batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32852-l32936
---
record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l32852-l32936
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XLII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLIII. /
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 32852-32936
start: '32852'
end: '32936'
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 opens Chapter XLIII by presenting the Arabic Koran as ordained
through a clear book and preserved in an original book with God. It recalls earlier
prophets mocked by old nations, God’s creation of heaven and earth, rain reviving
dead land as an analogy for emergence from graves, and divinely subjected ships
and cattle. It rejects claims that God has daughters or that angels are female,
criticizes worship based on ancestral custom, describes divine vengeance on rejecters
of apostles, recalls Abraham’s renunciation of his people’s gods except the creator,
and reports Meccan rejection of the revealed truth as sorcery and their objection
that it was not sent to a great man of two cities.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says the Koran is Arabic, understandable, and written in an original
book kept with God, described as sublime and full of wisdom.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says many prophets were sent among earlier peoples and were mocked,
after which stronger nations were destroyed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage attributes creation of the heavens and earth to the mighty and
wise God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage describes God spreading the earth as a bed, making paths, sending
measured rain from heaven, and quickening a dead country.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The revival of a dead country is explicitly linked to being brought forth
from graves.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says God created various species and gave people ships and cattle
on which they are carried.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage rejects the attribution of offspring, daughters, or female issue
to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says some people make the angels, described as servants of the
Merciful, females, and that their testimony will be written down and examined
on the day of judgment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The passage reports people defending worship by saying they found their fathers
practicing a religion and follow their footsteps.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says preachers brought a more right religion, were disbelieved,
and that vengeance was taken on those who accused apostles of imposture.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Abraham tells his father and people that he is clear of the gods they worship,
except the one who created him and will direct him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Abraham’s statement is described as a constant doctrine among his posterity,
turning them from idolatry to worship of the only true God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: The passage reports that when truth and a manifest apostle come, the addressed
people call it sorcery and disbelieve.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: The passage reports an objection that the Koran should have been sent down
to a great man of one of two cities.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD / Merciful
description: The divine speaker and subject described as creator, sender of rain,
giver of ships and cattle, keeper of the original book, and judge of false testimony.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Prophets / apostles / preachers
description: Messengers sent to earlier peoples and cities, mocked or accused of
imposture; one brings a more right religion.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Earlier nations and city inhabitants
description: Former peoples who mocked prophets, followed ancestral religion, disbelieved
preachers, and were destroyed or subjected to vengeance.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Angels
description: Servants of the Merciful whom some people call female.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: People who attribute offspring to God
description: People who claim offspring or daughters for God and defend worship
by appeal to divine permission or ancestral practice.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Abraham
description: A figure who rejects the gods worshipped by his father and people except
the creator who will direct him.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Abraham’s father and people
description: Those addressed by Abraham as worshippers of gods he renounces.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Meccans and their fathers
description: People permitted to live in prosperity until truth and a manifest apostle
come; they call the truth sorcery and object to the recipient of the Koran.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is named as creator of heaven and earth, maker of earth’s paths, sender
of rain, creator of species, and giver of conveyances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: keeper and source of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Koran is said to be ordained and written in the original book kept with
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: judge and avenger
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says testimony about angels will be written and examined on the
day of judgment, and that vengeance was taken on rejecters of apostles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: rejected messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Prophets and preachers are mocked, disbelieved, and accused of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: rejecters or idolaters
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: These figures follow ancestral religion, worship gods or angels, reject preachers,
or call the truth sorcery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: misclassified divine servants
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Angels are called servants of the Merciful, while some people make them female.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: monotheistic ancestor
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Abraham renounces his father’s and people’s gods except the creator, and
his statement becomes a doctrine among his posterity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: clear book and original book
literal_form: The perspicuous book, the Arabic Koran, and the original book kept
with God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: rain reviving dead land
literal_form: Measured rain from heaven quickening a dead country
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: graves
literal_form: Graves from which people shall be brought forth
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: ships and cattle as conveyances
literal_form: Ships and cattle on which people are carried and sit firmly
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: written testimony
literal_form: Testimony about the angels written down and examined on the day of
judgment
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: ancestral footsteps
literal_form: Fathers’ religion and descendants treading in their footsteps
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: Abraham’s constant doctrine
literal_form: A doctrine among Abraham’s posterity turning them from idolatry to
worship of the only true God
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revelation located in a heavenly original book
summary: The chapter opens by presenting the Arabic Koran as ordained for understanding
and written in an original book kept with God, sublime and full of wisdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Mocked prophets and destroyed earlier nations
summary: Earlier prophets are sent and mocked; stronger old nations are destroyed
as examples.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Creation, provision, and resurrection analogy
summary: God creates heaven and earth, makes earth habitable with paths, sends rain
to revive dead land, and links that revival to emergence from graves; ships and
cattle are also given as conveyances.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Rejection of divine offspring and female angels
summary: The passage rejects claims of divine daughters and says those who call
angels female were not present at their creation; their testimony will be recorded
and examined at judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Ancestral religion opposed by preachers
summary: People justify their religion by saying they follow their fathers; preachers
bring a more right religion, are rejected, and vengeance follows against accusers
of apostles.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Abraham renounces his people’s gods
summary: Abraham tells his father and people that he is clear of the gods they worship
except the creator who will guide him, and this becomes a lasting doctrine among
his posterity.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Meccan rejection of truth and the manifest apostle
summary: The Meccans and their fathers are said to have prospered until truth and
a manifest apostle came; they call the truth sorcery and object that the Koran
was not sent to a great man of two cities.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Revelation preserved in a heavenly archetype
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as Arabic for understanding and as written in an original
book kept with God, sublime and full of wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents revelation and wisdom
but does not name a separate wisdom figure.
