batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32576-l32633
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32576-l32633
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XL. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 32576-32633
start: '32576'
end: '32633'
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 describes the Koran as an unfailing revelation from a wise
God, a guide and remedy for believers, and obscured to unbelievers. It compares
the opposition faced by the addressee with earlier opposition to apostles and
to Moses's law. It states that knowledge of the hour of judgment, fruiting, conception,
and birth belongs to God. At judgment, those who ascribed companions to God will
be called, their idols will abandon them, and no escape will remain. The passage
contrasts human ingratitude and despair with divine judgment, punishment, mercy,
signs shown in the earth and selves, and the meeting with the Lord at resurrection.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The revelation is described as protected from vanity approaching it from before
or behind.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The revelation is said to come from a wise God whose praise is due.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The addressee is told that the accusations of the infidels of Mecca repeat
what was formerly said to apostles before him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Koran is described as a sure guide and a remedy for doubt and uncertainty
for believers.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: For unbelievers, the text says there is thickness of hearing in their ears
and darkness covering them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Moses is said to have received the book of the law, after which a dispute
arose concerning it.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says right action benefits one's own soul and evil action harms
it, and that the Lord is not unjust toward his servants.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Knowledge of the hour of judgment is reserved to God, and fruiting, conception,
and birth occur only with his knowledge.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: On the day of divine calling, those questioned about the companions they ascribed
to God deny that any witness remains among them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The idols formerly invoked withdraw from their worshippers, who perceive no
way of escape.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Man is described as continually asking for good, despairing when evil befalls
him, claiming mercy after affliction as deserved, doubting the hour of judgment,
and expecting an excellent condition if brought before the Lord.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says unbelievers will be told what they have done and made to
taste a severe punishment.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: When favored, man turns aside without thanks; when touched by evil, he prays
frequently.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: The passage promises that signs will be shown in the regions of the earth
and in people themselves until the truth of the book is manifest.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: The passage ends by asking whether they doubt the meeting with their Lord
at resurrection and affirming that he encompasses all things.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The wise revealer of the book, forgiver, severe chastiser, holder of
knowledge of judgment, witness of all things, and one who encompasses all things.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressee
description: The person addressed by the revelation, described in the passage as
an Arabian recipient if the book were not in a foreign tongue.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Infidels of Mecca / unbelievers
description: Those who reject or doubt the revelation, object to its language, and
are described as having impaired hearing and darkness over them.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Believers
description: Those for whom the Koran is described as a guide and remedy for doubt
and uncertainty.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Apostles before the addressee
description: Earlier apostles who, according to the passage, were met with similar
statements by opponents.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moses
description: Recipient of the book of the law, after which dispute arose concerning
it.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Man
description: A general human figure described as asking for good, despairing under
evil, claiming mercy as deserved, and alternating between ingratitude and prayer.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Idols / ascribed companions
description: The beings or objects formerly called upon as companions to God, said
to withdraw from their worshippers at judgment.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls the text a revelation from a wise God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: forgiver and chastiser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is described as inclined to forgiveness and able to chastise severely.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: judge and knower of the hour
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Knowledge of the hour of judgment is reserved to him, and he calls people
to account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: cosmic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is said to be witness of all things and to encompass all things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Speech is directed to the addressee concerning the Koran and the objections
of opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: rejecters of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They object to the revelation, disbelieve it, and are associated with doubt
and punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: guided recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Koran is a guide and remedy for those who believe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: precedent messengers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Opposition to the current addressee is compared with what was formerly said
to apostles before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: recipient of prior law
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Moses is said to have been given the book of the law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: morally unstable human type
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Man is described as needy, despairing under evil, self-justifying under mercy,
ungrateful under favor, and prayerful in distress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: abandoning false objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The idols formerly called upon withdraw from their worshippers at judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: revelation/book as guide and remedy
literal_form: The Koran / book described as a sure guide and remedy for doubt and
uncertainty.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: blocked hearing and covering darkness
