batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33309-l33405
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33309-l33405
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XLIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLV. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 33309-33405
start: '33309'
end: '33405'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Sale translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage presents the revelation as from God and points to signs in
creation, nature, rain, winds, and the sea. It warns rejecters of divine signs
of punishment, instructs believers to forgive, recalls law, wisdom, and prophecy
given to the children of Israel, appoints Mohammed to follow a law, contrasts
believers with workers of iniquity, rejects denial of the afterlife, and depicts
resurrection judgment in which every nation kneels and is called to its book of
account.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The revelation of the book is said to be from the mighty and wise God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Signs of divine power are located in heaven and earth, human creation, scattered
beasts, the alternation of night and day, rain that revives dead earth, and the
changing winds.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Those who hear and scorn God's signs are warned of painful or shameful punishment,
with hell lying before them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: God is said to have subjected the sea so ships may sail by his command and
people may seek benefit through commerce.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: True believers are instructed to forgive those who do not hope for the days
of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Right action is described as benefiting one's own soul, while evil action
is against the same soul; people will return to their Lord.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The children of Israel are said to have received the law, wisdom, prophecy,
good things, and plain ordinances, but later differed after knowledge came to
them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to decide the controversy among the children of Israel on the
day of resurrection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Mohammed is addressed as appointed to promulgate and follow a law concerning
religion, not the desires of the ignorant.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The Koran is described as evident precepts, direction, and mercy for those
who judge rightly.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: God is said to have created the heavens and earth in truth so that every soul
may be recompensed according to its works without injustice.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: A figure who takes his own lust as his god is described as having sealed ears
and heart and a veil over the eyes.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Some speakers deny another life, saying only present life exists and that
time destroys them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: The deniers challenge the signs by asking that their dead fathers be brought
to life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: God is said to give life, cause death, and assemble people on the day of resurrection.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: Every nation is depicted kneeling, being called to its book of account, and
being rewarded according to its works.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The source of revelation, signs, creation, provision, law, recompense,
resurrection, and judgment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers
description: Those addressed as recipients of signs and instructed to forgive others.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: lying and impious person / disbelievers / workers of iniquity
description: People who reject or scorn God's signs, deny another life, or do evil.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: children of Israel
description: A community described as receiving law, wisdom, prophecy, good things,
and ordinances, then differing after knowledge.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The addressed messenger appointed to promulgate and follow a law concerning
religion.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: every nation
description: Each nation is shown kneeling, summoned to its book of account, and
rewarded according to its works.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: dead fathers
description: Ancestors whom the deniers demand be brought to life as proof.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The book's revelation is stated to be from God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is linked with creation, rain reviving dead earth, the sea, ships, and
the heavens and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: resurrecting judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gives life and death, assembles people on resurrection day, and recompenses
every soul and nation according to works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: forgiving recipients of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Believers are told to forgive, and the signs are addressed to true believers
and people who understand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: rejecters of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They hear, reject, scorn, or deny the signs and afterlife and are warned
of punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: law-and-wisdom receiving community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They receive law, wisdom, prophecy, good things, and ordinances.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: appointed law-promulgator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Mohammed is addressed as appointed to promulgate a law and follow it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: summoned accounting communities
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Every nation kneels, is called to its book of account, and is rewarded according
to works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: dead ancestors invoked as test
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Deniers ask that their dead fathers be brought to life if the message is
true.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: signs of God
literal_form: signs in heaven, earth, human creation, beasts, night and day, rain,
and winds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: reviving rain
literal_form: rain from heaven that quickens the earth after it has been dead
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: sea and sailing ships
literal_form: the sea subjected so ships may sail by God's command
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: hell
literal_form: hell lying before the rejecters
