batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l35049-l35102
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l35049-l35102
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 35049-35102
start: '35049'
end: '35102'
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 includes explanatory notes on divine decree, resurrection,
tribunal judgment, hellish punishment, and paradise gardens. The main text repeatedly
asks which of the Lord's benefits will be denied, describes reward for good works,
two additional green gardens with fountains, fruits, palm-trees, pomegranates,
beautiful secluded damsels, and delight on cushions and carpets, ending with a
blessing of the Lord's name.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A note attributes life, death, raising, abasing, hearing prayers, and granting
petitions to things decreed by God from eternity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note says crimes will be known by different marks when people are raised
to life and led toward the tribunal.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A note describes the damned receiving only respite from hellfire when permitted
to drink a scalding liquor.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The text repeatedly asks which of the Lord's benefits the audience will deny.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The text asks whether the reward of good works can be anything other than
good.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The text says there shall be two other gardens, described as dark green.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Each of the gardens contains two fountains pouring plentiful water.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Each of the gardens contains fruits, palm-trees, and pomegranates.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The gardens contain agreeable and beautiful damsels with fine black eyes,
kept in pavilions from public view.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The damsels have not been deflowered before their destined spouses by any
man or genius.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Those in the gardens delight themselves while lying on green cushions and
beautiful carpets.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The passage ends by blessing the name of the Lord, described as possessed
of glory and honour.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The divine figure whose benefits are invoked and whose name is blessed;
a note also attributes eternal decree, life, death, and answered prayers to God.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: audience addressed as ye
description: The addressees repeatedly asked which of the Lord's benefits they will
ungratefully deny.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: people raised to life and led toward the tribunal
description: Persons whose crimes are known by marks and who are led toward the
tribunal after being raised to life, according to a note.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the damned
description: Persons described in a note as receiving respite from hellfire only
to drink scalding liquor.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: damsels
description: Agreeable and beauteous damsels with fine black eyes, kept in pavilions
from public view.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: destined spouses
description: The destined spouses before whom the damsels have not been deflowered
by man or genius.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: genius
description: A being named alongside man as not having deflowered the damsels before
their destined spouses.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine benefactor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The refrain names the Lord's benefits and asks whether they will be denied.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and decree-maker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: A note attributes decreed life, death, raising, abasing, and petition-granting
to God; another note describes resurrection and a tribunal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: questioned recipients of benefits
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The repeated address asks what benefits of the Lord they will deny.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: resurrected persons brought to judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note says they are raised to life and led toward the tribunal, with crimes
known by marks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: punished damned
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note describes the damned as subject to hellfire and scalding drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: secluded paradise companions
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The damsels are described as beautiful, black-eyed, and kept in pavilions
from public view.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: destined spouses
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The text refers to the damsels' destined spouses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: paradise gardens
literal_form: two other dark green gardens
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: fountains of water
literal_form: two fountains in each garden pouring plentiful water
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: fruit trees and fruits
literal_form: fruits, palm-trees, and pomegranates
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: pavilions
literal_form: pavilions keeping the damsels from public view
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: green cushions and beautiful carpets
literal_form: green cushions and beautiful carpets used for reclining
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: tribunal
literal_form: tribunal toward which resurrected persons are led
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: scalding liquor
literal_form: scalding drink given to the damned as respite from flames
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: divine decree and judgment notes
summary: The notes describe God's eternal decree over life, death, raising and abasing,
and mention resurrection, marked crimes, tribunal judgment, and the damned in
hellfire with scalding drink.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: refrain of divine benefits
summary: The main text repeatedly asks which of the Lord's benefits will be denied,
and asks whether good works receive anything other than good.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: two green gardens with water and fruit
summary: The passage describes two additional dark green gardens containing two
fountains in each and fruits, palm-trees, and pomegranates.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: companions and delight in the gardens
summary: The gardens contain beautiful secluded damsels reserved for their destined
spouses, and those there recline on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: afterlife garden reward
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage describes reward for good works and a paradisal setting of green
gardens, fountains, fruits, companions, cushions, and carpets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes an afterlife reward landscape, but does not present
a journey itinerary; the available taxonomy reference is broader than the literal
scene.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment after resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: A note states that people are raised to life, led toward a tribunal, and
identified by marks of their crimes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is supported mainly by translator's explanatory note in the
provided passage rather than by the main poetic lines shown here.
- id: motif:3
label: punishment of the damned in hellfire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A note describes the damned having respite from flames only when allowed
to drink scalding liquor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The hell-punishment detail appears in explanatory note material within
the line range.
- id: motif:4
label: reciprocal good reward for good works
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The text asks whether the reward of good works is anything other than good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
cautions: The wording supports a reward principle, but the available taxonomy label
'sacred_exchange' may be broader than the passage's explicit statement.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 35049-35053
quote_or_summary: A note explains God's eternal decree by giving life and death,
raising and abasing, hearing prayers, and granting petitions.
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 35058-35064
quote_or_summary: A note says crimes will be known by marks; people are raised to
life and led toward the tribunal before examination.
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 35065-35067
quote_or_summary: A note says the damned receive respite from hell's flames only
when allowed to drink a scalding liquor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 35078-35099
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 quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: line 35081
quote_or_summary: '"Shall the reward of good works be any other good?"'
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 35083-35086
quote_or_summary: The text says there shall be two other gardens, described as dark
green.
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 35087-35088
quote_or_summary: Each garden has two fountains pouring plentiful water.
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 35089-35090
quote_or_summary: Each garden contains fruits, palm-trees, and pomegranates.
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 35091-35094
quote_or_summary: The gardens contain agreeable, beautiful damsels with fine black
eyes, kept in pavilions from public view.
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 35095-35096
quote_or_summary: No man or genius has deflowered the damsels before their destined
spouses.
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 35097-35099
quote_or_summary: Those there delight themselves lying on green cushions and beautiful
carpets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: line 35100
quote_or_summary: '"Blessed be the name of thy LORD, possessed of glory and honour!"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the provided line range. Some judgment and hell
details are in notes rather than the main text, so motif assignments using those
details require review.
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 compare this material to another tradition or motif family beyond the provided taxonomy candidates.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l35049-l35102
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