Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33800-l33884

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
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l33800-l33884
  passage_sha256=7944d0af90a971469aaafd38523eaee2d388edf889d6647abb247c8850e32289