batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33986-l34065
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l33986-l34065
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 33986-34065
start: '33986'
end: '34065'
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 describes unbelievers hindering access to the holy temple and
preventing an offering from reaching its place of sacrifice; God restrains conflict
to avoid harming unknown believers mixed among the unbelievers. It then states
that God sent tranquility upon the apostle and believers, fixed in them the word
of piety, and verified the apostle's vision that they would securely enter the
holy temple of Mecca with shaved or cut hair. Notes explain the al-Hodeibiya expedition,
treaty wording, a ten-year truce, and the deferred fulfillment of the dream. The
passage ends by identifying Mohammed as God's apostle, describing his followers
as stern against unbelievers and compassionate among themselves, marked by prostration,
and compared to seed growing strong; God promises pardon and reward to believers
who do good works.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Unbelievers are said to have hindered the believers from visiting the holy
temple and to have prevented an offering from reaching the place where it ought
to be sacrificed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to have restrained the believers' hands because unknown true believers,
both men and women, were mixed among the infidels and might otherwise have been
trampled or harmed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says that if the groups had been separated, the unbelievers among
them would have received severe chastisement.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God is said to send tranquility down upon his apostle and the true believers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: God is said to fix in the apostle and believers the word of piety.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: obs:6
text: God is said to have verified the apostle's vision that the believers would
enter the holy temple of Mecca securely, with heads shaved and hair cut, without
fear.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The note explains that Mohammed's dream at Medina showed him and his companions
entering Mecca in security with shaved or cut hair, but its fulfillment was deferred
until the following year.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:8
text: The passage states that God sent his apostle with direction and the religion
of truth so that it may be exalted above every religion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Mohammed is identified as the apostle of God, and those with him are described
as fierce toward unbelievers and compassionate toward one another.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The believers are described as bowing and prostrating while seeking recompense
and goodwill from God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The believers' signs are said to be in their faces as marks of frequent prostration.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The believers are compared to seed that sends out a stalk, strengthens, swells
in the ear, and rises on its stem, delighting the sower.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: God promises pardon and a great reward to those among the believers who believe
and do good works.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: The note says the pacification included a ten-year truce and permission for
Mohammed to visit the temple of Mecca the next year for three days.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine actor who restrains violence, sends tranquility, verifies the
vision, knows all things, sends the apostle, witnesses, and promises pardon and
reward.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammed / the apostle
description: The apostle of God who receives or communicates a vision of secure
entry into Mecca; the notes identify him with Mohammed and describe his role in
the al-Hodeibiya expedition and treaty.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: True believers / Moslems with Mohammed
description: Believers accompanying the apostle; they are restrained from violence,
receive tranquility, are expected to enter the holy temple securely, bow and prostrate,
and are described as compassionate to one another.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Unbelievers / infidels / Koreish / Meccans
description: Opposing group said to hinder the holy temple visit and the offering;
the notes identify the opposing party in the al-Hodeibiya context as the Koreish
or those of Mecca.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unknown true believers among the infidels
description: Unrecognized believing men and women mixed among the infidels, whose
presence is given as a reason for restraining the believers' hands.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Sohail and his companions
description: Figures in the note who object to treaty wording identifying Mohammed
as apostle of God and insist on alternate wording.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ali
description: Figure in the note ordered by Mohammed to write the treaty wording.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine restrainer and guarantor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God restrains the believers' hands, sends tranquility, verifies the vision,
and promises reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage names Mohammed as the apostle of God and says God sent his apostle
with direction and the religion of truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: vision recipient or communicator
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God verifies the apostle's vision; the note says Mohammed dreamed of entering
Mecca securely and imparted the dream to his followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: role:4
label: restrained sacred visitors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The believers are hindered from visiting the holy temple and restrained from
conflict because unknown believers are mixed among opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: marked worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They bow down and prostrate, and their faces bear marks of frequent prostration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: opponents who hinder access
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They hinder the holy temple visit and detained the offering; notes identify
Koreish opposition to entering the temple and going to Mina.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: hidden protected believers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are true believers, men and women, unknown and mixed among infidels,
whose possible harm motivates restraint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: treaty wording objectors
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note says Sohail and companions objected to the formula and to identifying
Mohammed as the apostle of God in the treaty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: scribe of treaty wording
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The note says Mohammed ordered Ali to write the treaty terms as Sohail desired.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: holy temple of Mecca
literal_form: Sacred temple location that the believers are hindered from visiting
and later promised to enter securely.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: detained offering
literal_form: Offering or sacrificial animals prevented from reaching the proper
place of sacrifice.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: restrained hands
literal_form: Hands held back from attacking, associated with divine restraint to
avoid harming hidden believers.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: tranquility sent down
literal_form: Divinely sent tranquility placed upon the apostle and true believers.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: word of piety
literal_form: A phrase or confession fixed in the believers; the note glosses it
as the Mohammedan profession of faith, the Bismillah, or the words identifying
Mohammed as apostle of God.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: shaved heads and cut hair
literal_form: Ritual hair state accompanying the promised secure entry into the
holy temple of Mecca.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: sym:7
label: marks of prostration on faces
literal_form: Facial signs described as marks from frequent prostration.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: growing seed
literal_form: Seed that puts forth a stalk, strengthens, swells in the ear, and
rises on its stem, used as a comparison for the believers.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: pardon and great reward
literal_form: Promised divine pardon and reward for those who believe and do good
works.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hindered pilgrimage and sacrifice
summary: Unbelievers hinder the believers from visiting the holy temple and prevent
the offering from reaching the place of sacrifice.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: scene:2
label: Divine restraint to protect hidden believers
summary: God restrains the believers' hands because unknown believing men and women
are mixed among the infidels and might be harmed unknowingly.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Tranquility and word of piety
summary: After the unbelievers display what the passage calls the preciseness of
ignorance, God sends tranquility upon the apostle and true believers and fixes
in them the word of piety.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Verified vision of secure entry
summary: God confirms the apostle's vision that the believers will enter the holy
temple of Mecca securely, without fear, with shaved or cut hair; the note explains
the dream and its deferred completion.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: scene:5
label: Treaty dispute and pacification
summary: The note recounts objections by Sohail and companions to treaty wording,
Mohammed's concessions in wording, the believers' anger, and the pacification
terms including truce and later temple visit.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Description of the apostle's followers
summary: The passage identifies Mohammed as God's apostle and describes his followers
as fierce toward unbelievers, compassionate among themselves, prostrating in worship,
marked on their faces, and likened to strong growing seed.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: obstructed sacred journey and deferred temple entry
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The believers are hindered from visiting the holy temple, but a divine-verified
vision promises secure future entry into the temple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the event within a specific historical-religious context
rather than a generalized journey tale.
