batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32737-l32811
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32737-l32811
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XLI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLII. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 32737-32811
start: '32737'
end: '32811'
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 God accepting repentance, forgiving sins, rewarding
believers, measuring provision, sending rain after despair, creating heaven, earth,
and living creatures, gathering creatures before a tribunal, sending misfortune
for human deeds while forgiving many things, controlling ships and winds at sea,
punishing disputers and wrongdoers, and commending prayer, consultation, almsgiving,
proportionate retaliation, patience, and forgiveness.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God accepts repentance from servants, forgives sins, and knows what people
do.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God hears those who believe and work righteousness and adds to them from his
bounty, while unbelievers receive severe punishment.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God sends down provision by measure because he knows and sees the condition
of his servants.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God sends down rain after people have despaired and spreads mercy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The creation of heaven, earth, and living creatures is presented as one of
God's signs, and God can gather them before his tribunal whenever he pleases.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Misfortune is said to be sent for what human hands have deserved, though God
forgives many things.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Ships run in the sea like high mountains; if God causes the wind to cease,
the ships lie still on the water.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God may destroy ships by shipwreck because of what their crews have merited,
while pardoning many things.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The passage contrasts the temporary provisions of present life with the better
and more durable reward with God for believers who trust in him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Believers are described as avoiding grave crimes, forgiving anger, obeying
God, praying, consulting together, giving alms, and responding to injury.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Retaliation is to be proportionate, but the one who forgives and is reconciled
receives reward from God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Those who wrong people and act insolently against justice are said to suffer
grievous punishment.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine actor who forgives, judges, provides, sends rain, controls
winds and ships, and rewards or punishes.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: servants
description: Human recipients of God's repentance, forgiveness, provision, and judgment.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: believers and righteous workers
description: Those who believe, work righteousness, trust in God, pray, consult,
give alms, and are associated with durable reward.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unbelievers and disputers against signs
description: Those described as receiving severe punishment or having no escape
from divine vengeance.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: living creatures
description: Creatures with which heaven and earth are replenished and which God
can gather before his tribunal.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: ship crews
description: Crews whose ships may be destroyed by shipwreck because of what they
have merited.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: wrongdoers
description: Those who wrong men and act insolently in the earth against justice.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: forgiving deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God accepts repentance and forgives sins and many things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God can gather creatures before a tribunal and assigns punishment, vengeance,
or reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:3
label: provider and controller of natural forces
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends provision and rain, and controls wind and ships at sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: human recipients of divine action
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Servants receive repentance, forgiveness, measured provision, and divine
knowledge of their condition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: righteous community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Believers are characterized by trust, prayer, consultation, almsgiving, restraint,
and forgiveness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: objects of punishment or vengeance
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Unbelievers receive severe punishment, and those disputing signs have no
escape from vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: creatures gathered for tribunal
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Living creatures in heaven and earth can be gathered before God's tribunal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: meriting shipwreck
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Ship crews may be destroyed by shipwreck because of what they have merited.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: unjust aggressors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They wrong men and act insolently against justice, and receive grievous punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: rain after despair
literal_form: rain sent down after people have despaired
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: sea and back of the water
literal_form: sea and water on which ships run or lie still
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: ships like high mountains
literal_form: ships running in the sea, compared to high mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: divine tribunal
literal_form: tribunal before which living creatures may be gathered
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: wind ceased by God
literal_form: wind that God may cause to cease, leaving ships still on the water
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Repentance, forgiveness, and recompense
summary: God accepts repentance, forgives sins, hears believers, increases their
reward, and assigns punishment to unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Measured provision and rain after despair
summary: God limits abundance, sends provision by measure, and sends rain after
people despair, spreading mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Creation and gathering before tribunal
summary: Heaven, earth, and living creatures are described as signs, and God is
able to gather creatures before his tribunal.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Ships under divine control
summary: Ships move on the sea like high mountains; God can still them by stopping
wind or destroy them by shipwreck because of what their crews have merited.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Ethics of injury, retaliation, and forgiveness
summary: The passage describes believers' moral conduct, permits proportionate retaliation
for injury, and praises forgiveness and reconciliation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly states that God rewards believers, punishes unbelievers
and wrongdoers, sends misfortune for deserved actions, and gathers creatures before
a tribunal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to the supplied English translation and its
wording.
- id: motif:2
label: Gathering of creatures before a divine tribunal
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: God is described as able to gather living creatures before his tribunal whenever
he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage explicitly mentions gathering before a tribunal, but does
not elaborate a full resurrection sequence within the supplied lines.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine mercy expressed through water after despair
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Rain is sent after people have despaired and is linked with the spreading
of God's mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: No available motif-family taxonomy item directly matches rain as mercy;
only the water symbol is directly supported.
- id: motif:4
label: Sea vessels subject to divine wind and judgment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ships at sea depend on wind under God's control and may be stilled or destroyed
by shipwreck because of the crews' deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: Although ships are prominent, the passage does not describe an ark, rescue
vessel, or flood-renewal pattern.
- id: motif:5
label: Forgiveness preferred over proportionate retaliation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage allows proportionate retaliation after injury but states that
one who forgives and is reconciled receives reward from God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: This is an ethical pattern in the passage rather than a named mythic motif
in the supplied taxonomy.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 32758-32759
quote_or_summary: '"It is he who accepteth repentance from his servants, and forgiveth
sins, and knoweth that which ye do."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 32760-32763
quote_or_summary: God inclines his ear to believers and righteous workers, adds
from his bounty, and assigns severe punishment to unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 32764-32767
quote_or_summary: God does not bestow unlimited abundance because people would behave
insolently; he sends provision by measure and knows his servants' condition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 32768-32770
quote_or_summary: '"It is he who sendeth down the rain, after men have despaired
thereof, and spreadeth abroad his mercy."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 32771-32774
quote_or_summary: The creation of heaven, earth, and living creatures is a sign;
God can gather them before his tribunal whenever he pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 32775-32778
quote_or_summary: Misfortune is sent because of what human hands have deserved,
yet God forgives many things; no protector or helper exists against God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 32779-32783
quote_or_summary: Ships run in the sea like high mountains; if God makes the wind
cease, they lie still on the water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 32784-32786
quote_or_summary: God may destroy ships by shipwreck because of what their crews
have merited, though he pardons many things.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32788-32791
quote_or_summary: Present-life provisions are contrasted with the better and more
durable reward with God for those who believe and trust in him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 32792-32797
quote_or_summary: The righteous avoid heinous crimes, forgive when angry, obey God,
pray, consult one another, give alms, and respond when injured.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 32798-32802
quote_or_summary: Retaliation should be proportionate, but the one who forgives
and reconciles receives reward from God, who does not love the unjust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 32803-32807
quote_or_summary: Those who avenge themselves after injury are not to be punished;
punishment is for those who wrong men and act insolently against justice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 32787-32788 and 32809-32811
quote_or_summary: Those who dispute God's signs will have no escape from vengeance;
one whom God causes to err has no protector, and the ungodly are shown without
such protection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range in Sale's public-domain
English translation. Candidate motifs are conservative and tied to available taxonomy
only where directly supported.
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 comparison with another text, tradition, or motif family beyond internal motif classification.
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