batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34954-l35047
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l34954-l35047
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, THE MOON; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL
GOD. / CHAPTER LV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34954-35047
start: '34954'
end: '35047'
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 praises the Merciful as teacher and creator, describes cosmic
order, balance, earth's provision, the origins of man and genii, the bounded meeting
of two seas, universal decay before the enduring Lord, final judgment of men and
genii, apocalyptic fire and ruptured heaven, punishment of the wicked in hell
and boiling water, and reward for those who fear the Lord's tribunal in two gardens
with trees, fountains, fruits, couches, and companions.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Merciful is said to have taught the Koran, created man, and taught him
distinct speech.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The sun and moon are described as running their courses according to a rule.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Heaven is raised and a balance is appointed, with an injunction not to transgress
or diminish the balance.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The earth is prepared for living creatures and contains fruits, palm-trees,
grain, chaff, and leaves.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Man is created from dried clay like an earthen vessel, while the genii are
created from smokeless fire.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The Lord is described as Lord of the east and west.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Two seas are let loose to meet, with a barrier between them that they cannot
pass; pearls are taken from them.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Ships in the sea are described as carrying sails aloft like mountains.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Every earthly living creature is subject to decay, while the Lord's countenance
remains forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: All creatures in heaven and earth make petition to the Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Men and genii are addressed as those who will be judged at the last day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Genii and men are told they cannot pass beyond the confines of heaven and
earth except by absolute power.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: A smokeless flame and a flameless smoke are said to be sent down upon the
addressed beings, who cannot defend themselves from it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: The heaven is described as being rent apart, becoming red as a rose and melting
like ointment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: On that day neither man nor genius will be asked concerning his sin.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:16
text: The wicked are known by their marks, taken by the forelocks and feet, and
cast into hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:17
text: The wicked pass to and fro between hell and hot boiling water.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:18
text: For the one who dreads the Lord's tribunal, two gardens are prepared with
shady trees, two flowing fountains in each, and two kinds of every fruit.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: obs:19
text: The rewarded recline on couches lined with thick silk interwoven with gold,
with garden fruit near at hand.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: obs:20
text: The repeated refrain asks which of the Lord's benefits the addressed hearers
will ungratefully deny.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
- id: obs:21
text: A note states that the repeated refrain is directed to the two species of
rational creatures, men and genii, and compares the repetition to Psalm 136.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:21
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: The Merciful / LORD
description: Divine figure who teaches, creates, orders heaven and earth, provides
benefits, judges men and genii, and endures forever.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Man / men
description: Created from dried clay, taught speech, addressed with genii, and subject
to judgment.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Genii / genius
description: Created from smokeless fire and addressed with men as beings subject
to divine judgment.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The wicked
description: Those who deny hell as falsehood, are recognized by marks, seized by
forelocks and feet, cast into hell, and made to pass between hell and boiling
water.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The one who dreads the tribunal of his LORD
description: A God-fearing person for whom two gardens and their delights are prepared.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:19
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Beauteous damsels
description: Paradisal companions who receive the rewarded and are described as
refraining their eyes from beholding any besides their spouses.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Merciful teaches the Koran and teaches man distinct speech.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator and cosmic orderer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord creates man and genii, raises heaven, appoints the balance, prepares
earth, and orders celestial courses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: provider of benefits
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The refrain repeatedly frames the described provisions and wonders as the
Lord's benefits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
- id: role:4
label: judge at the last day
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that men and genii will be attended to for judgment at
the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: created rational beings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Man and genii are described as created beings; a note identifies them as
