batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33704-l33797
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33704-l33797
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XLVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLVII. /
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 33704-33797
start: '33704'
end: '33797'
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 contrasts unbelievers and believers, warns that the last hour
may come suddenly, commands acknowledgment of God and seeking pardon, describes
hesitation about revealed commands to fight, condemns hypocrisy and severing kinship
ties, states that God seals or exposes inward states, describes angels causing
the wicked to die, and exhorts believers to obey God and the apostle, persevere,
and expend part of their substance for God's religion.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some unbelievers listen to the addressee and then deride what was said when
they leave.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to have sealed the hearts of some unbelievers, who follow their
own lusts.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Those who are directed are promised more direction and instruction about what
to avoid.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The last hour is described as able to come upon the infidels suddenly, with
some signs already come.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The addressee is told to know that there is no god but God and to ask pardon
for his sin and for believing men and women.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Some true believers ask whether a Sura commanding war has been revealed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Those with infirmity in their hearts are described as looking toward the addressee
like one overshadowed by death when war is mentioned.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The passage asks whether people in authority would commit outrages in the
earth and violate ties of blood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Certain people are described as cursed by God, made deaf, and blinded.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The passage asks whether there are locks upon their hearts when they fail
to meditate on the Koran.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Those who turn back after true direction is manifest are said to have their
wickedness prepared for them by Satan.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: God is said to know the secrets of those who privately promise partial obedience
to opponents of what God revealed.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: Angels are described as causing certain people to die and striking their faces
and backs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:14
text: God is said to try the community until those who fight valiantly and persevere
are known.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: Those who do not believe, turn men from God's way, oppose the apostle, and
die as unbelievers are said not to be forgiven, and their works are made to perish.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: The present life is described as play and vain amusement, while belief and
fear of God bring rewards.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:17
text: Believers are invited to expend part of their substance for the support of
God's true religion, and niggardliness is said to harm one's own soul.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:18
text: If the addressed group turns back, God is said to substitute another people
in their stead.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker or agent who seals hearts, grants direction, knows
secrets and actions, tests believers, gives rewards, makes works perish, forgives
or withholds forgiveness, and may substitute another people.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers / infidels
description: People who listen and deride, wait for the last hour, turn men from
God's way, oppose the apostle, and may die as unbelievers.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those who are directed / true believers
description: People granted more direction, called to obey God and the apostle,
persevere, fight valiantly, and expend part of their substance.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The addressee / the apostle
description: The recipient addressed by those who listen, commanded to ask pardon,
and identified with the apostle whom believers are told to obey and opponents
resist.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Those with infirmity in their hearts
description: People who react fearfully when war is mentioned, may secretly cooperate
with those who detest what God revealed, and whose malice God can bring to light.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Satan
description: The figure who prepares wickedness for those who turn back after true
direction is made manifest.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Angels
description: Figures who cause certain people to die and strike their faces and
backs.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Another people
description: A replacement people whom God may substitute if the addressed group
turns back.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God rewards believers, withholds forgiveness from unbelievers who die as
such, makes works perish, and may substitute another people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: knower of inward states
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God knows busy employment, abode hereafter, secrets, and actions, and can
bring malice to light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: giver of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Those who are directed receive more direction and instruction about avoidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: rejecting opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They deride the message, turn men away from God's way, oppose the apostle,
and may die unbelieving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: obedient community under trial
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Believers are called to obey, fight valiantly, persevere, and spend part
of their substance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: apostolic addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage addresses him directly and tells believers to obey the apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: wavering hypocrites
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They have infirmity in their hearts, fear commands about war, and privately
promise partial obedience to opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: tempter or preparer of wickedness
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Satan prepares wickedness for those who turn back after guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: death-bringing agents
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Angels cause certain people to die and strike them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: replacement community
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: God may substitute another people if the addressed group turns back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sealed hearts
literal_form: hearts sealed by God
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: last hour
literal_form: the last hour coming suddenly, with signs already come
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: death overshadowing look
literal_form: the look of one whom death overshadoweth
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: deafness and blindness
literal_form: made deaf and blinded eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: locks upon hearts
literal_form: locks upon their hearts
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: striking at death
literal_form: angels causing death and striking faces and backs
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: perishing works
literal_form: works made to perish or rendered of no effect
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: present life as play
literal_form: present life described as play and vain amusement
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: expenditure of substance
literal_form: expending part of one's substance for God's true religion
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Derisive listening and sealed hearts
summary: Some unbelievers listen to the addressee, leave, deride the message, and
are described as having hearts sealed by God, while the directed receive further
guidance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Warning of the sudden last hour
summary: The passage warns that the last hour may overtake infidels suddenly, notes
that some signs have already come, and commands recognition of God and seeking
pardon.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Revelation of war and fearful reaction
summary: True believers ask about a Sura commanding war; when war is mentioned,
those with infirm hearts look toward the addressee with a deathlike fear.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Corruption, kinship violation, and blocked perception
summary: The passage condemns committing outrages and violating ties of blood, then
describes certain people as cursed, deafened, blinded, and as having locks upon
their hearts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Turning back, hidden collusion, and death by angels
summary: Those who turn back after guidance are linked with Satan's preparation
of wickedness and private partial obedience to opponents; angels are then described
causing them to die and striking them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Divine testing of perseverance
summary: God declares that the community will be tried until those who fight valiantly
and persevere are known, and reports of behavior are tested.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Perishing works and unforgiven unbelief
summary: Those who disbelieve, turn others from God's way, oppose the apostle, and
die unbelieving are said to be unable to harm God; their works perish and they
are not forgiven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Worldly life, giving, and replacement people
summary: The present life is called play and vain amusement; believers are urged
to spend part of their substance, warned against niggardliness, and told that
God can replace them with another people if they turn back.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sudden last-hour judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns that the last hour may come suddenly, that signs have already
come, and that admonition will then no longer help.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes warning and timing more than a detailed judgment
scene.
