batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34275-l34337
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34275-l34337
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 34275-34337
start: '34275'
end: '34337'
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 and notes describe angels recording human actions, angels bringing
and witnessing against persons at judgment, a devil associated with the wicked,
and hell as receiving the condemned. The main text contrasts the peaceful eternal
entry of the God-fearing with destroyed earlier generations, affirms creation
of heaven and earth in six days without weariness, commands praise and worship,
and depicts the judgment call, trumpet, resurrection from graves, return to God,
and the earth cleaving for assembly.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The notes state that guardian angels record every word and human actions,
with differentiated recording of good and ill actions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: 'The notes identify two angels connected with judgment: one brings each person
before the tribunal and another serves as witness.'
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The notes identify a devil chained to the wicked person and describe the devil
answering an accusation of seduction.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The notes report an interpretation that hell asks whether there are more condemned
to receive.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Those who feared the Merciful in secret and came with a converted heart are
told to enter in peace on the day of eternity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says earlier generations stronger than the Meccans were destroyed
and invites travel through the earth to see whether refuge from vengeance exists.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states that God created the heavens, the earth, and what is between
them in six days, without weariness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The addressee is instructed to patiently endure speech, praise the Lord before
sunrise, before sunset, and at night, and perform additional worship.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: A crier calls people to judgment from a near place, and people hear the voice
of the trumpet in truth.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage identifies the trumpet day as the day of people coming forth from
graves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The passage states that God gives life, causes death, and that all creatures
return to God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: The earth suddenly cleaves apart over them, and this is described as an assembly
easy for God to assemble.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: The addressee is told that he is not sent to forcibly compel belief, but to
warn by the Koran those who fear God’s threatening.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: GOD / LORD / Merciful
description: The divine speaker or deity described as omniscient, creator, giver
of life and death, recipient of return, and judge.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Guardian angels / recording angels
description: Angels described in the notes as recording words and actions.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Two judgment angels
description: Two angels described in the notes, one bringing each person before
the tribunal and the other serving as witness.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Devil chained to the wicked person
description: A devil associated with the wicked person, accused as seducer and described
as answering the accusation.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Wicked person
description: A person who accuses the devil as seducer in the explanatory note.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who feared the Merciful
description: Persons who feared the Merciful in secret and came with a converted
heart, told to enter in peace.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Earlier generations
description: Generations before the Meccans, described as mightier in strength and
destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Meccans / unbelievers
description: The passage refers to the Meccans in comparison with destroyed generations
and to unbelievers whose speech is known.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Crier
description: A caller who calls people to judgment from a near place.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Men / all creatures
description: Those who hear the trumpet, come forth from graves, and return to God.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Addressee of the warning
description: The addressed messenger or speaker-recipient instructed to endure,
praise, and warn by the Koran without forcible compulsion.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: omniscient deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note exalts God’s omniscience and states he sees inmost thoughts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that God created the heavens and the earth and what is
between them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: life-giver, death-causer, and assembler for judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God gives life, causes death, receives all creatures, and
assembles them easily.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: recorders of deeds and words
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The notes describe angels writing down words and actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: escort to tribunal
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: One angel is described as bringing every person before the tribunal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: witness at tribunal
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: One angel is described as prepared to testify for or against the person.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: accused seducer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note says the wicked person accuses the devil as seducer and the devil
answers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: accuser of devil
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note says the wicked person accuses the devil as his seducer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: righteous entrants into peace
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They are told to enter in peace on the day of eternity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: destroyed predecessors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Earlier generations are described as destroyed despite greater strength.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: warned audience
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Meccans are compared with destroyed generations, and unbelievers’ speech
is mentioned before the warning command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: summoner to judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The crier calls men to judgment from a near place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: resurrected and returning creatures
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: They hear the trumpet, come forth from graves, and return to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:14
label: non-coercive warner
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The addressee is told he is not sent to compel forcibly, but to warn by the
Koran.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: book of recorded deeds
literal_form: Written record made by angels of words and actions
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: tribunal
literal_form: Judgment tribunal before which every person is brought
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: hell as receiving place
literal_form: Hell described in the note as a place for the condemned, asking whether
there are more
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: day of eternity
