batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33436-l33526
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33436-l33526
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XLV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLVI. / IN
THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 33436-33526
start: '33436'
end: '33526'
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 XLVI by presenting the book as a revelation from
God, affirming that creation has a truthful and limited term, challenging idolaters
to show evidence for their idols, and warning that idols will fail and oppose
their worshippers at judgment. It describes unbelievers rejecting signs as sorcery
or forgery, presents Mohammed as a public warner who follows revelation, invokes
a witness from the children of Israel and the earlier book of Moses, promises
paradise to upright believers, and commands kindness to parents with special mention
of the mother's painful bearing and birth and a prayer of gratitude and righteousness
at maturity.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The revelation of the book is attributed to the mighty and wise God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The heavens, earth, and what is between them are said to have been created
in truth and for a determined period.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker challenges those who invoke idols besides God to show what part
of the earth the idols created or whether they shared in creating the heavens.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage asks for a previous scripture or trace of ancient knowledge to
support idolatrous practices.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The invoked idols are described as unable to answer until the day of resurrection
and as unaware of the invocations made to them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: When people are gathered for judgment, the idols are said to become enemies
of their worshippers and deny their worship.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Unbelievers call the truth, when it comes to them, a manifest piece of sorcery.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Mohammed is instructed to answer accusations of forgery by saying God is witness
between him and his opponents.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Mohammed is instructed to say that he follows only what is revealed to him
and is no more than a public warner.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: A witness from the children of Israel is described as bearing witness to the
book's consonance with the law and believing in it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The book of Moses is described as having been revealed before the Koran as
a guide and mercy, and the present book is described as confirming it in Arabic.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Those who say their Lord is God and behave uprightly are promised absence
of fear and grief and are called inhabitants of paradise forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Humankind is commanded to show kindness to parents, with the mother described
as bearing and giving birth with pain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: At maturity and the age of forty years, the person prays for inspiration to
be grateful, to work righteousness, and to receive grace in his issue.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: Those described in the filial piety and prayer passage are said to have their
good works accepted, their evil works passed by, and to be among the inhabitants
of paradise.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The mighty and wise source of revelation, creator, witness, guide,
merciful Lord, and giver of recompense.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers / idolaters
description: Those who turn away from warning, invoke idols besides God, reject
signs as sorcery, and accuse or dismiss the revelation.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Idols invoked besides God
description: Objects invoked besides God, described as unable to answer, unaware
of invocations, and future enemies of their worshippers at judgment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The addressed messenger, instructed to deny forgery, say he follows
revelation, and identify himself as a public warner.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Witness from the children of Israel
description: A witness who testifies to the book's consonance with the law and believes
in it.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: True believers / righteous doers
description: Those who say their Lord is God, behave uprightly, and are promised
paradise.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Man at maturity
description: The person commanded to be kind to parents and depicted praying at
the age of strength and forty years for gratitude, righteousness, and grace for
his issue.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Parents and mother
description: Parents are recipients of commanded kindness; the mother is specifically
described as bearing in the womb and giving birth with pain.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The book's revelation is said to be from God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator with appointed term
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is associated with the creation of heavens and earth in truth and for
a determined period.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: judge and recompensor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage speaks of judgment, paradise, acceptance of good works, and passing
by evil works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: role:4
label: rejecters of warning and revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They turn away from warning, call truth sorcery, and say the doctrine is
an antiquated lie.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: powerless false objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The idols are described as unable to create, answer, or regard invocations,
and as denying worship at judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: public warner following revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Mohammed is told to say he follows what is revealed and is no more than a
public warner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: scriptural corroborating witness
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The witness from the children of Israel bears witness to consonance with
the law and believes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: upright inhabitants of paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those who confess God and behave uprightly are promised paradise forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: grateful filial petitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The mature person prays for gratitude for divine favors to himself and parents
and for righteous action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:10
label: parents receiving commanded kindness
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The passage commands kindness to parents and emphasizes the mother's pain
in bearing and birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: revealed book
literal_form: book / Koran / revelation
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: idols besides God
literal_form: idols invoked besides God
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: heavens and earth
literal_form: heavens, earth, and what is between them
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: previous scripture and ancient knowledge
literal_form: book of scripture revealed before this; footstep of ancient knowledge;
