batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34867-l34951
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34867-l34951
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LIV. / ENTITLED, THE MOON;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34867-34951
start: '34867'
end: '34951'
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 recounts warnings and punishments involving Saleh’s she-camel,
the people of Lot, and the people of Pharaoh; it applies these examples to unbelievers,
describes the hour of judgment and hellfire for the wicked, states that all things
are decreed and recorded, and concludes with the pious dwelling among gardens
and rivers in the presence of a powerful king.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God tells Saleh that a she-camel will be sent as a trial and instructs him
to observe the people patiently.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The water is to be divided between the people and the she-camel, with each
portion taken in turn.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The people call their companion, and he takes a sword and kills the she-camel.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A single cry associated with the angel Gabriel is sent against the people,
after which they become like dry sticks used for a cattle fold.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The people of Lot reject his preaching and are destroyed by a wind driving
a shower of stones, while Lot’s family is delivered early in the morning.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Lot warns his people about chastisement, but they doubt the warning and demand
his guests.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The attackers’ eyes are put out, and a lasting punishment surprises them early
in the morning.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The warning of Moses comes to the people of Pharaoh, who reject the signs
and are chastised.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The passage addresses Meccan unbelievers, asking whether they are better than
earlier punished peoples and declaring that their multitude will be put to flight.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The hour of judgment is described as the threatened time of punishment, more
grievous than afflictions in this life.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The wicked are described as wandering in error, being tormented in burning
flames, and being dragged into fire on their faces.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: All things are said to be created according to a fixed decree, and God’s command
is described as a single word or act occurring like the twinkling of an eye.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Actions are recorded in books kept by guardian angels and written in the preserved
table.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: The pious are said to dwell among gardens and rivers in the assembly of truth,
in the presence of a most potent king.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Speaker who sends the she-camel, sends punishments, creates by decree,
records actions, and rewards the pious.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:14
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Saleh
description: Prophet addressed by God and instructed to observe the people and bear
insults with patience.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the she-camel
description: Animal sent as a trial, assigned a share in the water, and slain by
the people’s companion.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the companion of the people
description: Identified in the note as Kodr Ebn Salef; he takes a sword and slays
the she-camel.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the people associated with Saleh
description: They are tested by the she-camel, call their companion, and suffer
punishment after the she-camel is slain.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: angel Gabriel
description: Named in connection with the cry sent against Saleh’s people and, in
a note, with the blinding of Lot’s attackers.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lot
description: Warns his people about chastisement and has guests whom the people
demand.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: the family of Lot
description: Delivered early in the morning when Lot’s people are destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: the people of Lot
description: Reject Lot’s preaching, demand his guests, are blinded, and receive
lasting punishment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Moses
description: His warning comes to the people of Pharaoh.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: the people of Pharaoh
description: Reject the signs and receive a mighty and irresistible chastisement.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Meccan unbelievers
description: Addressed as people not promised immunity from punishment; their multitude
is said to be put to flight.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: the wicked
description: Described as wandering in error and being punished in burning flames
and fire.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: guardian angels
description: Keep books in which deeds are recorded.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: the pious
description: Dwell among gardens and rivers in the assembly of truth.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: a most potent king
description: The pious are described as being in this figure’s presence.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God speaks commands and judgments throughout the passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: sender of punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Punitive acts are described as sent by God against rejecting peoples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: rewarder of the thankful and pious
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says deliverance is a favor and that the pious dwell in an exalted
setting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:14
- id: role:4
label: warner or prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:10
basis: Saleh is instructed concerning the trial; Lot warns his people; Moses’ warning
comes to Pharaoh’s people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: test animal
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The she-camel is explicitly sent as a trial and given a turn at the water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: slayer of the test animal
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The companion takes a sword and kills the she-camel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: rejecting or unbelieving community
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: These groups reject signs, preaching, or warnings and are addressed in relation
to punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: angelic agent of punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Gabriel is associated with the cry against Saleh’s people and with the note
about blinding Lot’s attackers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: delivered household
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Lot’s family is explicitly excepted from destruction and delivered early
in the morning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: condemned sinners
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The wicked are described as punished in burning flames and dragged into fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: record-keeping angels
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Guardian angels keep books recording deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:12
label: blessed righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: The pious dwell among gardens and rivers in the assembly of truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:13
label: enthroned or royal presence
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: The pious are said to be in the presence of a most potent king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: she-camel as trial
literal_form: she-camel
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: divided water
literal_form: water divided between the people and the she-camel
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: sword
literal_form: sword used to slay the she-camel
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: punitive cry
literal_form: one cry of the angel Gabriel
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: dry sticks or cattle-fold material
literal_form: dry sticks used by one who builds a fold for cattle
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: storm of stones
literal_form: wind driving a shower of stones
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: blinded eyes
literal_form: eyes put out
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: hour of judgment
literal_form: the threatened hour of punishment
associated_figures:
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: hellfire
literal_form: burning flames and fire
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:10
label: single creative command
literal_form: a single word, glossed in the note as Kun, Be
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:11
label: books of deeds
literal_form: books kept by guardian angels
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:12
label: preserved table
literal_form: preserved table on which actions are written
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:13
label: gardens and rivers
literal_form: gardens and rivers
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Saleh’s she-camel test and punishment
summary: God announces that the she-camel will be a trial, orders the water divided,
and after the she-camel is slain, sends a single cry that destroys the people.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Lot’s warning, deliverance, and destruction of his people
summary: Lot’s people reject his preaching, demand his guests, are blinded, and
are destroyed by a wind with stones, while Lot’s family is delivered.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Moses’ warning to Pharaoh’s people
summary: The people of Pharaoh reject the signs connected with Moses’ warning and
are punished with a mighty chastisement.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Address to Meccan unbelievers and the hour of judgment
summary: The passage addresses unbelievers, denies them immunity, foretells their
defeat, and identifies the hour of judgment as a more grievous punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Afterlife punishment of the wicked
summary: The wicked are described as wandering in error and being dragged face-first
into fire and burning flames.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Decree, record, and final blessed dwelling
summary: All things are described as fixed by decree; deeds are recorded by guardian
angels and in the preserved table; the pious dwell among gardens and rivers in
a truthful assembly before a potent king.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment against rejecting peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Several communities reject prophets, signs, or warnings and receive punishments
such as a cry, stones, blinding, or chastisement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level thematic extraction, not a claim about historical
relationship to other traditions.
