the God of Moses.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: tracts of heaven
literal_form: Heavenly tracts that Pharaoh says he wants to reach by means of the
tower.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: day of tribunal and calling
literal_form: A day when people call to one another and are turned back from the
tribunal.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: hell fire
literal_form: Hell fire named as the destination to which the people invite the
believer and as the abode of transgressors.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: paradise
literal_form: Paradise entered by true believers who work good, with abundant provision.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: mountain refuge in translator note
literal_form: Mountain to which the believer is said to flee in the exegetical story.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: wild-beast guard
literal_form: Wild beasts arranged around the praying believer as guards in the
translator note.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning to Pharaoh's people
summary: The believing man warns his people that present power cannot protect them
from God's scourge and cites former peoples as examples.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Pharaoh's tower command
summary: Pharaoh commands Haman to build a tower so he may reach heaven and view
the God of Moses; the stratagem ends in loss.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Afterlife teaching and invitation to salvation
summary: The believer contrasts temporary earthly life with the lasting life to
come, paradise for good believers, and hell fire for transgressors.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Deliverance and punishment
summary: God delivers the believer from devised evils while punishment encompasses
Pharaoh's people.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Mountain protection in translator note
summary: A note reports that the believer fled to a mountain, prayed, was guarded
by wild beasts, and his pursuers returned frightened.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment on rejecters of prophetic signs
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The warning invokes former peoples, future tribunal, hell, and punishment
of Pharaoh's people after rejection of signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents several judgment elements, but the exact histories
of the former peoples are only alluded to here.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife division into paradise and hell fire
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The believer contrasts temporary worldly life with the life to come, including
paradise for good believers and hell fire for transgressors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names destinations and judgment outcomes but does not narrate
a full journey through the afterlife.
- id: motif:3
label: Failed attempt to reach heaven by a ruler's tower
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Pharaoh orders a tower to reach the tracts of heaven and view the God of
Moses; the plan ends in loss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports an intended ascent-like action, not a completed ascent.
- id: motif:4
label: Faithful admonisher delivered from hostile designs
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The believer warns his people, entrusts his affair to God, and is delivered
from the evils devised against him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: Details of the hostile designs are minimal in the main passage; additional
details appear only in a translator note.
- id: motif:5
label: Animal-guarded holy figure in mountain refuge
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A translator note reports that the believer fled to a mountain, prayed, and
was guarded by wild beasts against pursuers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is from the translator's reported exegetical tradition, not
from the main translated verse text.
- id: motif:6
label: Wise counsel against opposing possible divine mission
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The believer urges caution and guidance, warning that rejection of divine
signs may bring judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom motif is supported partly by the translator's comparison to
Gamaliel; the passage itself frames the counsel as religious warning.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator explicitly points readers from this warning speech to Gamaliel's
speech before the Jewish Sanhedrin, suggesting a similar cautionary function against
opposing a potentially divine mission.
claim_level: same_function
target: Gamaliel's speech to the Jewish Sanhedrin, Acts 5:38-39
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim rests on the translator's note and functional similarity;
the passage does not itself establish historical contact or direct dependence.
- id: claim:2
claim: The translator note links Pharaoh's tower episode to another passage in chapter
28, indicating a recurring Qur'anic narrative element involving Pharaoh, Haman,
and a heaven-reaching structure.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Chapter 28 tower episode referenced by translator note
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The referenced chapter 28 text is not included in the provided passage,
so the comparison cannot be checked beyond the citation note.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 32200-32206
quote_or_summary: The believer warns that present power will not defend against
God's scourge; Pharaoh answers that his own counsel is expedient and right.
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 32207-32218
quote_or_summary: The believer fears for his people a day like that of earlier opponents,
including the people of Noah, Ad, and Thamud, and describes a day of calling,
tribunal, and hell.
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 32219-32223
quote_or_summary: Joseph is said to have come before Moses with evident signs, but
the people continued doubting his religion.
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 32224-32227
quote_or_summary: Those who dispute God's signs without authority are abominable,
and God seals proud and stubborn hearts.
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 32228-32233
quote_or_summary: Pharaoh tells Haman to build a tower to reach the tracts of heaven
and view the God of Moses; Pharaoh thinks Moses lies, and his stratagem ends in
loss.
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 32234-32241
quote_or_summary: The believer calls his people to follow him, says present life
is temporary, and says good true believers enter paradise with abundant provision
while evil is proportionately rewarded.
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 32242-32250
quote_or_summary: The believer says he invites the people to salvation while they
invite him to hell fire, denial of God, and association with false gods; all return
to God, and transgressors inhabit hell fire.
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 32251-32253
quote_or_summary: God delivers the believer from devised evils, and grievous punishment
encompasses the people of Pharaoh.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: note
locator: footnote s, lines 32257-32260
quote_or_summary: The note identifies the day of calling as the day of judgment,
with inhabitants of paradise and hell entering mutual discourse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: note
locator: footnote u, lines 32262-32272
quote_or_summary: The note reports an opinion that Pharaoh's men pursued the true
believer, who fled to a mountain, prayed, was guarded by wild beasts, and whose
pursuers returned frightened and were killed by Pharaoh.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: note
locator: footnote r, lines 32254-32256
quote_or_summary: The translator directs readers to compare the speech with Gamaliel's
speech to the Jewish Sanhedrin when the apostles were brought before them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: note
locator: footnote t, line 32261
quote_or_summary: The translator refers the reader to chapter 28 for Pharaoh's tower
episode.
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: low
notes: Main passage motifs are clear for judgment, afterlife recompense, and Pharaoh's
tower command. Comparison claims rely on translator notes rather than full compared
texts.
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: |-
All observations and motifs are based only on the supplied passage text and notes. Taxonomy references are limited to provided motif families and symbols.
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