batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34187-l34273
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34187-l34273
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER L. / ENTITLED, K; REVEALED
AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34187-34273
start: '34187'
end: '34273'
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: '"we thereby quicken a dead country: so shall be the coming forth of the
dead from their graves."'
summary: Chapter L opens with unbelievers doubting resurrection, presents signs
of divine creation and rain-revived land, recalls earlier peoples punished for
rejecting apostles, describes divine knowledge of each person and angelic recording
of speech, then depicts death, the trumpet, judgment with driver and witness,
punishment in hell, and paradise brought near to the pious.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Unbelievers wonder at a preacher from among themselves and question whether
the dead, after becoming dust, will return to life.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The divine speaker says the earth's consumption of the dead is known and that
there is a book keeping account of it.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Heaven is described as raised and adorned without flaws, while the earth is
spread out with firmly rooted mountains and vegetation.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Rain is sent from heaven, causing gardens, harvest grain, and date-bearing
palm trees to grow as provision for mankind.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The quickening of a dead country is given as a model for the coming forth
of the dead from their graves.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Earlier groups, including the people of Noah, Al Rass, Thamud, Ad, Pharaoh,
Lot's brethren, inhabitants of the wood near Midian, and the people of Tobba,
are said to have accused apostles or prophets of imposture and to have received
threatened judgments.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The divine speaker says humans were created, that inner whispering is known,
and that God is nearer to a person than the jugular vein.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Two angels take account of a person's behavior, one on the right and one on
the left; no word is uttered without a watcher ready to note it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The agony of death comes, the trumpet sounds, and every soul comes accompanied
by a driver and a witness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: An unbeliever is told that negligence of the day has ended because the veil
has been removed and sight has become piercing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: God commands that every unbeliever, perverse person, transgressor, doubter,
and one who set up another god be cast into grievous torment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: A companion denies seducing the condemned person and says that the person
was already in wide error.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: God says the sentence is not changed and that servants are not treated unjustly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Hell is asked whether it is full and answers by asking whether there is any
addition.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Paradise is brought near to the pious, who are told that this is what was
promised to those who turned to God and kept commandments.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / divine speaker
description: The speaker claims creation, knowledge of human inwardness, dispatch
of rain, judgment, and sentencing.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Those who call the resurrection remote from thought and are later addressed
as negligent of the threatened day.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Preacher from among themselves
description: A preacher who comes to the people and provokes wonder among unbelievers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Earlier peoples who rejected prophets
description: Groups named as having accused prophets or apostles of imposture before
the Meccans.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Two account-taking angels
description: Two angels assigned to take account of a man's behavior, seated on
the right and left.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Watcher
description: A watcher ready to note every uttered word.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Every soul
description: Each soul comes on the threatened day with a driver and witness.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Driver and witness
description: Attendants who accompany every soul on the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Companion of the condemned
description: A companion who says, before God, that he did not seduce the condemned
person.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Hell
description: A place or personified recipient of the condemned, addressed by God
and answering.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Pious
description: Those for whom paradise is brought near; they turned to God and kept
commandments.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Paradise
description: A promised place brought near to the pious.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker says humans were created and describes heaven, earth, mountains,
vegetation, and rain as divine works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: knower and recorder of human reality
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker knows what the earth consumes of the dead, what the soul whispers,
and keeps an account in a book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: judge and sentencer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God commands the condemned to be cast into hell and says the sentence is
not changed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: deniers or rejecters
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: Unbelievers deny resurrection, and earlier peoples are said to have accused
prophets or apostles of imposture.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage says a preacher from among themselves has come to the people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: recorders of behavior and speech
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The angels take account of behavior and the watcher notes each uttered word.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: judgment-day attendants or participants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Every soul comes with a driver and witness; a companion speaks concerning
the condemned person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: condemned recipient of punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God orders unbelievers and related offenders cast into grievous torment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: punitive destination
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hell receives those cast into torment and is asked whether it is full.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: rewarded obedient group
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The pious are promised paradise for turning to God and keeping commandments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: promised blessed destination
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Paradise is brought near and identified as what the pious were promised.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: account book
literal_form: a book which keeps account of what the earth consumes of the dead
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: firmly rooted mountains
literal_form: mountains thrown upon the spread earth and firmly rooted
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: rain from heaven
literal_form: rain sent down as a blessing from heaven, causing gardens and crops
to grow
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: dead country made alive
literal_form: a dead country quickened by rain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: right and left account-taking angels
literal_form: two angels seated on the right hand and left hand to take account
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: trumpet
literal_form: the trumpet that sounds on the threatened day
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: removed veil
literal_form: a veil removed so that sight becomes piercing
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: hell seeking addition
literal_form: hell asked if full and answering, 'Is there yet any addition?'