literal_form: Thickness of hearing in the ears and darkness covering unbelievers.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: hour of judgment
literal_form: The hour of judgment whose knowledge is reserved to God.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: fruiting, conception, and birth under divine knowledge
literal_form: Fruit emerging from knops, female conception, and delivery of burden.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: withdrawing idols
literal_form: Idols formerly called upon withdraw themselves from their worshippers.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: signs in regions and selves
literal_form: Signs shown in the regions of the earth and in themselves.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revelation affirmed and opposition contextualized
summary: The revelation is described as invulnerable to vanity and as coming from
a wise God; the addressee is told that opponents repeat earlier opposition to
apostles.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Language objection and divided reception
summary: The passage imagines an objection if the Koran were in a foreign language
and contrasts its role as guide and remedy for believers with impaired hearing
and darkness for unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Prior law and dispute
summary: Moses receives the book of the law; dispute arises concerning it, and judgment
is deferred by a prior decree.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Divine knowledge and judgment summons
summary: God alone holds knowledge of the hour and of natural generation; on the
day of calling, people are questioned about companions ascribed to God, and the
idols withdraw, leaving no escape.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Human response to good and evil
summary: Man is portrayed as asking for good, despairing under evil, claiming mercy
as due, doubting judgment, expecting favor before the Lord, neglecting gratitude
when favored, and praying when afflicted.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Signs and resurrection meeting
summary: The passage promises that divine signs will appear in the earth and in
people themselves until the truth of the book is manifest, then asks about doubt
concerning meeting the Lord at resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment and no escape
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage presents the hour of judgment, a divine summons, questioning
about ascribed companions, abandonment by idols, declaration of deeds, severe
punishment, and no way to escape.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and admonitory rather than a developed narrative
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection meeting with the Lord
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage explicitly refers to the meeting with the Lord at the resurrection
and to being brought before the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The resurrection is invoked as a theological certainty, not narrated as
an event occurring within the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: revealed wisdom as guidance and healing
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The revelation is from a wise God and functions as guide and remedy for doubt
and uncertainty among believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link is based on the passage's language of wisdom, guidance,
and remedy; it does not present a wisdom quest narrative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly aligns opposition to the current revelation with earlier
opposition to apostles before the addressee, treating rejection of revelation
as a recurring prophetic pattern.
claim_level: same_function
target: earlier apostles in the same scriptural-prophetic frame
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage gives no detailed stories of those earlier apostles, so
the comparison is functional and internal to the passage only.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage places Moses's law and the Koran in a shared pattern of revealed
book followed by dispute among its audience.
claim_level: same_function
target: Moses and the book of the law
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage names Moses and dispute over the law but does not elaborate
the Mosaic episode or assert identity of narratives.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 32576-32578
quote_or_summary: "“vanity shall not approach it... it is a revelation from a wise
God”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 32579-32582
quote_or_summary: Opponents in Mecca say only what was formerly said to apostles
before the addressee; the Lord is forgiving and able to chastise severely.
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 32583-32593
quote_or_summary: If the Koran had been foreign-language, opponents would object;
for believers it is a guide and remedy, while unbelievers have impaired hearing
and covering darkness.
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 32594-32600
quote_or_summary: Moses was given the book of the law; dispute arose about it, and
a prior divine decree deferred decisive destruction of the opposing unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 32601-32603
quote_or_summary: "“He who doth right, doth it to the advantage of his own soul;
and he who doth evil, doth it against the same.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 32604-32607
quote_or_summary: Knowledge of the hour of judgment belongs to God; no fruit emerges,
female conceives, or birth occurs except with his knowledge.
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 32607-32610
quote_or_summary: On the day when God calls them and asks where his ascribed companions
are, they answer that no witness remains among them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 32611-32612
quote_or_summary: "“the idols which they called on before shall withdraw themselves
from them” and no escape will be found."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32613-32621
quote_or_summary: Man asks for good, despairs under evil, claims mercy after affliction
as deserved, doubts the hour, expects an excellent condition before the Lord,
but unbelievers will be told their deeds and made to taste severe punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 32622-32623
quote_or_summary: When favored, man turns aside without thanks; when evil touches
him, he prays frequently.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 32626-32630
quote_or_summary: God will show signs in the regions of the earth and in people
themselves until it is manifest that the book is the truth; the Lord is witness
of all things.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: lines 32631-32633
quote_or_summary: "“Are they not in a doubt as to the meeting of their LORD at the
resurrection? Doth not he encompass all things?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels use only available
taxonomy where directly supported; comparison claims are limited to internal comparisons
made by the passage itself.
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 available symbol taxonomy refs were directly present in the passage.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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