book of Moses; law
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: day of resurrection and gathering to judgment
literal_form: day of resurrection; men gathered together to judgment
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: paradise
literal_form: paradise as the lasting dwelling of upright believers
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: sym:7
label: womb, birth, and weaning period
literal_form: mother's womb, painful birth, thirty months of carrying and weaning
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revelation and created order
summary: The book is presented as revelation from God, and the heavens and earth
are said to have been created in truth for a determined period.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Challenge to idolaters
summary: The passage challenges idolaters to show what their idols created or to
produce earlier scripture or ancient knowledge supporting idolatry.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Idols at resurrection and judgment
summary: The idols cannot answer invocations and, when people are gathered for judgment,
become enemies of their worshippers and deny their worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Rejection and prophetic response
summary: Unbelievers label the truth sorcery and raise forgery; Mohammed is told
to state that God is witness and that he follows only revelation as a public warner.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Witness and continuity with Moses
summary: A witness from the children of Israel testifies to consonance with the
law, and the book of Moses is described as an earlier guide and mercy that the
Arabic book confirms.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Promise to upright believers
summary: Those who say their Lord is God and act uprightly are promised freedom
from fear and grief and eternal residence in paradise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Filial kindness and mature prayer
summary: Humankind is commanded to show kindness to parents; the mother’s pain in
pregnancy and birth is noted, and the mature person prays for gratitude, righteousness,
and grace for descendants.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment exposes false worship
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: At the gathering to judgment, the idols worshipped besides God become enemies
of their worshippers and deny their worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a theological warning rather than an extended narrative
of judgment.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection and gathering for judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The idols are said not to answer until the day of resurrection, and people
are described as gathered together to judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No detailed resurrection scene is narrated in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: Revelation as guide, mercy, warning, and confirmation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is presented as revealed from God, confirming the earlier book
of Moses, delivered in Arabic to warn unjust doers and give good tidings to the
righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage emphasizes revelation
and scriptural confirmation more specifically.
- id: motif:4
label: Paradise reward for upright believers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Upright believers are promised no fear or grief and eternal residence in
paradise as recompense for what they have done.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the reward but does not describe a journey to the afterlife.
- id: motif:5
label: Filial piety and grateful maturity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage commands kindness to parents, highlights the mother's painful
pregnancy and birth, and depicts a mature person praying for gratitude and righteous
action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy family directly matches filial piety in this passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly presents the Koran as confirming the earlier book
of Moses and as sharing functions of guidance and mercy, while also warning unjust
doers and giving good tidings to the righteous.
claim_level: same_function
target: book of Moses / law within the nearby Israelite scriptural tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an intra-passage claim of scriptural continuity and function;
it does not by itself establish historical transmission details beyond the passage's
assertion.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: "“THE revelation of this book is from the mighty, the wise GOD.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: God created the heavens, earth, and what is between them in truth
and for a determined period; unbelievers turn away from the warning.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: The passage challenges idolaters to show what their idols created,
whether they shared in creating the heavens, or whether prior scripture or ancient
knowledge supports their practices.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: Those invoked besides God cannot answer until the day of resurrection
and do not regard the calls made to them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: When people are gathered to judgment, the idols will become enemies
of their worshippers and deny their worship.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: When evident signs are rehearsed, unbelievers call the truth a
manifest piece of sorcery.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is instructed to answer a charge of forgery by saying
God knows what is being said and is witness between him and his opponents.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: "“I follow no other than what is revealed unto me; neither am
I any more than a public warner.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for extraction.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: A witness from the children of Israel bears witness to the book's
consonance with the law and believes, while others proudly reject it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: The book of Moses was revealed before the Koran as a guide and
mercy; the present Arabic book confirms it, warning unjust doers and bringing
good tidings to the righteous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: Those who say “Our Lord is God” and behave uprightly will have
no fear or grief and will remain forever as inhabitants of paradise in recompense
for their deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: Humankind is commanded to show kindness to parents; the mother
bears the child in the womb with pain, gives birth with pain, and the carrying
and weaning span is thirty months.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: At the age of strength and forty years, the person prays to be
inspired to gratitude for favors to himself and parents, to work righteousness,
and to receive grace for his issue.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 33436-33526
quote_or_summary: Such people have their good works accepted and evil works passed
by, and they are among the inhabitants of paradise according to the promised word.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage. Motif taxonomy
mapping is clearest for judgment and resurrection; broader mappings such as wisdom
are less exact.
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: |-
Source metadata identifies the text as public domain and training use allowed. Sale's footnotes in the supplied passage are used only where they clarify literal source metadata or immediate referents; motif extraction focuses on the main translated passage.
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