batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34068-l34136
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34068-l34136
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLIX. / ENTITLED, THE INNER
APARTMENTS; REVEALED AT MEDINA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines
34068-34136
start: '34068'
end: '34136'
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 instructs believers in proper deference toward God and the
apostle, patience at the inner apartments, verification of reports, reconciliation
among disputing believers, avoidance of mockery, suspicion, spying, and backbiting,
and recognition that human groups were created to know one another while honor
before God depends on piety. It distinguishes outward submission from faith entering
the heart.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Believers are told not to anticipate matters before God and his apostle and
not to raise their voices above the prophet's voice.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those who lower their voices in the apostle's presence are described as having
hearts disposed to piety and receiving pardon and reward.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Some people call to the apostle from outside the inner apartments; the passage
says waiting patiently until he comes out would be better.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Believers are instructed to investigate the truth of a tale brought by a wicked
man to avoid harming people in ignorance and later repenting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that the apostle of God is among the believers and that
God has made faith pleasing in their hearts and made infidelity, iniquity, and
disobedience hateful to them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: If two believing parties contend, believers are told to reconcile them; if
one party insults the other, they are to fight that party until it returns to
the judgment of God, then make peace with equity and justice.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: True believers are called brethren and are instructed to reconcile their brethren
and fear God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Men and women are told not to laugh others to scorn, defame one another, or
use opprobrious names.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Believers are told to avoid suspicion, excessive inquiry into others' failings,
and speaking ill of another in his absence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Backbiting is compared to desiring to eat the flesh of one's dead brother,
which the audience is told it would abhor.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Humans are said to have been created from a male and a female and distributed
into nations and tribes so that they might know one another.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The most honorable person in God's sight is identified as the most pious.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The Arabs of the desert say they believe, but the reply says they should say
they have embraced Islam because faith has not yet entered their hearts.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine authority who hears, knows, forgives, creates humans, judges
piety, and loves justice.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Apostle of God / prophet
description: The messenger whose presence and voice require deference, and who is
called from outside the inner apartments.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: True believers
description: The addressed community instructed in deference, investigation, reconciliation,
moral restraint, and piety.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those calling from outside the inner apartments
description: People who call to the apostle from outside the inner apartments and
are said largely not to understand due respect.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Wicked man with a tale
description: A person who may come to believers with a report requiring strict inquiry
into its truth.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Two parties of believers
description: Believing groups that may contend and require reconciliation.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Party offering an insult
description: One of the disputing parties that insults the other and is to be opposed
until it returns to God's judgment.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Men and women among the believers
description: Members of the community warned not to mock, defame, or insult one
another.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Human nations and tribes
description: Human groups distributed from a male and a female so that they might
know one another.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Arabs of the desert
description: A group saying, 'We believe,' but told that they have embraced Islam
while faith has not entered their hearts.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine authority
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Believers are commanded to fear God and not precede God and his apostle in
matters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: judge of piety and justice
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage refers to God's judgment, God's love of just actors, and honor
in God's sight based on piety.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: creator and forgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to have created humans from a male and female and to be forgiving
and merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: prophetic messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The figure is called the apostle of God and the prophet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: respected communal guide
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Believers are told not to raise their voices above his and not to lead him
into error by having him obey them in many things.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: addressed moral community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The repeated address 'O true believers' introduces instructions for conduct.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: brethren to be reconciled
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: True believers are called brethren and told to reconcile their brethren.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: impatient callers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They call from outside the inner apartments and are told patience would be
better.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: unreliable informant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: A wicked man bringing a tale triggers the command to inquire strictly into
its truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: disputing believers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Two parties of believers are described as contending with one another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: aggressing party
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: One party offers an insult and is to be fought until it returns to the judgment
of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: possible mockers or defamers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Men and women are instructed not to laugh others to scorn, defame, or use
insulting names.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: diverse human groups
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Humans are distributed into nations and tribes so they might know one another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:14
label: outward submitters claiming belief
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They say they believe but are told to say they have embraced Islam because
faith has not entered their hearts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: inner apartments
literal_form: private apartments from outside which people call to the apostle
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: lowered voice
literal_form: lowering one's voice in the presence of the apostle
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: faith in the heart
literal_form: faith made amiable and prepared in hearts; faith not yet entering
hearts
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: sym:4
label: judgment of God
literal_form: returning to the judgment of God in a conflict
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: dead brother's flesh
literal_form: eating the flesh of one's dead brother as an image for speaking ill
of someone in absence
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: nations and tribes
literal_form: human distribution into nations and tribes
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Etiquette before God and the apostle
summary: Believers are instructed not to precede God and his apostle in matters
and not to raise their voices above the prophet's voice; lowered voices are linked
with piety, pardon, and reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Calling from outside the inner apartments
summary: People call to the apostle from outside the inner apartments; the passage
says they lack proper respect and that waiting patiently would be better.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Testing a report before action
summary: Believers are told to investigate a report from a wicked man so that they
do not harm people through ignorance and later repent.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Faith formed in hearts
summary: The apostle is said to be among the believers, while God is said to have
made faith pleasing in their hearts and made disobedience hateful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Reconciliation of disputing believers
summary: Two contending believing parties are to be reconciled; an insulting party
is opposed until it returns to God's judgment, after which peace is made with
equity and justice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Restraint from social injury
summary: The community is warned against mockery, defamation, suspicion, prying,
and backbiting; backbiting is pictured as eating the flesh of a dead brother.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Human diversity and piety
summary: Humans are described as created from a male and female and distributed
into nations and tribes to know one another; honor before God is based on piety.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Outward submission and inward faith
summary: The Arabs of the desert claim belief, but are told to say they have embraced
Islam because faith has not yet entered their hearts; obedience to God and the
apostle is linked with undiminished merit.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: reverence before a sacred messenger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage commands believers not to precede God and his apostle, not to
raise voices above the prophet, and to wait patiently rather than call from outside
the inner apartments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is an ethical and ritual etiquette motif in the passage; no broader
cross-cultural comparison is asserted.
