batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l36511-l36589
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l36511-l36589
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, PROHIBITION; REVEALED AT MEDINA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL
GOD. / CHAPTER LXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 36511-36589
start: '36511'
end: '36589'
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: "“Who hath created death and life, that he might prove you...”"
summary: The passage praises God as sovereign creator, describes ordered heavens
and heavenly lamps, warns unbelievers of hell, presents a dialogue in which the
condemned admit rejecting warners, contrasts the punished with those who fear
God, affirms divine knowledge, provision, resurrection, and judgment, and ends
by asking who could provide running water if God caused it to be swallowed by
the earth.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as holding the kingdom and as almighty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Death and life are said to have been created so that people may be tested
in their actions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Seven heavens are described as created one above another, without visible
flaw or disproportion.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The lowest heaven is adorned with lamps, and these lamps are appointed to
be darted at devils.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Burning fire and hell are described as prepared for devils and unbelievers.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: When companies are thrown into hell, keepers ask whether a warner came to
them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The condemned answer that a warner came, but they accused him of imposture
and denied revelation.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Those who fear their Lord in secret are promised pardon and a great reward.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: God is said to know both concealed and public discourse and the innermost
part of human breasts.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The earth is described as levelled for humans to walk through and eat from
God’s provision.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The passage warns that God could cause the earth to swallow people or send
an overwhelming whirlwind.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Birds are described as extending and drawing back their wings, sustained only
by the Merciful.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: A contrast is made between one who goes grovelling on his face and one who
walks upright in a straight way.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: God is said to have given humans hearing, sight, and understanding.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Humans are said to be sown in the earth and later gathered to God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: The speaker states that knowledge of the threatened event belongs to God alone
and that he is only a public warner.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:17
text: The passage asks who would give clear running water if human water were swallowed
up by the earth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Merciful / LORD
description: The sovereign creator, knower, provider, sustainer, judge, and possible
sender of earthly or aerial punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unbelievers / infidels / inhabitants of burning fire
description: Those who reject warnings and are described as subject to hell, regret,
and painful punishment.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Keepers of hell
description: Figures who question each company thrown into hell about whether a
warner came to them.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Public warner
description: The speaker instructed to answer that knowledge belongs to God and
that he is only a public warner.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Devils
description: Beings at whom the lamps of the lowest heaven are appointed to be darted;
burning fire is prepared for them.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who fear their Lord in secret
description: People promised pardon and a great reward.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Birds
description: Creatures seen above, extending and drawing back their wings, sustained
by the Merciful.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Sovereign creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is praised as holding the kingdom and as creator of death, life, and
the ordered heavens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hell and burning fire are described as prepared for unbelievers, and God
is said to be able to punish through earth, whirlwind, or painful punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: Provider and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God provides food, sustains birds, and is invoked as the one who could give
running water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: Punished rejecters of warning
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The condemned admit a warner came, but they denied revelation and are associated
with burning fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: Interrogators at hell
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The keepers ask each company thrown into hell whether a warner came to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: Public warner
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The speaker says that knowledge of the threatened event belongs to God and
that he is only a public warner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: Targets of heavenly missiles
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The lamps of the lowest heaven are appointed to be darted at the devils.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: Secretly reverent recipients of reward
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those who fear their Lord in secret are promised pardon and a great reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: Creatures sustained in flight
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Birds extend and draw back their wings, and none sustains them except the
Merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Kingdom in God’s hand
literal_form: kingdom held in God’s hand
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Death and life as created test
literal_form: death and life created to prove human actions
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Seven heavens
literal_form: seven heavens, one above another
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: Lamps of the lowest heaven
literal_form: lamps adorning the lowest heaven and darted at devils
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: Burning fire / hell
literal_form: burning fire and hell that brays, boils, and almost bursts for fury
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: Levelled and swallowing earth
literal_form: earth levelled for walking and eating, also able to swallow people
or water
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: Birds in flight
