batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34492-l34610
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34492-l34610
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LII. / ENTITLED, THE MOUNTAIN;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34492-34610
start: '34492'
end: '34610'
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 chapter opens with oaths by Sinai, a written book, the visited house,
heaven, and the ocean. It announces unavoidable punishment, describes cosmic disruption
and hell for deniers, contrasts the blessed state of the pious in paradise, and
instructs the prophet to admonish those who reject him while waiting patiently
for God's judgment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage begins with oaths by the mountain of Sinai, a written book in
an expanded scroll, and the visited house.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A translator note gives several possible identifications for the written book,
including a record of human actions, a preserved table of decrees, the law book,
or the Koran.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A translator note identifies the visited house either as the Caaba visited
by pilgrims or as a heavenly model visited and circled by angels.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The passage also swears by the elevated roof of heaven and the swelling ocean
before declaring that the Lord's punishment will descend and cannot be withheld.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: On the announced day, heaven is shaken and reels, and the mountains walk and
pass away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Those who accused God's apostles of imposture are driven and thrust into the
fire of hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The condemned are told that the fire is what they had denied as a fiction,
and that patience or impatience will not change their recompense.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The pious dwell among gardens and pleasures, receive food and drink, recline
on ordered couches, and are joined with spouses described as virgins with large
black eyes.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Believers' offspring who follow them in faith are joined with them in paradise,
without diminishing the merit of their works.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Attendant youths circulate among the blessed and are compared to pearls hidden
in their shells.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The blessed speak to one another, remembering their former fear regarding
their state after death and saying God delivered them from burning fire.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The prophet is told to admonish his people and is defended against accusations
that he is a soothsayer, madman, poet, or forger of the Koran.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The passage asks whether the deniers were created by nothing, created themselves,
or created the heavens and the earth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: The passage asks whether the deniers possess a ladder to ascend to heaven
and hear the discourse of angels, and demands proof from anyone claiming this.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The passage rejects associating other gods with God and says unbelievers who
plot against the prophet will be circumvented.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: The prophet is told to wait patiently for the Lord's judgment and to praise
the Lord when rising, in the night season, and when the stars begin to disappear.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The divine speaker's Lord, described as merciful, beneficent, creator,
judge, giver of paradise rewards, and deliverer from hell.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the prophet
description: The addressee commanded to admonish his people, wait patiently, and
praise the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: those who accused God's apostles / unbelievers / unjust actors
description: The opposing group who deny the message, dispute vainly, are threatened
with hell and punishment, and are described as plotting and associating idols
with God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the pious
description: The group said to dwell in gardens and pleasures, receive gifts from
the Lord, and be delivered from hell.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: believing offspring
description: Offspring who follow believers in faith and are joined with them in
paradise.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: paradise spouses
description: Virgins with large black eyes to whom the blessed are espoused.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: attendant youths
description: Youths appointed to attend the blessed, circulating among them and
described as beautiful as hidden pearls.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: angels
description: Heavenly beings whose discourse is mentioned in a rhetorical challenge
about ascending to heaven by a ladder.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge, creator, rewarder, and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord's punishment descends, God is invoked as creator, the pious receive
gifts from the Lord, and God delivers them from burning fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: admonishing messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The prophet is instructed to admonish his people, endure accusations, wait
for judgment, and praise the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: deniers and condemned opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They accuse apostles of imposture, deny the fire, reject the Koran, plot,
associate idols, and are threatened with punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: rewarded pious believers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The pious dwell among gardens and pleasures, receive provisions, and are
delivered from hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: family members joined in paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Offspring who follow believers in faith are joined with them in paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: paradise spouses
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The blessed are espoused to virgins described with large black eyes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: paradise attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Youths appointed to attend go round among the blessed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: heavenly speakers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The passage mentions hearing the discourse of angels after ascending to heaven
by ladder.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain of Sinai
literal_form: mountain
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- cosmic_mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: written book in expanded scroll
literal_form: book or scroll
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: visited house
literal_form: house visited by pilgrims or angels
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: elevated roof of heaven
literal_form: heavenly roof
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: swelling ocean
literal_form: ocean
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: fire of hell / burning fire
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: gardens and pleasures
literal_form: paradise gardens with food, drink, couches, companions, and attendants
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: ladder to heaven
literal_form: ladder used to ascend to heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: disappearing stars
literal_form: stars beginning to disappear
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Oaths by cosmic and sacred referents
summary: The passage opens with oaths by Sinai, a written book, the visited house,
heaven's elevated roof, and the swelling ocean, followed by a declaration that
punishment will descend.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Day of cosmic shaking and hell punishment
summary: Heaven reels, mountains pass away, and the deniers are thrust into hell
fire and told they receive the result of what they did.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Paradise reward and remembrance
summary: The pious receive gardens, food, drink, couches, spouses, offspring, and
attendants, and they speak of their former dread and God's deliverance from burning
fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Admonition and rebuttal of accusations
summary: The prophet is told to admonish his people, while accusations against him
and the Koran are answered by challenges and questions about creation, divine
stores, and proof.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Challenge of heavenly ascent and final warning
summary: The passage asks whether the deniers have a ladder to heaven for hearing
angels, rejects idols, warns of a day when schemes fail, and commands the prophet
to wait and praise the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with recompense for deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage announces unavoidable punishment, describes hell for deniers,
paradise for the pious, and repeatedly ties outcomes to what people have wrought.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents judgment primarily as warning and contrast rather
than as a detailed tribunal scene.