- id: motif:2
label: verification of a harmful report
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Believers are told to inquire strictly into the truth of a report from a
wicked man to avoid harming people through ignorance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage frames the point
as communal moral instruction rather than a wisdom tale.
- id: motif:3
label: restoration of peace among brethren
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Contending believers are to be reconciled, an insulting party is brought
back to God's judgment, and true believers are called brethren who should reconcile
one another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives legal-ethical instruction, not a narrative episode.
- id: motif:4
label: divine judgment as measure of communal justice
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A rebellious disputing party is to return to the judgment of God, peace is
made with equity, and God is said to love those who act justly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes present communal adjudication under divine authority
rather than an afterlife judgment scene.
- id: motif:5
label: backbiting as cannibalistic abomination
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Speaking ill of another in absence is rhetorically likened to eating the
flesh of one's dead brother, an act the audience would abhor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The image is metaphorical within moral exhortation; no literal cannibalism
event occurs.
- id: motif:6
label: human diversity ordered for mutual recognition
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says humans were created from a male and a female and distributed
into nations and tribes so that they might know one another, while honor before
God depends on piety.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not develop a creation narrative beyond this ethical
statement.
- id: motif:7
label: outward submission distinguished from inward faith
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: 'The desert Arabs'' claim to belief is corrected: they have embraced Islam,
but faith has not yet entered their hearts.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The distinction is stated doctrinally, not through an extended narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 34072-34077
quote_or_summary: Believers are told not to anticipate matters before God and his
apostle, not to raise their voices above the prophet's voice, and that those who
lower their voices in his presence have hearts disposed to piety and will receive
pardon and reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 34078-34082
quote_or_summary: Those who call from outside the inner apartments are said largely
not to understand due respect; waiting patiently until the apostle comes forth
would be better, and God is forgiving and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 34098-34100
quote_or_summary: If a wicked man comes with a tale, believers should inquire strictly
into its truth to avoid harming people through ignorance and later repenting.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 34101-34105
quote_or_summary: The apostle of God is among the believers; God has made faith
pleasing and prepared it in their hearts, and has made infidelity, iniquity, and
disobedience hateful to them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 34106-34110
quote_or_summary: If two parties of believers contend, the community should reconcile
them; if one insults the other, that party is to be fought until it returns to
God's judgment, after which peace is made with equity and justice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 34110-34112
quote_or_summary: '"Verily the true believers are brethren; wherefore reconcile
your brethren"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 34113-34117
quote_or_summary: Men and women are warned not to laugh others to scorn, defame
one another, or use opprobrious names; those who do not repent are called unjust
doers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 34118-34122
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to avoid suspicion, prying into others' failings,
and speaking ill of someone in absence; the latter is likened to desiring to eat
a dead brother's flesh.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 34123-34126
quote_or_summary: Humans are described as created from a male and a female and distributed
into nations and tribes so they might know one another; the most honorable before
God is the most pious.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 34127-34132
quote_or_summary: The Arabs of the desert say they believe; the answer says they
should say they have embraced Islam, because faith has not yet entered their hearts,
and obedience to God and his apostle will not diminish the merit of their works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is primarily ethical and communal instruction rather than mythic
narrative. Motif candidates are therefore phrased as passage-level patterns, with
broad taxonomy references used only where directly supportable.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a specific comparison to another text or tradition.
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