batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32325-l32398
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32325-l32398
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 32325-32398
start: '32325'
end: '32398'
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 praises God as creator and sustainer, rejects worship of other
deities, describes human creation and the life span, declares God’s power over
life, death, and decree, warns deniers of scripture and signs of punishment in
hell, counsels Mohammed to patience, recalls earlier apostles and former peoples,
and states that belief after seeing divine vengeance does not avail unbelievers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as giving the earth as a stable floor and heaven as a ceiling,
forming humans, beautifying their forms, and feeding them with good things.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker is commanded to say that he is forbidden to worship deities invoked
besides God and commanded to resign himself to the Lord of all creatures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Human creation is described as proceeding from dust, seed, coagulated blood,
birth from mothers’ wombs, maturity, old age for some, earlier death for some,
and a determined life period.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God is said to give life, cause death, and decree things by saying that they
are, whereupon they are.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Those who charge the Koran and earlier scriptures with falsehood are described
as later having collars on their necks and chains by which they are dragged into
hell and burned in fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The punished are asked where the gods they associated besides God are, and
they answer that those gods have withdrawn from them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The condemned are told to enter the gates of hell and remain there forever.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Mohammed is told to persevere with patience because God’s promise is true,
and the opponents will be assembled before God at the last day whether or not
Mohammed sees their threatened punishment during his life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Many apostles were sent before Mohammed; some histories are related and others
are not, and no apostle can produce a sign except by God’s permission.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: When God’s command comes, judgment will be given with truth and those who
try to nullify God’s signs will perish.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Cattle are given for riding, eating, and other advantages; people are carried
by them on land and by ships on sea.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Former peoples are described as more numerous, stronger, and leaving greater
monuments, yet their acquisitions did not profit them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Former peoples rejoiced in their own knowledge when apostles came with proofs,
but what they mocked encompassed them; when they saw divine vengeance, they professed
belief in God alone and renounced idols, but this late faith did not avail them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The living God, Lord of all creatures, creator, sustainer, giver of
life and death, sender of apostles, and judge.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The addressed prophet who is told to reject worship of other deities
and persevere with patience.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those who dispute against or deny God’s signs and scriptures
description: People who dispute against God’s signs, charge the Koran and earlier
revelations with falsehood, and are threatened with punishment.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Associated deities or idols
description: Deities invoked besides God; the punished say these have withdrawn
from them, and former unbelievers renounce them after seeing vengeance.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Former apostles
description: Apostles sent before Mohammed, some of whose histories are related
and some not; they bring evident proofs only by God’s permission.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Former peoples
description: Earlier peoples who were numerous, strong, and monumental, but whose
acquisitions did not profit them when divine vengeance came.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Creator and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God forms humans, provides earth and heaven, feeds them, gives cattle, and
gives life and death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: Divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God’s command brings truthful judgment, last-day assembly, vengeance, and
punishment for unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:3
label: Prophetic addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mohammed is instructed what to say and told to persevere patiently.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: Deniers of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They dispute God’s signs and charge the Koran and earlier revelations with
falsehood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: Rejected associated gods
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are invoked besides God, are said to withdraw from their worshippers,
and are renounced after vengeance is seen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: Earlier messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are sent before Mohammed and come with signs only by God’s permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: Precedent people under judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Their strength and monuments do not save them, and their late belief after
seeing vengeance does not avail them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Fire of hell
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: Collars and chains
literal_form: collars on necks and chains used to drag the condemned into hell
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: Gates of hell
literal_form: gates of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: Earth as floor and heaven as ceiling
literal_form: earth as a stable floor; heaven as a ceiling
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: Human origin materials
literal_form: dust, seed, coagulated blood, and birth from mothers’ wombs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: Cattle and ships as transport
literal_form: cattle for land travel and ships by sea
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Monuments of former peoples
literal_form: considerable monuments of power in the earth
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Praise of God as creator and sustainer
summary: God is praised as living Lord, maker of earth, heaven, and human forms,
provider of food, and sole deity to be worshipped with pure religion.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Rejection of other deities
summary: The speaker is instructed to reject worship of deities invoked besides
God and to submit to the Lord of all creatures.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Human life course and divine decree
summary: Human development from dust through birth, maturity, old age or earlier
death, and the fixed term of life is attributed to God, who gives life, causes
death, and decrees existence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Condemnation and hell punishment of deniers
summary: Deniers of the Koran and earlier revelations are described as bound with
collars and chains, dragged into hell, burned in fire, questioned about their
associated gods, and commanded to enter hell’s gates forever.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Promise of last-day assembly
summary: Mohammed is told to persevere, because God’s promise is true and the opponents
will be assembled before God at the last day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Earlier apostles and truthful judgment
summary: Earlier apostles were sent before Mohammed; signs depend on God’s permission,
and when God’s command comes, truthful judgment is given and opponents of the
signs perish.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Divine provision through cattle and ships
summary: God provides cattle for riding, eating, and other uses, and people travel
by land on cattle and by sea on ships.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Former peoples as warning example
summary: Former peoples were stronger, more numerous, and more monumental, but their
gains did not save them; when vengeance came they professed belief and renounced
idols, but too late.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment of deniers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly describes deniers of God’s signs and scriptures facing
truthful judgment, last-day assembly, hell punishment, and destruction when divine
command or vengeance comes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction uses only this passage and does not extend beyond its explicit
judgment language.