literal_form: birds extending and drawing back their wings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: Straight way versus grovelling face
literal_form: one going grovelling upon his face contrasted with one walking upright
in a straight way
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: Clear running water
literal_form: water swallowed by the earth and clear running water sought afterward
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sovereign creation and cosmic order
summary: God is praised as sovereign and creator of death, life, and seven ordered
heavens; viewers are invited to look for flaws in heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Lamps of heaven and prepared fire
summary: The lowest heaven is adorned with lamps appointed against devils, and burning
fire or hell is prepared for devils and unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Interrogation of the condemned
summary: Companies thrown into hell hear its violent sound and are questioned by
its keepers; they admit that a warner came and that they rejected him.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Divine knowledge and secret reverence
summary: The passage contrasts the promised pardon of those who fear God in secret
with God’s knowledge of concealed and public speech and inner thoughts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Provision, resurrection, and earthly warning
summary: Humans are told to walk through the levelled earth and eat God’s provision,
while being warned of resurrection and possible punishments by swallowing earth
or overwhelming wind.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Sustained birds and withheld provision
summary: Birds in flight are presented as sustained by the Merciful, and the passage
asks who could defend or feed people if God withheld protection or provision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Guidance, gathering, and public warning
summary: The passage contrasts grovelling with upright walking, recalls God’s gifts
of hearing, sight, and understanding, says humans will be gathered to God, and
identifies the speaker as a public warner.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Near punishment and the water challenge
summary: When the threatened event is near, infidels become sad; the passage asks
who could protect them from painful punishment and who could provide running water
if their water were swallowed by the earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine sovereignty and creation as moral testing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God holds the kingdom, creates death and life, and tests which people are
most righteous in action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage explicitly frames creation as a test; linking it to the broader
taxonomy of divine judgment is interpretive but directly supported by later judgment
language.
- id: motif:2
label: Judgment of unbelievers in hell
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Unbelievers are sent to hell or burning fire, questioned by keepers, and
confess that they rejected a warner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No extra details beyond the passage’s hell and interrogation imagery are
inferred.
- id: motif:3
label: Resurrection and gathering to God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage says that unto God shall be the resurrection and that humans
sown in the earth shall be gathered to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction does not specify the mechanics of resurrection beyond the
passage’s wording.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine provision withheld or granted
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God levels the earth for food, may withhold provision, sustains birds, and
is invoked as the only source of clear running water if water is swallowed by
the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: No available motif-family taxonomy label directly matches divine provision
in the supplied list.
- id: motif:5
label: Heavenly order defending against devils
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The ordered heavens include lamps in the lowest heaven appointed to be darted
at devils.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives the image but does not elaborate a full mythic episode
of combat or cosmological history.
- id: motif:6
label: Rejected warning followed by regret
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The condemned say that if they had hearkened or rightly considered, they
would not have been among the inhabitants of burning fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is based on the passage’s emphasis on
hearing, consideration, and understanding; the passage does not use a formal wisdom
genre label.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 36511-36523
quote_or_summary: God is blessed as holder of the kingdom, creator of death and
life as a test, and creator of seven heavens without visible flaw.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 36524-36530
quote_or_summary: The lowest heaven is adorned with lamps appointed to be darted
at devils; burning fire and hell are prepared for devils and unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 36531-36545
quote_or_summary: Hell brays, boils, and almost bursts; keepers question those thrown
into it, who admit rejecting a warner, while those fearing the Lord in secret
receive pardon and reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 36546-36550
quote_or_summary: God knows concealed and public discourse and the innermost part
of human breasts because he is creator, sagacious, and knowing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 36551-36560
quote_or_summary: God levels the earth for walking and provision; to him is resurrection;
he may cause the earth to swallow people or send an overwhelming whirlwind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 36561-36568
quote_or_summary: Birds above extend and draw back their wings, sustained by the
Merciful; no army or provider can defend or feed people if God withholds provision.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 36569-36580
quote_or_summary: The passage contrasts grovelling with walking upright in a straight
way, says God gave hearing, sight, and understanding, and declares that humans
will be gathered to him; the speaker is a public warner.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 36581-36589
quote_or_summary: When the threatened event is near, infidels become sad; the passage
asks who can protect unbelievers from punishment and who can provide clear running
water if water is swallowed by the earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are
cautious and limited to supported taxonomy references; no external comparison
claims are made.
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: |-
The user-provided locator label appears inconsistent with the supplied passage title: the passage text is Chapter LXVII, entitled The Kingdom, revealed at Mecca, while the locator label mentions Prohibition and Medina.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l36511-l36589
passage_sha256=9ab526679e0f420d8ccaada8eb36bc6178f6d1310ab0a5a54326f9ab9f693d18