batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l35949-l36032
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l35949-l36032
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER LX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXI. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 35949-36032
start: '35949'
end: '36032'
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: Chapter LXI declares that all in heaven and earth praise God, admonishes
believers against saying what they do not do, praises those who fight in ordered
ranks, recalls Moses and Jesus addressing Israel, presents Jesus as confirming
the earlier law and announcing an apostle named Ahmed, rejects attempts to extinguish
God's light, promises forgiveness, gardens with rivers, aid, and victory to believers
who defend God's religion, and recalls Jesus' apostles answering his call for
assistants of God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Whatever is in heaven and earth is said to celebrate God's praise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Believers are admonished for saying what they do not do, which is described
as odious in God's sight.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God is said to love those who fight for his religion in battle-array, compared
to a well-compacted building.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Moses addresses his people, asking why they injure him though they know he
is God's apostle; after they deviate, God makes their hearts deviate.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Jesus son of Mary addresses the children of Israel, states that he is God's
apostle, confirms the prior law, and announces an apostle to come after him named
Ahmed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: When evident miracles are produced, opponents call them manifest sorcery.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says some seek to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but
God will perfect his light.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to have sent his apostle with direction and the religion of truth
so that it may be exalted above every religion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: 'Believers are offered a figurative merchandise: belief in God and his apostle
and defense of God''s religion with substance and persons.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The promised outcomes include forgiveness of sins, entry into gardens through
which rivers flow, agreeable habitations, assistance from God, and speedy victory.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Jesus asks the apostles who will be his assistants with respect to God, and
the apostles answer that they will be the assistants of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Among the children of Israel, some believe and some do not; those who believe
are strengthened above their enemy and become victorious.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The mighty and wise deity praised by heaven and earth, who loves ordered
fighters, directs or does not direct people, perfects his light, sends his apostle,
forgives sins, grants gardens, assistance, and victory.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers
description: The addressed group admonished to align words and deeds, called to
fight or defend God's religion, and promised forgiveness, gardens, assistance,
and victory.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses
description: Apostle of God who speaks to his people about their injuring him despite
their knowledge of his mission.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Moses' people
description: People addressed by Moses; they are described as injuring him and deviating
from the truth.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jesus the Son of Mary
description: Apostle of God to the children of Israel, confirmer of the earlier
law, announcer of Ahmed, and the one who asks the apostles for assistants with
respect to God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: children of Israel
description: People addressed by Jesus; the passage says that part of them believed
and part did not.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Ahmed
description: The apostle named by Jesus as one who shall come after him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: opponents who call miracles sorcery
description: Those who respond to evident miracles by saying, 'This is manifest
sorcery.'
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: infidels and idolaters
description: Groups described as averse to God's perfecting his light and exalting
the religion of truth.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: apostles of Jesus
description: The apostles who answer Jesus by saying they will be the assistants
of God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine sovereign and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is praised by all, judges conduct, perfects his light, forgives sins,
and grants gardens, assistance, and victory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: addressed believers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage repeatedly addresses 'true believers' with admonitions and promises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: apostle or messenger of God
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Moses and Jesus are called apostles of God, and Jesus announces an apostle
named Ahmed to come after him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: resistant or unbelieving audience
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: These figures or groups injure a messenger, deviate, reject miracles as sorcery,
disbelieve, or oppose God's light and religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: sender of apostolic direction
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as sending his apostle with direction and the religion of
truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: assistants of God
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:10
basis: Believers are told to be assistants of God, as Jesus' apostles answered that
they would be assistants of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: battle-array as compact building
literal_form: Fighters arranged in battle-array, compared to a well-compacted building.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: God's light
literal_form: A light that opponents seek to extinguish with their mouths and that
God will perfect.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: figurative merchandise
literal_form: 'A merchandise shown to believers that delivers from painful torment:
belief and defense of God''s religion.'
