batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33529-l33618
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33529-l33618
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 33529-33618
start: '33529'
end: '33618'
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 contrasts denial of resurrection with parental exhortation
to believe, describes divine recompense and exposure of unbelievers to hell fire,
recounts Hud's warning to the people of Ad and their destruction by a wind mistaken
for a rain cloud, notes the failure of false gods to protect destroyed communities,
narrates genii listening to the Koran and returning as preachers, affirms God's
power to raise the dead, and counsels the prophet to bear insults patiently until
the threatened punishment appears.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A person addresses his parents contemptuously and rejects their promise that
he will be brought out from the grave and restored to life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The parents ask for God's assistance and urge their son to believe because
God's promise is true.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Degrees of happiness or misery are prepared according to what each person
has done, so that God may recompense works without injustice.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Unbelievers are exposed before the fire of hell and told that they received
good things in worldly life but will now receive ignominious punishment for insolence
and transgression.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The brother of Ad preaches in Al Ahkaf, telling his people to worship none
but God and warning of punishment on a great day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: obs:6
text: The people of Ad demand that the threatened punishment be brought upon them
if the preacher is truthful.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: 'A cloud traversing the sky toward the valleys is interpreted by the people
as a rain-bearing cloud, but Hud identifies it as the hastened punishment: a wind
containing severe vengeance.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The wind destroys at the command of its Lord, and in the morning only empty
dwellings remain visible.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says earlier nearby cities were destroyed after signs were variously
proposed to them so that they might repent.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Certain genii are caused to turn aside to hear the Koran; after listening,
they return to their people and preach what they heard.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The genii describe the recited book as revealed since Moses, confirming earlier
scripture and guiding to truth and the right way.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The passage argues that the God who created the heavens and earth without
fatigue is able to raise the dead to life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The prophet is instructed to bear the insults of his people with patience
and not require their punishment to be hastened.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity invoked by the parents, giver of promise, recompensor of
works, Lord commanding punishment, creator of the heavens and earth, and able
to raise the dead.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Son who rejects resurrection
description: A person who says to his parents that resurrection from the grave is
a fable of the ancients.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Parents
description: Parents who implore God's assistance and urge their son to believe
God's promise.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: People exposed before hell fire and addressed about their worldly enjoyment
and subsequent punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Brother of Ad / Hud
description: The brother of Ad who preached to his people in Al Ahkaf; the note
identifies him as the prophet Hud.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: People of Ad
description: The people addressed by Hud, who ask for the threatened punishment
and later see the cloud approaching their valleys.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Certain genii
description: Nonhuman beings caused to turn aside to hear the Koran; after listening,
they return to their people preaching.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: People of the genii
description: The audience to whom the genii return and preach after hearing the
Koran.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Moses
description: A prior prophetic figure mentioned as preceding the book heard by the
genii.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The prophet addressed in the passage
description: The addressee instructed to bear insults patiently and not hasten punishment.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: resurrection-denier
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He rejects being taken from the grave and restored to life and calls the
promise fables of the ancients.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: exhorting believers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They ask God's help and urge belief in God's true promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine judge and recompensor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God recompenses people for their works and does not treat
them unjustly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: creator with power to resurrect
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage argues from God's creation of heavens and earth to his ability
to raise the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: punished unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are exposed to hell fire and told to taste punishment because of unbelief,
insolence, and transgression.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: warning preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He preaches worship of God alone and warns of punishment on a great day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: mocking or demanding audience
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They ask Hud to bring the punishment he threatens if he is truthful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: hearers and returning preachers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They listen to the Koran, then return to their people preaching what they
heard.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: recipient community
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They are addressed by the genii as the people who should obey God's preacher
and believe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: earlier scriptural reference point
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The genii say the book they heard was revealed since Moses and confirms earlier
scripture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: patient prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: He is instructed to bear insults with patience like earlier steadfast apostles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: grave and restoration to life
literal_form: being taken forth from the grave and restored to life
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: hell fire
literal_form: fire of hell / hell fire
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: approaching cloud
literal_form: a cloud traversing the sky and tending toward the valleys
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: vengeful wind
literal_form: a wind wherein is a severe vengeance
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: empty dwellings
literal_form: empty dwellings remaining after destruction
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: recited book
literal_form: the Koran heard by the genii, described as a book revealed since Moses
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: created heavens and earth
literal_form: the heavens and the earth created by God without fatigue
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Denial of resurrection within the family
summary: A son rejects the promise of being raised from the grave, while his parents
implore God and urge him to believe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Recompense and exposure to hell fire
summary: The passage states that each person has a degree of happiness or misery
according to deeds, and unbelievers are exposed to hell fire for insolence and
transgression.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Hud warns the people of Ad
summary: Hud preaches worship of God alone in Al Ahkaf, warns his people of punishment,
and responds that knowledge of its timing belongs to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Cloud mistaken for rain becomes destructive wind
summary: The people see a cloud approaching their valleys and think it brings rain;
Hud declares it the punishment they demanded, a wind of severe vengeance, after
which only empty dwellings remain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Destroyed neighboring cities and failed protectors
summary: The passage recalls destroyed cities round about the audience and says
the beings taken as gods besides God did not protect them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Genii hear the Koran and preach
summary: Certain genii listen to the Koran, identify it as confirming prior scripture
since Moses, and return to their people urging obedience to God's preacher and
belief.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Power to raise the dead and counsel of patience
summary: The passage affirms that the creator of the heavens and earth can raise
the dead, presents hell as realized for unbelievers, and instructs the prophet
to endure insults patiently without hastening punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: resurrection from the grave affirmed against denial
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage stages a denial of being taken from the grave and later explicitly
states that God is able to raise the dead to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction records only the passage's resurrection language, not later
doctrinal elaboration.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment by recompense and hell punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: People receive degrees of happiness or misery according to works, and unbelievers
are exposed to hell fire and told to taste punishment for unbelief and transgression.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: Hell fire is treated here as a judgment image; no afterlife geography
beyond the passage is inferred.