- id: motif:2
label: Last-day assembly before God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Opponents are said to be assembled before God at the last day, and God is
described as giving life and causing death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions last-day assembly but does not provide a detailed
resurrection scene in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: Afterlife punishment in hell
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The condemned are bound with collars and chains, dragged into hell, burned
in fire, and told to enter the gates of hell forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no separate hell-punishment family; this is
mapped under divine judgment.
- id: motif:4
label: Warning from the fate of former peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Earlier, stronger peoples with monuments are presented as examples whose
possessions did not help them when divine vengeance came and whose late belief
was ineffective.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the pattern as moral warning, without naming the former
peoples in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Creation and life course from primordial material
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage presents a sequence from dust through embryonic stages, birth,
maturity, old age or earlier death, and a determined lifespan under God’s control.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference exactly matches this creation-and-life-course
pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 32325-32331
quote_or_summary: God gives the earth as a stable floor and heaven as a ceiling,
forms humans beautifully, feeds them with good things, and is praised as Lord
of all creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 32334-32338
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he is forbidden to worship deities invoked besides
God and is commanded to resign himself to the Lord of all creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 32339-32345
quote_or_summary: God first creates humans of dust, then seed, then coagulated blood,
brings them forth as infants, allows maturity and old age for some, and sets the
determined period of life.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 32346-32348
quote_or_summary: "“It is he who giveth life, and causeth to die: and when he decreeth
a thing, he only saith unto it, Be, and it is.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 32349-32355
quote_or_summary: Those who charge the Koran and former revelations with falsehood
will know their folly when collars and chains are on them, they are dragged into
hell, and burned in fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 32356-32360
quote_or_summary: The condemned are asked where the gods associated besides God
are, and they answer that those gods have withdrawn from them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 32363-32365
quote_or_summary: "“Enter the gates of hell, to remain therein forever.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 32366-32371
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is told to persevere patiently because God’s promise
is true; whether he sees punishment in life or dies before it, the opponents will
be assembled before God at the last day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32372-32379
quote_or_summary: Many apostles were sent before Mohammed; some histories are related
and others not. No apostle produces a sign except by God’s permission, and when
God’s command comes judgment is given with truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 32380-32386
quote_or_summary: God gives cattle for riding, eating, and other advantages, and
people are carried by them on land and by ships on sea; these are called signs
of God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 32387-32392
quote_or_summary: Former peoples were more numerous, stronger, and left greater
monuments in the earth, but what they had acquired did not profit them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 32393-32398
quote_or_summary: Former peoples rejoiced in their own knowledge when apostles came
with proofs; what they mocked encompassed them. When they saw divine vengeance,
they professed belief in God alone and renounced idols, but their faith then did
not avail them and the unbelievers perished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is clear on creation, provision, rejection of idols, judgment,
hell punishment, last-day assembly, and warning from former peoples. Motif taxonomy
mapping is limited by the available motif family list.
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 itself does not explicitly support a comparison to an external motif family, pattern, or nearby corpus tradition beyond its internal references to earlier apostles and former peoples.
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