batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33800-l33884
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33800-l33884
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLVIII. / ENTITLED, THE VICTORY;
REVEALED AT MEDINA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 33800-33884
start: '33800'
end: '33884'
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 announces a manifest victory granted to the addressed apostle,
divine forgiveness, favor, guidance, and assistance. It describes tranquility
sent into believers' hearts, promised gardens with rivers for believing men and
women, punishment and hell for hypocrites, idolaters, and unbelievers, the apostle's
role as witness and warner, the oath of fealty as a covenant with God, and the
excuses and later claims of desert Arabs who remained behind.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is said to have granted the addressed apostle a manifest victory, forgiveness,
completion of favor, guidance, and glorious assistance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to send secure tranquility into the hearts of true believers so
that their faith may increase.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: True believing men and women are promised gardens beneath which rivers flow,
dwelling there forever, and expiation of evil deeds.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Hypocritical men and women and idolaters are described as having an ill opinion
of God and are threatened with evil fortune, divine anger, curse, and hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The addressed apostle is described as a witness, bearer of good tidings, and
denouncer of threats.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Those who swear fealty to the apostle are said to swear fealty to God, with
the hand of God over their hands.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Violation of the oath is said to harm only the violator's own soul, while
performing the covenant with God brings a great reward.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Desert Arabs who were left behind are represented as offering excuses about
their property and families and asking the apostle to seek pardon for them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says the left-behind Arabs speak with their tongues what is not
in their hearts and had imagined that the apostle and believers would not return
to their families.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Unbelievers are threatened with prepared burning fire, while God is said to
forgive or punish whom he pleases.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Those left behind are said to ask to follow when the believers go to take
spoil, and are accused of seeking to change the word of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine agent who grants victory, sends tranquility, owns the hosts
and kingdom of heaven and earth, forgives, punishes, and covenants.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The addressed apostle
description: The recipient of manifest victory and divine assistance; described
as witness, bearer of good tidings, and denouncer of threats.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: True believers of both sexes
description: Believers whose faith is increased and who are promised gardens beneath
which rivers flow.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hypocritical men and women
description: Persons said to conceive an ill opinion of God and to be subject to
punishment, anger, curse, and hell.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Idolaters and idolatresses
description: Persons grouped with hypocrites as conceiving an ill opinion of God
and threatened with punishment and hell.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who swear fealty
description: People who swear fealty to the apostle, thereby swearing fealty to
God.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Arabs of the desert who were left behind
description: People who stayed behind, gave excuses, asked for pardon, and later
sought to follow for spoil.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Persons for whom burning fire is said to have been prepared.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine granter of victory and guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God grants victory, forgiveness, favor, guidance, and assistance to the addressed
apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God punishes hypocrites, idolaters, and unbelievers, prepares hell or burning
fire, and forgives or punishes whom he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: covenant party
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Fealty sworn to the apostle is identified as fealty to God, and the oath
is described as covenanted with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: victorious apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed apostle receives a manifest victory and divine assistance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: witness and messenger of tidings and threats
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The apostle is sent as witness, bearer of good tidings, and denouncer of
threats.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: faithful recipients of tranquility and reward
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: True believers receive tranquility, increased faith, gardens with rivers,
and expiation of evil deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: threatened unbelieving or hostile group
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
basis: Hypocrites, idolaters, and unbelievers are threatened with punishment, hell,
or burning fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: oath-takers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They swear fealty to the apostle and are warned against violating the oath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: left-behind excuse-makers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They claim property and families prevented them from going forth and later
seek to follow for spoil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: gardens with rivers
literal_form: gardens beneath which rivers flow
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: hell
literal_form: hell prepared for punished hypocrites and idolaters
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: burning fire
literal_form: burning fire prepared for unbelievers
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: hand of God over hands
literal_form: the hand of God is over the hands of those swearing fealty
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: hosts of heaven and earth
literal_form: hosts of heaven and earth belonging to God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: spoil or booty
literal_form: spoil sought by those who were left behind
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Granting of manifest victory
summary: God grants the addressed apostle manifest victory, forgiveness, completion
of favor, right guidance, and glorious assistance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Tranquility and promised garden reward
summary: God sends tranquility into believers' hearts and promises believing men
and women eternal gardens beneath which rivers flow and expiation of evil deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Punishment of hypocrites, idolaters, and unbelievers
summary: Hypocrites, idolaters, and unbelievers are threatened with evil fortune,
divine anger, curse, hell, or burning fire, while God's power to forgive and punish
is affirmed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: scene:4
label: Apostolic mission
summary: The apostle is sent as witness, bearer of good tidings, and denouncer of
threats so that people may believe, assist, revere, and praise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Fealty as covenant with God
summary: Those swearing fealty to the apostle are said to swear fealty to God; violation
harms the violator, while performance of the covenant brings reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Excuses and later request of the left-behind
summary: Desert Arabs left behind give excuses and ask for pardon, are described
as insincere and corrupt in imagination, and later ask to follow for spoil but
are refused.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: covenant through oath of fealty
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage identifies fealty sworn to the apostle as fealty to God and describes
performance or violation of what was covenanted with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the oath in religious and communal terms; no broader
comparative claim is made here.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment separating reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Believers receive gardens, rivers, and expiation, while hypocrites, idolaters,
and unbelievers are threatened with divine anger, curse, hell, or burning fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction records the passage's judgment pattern without inferring
a full eschatological system beyond the stated details.
- id: motif:3
label: divinely granted victory and legitimation of the apostle
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The apostle's victory, forgiveness, guidance, and mission as witness and
warner are all presented as divinely granted or authorized.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy lacks a specific prophetic-victory category; 'royal_legitimacy'
is only an approximate fit for divine authorization.
- id: motif:4
label: faithful remnant contrasted with those left behind
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: True believers receive tranquility and promised reward, while those left
behind are described as insincere, fearful of non-return, and seeking spoil afterward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a passage-level pattern rather than a named taxonomy motif in
the provided list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: God grants the addressed apostle a manifest victory, forgiveness,
completed favor, right guidance, and glorious assistance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: God sends secure tranquility into the hearts of true believers
so their faith may increase; the hosts of heaven and earth belong to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: '"gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever";
evil deeds are expiated from true believers of both sexes.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: Hypocritical men and women and idolaters are said to hold an ill
opinion of God and are threatened with evil fortune, divine anger, curse, and
hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: The apostle is sent as a witness, bearer of good tidings, and
denouncer of threats, so that people may believe, assist, revere, and praise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: '"they who swear fealty unto thee, swear fealty unto GOD: the
hand of GOD is over their hands"; keeping the covenant with God brings a great
reward.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: Desert Arabs left behind say their substance and families occupied
them, ask for pardon, and are described as saying with their tongues what is not
in their hearts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: The left-behind people had imagined that the apostle and true
believers would never return to their families and are called corrupt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: Burning fire is prepared for unbelievers; God has the kingdom
of heaven and earth and forgives or punishes whom he pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 33800-33884
quote_or_summary: Those left behind ask to follow when the believers go to take
spoil, are said to seek to change God's word, and accuse others of envying them
a share of booty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied passage. Motif candidates are
limited to the provided taxonomy and are most secure for covenant and divine judgment.
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself provide an
explicit comparative frame.
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: |-
Footnote material in the supplied passage was not used for independent historical conclusions beyond identifying that the chapter concerns victory and that commentary discusses possible referents for that victory.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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