batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32814-l32849
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32814-l32849
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 32814-32849
start: '32814'
end: '32849'
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 punished wishing for return, exposure to hell
fire, the believers' statement about loss on the day of resurrection, warning
to obey God before an unavoidable day, the preacher's limited duty, God's sovereignty
over mercy, adversity, creation, offspring, revelation, guidance, and the return
of all things to God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those who behold the prepared punishment ask whether there is any way to return
back into the world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The punished are exposed to hell fire, dejected by ignominy, and look at the
fire sideways and by stealth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: True believers say that the losers are those who have lost their own souls
and families on the day of resurrection, and that the ungodly remain in eternal
torment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The punished have no protectors against God, and those whom God causes to
err find no way to the truth.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The hearers are told to hearken to their Lord before an unavoidable day when
there will be no refuge and no ability to deny sins.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The preacher is said not to be sent as a guardian over those who turn aside;
his duty is preaching only.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Man rejoices when made to taste mercy, but becomes ungrateful when evil befalls
people because of what their hands formerly committed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The kingdom of heaven and earth belongs to God, who creates what he pleases
and gives females, males, both males and females, or childlessness as he pleases.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: God is said to speak to man only by private revelation, from behind a veil,
or by sending a messenger to reveal by permission what he pleases.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:10
text: A revelation is said to have been revealed to the addressed figure by command,
and the Koran and faith are ordained as a light that directs servants into the
right way.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: obs:11
text: The right way is described as the way of God, to whom whatever is in heaven
and earth belongs, and the passage asks whether all things return to God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Those facing punishment / ungodly
description: People who behold the prepared punishment, are exposed to hell fire,
lack protectors, and are described as ungodly in eternal torment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: True believers
description: Those who speak about the losers on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The deity who controls punishment, guidance, mercy, creation, offspring,
revelation, and the kingdom of heaven and earth.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Preacher / addressed figure
description: The addressed figure is told his duty is preaching only and that revelation
has been revealed to him.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Man
description: A general human figure who rejoices at mercy and becomes ungrateful
after evil resulting from prior deeds.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Messenger
description: A messenger sent by God to reveal, by divine permission, what God pleases.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: punished ungodly
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They behold prepared punishment, are exposed to hell fire, and are said to
continue in eternal torment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: witnessing believers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They speak about the losers on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: divine judge and controller of protection
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: No protectors can defend against God, and those God causes to err find no
way to truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: sovereign creator and giver of offspring
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The kingdom of heaven and earth belongs to God, and God gives females, males,
both, or childlessness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: source of revelation and guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God speaks by revelation, veil, or messenger and ordains revelation as light
and direction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: preacher without guardianship over rejecters
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He is told he has not been sent as a guardian over those who turn aside and
that his duty is preaching only.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: A revelation is said to have been revealed to him by command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: ungrateful human recipient of mercy and adversity
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Man rejoices at mercy but becomes ungrateful when evil befalls people for
prior deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: authorized revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The messenger reveals by God's permission what God pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell fire
literal_form: fire of hell seen by the punished
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: day of resurrection
literal_form: day on which the losers are identified and torment is declared
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: unavoidable day with no refuge
literal_form: day God will not keep back, without refuge or denial of sins
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: veil
literal_form: veil behind which God may speak to man
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: light of revelation
literal_form: the Koran and faith ordained as a light for direction
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:6
label: right way / way of God
literal_form: path of guidance leading as the way of God
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: heaven and earth
literal_form: the total domain whose kingdom and contents belong to God
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Punishment and wish for return
summary: Those facing prepared punishment ask if there is a way to return to the
world, are exposed to hell fire, and are described by believers as losing themselves
and their families on the day of resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Warning before the unavoidable day
summary: The audience is commanded to hearken to the Lord before an unavoidable
day when there is no refuge and no denial of sins; the preacher's role is limited
to preaching.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Human response to mercy and adversity
summary: Man rejoices when tasting divine mercy but becomes ungrateful when evil
follows prior deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Divine sovereignty over creation and offspring
summary: God is said to possess the kingdom of heaven and earth, create what he
pleases, and distribute female children, male children, both, or childlessness
according to his will.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Modes of revelation and guidance
summary: God speaks through private revelation, from behind a veil, or by a messenger;
revelation to the addressed figure becomes a light that directs servants into
the right way, and all things return to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: postmortem divine judgment and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage presents a day of resurrection, exposure to hell fire, loss of
souls and families, eternal torment, and no refuge from God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal exhortation rather than a narrative mythic episode.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection day reckoning
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The believers identify loss on the day of resurrection, and the passage links
that day to torment and judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the resurrection event itself; it invokes
the day as a setting for judgment.
- id: motif:3
label: failed return from punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The punished ask whether there is a way to return back into the world, while
the passage emphasizes no refuge and no way for those misled by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The return is a denied wish rather than a completed return motif.
- id: motif:4
label: revelation as guiding light
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Revelation, the Koran, and faith are described as a light by which God directs
servants into the right way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific revelation motif; the wisdom reference
is approximate and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:5
label: divine sovereignty over fertility and childlessness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God gives females, males, both males and females, or childlessness as he
pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy motif precisely matches this pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 32814-32816
quote_or_summary: Those who behold prepared punishment ask whether there is any
way to return back into the world.
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 32816-32819
quote_or_summary: The punished are exposed to hell fire, dejected, and look at the
fire sideways and by stealth.
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 32819-32823
quote_or_summary: True believers say the losers are those who lost their souls and
families on the day of resurrection, and the ungodly continue in eternal torment.
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 32823-32825
quote_or_summary: They have no protectors against God, and one whom God causes to
err finds no way to truth.
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 32826-32829
quote_or_summary: The hearers are warned to hearken before a day God will not keep
back, when there will be no refuge and no denial of sins.
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 32830-32833
quote_or_summary: If hearers turn aside, the addressed preacher is not their guardian;
his duty is preaching only.
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 32833-32836
quote_or_summary: Man rejoices when God causes him to taste mercy, but becomes ungrateful
when evil befalls people because of what their hands formerly committed.
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 32837-32839
quote_or_summary: The kingdom of heaven and earth belongs to God; he creates what
he pleases and gives females or males as he pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32840-32842
quote_or_summary: God gives males and females jointly or makes whom he pleases childless;
he is wise and powerful.
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 32843-32846
quote_or_summary: God speaks to man by private revelation, from behind a veil, or
by sending a messenger to reveal by permission what he pleases.
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 32846-32848
quote_or_summary: A revelation is revealed to the addressed figure by command; previously
he did not understand the Koran or faith.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 32848-32849
quote_or_summary: The Koran and faith are ordained as a light by which God directs
servants, and the addressed figure directs them into the right way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: line 32849
quote_or_summary: The right way is the way of God, to whom whatever is in heaven
and earth belongs; all things return to God.
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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for judgment, resurrection, divine sovereignty,
and revelation. Motif mapping is limited by the available taxonomy and the passage's
non-narrative, exhortative form. No comparison claims were added because the passage
does not itself make a comparative claim.
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 provided passage and metadata; all quotations were summarized.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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