- id: motif:2
label: sacrificial offering prevented from reaching its proper place
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The offering is detained and prevented from arriving at the place where it
ought to be sacrificed; the note adds that beasts were carried for sacrifice at
Mina but access was refused.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage concerns an obstructed ritual sacrifice, not a completed sacrifice.
- id: motif:3
label: divine restraint to prevent unintended harm to the righteous
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God restrains the believers from attacking because unknown true believers
are mixed among the opponents; severe chastisement is conditional on separation
of the groups.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: 'The taxonomy reference is approximate: the passage includes threatened
chastisement, but the central action is restraint rather than enacted judgment.'
- id: motif:4
label: descent of divine tranquility upon a threatened community
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God sends tranquility upon the apostle and the true believers during a dispute
with unbelievers over treaty wording and sacred access.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches this motif.
- id: motif:5
label: prophetic dream verified by later fulfillment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God verifies the apostle's vision of secure entry into Mecca; the note identifies
it as Mohammed's dream, shared with followers and fulfilled later.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage's own note supplies the dream interpretation and delayed fulfillment.
- id: motif:6
label: ritual marking through prostration
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The believers are described as frequently bowing and prostrating, with signs
in their faces as marks of that prostration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The nature of the facial marks is not further specified in the passage.
- id: motif:7
label: religious community likened to growing seed
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The believers are compared to seed that grows a stalk, strengthens, swells,
and delights the sower.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is an explicit simile in the passage; broader agricultural-symbol
interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:8
label: treaty or pact enabling deferred sacred access
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: 'The note states terms of pacification: a ten-year truce and permission for
Mohammed to visit the temple the next year for three days.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses treaty/pacification language rather than covenant terminology;
taxonomy reference is functional and should be reviewed.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly says the description of the believers appears in the
Pentateuch and the Gospel, linking the portrayal of the community to earlier scriptural
descriptions.
claim_level: same_function
target: Pentateuch and Gospel descriptions of the believers
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage asserts the link but does not quote the Pentateuch or Gospel
passages; no external comparison can be verified from the provided text alone.
- id: claim:2
claim: The seed simile for the believers is presented as part of a scriptural description
and functions to portray communal growth, strengthening, and visible flourishing.
claim_level: same_motif
target: scriptural plant-growth image for a religious community
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage itself supplies the plant-growth image and mentions earlier
scriptures, but it does not identify a specific source passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 33986-33989
quote_or_summary: '"hindered you from visiting the holy temple" and hindered the
offering from arriving "at the place where it ought to be sacrificed."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 33989-33995
quote_or_summary: God restrains the believers' hands because unknown believing men
and women are mixed with the infidels, so that harm might otherwise fall on them
unknowingly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 33995-33997
quote_or_summary: If the believers and unbelievers had been distinguished from one
another, the unbelievers would have been chastised severely.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 33998-34002
quote_or_summary: God "sent down his tranquility on his apostle and on the true
believers" and "firmly fixed in them the word of piety."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 34003-34008
quote_or_summary: God verifies the apostle's vision that the believers shall enter
the holy temple of Mecca securely, with shaved heads and cut hair, without fear,
and with a speedy victory appointed besides.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 34048-34050
quote_or_summary: God sends his apostle with direction and the religion of truth,
to exalt it above every religion, with God as sufficient witness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 34051-34065
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is named as God's apostle; his companions are fierce
toward unbelievers and compassionate among themselves, bowing and prostrating,
bearing facial marks of prostration, described in the Pentateuch and Gospel, compared
to growing seed, and promised pardon and great reward if they believe and do good
works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: note b, lines 34026-34028
quote_or_summary: The note glosses the word of piety as the Mohammedan profession
of faith, the Bismillah, or the words 'Mohammed, the apostle of God,' rejected
by the infidels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: notes z-a, lines 34010-34025
quote_or_summary: The notes describe the al-Hodeibiya expedition, intended peaceful
temple visit and sacrifice at Mina, the Koreish refusal, and the treaty wording
dispute involving Sohail, Mohammed, Ali, and the anger of the Moslems.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: note a continued, lines 34026-34028
quote_or_summary: The pacification terms include a ten-year truce, freedom to enter
into league with Mohammed or the Koreish, and permission for Mohammed to visit
the temple of Mecca the next year for three days.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: note c, lines 34029-34043
quote_or_summary: The note explains that Mohammed dreamed at Medina that he and
his companions entered Mecca securely with heads shaven and hair cut; followers
expected immediate fulfillment, but the visitation was completed the following
year.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage and notes are explicit.
Motif labels and taxonomy references are interpretive and should receive human
review, especially 'covenant' and 'divine_judgment' references.
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: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to supplied available references where directly or approximately supported.
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