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: gardens with flowing rivers
literal_form: Gardens through which rivers flow and agreeable habitations in gardens
of perpetual abode.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: evident miracles disputed as sorcery
literal_form: Evident miracles that opponents call manifest sorcery.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Admonition and ordered fighting
summary: All heaven and earth praise God; believers are warned against saying what
they do not do and are told that God loves those who fight in ordered ranks like
a compact building.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Moses and the deviation of his people
summary: Moses asks his people why they injure him though they know he is God's
apostle; after they deviate from truth, God makes their hearts deviate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Jesus announces Ahmed and is rejected by some
summary: Jesus son of Mary addresses the children of Israel as God's apostle, confirms
the earlier law, announces Ahmed, and evident miracles are rejected as sorcery.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: God's light and religion of truth
summary: Opponents seek to extinguish God's light, but God will perfect it; God
sends his apostle with direction and the religion of truth to exalt it above every
religion.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Saving merchandise and promised reward
summary: Believers are invited to believe and defend God's religion with substance
and persons; they are promised forgiveness, gardens with rivers, dwellings, divine
assistance, and speedy victory.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Assistants of God and victory
summary: Believers are told to be assistants of God as Jesus' apostles were; some
children of Israel believe and some do not, and the believers are strengthened
above their enemy and become victorious.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment on contradiction between words and deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage condemns believers saying what they do not do as odious in God's
sight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is an ethical-divine judgment motif rather than a narrative punishment
scene.
- id: motif:2
label: Divinely favored holy battle in ordered ranks
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God is said to love those who fight for his religion in battle-array, likened
to a compact building.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No specific battle episode is narrated in the passage itself.
- id: motif:3
label: Messenger rejected by his own audience
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Moses' people injure him and deviate; Jesus' evident miracles are called
sorcery by opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives brief allusions, not full narrative accounts.
- id: motif:4
label: Prophetic succession and confirmation of prior revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Jesus is described as confirming the law delivered before him and announcing
a later apostle named Ahmed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage emphasizes apostolic continuity
rather than a formal covenant ritual.
- id: motif:5
label: Unquenchable divine light opposed by unbelievers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Opponents seek to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God will
perfect his light.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The light is a metaphorical image in the passage.
- id: motif:6
label: Sacred exchange of devotion for salvation and victory
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- divine_judgment
basis: 'Believers are offered a ''merchandise'' that delivers from torment: belief
and defense of God''s religion, followed by forgiveness, gardens, divine assistance,
and victory.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is figurative and exhortatory; it should not be treated as
a commercial ritual.
- id: motif:7
label: Paradisal gardens with flowing rivers as afterlife reward
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- water
basis: Forgiven believers are promised entry into gardens through which rivers flow
and perpetual habitations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes reward, not an afterlife journey narrative.
- id: motif:8
label: Chosen assistants of God strengthened to victory
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jesus' apostles answer that they are assistants of God, and those who believe
are strengthened above their enemy and become victorious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a compressed example rather than a detailed battle narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI opening
quote_or_summary: '"WHATEVER is in heaven and in earth celebrateth the praise of
GOD; for he is mighty and wise."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: Believers are asked why they say what they do not, and such conduct
is said to be most odious in God's sight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: '"GOD loveth those who fight for his religion in battle-array,
as though they were a well-compacted building."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: Moses tells his people they know he is God's apostle and asks
why they injure him; when they deviate, God makes their hearts deviate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: Jesus son of Mary tells the children of Israel he is God's apostle,
confirms the prior law, and brings good tidings of an apostle after him named
Ahmed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: '"And when he produced unto them evident miracles, they said,
This is manifest sorcery."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: Opponents seek to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but
God will perfect his light though infidels are averse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: God sends his apostle with direction and the religion of truth
to exalt it above every religion, despite idolaters' aversion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI, verse marker 10 following
quote_or_summary: 'Believers are shown a ''merchandise'' that delivers from painful
torment: belief in God and his apostle and defense of God''s religion with substance
and persons.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI
quote_or_summary: God will forgive sins, introduce believers into gardens through
which rivers flow and perpetual habitations, and grant assistance and speedy victory.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI closing
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to be assistants of God, as Jesus son of Mary
asked the apostles who would be his assistants with respect to God, and they answered
that they would be God's assistants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 35949-36032, Chapter LXI closing
quote_or_summary: A part of the children of Israel believed and a part did not;
those who believed were strengthened above their enemy and became victorious.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy assignments
are limited to available broad categories and should be reviewed, especially where
symbolic or theological language is compressed.
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: |-
Footnote material embedded in the provided passage was not separately motif-extracted except where it clarified local wording; the main extraction focuses on Chapter LXI text.
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