two species of rational creatures addressed by the refrain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:21
- id: role:6
label: judged beings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Men and genii are directly addressed as subject to last-day judgment and
unable to escape the confines of heaven and earth without absolute power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:7
label: punished sinners
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The wicked are marked, seized, cast into hell, and moved between hell and
boiling water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: role:8
label: rewarded God-fearer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The one who dreads the Lord's tribunal receives two gardens and their pleasures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:19
- id: role:9
label: paradisal companions
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The damsels receive the inhabitants of the gardens and are described in relation
to their spouses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: balance
literal_form: appointed balance associated with justice, correct weight, and not
diminishing the measure
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: sun and moon
literal_form: celestial bodies running their courses according to a rule
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: trees and plants
literal_form: vegetables, trees, palm-trees, shady trees, and fruits
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: sym:4
label: clay body
literal_form: man created of dried clay like an earthen vessel
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: smokeless fire
literal_form: genii created of fire clear from smoke; later a flame of fire without
smoke is sent down
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: sym:6
label: east and west
literal_form: the Lord of the east and the Lord of the west
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: two seas and barrier
literal_form: two seas meeting with a bar between them that they cannot pass
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: pearls
literal_form: unions and lesser pearls taken from the two seas
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: ships like mountains
literal_form: ships carrying sails aloft in the sea like mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: confines of heaven and earth
literal_form: boundary of heaven and earth beyond which genii and men cannot pass
except by absolute power
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:11
label: rent red heaven
literal_form: heaven rent in sunder, red as a rose, and melting like ointment
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:12
label: marks of the wicked
literal_form: marks by which the wicked are known before being seized
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:13
label: hell and boiling water
literal_form: hell and hot boiling water between which the wicked pass
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: sym:14
label: two gardens
literal_form: two gardens prepared for the one who dreads the Lord's tribunal
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: sym:15
label: two fountains
literal_form: two flowing fountains in each garden
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: sym:16
label: paired abundance
literal_form: two gardens, two fountains, and two kinds of every fruit
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Teaching and ordered creation
summary: The Merciful teaches the Koran, creates man, teaches speech, establishes
celestial order, raises heaven, appoints the balance, and prepares the earth with
vegetation and food.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Dual creation and cosmic boundaries
summary: Man and genii are presented as distinct created beings; the Lord of east
and west lets two seas meet but keeps them separated by a barrier, with pearls
and ships associated with the sea.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Universal petition and divine endurance
summary: All earthly living beings are subject to decay, while the Lord remains
forever; all creatures in heaven and earth petition him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:4
label: Last-day judgment and failed escape
summary: Men and genii are addressed as beings who will be judged at the last day
and cannot pass beyond the confines of heaven and earth except by absolute power.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:5
label: Apocalyptic fire and transformed heaven
summary: A smokeless flame and flameless smoke are sent down, and heaven is rent
apart, red as a rose, and melting like ointment.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:6
label: Punishment of the wicked
summary: The wicked are identified by marks, seized by forelocks and feet, cast
into hell, and made to pass between hell and boiling water.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: scene:7
label: Reward in two gardens
summary: The one who dreads the Lord's tribunal receives two gardens with shady
trees, fountains, paired fruits, luxurious couches, nearby fruit, and companions.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:14
- sym:15
- sym:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:19
- ev:22
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment of humans and genii
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly says men and genii will be judged at the last day
and then describes punishment for the wicked and reward for those who fear the
tribunal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:17
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate an individual judgment scene; it announces
and describes eschatological judgment.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife destinations of punishment and reward
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage contrasts hell and boiling water for the wicked with two gardens,
fountains, fruits, couches, and companions for the God-fearer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:19
- ev:22
confidence: medium
cautions: No journey through the afterlife is narrated; the motif fit is based on
mapped contrasting afterlife realms.