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: sealed perception
literal_form: sealed ears and heart, and a veil over the eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: book of account
literal_form: each nation called to its book of account
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: kneeling nations
literal_form: every nation kneeling before being called to account
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: day of resurrection / fixed hour
literal_form: the day of resurrection and the day whereon the hour shall be fixed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Signs in creation and nature
summary: The revelation points to signs in heaven, earth, living creatures, night
and day, rain reviving dead earth, and winds as evidence for people who believe
or understand.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Warning to rejecters
summary: Those who hear and scorn the signs are warned that worldly gains and idols
will not help them and that hell and punishment await.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Sea subjected for human benefit
summary: God subjects the sea so ships sail by command and people may seek benefit
and give thanks.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Forgiveness, deeds, and return
summary: Believers are told to forgive; right and evil actions are described as
returning in consequence upon the actor's own soul, with an eventual return to
the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Israelite law, wisdom, and later dispute
summary: The children of Israel receive law, wisdom, prophecy, good things, and
ordinances, but later differ; God will decide their controversy on resurrection
day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Mohammed appointed to a religious law
summary: Mohammed is told to follow a divinely appointed law and not the desires
of the ignorant; the Koran is characterized as precepts, direction, and mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Denial of afterlife answered
summary: Some deny any life beyond the present and ask for dead fathers to be raised;
the response states that God gives life, causes death, and will assemble people
on resurrection day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Nations kneel at judgment
summary: On the fixed hour, those who charge the Koran with vanity perish, and every
nation kneels, is called to its book of account, and receives reward according
to works.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment according to deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly states that every soul or nation will be recompensed
or rewarded according to what it has wrought, culminating in the kneeling nations
and books of account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal judgment scene rather than a narrative trial with
individualized mythic characters.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection and assembly after death
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage rejects denial of another life, answers a challenge to bring
dead fathers to life, and says God gives life, causes death, and will assemble
people on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage asserts resurrection rather than narrating a specific resurrected
individual's return.
- id: motif:3
label: Dead earth revived by heavenly rain
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: Rain from heaven is said to quicken the earth after it has been dead, presenting
natural revival as a sign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The image is a natural sign within exhortation, not a full death-and-rebirth
mythic narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Revelatory guidance and wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The book is presented as revelation and true direction; the children of Israel
receive law, wisdom, and prophecy; the Koran is described as precepts, direction,
and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy term 'wisdom' is broad; the passage emphasizes revelation,
law, and guidance more than a wisdom quest narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 33309-33326
quote_or_summary: The revelation is from God; signs are named in heaven and earth,
human creation, beasts, night and day, rain that revives dead earth, and winds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33327-33339
quote_or_summary: Those who hear God's signs and persist in infidelity or scorn
are warned of painful or shameful punishment; hell lies before them and gains
or idols will not avail them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 33340-33346
quote_or_summary: God subjects the sea so ships may sail by his command, enabling
commerce and gratitude; whatever is in heaven and earth is made to serve people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 33353-33359
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to forgive those who do not hope for the days
of God; right and evil deeds affect the doer's own soul, and people return to
their Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 33360-33368
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel are given law, wisdom, prophecy, good things,
and ordinances; after later variance, God will decide their controversy on resurrection
day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 33369-33378
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is appointed to promulgate and follow a law concerning
religion; the Koran is described as evident precepts, direction, and mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 33379-33384
quote_or_summary: The passage contrasts workers of iniquity with believers and states
that God created heavens and earth in truth to recompense every soul according
to its deeds without injustice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 33385-33389
quote_or_summary: One who takes his own lust as his god is described as knowingly
caused to err, with sealed ears and heart and a veil over the eyes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 33390-33400
quote_or_summary: Deniers say there is no other life than the present and that time
destroys them; they ask for dead fathers to be brought to life; the response says
God gives life, causes death, and will assemble people on resurrection day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 33401-33405
quote_or_summary: God has the kingdom of heaven and earth; on the fixed hour those
who charge the Koran with vanity perish, and every nation kneels, is called to
its book of account, and is rewarded according to its deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction uses only the supplied passage. Divine judgment and resurrection
are explicit; broader motif tagging such as wisdom and death-rebirth is more interpretive
and marked accordingly. No external 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'
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