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: paradise brought near
literal_form: paradise brought near to the pious as promised
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Doubt about resurrection and divine account
summary: Unbelievers question return to life after death and dust, while the divine
speaker says the earth's consumption of them is known and recorded in a book.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Cosmic signs and revived land
summary: Heaven, earth, rooted mountains, vegetation, rain, gardens, crops, and
palms are presented as signs; the reviving of dead land is linked to the coming
forth of the dead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Earlier deniers judged
summary: Earlier peoples are listed as having rejected prophets or apostles, after
which threatened judgments were inflicted on them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Divine nearness and recording angels
summary: The divine speaker knows the inner whispers of humans and describes angels
and a watcher recording behavior and words.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Death, trumpet, and unveiling
summary: Death arrives, the trumpet sounds, every soul comes with a driver and witness,
and the negligent unbeliever is told that the veil has been removed.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Condemnation to hell
summary: God orders unbelievers and other offenders cast into torment; a companion
denies seducing the condemned, and God affirms the sentence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Hell and paradise as final destinations
summary: Hell is addressed about whether it is full, while paradise is brought near
to the pious as the promised reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Resurrection of the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage directly raises the question of return to life after death and
dust, and states that dead people will come forth from their graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames resurrection doctrinally rather than as an extended
narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine judgment after death
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage depicts death, trumpet, every soul arriving with attendants,
divine sentencing, hell for offenders, and paradise for the pious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: Details of judgment are selective within this excerpt and not a complete
eschatological map.
- id: motif:3
label: Dead land revived as sign of human rising
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- resurrection
basis: Rain revives a dead country, and this revival is explicitly compared to the
coming forth of the dead from graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The rebirth is analogical and agricultural, not a separate mythic character's
rebirth.
- id: motif:4
label: Heavenly or supernatural record of deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A book keeps account, two angels take account of behavior, and a watcher
notes every uttered word.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference specifically names a record-of-deeds motif;
linked to divine judgment only.
- id: motif:5
label: Afterlife destinations of punishment and reward
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The condemned are cast into hell, while paradise is brought near to the pious
who kept commandments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt names destinations and arrival at judgment but does not narrate
a detailed journey through the afterlife.
- id: motif:6
label: Past destroyed peoples as warning to present deniers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Earlier peoples who rejected prophets are listed, and their threatened judgments
are said to have been justly inflicted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a historical-warning pattern within the passage; no more specific
supplied taxonomy category is available.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 34191-34200
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers wonder at a preacher, deny the plausibility of return
to life after death and dust, while the divine speaker says the earth's consumption
of them is known and kept in an account book.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 34201-34214
quote_or_summary: Heaven is raised and adorned; earth is spread with rooted mountains
and vegetation; rain from heaven produces gardens, grain, and palms, quickening
a dead country as a sign of the dead coming forth from graves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 34229-34237
quote_or_summary: The people of Noah, Al Rass, Thamud, Ad, Pharaoh, Lot's brethren,
the inhabitants of the wood near Midian, and the people of Tobba are named as
earlier rejecters whose threatened judgments were inflicted.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 34238-34246
quote_or_summary: The divine speaker says humans were created, inner whispers are
known, God is nearer than the jugular vein, and two angels plus a watcher record
behavior and speech.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 34247-34255
quote_or_summary: The agony of death comes, the trumpet sounds, every soul arrives
with a driver and witness, and the negligent unbeliever is told that the veil
has been removed and sight is piercing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 34256-34267
quote_or_summary: God commands unbelievers and offenders to be cast into grievous
torment; a companion denies seducing the condemned; God says not to wrangle, that
the sentence is unchanged, and that servants are not treated unjustly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 34268-34270
quote_or_summary: '"we will say unto hell, Art thou full? and it shall answer, Is
there yet any addition?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 34271-34273
quote_or_summary: Paradise is brought near to the pious and identified as the promised
reward for those who turned to God and kept commandments.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage and metadata. Line
locators are approximate within the provided stable range because the excerpt
includes wrapped lines and footnotes.
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 explicitly compare this material with an external motif family or neighboring tradition beyond its own list of earlier peoples.
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