batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34723-l34758
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34723-l34758
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LIII. / ENTITLED, THE STAR;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34723-34758
start: '34723'
end: '34758'
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 rebukes one who withholds, cites teachings associated with
the books of Moses and Abraham, states individual moral responsibility and recompense,
attributes life, death, creation, wealth, resurrection, and cosmic lordship to
God, recalls the destruction of former peoples, identifies the apostle as a preacher
like earlier preachers, warns that the day of judgment is near and known only
to God, and commands worship and service to God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage asks whether a withholding person possesses knowledge of futurity.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage refers to material contained in the books of Moses and to Abraham
who faithfully performed his engagements.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that a burdened soul shall not bear another's burden and
that a person is credited only with his own labor.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that a person's labor will be made manifest hereafter and
rewarded abundantly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage attributes laughter, weeping, death, life, creation of male and
female from emitted seed, raising the dead, enrichment, possessions, and lordship
of the dog-star to the Lord.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says God destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Noah, and overthrew
cities turned upside down.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The apostle is described as a preacher like preachers who preceded him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says the approaching day of judgment is near and that only God
can reveal its exact time.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The passage contrasts wondering, laughing, not weeping, and idle diversions
with the command to worship and serve God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the Lord / God
description: The divine figure to whom the end of all things belongs, who gives
life and death, raises the dead, destroys former peoples, knows the time of judgment,
and is to be worshipped and served.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: withholding person
description: A person described as giving little and covetously stopping his hand,
questioned about whether he has knowledge of futurity.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses
description: Named in connection with books containing prior instruction.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Named as one who faithfully performed his engagements.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: burdened soul / man
description: A soul or person whose own burden and labor are the basis for accountability
and reward.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ad
description: An ancient tribe said to have been destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Thamud
description: A people said to have been destroyed and not left alive.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: people of Noah
description: A people before Ad and Thamud, described as most unjust and wicked.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: cities turned upside down
description: Cities said to have been overthrown and covered by what covered them.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: this apostle
description: Described as a preacher like those who preceded him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: preceding preachers
description: Earlier preachers to whom the apostle is likened.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: addressed hearers / O man
description: The audience questioned about God's benefits, the new revelation, and
their response to it.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine giver of life and death
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is said to cause laughter and weeping, put to death, give life,
create the two sexes, and raise the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and knower of judgment time
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says the exact time of the approaching day of judgment can be
revealed only by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: destroyer of former wicked peoples
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to have destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Noah, and overthrown
cities.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: rebuked miserly questionee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The person is described as giving little and stopping his hand, then questioned
about knowledge of futurity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: prior scriptural authority
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The passage appeals to the books of Moses and to Abraham who fulfilled his
engagements.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: individually accountable person
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage says no soul bears another's burden and that each person is credited
only with his own labor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: destroyed former people or city
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: These peoples or cities are named in the sequence of destructions and overthrow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: preacher or prophetic warner
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: The apostle is said to be a preacher like earlier preachers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: admonished audience
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The hearers are questioned about disbelief, laughter, idle diversions, and
are told to worship and serve God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: burden
literal_form: A burden borne by a soul, with the statement that one burdened soul
shall not bear another's burden.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: labor
literal_form: A person's own labor, which will be made manifest and rewarded hereafter.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: books of Moses and Abraham
literal_form: Books or prior teachings associated with Moses and Abraham.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: seed
literal_form: Seed when emitted, from which the male and female are said to be created.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: dog-star
literal_form: The dog-star, of which the Lord is said to be Lord.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: approaching day of judgment
literal_form: A nearing day of judgment whose exact time none can reveal except
God.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: overthrown cities
literal_form: Cities turned upside down and covered.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Appeal to earlier books and individual accountability
summary: The passage invokes teachings associated with Moses and Abraham and states
that each soul bears only its own burden and receives only its own labor.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Divine powers over life, creation, provision, and resurrection
summary: The Lord is described as the end of all things and as the one who gives
laughter and tears, death and life, creates male and female, raises the dead,
grants wealth, and rules the dog-star.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Destruction of former peoples
summary: The passage recalls that God destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Noah,
and overthrew cities turned upside down.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Warning of the approaching judgment and command to worship
summary: The apostle is placed among earlier preachers; the day of judgment is said
to draw near; the audience is admonished for laughter and idle diversion and told
to worship and serve God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: individual accountability and recompense
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that no soul bears another's burden, that a person's own
labor is what counts, and that this labor will be manifested and rewarded hereafter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage emphasizes accountability
and reward rather than a detailed tribunal scene.
- id: motif:2
label: raising of the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage explicitly says that another production belongs to God, namely
raising the dead again to life hereafter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:3
label: destruction of wicked former peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is said to have destroyed named peoples and overthrown cities, with the
people of Noah described as unjust and wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives compressed examples of destruction and does not narrate
each episode.
- id: motif:4
label: prophetic warning before judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The apostle is called a preacher like preceding preachers, followed by a
warning that the day of judgment is near.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage identifies a preaching function but does not provide an extended
prophetic narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: divine control of life, death, and creation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Lord is said to put to death, give life, create male and female from
seed, and raise the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No more specific available taxonomy reference is directly indicated beyond
resurrection for the raising of the dead.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly links its moral teaching with earlier scriptural material
associated with Moses and Abraham.
claim_level: same_function
target: earlier scriptural instruction in the books of Moses and Abraham
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage asserts continuity with earlier books but does not quote
or narrate those books in detail.
- id: claim:2
claim: The apostle is explicitly compared in function to preachers who preceded
him.
claim_level: same_function
target: preceding preachers
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The earlier preachers are not named in this passage except for the
preceding reference to Moses and Abraham.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 34723-34725
quote_or_summary: '"and giveth little, and covetously stoppeth his hand" and is
asked whether knowledge of futurity is with him.'
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 34726-34729
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether he has been informed of what is in the
books of Moses and of Abraham, who faithfully performed his engagements.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 34730-34733
quote_or_summary: '"a burdened soul shall not bear the burden of another" and nothing
is imputed to a man except his own labor.'
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:4
type: summary
locator: lines 34734-34736
quote_or_summary: A person's labor will be made manifest hereafter and rewarded
with a most abundant reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 34737-34747
quote_or_summary: The Lord is the end of all things; causes laughter and weeping;
gives death and life; creates male and female from emitted seed; raises the dead
hereafter; gives wealth and possessions; and is Lord of the dog-star.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 34748-34754
quote_or_summary: God destroyed Ad, Thamud, and the people of Noah; the people of
Noah are called unjust and wicked; he overthrew cities turned upside down and
they were covered.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 34756-34756
quote_or_summary: '"This our apostle is a preacher like the preachers who preceded
him."'
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:8
type: summary
locator: lines 34757-34758
quote_or_summary: The approaching day of judgment draws near, and none but God can
reveal its exact time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 34759-34763
quote_or_summary: The hearers are asked why they wonder at the revelation, laugh
rather than weep, and spend time in idle diversions; they are told instead to
worship and serve God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is compact but explicit about accountability, resurrection, destruction
of former peoples, prophetic warning, and continuity with prior preachers. Evidence
locator lines at the end extend slightly beyond the supplied locator label because
the provided passage text includes those concluding 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: |-
Only the supplied passage text and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to available motif families and symbols.
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