- id: motif:3
label: rejected prophetic warning followed by destructive punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hud warns the people of Ad; they demand the punishment, and a wind destroys
them so that empty dwellings remain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific storm-destruction motif; mapped
broadly to divine judgment.
- id: motif:4
label: disguised catastrophe mistaken for blessing
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The people interpret the approaching cloud as rain, while Hud identifies
it as the hastened punishment, a wind of severe vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local pattern in the passage rather than a supplied taxonomy
motif family.
- id: motif:5
label: nonhuman hearers become transmitters of revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Certain genii listen to the Koran, describe it as guidance to truth and the
right way, and return to preach to their people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage emphasizes hearing,
guidance, and preaching rather than a formal wisdom genre.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The recited book heard by the genii is explicitly related to earlier scripture:
it is said to have been revealed since Moses and to confirm the scripture delivered
before it.'
claim_level: same_function
target: Earlier scripture associated with Moses and prior revelation
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage asserts confirmation and continuity but does not provide
detailed narrative comparison with Mosaic scripture.
- id: claim:2
claim: The destruction of Ad is placed among a series of earlier destroyed communities
used as warnings to the present audience.
claim_level: same_function
target: Earlier destroyed cities around the audience, including those noted in the
passage footnote
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage and note list nearby destroyed peoples or cities, but the
extracted line range does not narrate each parallel destruction in detail.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 33529-33535
quote_or_summary: A son says to his parents, in effect, that resurrection from the
grave after many generations is unbelievable and calls it ancient fables; the
parents ask God's help and urge him to believe God's promise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33538-33542
quote_or_summary: Each person has a prepared degree of happiness or misery according
to deeds, and God recompenses works without unjust treatment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 33543-33549
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers are exposed before the fire of hell and told that
worldly enjoyments are followed by punishment for insolence and transgression.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 33550-33560
quote_or_summary: The brother of Ad preaches in Al Ahkaf, commands worship of God
alone, warns of punishment, and answers the people's demand for punishment by
saying its timing is with God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 33561-33567
quote_or_summary: The people see a cloud moving toward their valleys and think it
brings rain; Hud says it is the hastened punishment, a wind of severe vengeance
that destroys everything at the Lord's command, leaving only empty dwellings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 33568-33579
quote_or_summary: The passage says the people were established in a flourishing
condition with ears, eyes, and hearts but rejected God's signs; it also recalls
destroyed cities around the audience and says false gods did not protect them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 33594-33605
quote_or_summary: Certain genii are turned aside to hear the Koran; they listen,
return to their people preaching, and say they heard a book revealed since Moses,
confirming earlier scripture and guiding to truth and the right way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 33606-33613
quote_or_summary: Whoever does not obey God's preacher cannot frustrate God's vengeance;
God created the heavens and earth without fatigue and is able to raise the dead;
unbelievers are exposed to hell fire and told to taste punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 33614-33618
quote_or_summary: The prophet is told to bear insults patiently like steadfast apostles,
not to hasten punishment, and that when the threatened punishment is seen, worldly
duration will seem like an hour of a day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: note
locator: note n, within lines 33582-33583
quote_or_summary: The note identifies the brother of Ad as the prophet Hud.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: note
locator: note p, within lines 33589-33591
quote_or_summary: The note identifies destroyed settlements or cities around the
audience as those of the Thamudites, Midianites, Sodom and Gomorrah, and others.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for resurrection, judgment, Hud's warning, storm
destruction, and genii hearing the Koran. Motif mapping is broad where the supplied
taxonomy lacks storm or prophetic-warning categories.
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: |-
All claims are based on the supplied passage and metadata only; no external taxonomy IDs beyond supplied refs were added.
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