- id: motif:2
label: afterlife contrast of hell and paradise
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The condemned are driven into hell fire, while the pious dwell in gardens
with food, drink, family, spouses, and attendants; the pious remember fear concerning
their state after death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives destinations and conditions after death, but not a step-by-step
journey through the afterlife.
- id: motif:3
label: cosmic upheaval on the day of punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The announced day includes heaven shaking and reeling, mountains walking
and passing away, and a threatened fragment of heaven falling.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes disruption associated with judgment; it does not
present a full cosmogonic chaos narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred mountain as oath marker
taxonomy_refs:
- cosmic_mountain
basis: The chapter is entitled The Mountain and opens with an oath by the mountain
of Sinai.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: The passage names Sinai in an oath but does not explicitly develop the
mountain as an axis, world center, or ascent site.
- id: motif:5
label: challenged ascent to heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The deniers are rhetorically asked whether they possess a ladder by which
they may ascend to heaven and hear the discourse of angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The ascent is a rhetorical challenge, not an accomplished ascent narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: visited sacred house in earthly or heavenly form
taxonomy_refs:
- world_center
basis: The opening oath mentions the visited house, and the translator note identifies
it as either the Caaba visited by pilgrims or a heavenly model visited by angels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: uncertain
cautions: The world-center association is tentative because the passage and note
emphasize visitation rather than explicitly naming a cosmic center.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 34492-34516; opening oaths and notes a-b
quote_or_summary: The chapter opens by swearing by Sinai, a written book in an expanded
scroll, and the visited house; notes identify possible meanings of the book and
the visited house, including the Caaba or a heavenly model visited by angels.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 34517-34522
quote_or_summary: The passage swears by the elevated roof of heaven and the swelling
ocean, then declares that the Lord's punishment will descend and none can withhold
it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 34523-34538
quote_or_summary: On the day of punishment, heaven shakes, mountains pass away,
accusers of God's apostles are driven into hell fire, and are told that their
recompense matches what they wrought.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 34539-34558
quote_or_summary: The pious dwell in gardens and pleasures, receive food and drink,
recline on couches, are espoused to virgins, are joined with believing offspring,
and are attended by youths like hidden pearls.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 34559-34566
quote_or_summary: The blessed converse, recalling former dread about their state
after death and saying God was gracious and delivered them from burning fire because
they had called on him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 34567-34577
quote_or_summary: The prophet is told to admonish; accusations that he is a soothsayer,
madman, poet, or forger are rejected, and opponents are challenged to produce
a discourse like the Koran.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 34578-34585
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the opponents were created by nothing,
created themselves, created the heavens and earth, or possess the Lord's stores
and supreme control.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 34586-34600
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether opponents have a ladder to ascend to
heaven and hear angels, rejects claims about divine daughters and idols, denies
that secrets of futurity are theirs, and says their plot will be circumvented.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 34601-34610
quote_or_summary: Even a falling fragment of heaven would be dismissed by them as
a cloud; they are left until a fearful day when schemes fail, and the prophet
is told to wait for judgment and praise the Lord at rising, night, and the disappearance
of stars.
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 English passage and translator notes.
Motif assignments are cautious where the passage provides only a brief image or
rhetorical question rather than a developed narrative pattern. No external comparison
claims were made.
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: |-
All observations and motif candidates are derived from the supplied line range. Translator notes are treated as part of the provided passage evidence where cited.
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