- id: motif:3
label: Paired and dual ordering
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: 'The passage repeatedly uses pairs: men and genii, east and west, two seas,
two gardens, two fountains, and two kinds of fruit.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:21
confidence: high
cautions: The dual pattern is textual and structural; its wider symbolic interpretation
is not stated in the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Apocalyptic cosmic rupture and fire
taxonomy_refs:
- world_destroying_fire
basis: The passage describes a flame and smoke sent down and heaven being rent,
reddened, and melted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly say the world is destroyed by fire; the
taxonomy fit is partial and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:5
label: Divine instruction of revelation and speech
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Merciful teaches the Koran and teaches man distinct speech.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames instruction as divine teaching rather than a quest
for wisdom.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: A note in the passage compares the repeated refrain about denying the Lord's
benefits to the refrain-like repetition of Psalm 136.
claim_level: same_function
target: Psalm cxxxvi refrain pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:21
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This comparison comes from the translator's note, not from the Qur'anic
passage itself; it supports functional similarity of refrain, not historical dependence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 34954-34963
quote_or_summary: The Merciful teaches the Koran, creates man, teaches distinct
speech, and the sun and moon run by a rule.
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 34964-34968
quote_or_summary: Heaven is raised; a balance is appointed; the audience is told
not to transgress the balance and to observe just weight.
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 34969-34973
quote_or_summary: The earth is prepared for living creatures with fruits, palm-trees,
grain, chaff, and leaves.
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 34974-34977
quote_or_summary: Man is created from dried clay like an earthen vessel, and genii
from fire clear from smoke.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 34978-34980
quote_or_summary: '"He is the LORD of the east, and the LORD of the west."'
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: lines 34981-34986
quote_or_summary: Two seas are let loose to meet, with a bar between them that they
cannot pass; pearls are taken from 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 34987-34990
quote_or_summary: Ships in the sea carry their sails aloft like mountains.
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 34991-34994
quote_or_summary: Every creature living on earth is subject to decay, but the Lord's
glorious countenance remains forever.
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 35015-35018
quote_or_summary: All creatures in heaven and earth make petition to the Lord, who
is employed in new work every day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 35019-35021
quote_or_summary: '"We will surely attend to judge you, O men and genii, at the
last day."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 35022-35026
quote_or_summary: Genii and men are challenged to pass beyond the confines of heaven
and earth, but are told they can do so only by absolute power.
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 35027-35031
quote_or_summary: A flame without smoke and a smoke without flame will be sent down,
and the addressed beings will not be able to defend themselves.
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 35032-35036
quote_or_summary: Heaven will be rent apart, become red as a rose, and melt like
ointment.
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 35037-35040
quote_or_summary: On that day neither man nor genius will be asked concerning his
sin.
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 35041-35044
quote_or_summary: The wicked will be known by marks, taken by the forelocks and
feet, and cast into hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 35045-35048
quote_or_summary: Hell is identified as what the wicked denied; they pass between
it and hot boiling water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 35049-35053
quote_or_summary: For the one who dreads the Lord's tribunal, two gardens are prepared,
planted with shady trees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: lines 35054-35058
quote_or_summary: Each garden has two flowing fountains and two kinds of every fruit.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:19
type: summary
locator: lines 35059-35063
quote_or_summary: The rewarded recline on couches lined with thick silk interwoven
with gold, and the fruit of the two gardens is near at hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:20
type: quote
locator: repeated throughout lines 34970-35064
quote_or_summary: '"Which, therefore, of your LORD''S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short repeated refrain quoted.
- id: ev:21
type: note
locator: translator note c within supplied passage
quote_or_summary: The note says the refrain is directed to men and genii as two
rational species and is repeated thirty-one times, with Marracci guessing imitation
of David and a reference to Psalm 136.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
- id: ev:22
type: summary
locator: lines 35064-35047 supplied ending segment
quote_or_summary: In the gardens, beauteous damsels receive the rewarded, refraining
their eyes from any besides their spouses, and are described as not previously
deflowered by man or genius.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: 'Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Locator labels and line
numbering show minor inconsistencies: the supplied label mentions ''The Moon,''
while the passage heading reads ''The Merciful,'' and the supplied excerpt appears
to continue past the nominal end line. Items tied to the final damsels sentence
should be reviewed against the canonical line map.'
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 external sources were used. Taxonomy references are limited to the provided available taxonomy lists.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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