- id: motif:2
label: prophetic warning followed by punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Saleh, Lot, and Moses are associated with warnings or signs, and communities
that reject them are punished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents multiple compressed examples rather than full narrative
cycles.
- id: motif:3
label: sacred test involving an animal and shared water
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The she-camel is sent as a trial, and water is divided between the camel
and the people before the camel is slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link to sacred exchange is tentative because the passage
frames the arrangement primarily as a trial.
- id: motif:4
label: afterlife punishment by fire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The wicked are described as tormented in burning flames and dragged into
fire on their faces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy includes fire as a symbol, but no exact hellfire
motif family besides divine judgment.
- id: motif:5
label: cosmic decree and instant divine command
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: All things are said to be created by a fixed decree, and the divine command
is described as a single word or momentary act.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches decree by divine command.
- id: motif:6
label: recorded deeds and final recompense
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Actions are recorded in books and the preserved table; the passage contrasts
the punishment of the wicked with the dwelling of the pious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the record and recompense directly but does not elaborate
a full judgment scene.
- id: motif:7
label: blessed garden-and-river afterlife
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The pious are said to dwell among gardens and rivers in an assembly of truth
before a potent king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: No available motif family exactly corresponds to paradise gardens; water
is available only as a symbol taxonomy reference.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'Within the passage, the Saleh, Lot, and Moses/Pharaoh examples share the
same function as admonitory precedents: rejected warning or signs are followed
by divine punishment.'
claim_level: same_function
target: repeated warning-punishment pattern across the passage’s earlier peoples
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This comparison is limited to examples explicitly juxtaposed in the
passage and does not assert historical dependence beyond the text.
- id: claim:2
claim: The fate of earlier destroyed communities is explicitly applied to the addressed
Meccan unbelievers as a warning that they are not immune from punishment.
claim_level: same_function
target: earlier destroyed nations as admonitory examples for the addressed unbelievers
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:15
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage’s comparison is rhetorical and moral; it does not provide
detailed equivalence between each earlier group and the Meccans.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 34867-34871
quote_or_summary: God tells Saleh that the people will know the liar; he will send
the she-camel as a trial and instructs Saleh to observe patiently.
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 34872-34874
quote_or_summary: Saleh is to announce that the water will be divided between the
people and the she-camel, each portion taken alternately.
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 34875-34878 and notes q-r
quote_or_summary: The people call their companion; he takes a sword and kills the
she-camel. The note names him Kodr Ebn Salef and gives an alternate sense of the
verb.
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 34879-34882 and note s
quote_or_summary: A cry of the angel Gabriel is sent against them, and they become
like dry sticks used in building or littering cattle folds.
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 34884-34889
quote_or_summary: The people of Lot reject his preaching; a wind driving stones
destroys all except Lot’s family, who are delivered early in the morning through
divine favor.
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 34890-34893
quote_or_summary: Lot warns his people of chastisement, but they doubt the warning
and demand his guests in order to abuse them.
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 34893-34898 and notes t-u
quote_or_summary: Their eyes are put out; a lasting punishment comes early in the
morning. The note says the blinding was attributed to a stroke of Gabriel’s wing.
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 34900-34904
quote_or_summary: Moses’ warning comes to Pharaoh’s people; they reject the signs
and receive a mighty, irresistible chastisement.
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 34905-34910 and note x
quote_or_summary: The addressed Meccan unbelievers are asked whether they are better
than earlier peoples or promised immunity; their multitude will be put to flight,
with a note connecting this to Bedr.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 34911-34914 and note y
quote_or_summary: The hour of judgment is identified as their threatened time of
punishment and is described as more grievous and bitter than present afflictions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 34915-34918
quote_or_summary: The wicked wander in error, are tormented in burning flames, and
on that day are dragged into fire on their faces.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 34919-34934 and note z
quote_or_summary: All things are created by a fixed decree; the divine command is
a single word like the twinkling of an eye, glossed in the note as Kun, Be, or
as a single instantaneous act.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 34937-34940
quote_or_summary: Everything people do is recorded in books kept by guardian angels,
and every small and great action is written in the preserved table.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 34941-34943
quote_or_summary: The pious dwell among gardens and rivers, in the assembly of truth,
in the presence of a most potent king.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 34935-34936
quote_or_summary: The passage states that nations like the audience have formerly
been destroyed and asks whether anyone is warned by their example.
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: medium
notes: Literal sequence and figures are clear in the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy
assignments are limited to the provided taxonomy and some matches are approximate.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Translator notes were treated as part of the supplied passage evidence where explicitly cited.
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