- id: motif:2
label: Rejected messengers followed by destruction or vengeance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Earlier prophets are mocked and nations are destroyed; later rejecters of
apostles are also subjected to vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives examples in summary form rather than a detailed judgment
narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: Revival of dead land as sign of emergence from graves
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Measured rain revives a dead country, and the passage explicitly says people
shall likewise be brought forth from graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The resurrection claim is made through analogy rather than narrated as
an event occurring in the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine judgment through written testimony
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Claims about angels being female are to be written down and examined on the
day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not describe the outcome of the examination.
- id: motif:5
label: Ancestral custom resisting revealed correction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: People say they follow their fathers’ religion; preachers answer with a more
right religion, which is rejected.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family exactly matches this social-religious pattern.
- id: motif:6
label: Founding ancestor renounces idolatry
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Abraham renounces the gods of his father and people except the creator, and
his statement becomes a doctrine among his posterity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the act doctrinally, not as a full biographical cycle.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, Chapter XLIII opening
quote_or_summary: "“we have ordained the same an Arabic Koran that ye may understand”
and it is “written in the original book, kept with us, being sublime and full
of wisdom.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 32852-32936, after opening admonition
quote_or_summary: Many prophets were sent among old peoples; they were mocked, and
mightier nations were destroyed as examples.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, creation question
quote_or_summary: 'Asked who created the heavens and earth, they answer: “The mighty,
the wise God created them.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, verse marked 10
quote_or_summary: God sends “rain from heaven by measure,” quickens “a dead country,”
and “so shall ye be brought forth from your graves.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 32852-32936, after verse marked 10
quote_or_summary: God creates various species and gives ships and cattle as conveyances,
so people may praise the one who subjected them to service and remember their
return to the LORD.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 32852-32936, divine offspring passage
quote_or_summary: The passage rejects attributing offspring or daughters to God
and criticizes assigning to the Merciful the sex whose birth causes sorrow among
the claimants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, angels passage
quote_or_summary: "“the angels, who are the servants of the Merciful” are made female
by some; “Their testimony shall be written down” and examined “on the day of judgment.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, ancestral religion saying
quote_or_summary: "“we found our fathers practising a religion; and we are guided
in their footsteps.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 32852-32936, preacher and vengeance passage
quote_or_summary: Preachers ask whether they bring a more right religion than ancestral
practice; the people reject what is preached, and vengeance is taken on those
who accused apostles of imposture.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, Abraham speech
quote_or_summary: 'Abraham says to his father and people: “I am clear of the gods
which ye worship, except him who hath created me; for he will direct me aright.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 32852-32936, Abraham doctrine
quote_or_summary: Abraham’s renunciation is ordained as a constant doctrine among
his posterity, turning them from idolatry to worship of the only true God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 32852-32936, truth and manifest apostle
quote_or_summary: The Meccans and their fathers are permitted prosperity until truth
and a manifest apostle come; they call the truth sorcery and disbelieve.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: lines 32852-32936, final objection
quote_or_summary: They ask why the Koran was not “sent down unto some great man
of either of the two cities.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based on the supplied passage. Motif assignments use
only supplied taxonomy where directly supported; no cross-text comparison claims
are made.
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: |-
Footnotes present in the passage were used only where they clarify literal terms, such as the original book being identified with the preserved table; no external information was added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l32852-l32936
passage_sha256=f9f0d5ab6ffbd512d6a97f710e651e7662777efb5ec9fa996f41f92acfedd454