- id: motif:2
label: sealed or locked hearts as rejection of guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Unbelievers and the spiritually infirm are described through sealed hearts,
locks upon hearts, deafness, blindness, and failure to meditate on the Koran.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy contains only a broad wisdom category; the image
is more specifically about obstructed reception of revelation.
- id: motif:3
label: angelic agents at death
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Angels are described causing certain wrongdoers to die and striking their
faces and backs because they follow what provokes God to wrath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate a full afterlife journey; it gives a death
and punishment image.
- id: motif:4
label: divine testing of the faithful
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: God declares that the community will be tried until those who fight valiantly
and persevere are known.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label initiation is approximate; the passage frames the motif
as communal testing rather than a rite of passage.
- id: motif:5
label: works made vain or preserved by obedience
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Opponents' works are made to perish, believers are warned not to render their
works ineffective, and God promises not to defraud believers of the merit of their
works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is ethical and juridical rather than mythic narrative in form.
- id: motif:6
label: replacement of an unfaithful people
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage warns that if the addressed group turns back, God will substitute
another people in their stead who will not be like them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly use covenant language; the taxonomy reference
is based on conditional communal fidelity and replacement.
- id: motif:7
label: religious expenditure and reward
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Believers are invited to expend part of their substance for God's religion
and are promised rewards, while God is said to need nothing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an exhortation to giving, not a full exchange narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 33704-33710
quote_or_summary: Some unbelievers listen, then deride the message after leaving;
their hearts are sealed, while the directed receive more guidance and instruction
about what to avoid.
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 33711-33718
quote_or_summary: The passage warns that the last hour may come suddenly, says some
signs have already come, and commands acknowledgment of God and asking pardon
for the addressee and believers.
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 33719-33727
quote_or_summary: True believers ask whether a Sura commanding war has been revealed;
when war is mentioned clearly, those with infirm hearts look as if death overshadows
them, though obedience would be better.
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 33728-33736
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether people in authority would commit outrages
and violate blood ties; those condemned are cursed, deafened, blinded, and questioned
as having locks upon their hearts.
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 33737-33750
quote_or_summary: Those who turn back after guidance are associated with Satan's
preparation of wickedness and hidden partial obedience to opponents; angels are
described causing them to die and striking their faces and backs.
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 33751-33755
quote_or_summary: God says the community will be tried until those who fight valiantly
and persevere are known, and reports of behavior will be tried.
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 33772-33782
quote_or_summary: Those who disbelieve, turn others from God's way, and oppose the
apostle will have their works made to perish; believers are told to obey God and
the apostle, and unbelievers who die as such will not be forgiven.
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 33783-33797
quote_or_summary: Believers are told not to faint or seek peace while superior;
present life is called play and vain amusement; believers are invited to spend
part of their substance for God's religion, warned against niggardliness, and
told God can replace them with another people.
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: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the provided passage and metadata. Motif taxonomy
assignments are cautious because the passage is exhortative and doctrinal rather
than an extended mythic narrative. No comparison claims were added because the
passage itself does not support comparison to another tradition or corpus.
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: |-
Line range appears to fall within Qur'an chapter XLVII in Sale's translation, with embedded translator notes; extraction treats the supplied passage as the canonical input and uses the notes only where directly included in evidence summaries.
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