literal_form: Day on which the God-fearing enter in peace
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: trumpet voice
literal_form: Voice of the trumpet heard on the day of coming forth from graves
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: graves
literal_form: Graves from which men come forth
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: cleaving earth
literal_form: Earth suddenly cleaving in sunder over the dead or assembled people
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: Koran as warning medium
literal_form: The Koran used to warn those who fear divine threatening
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Recording of human speech and deeds
summary: Explanatory notes describe guardian angels recording words and actions,
including a tradition of delayed recording for ill actions.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Judgment tribunal with angelic escort and witness
summary: Two angels are described as bringing a person before the tribunal and witnessing
for or against him.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Devil accused by the wicked
summary: A wicked person accuses the devil as seducer, and the devil is described
as answering that accusation.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Peaceful entry of the God-fearing
summary: Those who feared the Merciful and came with converted hearts are told to
enter in peace on the day of eternity and receive desired bliss.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Destroyed generations as warning
summary: Earlier stronger generations are said to have been destroyed, and the audience
is urged to look through the earth for any refuge from vengeance.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Creation without weariness
summary: God is said to have created the heavens, earth, and what is between them
in six days without weariness.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Praise at appointed times
summary: The addressee is commanded to endure, praise the Lord before sunrise and
sunset, praise at night, and perform additional worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Call, trumpet, resurrection, and assembly
summary: A crier calls to judgment, the trumpet is heard, people come forth from
graves, return to God, and the earth cleaves as they are assembled.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:9
label: Warning without compulsion
summary: The addressee is told not to compel faith forcibly but to warn by the Koran
those who fear divine threatening.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with witnesses and summons
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The notes describe a tribunal with angelic escort and witness, and the text
describes a crier calling people to judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The tribunal details occur in translator/commentarial notes rather than
only in the translated verse.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection from graves at trumpet call
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage states that the trumpet is heard and that this is the day of
men coming forth from their graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:3
label: return of all creatures to the deity
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The passage states that God gives life and causes death and that all creatures
return to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:4
label: afterlife entry into peace and bliss
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The God-fearing are told to enter in peace on the day of eternity and receive
whatever they desire with additional bliss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives an afterlife destination and condition but does not
present an extended journey map.
- id: motif:5
label: destruction of earlier peoples as admonition
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says stronger earlier generations were destroyed and presents
this as admonition to attentive hearers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate the individual events of destruction.
- id: motif:6
label: cosmic creation in six days without divine fatigue
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that God created the heavens, earth, and what is between
them in six days and no weariness affected God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches this creation statement.
- id: motif:7
label: non-coercive prophetic warning by scripture
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The addressee is told not to compel faith forcibly but to warn by the Koran
those who fear divine threatening.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: low
cautions: The wisdom taxonomy fit is broad; the passage primarily presents a warning
function rather than a wisdom tale.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 34275-34289
quote_or_summary: Notes explain that guardian angels record every word and actions,
while God remains omniscient and sees inmost thoughts; a tradition distinguishes
the angel of the right hand and left hand in recording good and ill actions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 34290-34296
quote_or_summary: 'A note identifies two angels: one acting as a sergeant to bring
every person before the tribunal, and another as witness to testify for or against
him.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 34297-34303
quote_or_summary: Notes identify the devil chained to the wicked person and explain
that the devil answers when accused as seducer, having only suggested evil agreeable
to corrupt inclinations.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 34304-34308
quote_or_summary: A note interprets hell as asking whether there are more condemned
or whether its space should be enlarged; commentators suppose hell will be filled
at judgment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 34313-34317
quote_or_summary: "“enter the same in peace: this is the day of eternity.” The passage
also says they feared the Merciful in secret, came with a converted heart, and
shall have what they desire with additional bliss."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 34318-34321
quote_or_summary: The passage says many earlier generations stronger than the Meccans
were destroyed and asks whether travel through the earth reveals any refuge from
vengeance; it is called an admonition for attentive hearers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 34322-34323
quote_or_summary: "“We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between
them, in six days, and no weariness affected us.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 34324-34327
quote_or_summary: The addressee is told to patiently suffer what others say, celebrate
the Lord’s praise before sunrise and sunset, praise at night, and perform additional
worship.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 34328-34331
quote_or_summary: "“the crier shall call men to judgment from a near place”; the
next lines describe hearing the trumpet and the day of men coming forth from graves."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 34332-34335
quote_or_summary: The passage says God gives life and causes death, all creatures
return to God, the earth suddenly cleaves over them, and the assembly is easy
for God to assemble.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 34336-34337
quote_or_summary: The passage says God knows what the unbelievers say; the addressee
is not sent to compel faith forcibly, but is to warn by the Koran those who fear
divine threatening.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Some details derive from
Sale's notes/commentarial material, so motif assignments involving guardian angels,
tribunal roles, devil, and hell should be reviewed separately from motifs in the
translated Quranic lines.
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 does not itself make a comparison to an external text, tradition, or motif family beyond direct motif classification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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