batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37283-l37399
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37283-l37399
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXIV / ENTITLED, THE COVERED;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37283-37399
start: '37283'
end: '37399'
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 commands the covered addressee to arise, preach, magnify the
Lord, purify his garments, avoid abomination, and wait patiently. It announces
distress for unbelievers at the trumpet, condemns a wealthy adversary who rejects
the revelation as human magic, describes hell and its nineteen angelic guardians,
and presents the number as a trial and warning. It swears by moon, retreating
night, and reddening morning that the warning is grave. It contrasts souls pledged
by their deeds with companions of the right hand in gardens, who question the
wicked about why they entered hell; the wicked cite neglect of prayer and charity,
vain disputation, and denial of judgment until death. The passage ends by rebuking
rejection of admonition and affirming God's fearful authority and forgiveness.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The covered addressee is commanded to arise, preach, magnify the Lord, cleanse
his garments, avoid abomination, refrain from generosity intended to gain more
in return, and wait patiently for the Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A trumpet is said to sound before a day of distress and uneasiness for unbelievers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A created man is described as having received abundant riches, present children,
and smooth affairs, yet as an adversary to God's signs.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The adversary is described as devising expressions against the Koran, frowning,
turning back, becoming proud, and calling it borrowed magic and human words.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Hell is described as consuming, not letting anything escape, and scorching
men's flesh.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Nineteen angels are appointed over hell fire.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The specified number of hell's guardians is presented as a source of discord
or testing for unbelievers and as confirmation or increase of faith for others.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The passage invokes the moon, retreating night, and reddening morning before
stating that the warning is one of the most terrible calamities.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Every soul is said to be pledged for what it has wrought, except the companions
of the right hand.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: The companions of the right hand dwell in gardens and question the wicked
about what brought them into hell.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The wicked answer that they did not pray constantly, did not feed the poor,
joined vain disputes, denied the day of judgment, and were overtaken by death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says intercession will not avail the wicked.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Those who turn aside from the admonition are compared to timid asses fleeing
from a lion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: Each objecting man is said to desire expanded scrolls delivered to him from
God.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: A note reports a tradition that Mohammed saw Gabriel on a throne between heaven
and earth, became terrified, returned to Khadijah, and asked to be covered before
the angel addressed him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:16
text: A note reports an interpretation in which the condemned al Walid ascends a
mountain of fire and is cast down repeatedly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the covered addressee
description: The person addressed as 'O thou covered' and commanded to arise and
preach; the note connects this address with Mohammed in reported traditions.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The divine speaker who commands the addressee, creates and judges the
adversary, directs or causes to err, and is described as worthy to be feared and
inclined to forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: wealthy adversary to the signs
description: A created man with riches and children who rejects the signs and calls
the revelation magic and human speech; the note says he is generally supposed
to be al Walid Ebn al Mogheira.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unbelievers
description: Those for whom the trumpet day is distressing and for whom the number
of hell's angels becomes a cause of discord or questioning.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: nineteen angels over hell
description: Angelic guardians appointed to preside over hell fire.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: companions of the right hand
description: An excepted group who dwell in gardens and ask about the wicked.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the wicked
description: Those questioned about their entry into hell and who answer by listing
neglected duties, disputes, and denial of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: interceders
description: Figures whose intercession is said not to avail the wicked.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: In the note, the angel seen on a throne between heaven and earth who
addresses Mohammed after descending.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: commissioned preacher and warner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The addressee is commanded to arise, preach, magnify the Lord, and warn through
the passage's admonition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine commander and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God commands, warns, creates, afflicts, directs, causes to err, and is associated
with judgment and forgiveness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: proud rejecter of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The wealthy man opposes the signs and calls the Koran borrowed magic and
human words.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: recipients of distress and testing
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Unbelievers face distress at the trumpet and dispute the stated number of
hell's guardians.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: hell guardians
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage states that nineteen angels are appointed over hell fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: saved questioners in gardens
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The companions of the right hand dwell in gardens and question the wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: condemned respondents
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The wicked answer that neglect of prayer, charity, and belief in judgment
brought them to hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: ineffective intercessors for the wicked
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The text states that the intercession of interceders will not avail the wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: angelic messenger in commentary tradition
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The note reports Gabriel appearing and addressing Mohammed in the words of
the text.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet
literal_form: trumpet that shall sound
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: cleansed garments
literal_form: garments commanded to be cleansed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: abomination
literal_form: abomination to be fled; note says commentators principally understand
idolatry
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: hell fire
literal_form: hell fire that consumes and scorches flesh
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: nineteen
literal_form: the number nineteen assigned to angels over hell
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: moon, retreating night, and reddening morning
literal_form: moon, night when it retreats, and morning when it reddens
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: pledged soul
literal_form: every soul given in pledge for what it has wrought
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: right hand
literal_form: companions of the right hand
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: gardens
literal_form: gardens where the companions of the right hand dwell
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: expanded scrolls
literal_form: expanded scrolls desired as delivered from God
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:11
label: fleeing asses and lion
literal_form: timorous asses fleeing from a lion
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:12
label: mountain of fire
literal_form: commentarial mountain of fire ascended and fallen from in punishment
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: commission of the covered addressee
summary: The covered addressee is commanded to preach, magnify the Lord, purify
garments, avoid abomination, reject profit-seeking generosity, and wait patiently.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: trumpet and distress of unbelievers
summary: The sounding trumpet introduces a day described as distressing and uneasy
for unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: condemnation of the wealthy adversary
summary: A wealthy man with children and smooth affairs opposes the signs, devises
ridicule, assumes a proud posture, and labels the revelation magic and human speech;
he is threatened with hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: hell and its angelic guardians
summary: Hell is described as consuming and scorching, with nineteen angels appointed
over it; their number functions as a test and warning.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: cosmic oath and warning
summary: The passage swears by moon, retreating night, and reddening morning that
the warning is a grave calamity for humans who go forward or remain behind.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: garden dialogue about the wicked
summary: The companions of the right hand dwell in gardens and question the wicked,
who explain their condemnation by failures of prayer, charity, truth-seeking,
and belief in judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: rejection of admonition
summary: The passage rebukes those who turn away from admonition, compares them
to asses fleeing a lion, notes their desire for direct scrolls from God, and concludes
that warning depends on God's will.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: commentarial prophetic encounter
summary: A note reports that Mohammed saw Gabriel between heaven and earth, returned
frightened to Khadijah to be covered, and was then addressed by the angel.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment after warning
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage combines prophetic warning, the trumpet, accountability of souls,
hell, a day of judgment, and the separation of companions of the right hand from
the wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not infer a full eschatological
system beyond the stated scenes.
- id: motif:2
label: hell fire as punitive consumption
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hell is described as burning, consuming, not allowing escape, and scorching
flesh, with angelic guardians appointed over it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: Although the symbol fire is explicit, the passage describes punitive hell
fire rather than a world-destroying fire motif.
- id: motif:3
label: numbered otherworld guardians as a test
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The number nineteen is attached to angelic guardians over hell and is explicitly
said to create discord for unbelievers and strengthen certainty or faith for others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No broader numerological interpretation is supplied beyond the passage's
stated function.
- id: motif:4
label: saved and condemned in afterlife dialogue
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The companions of the right hand in gardens ask the wicked what brought them
into hell, and the wicked give a retrospective account of their conduct and denial
of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives afterlife locations and dialogue but not a detailed
journey map.
- id: motif:5
label: prophetic commissioning from covered withdrawal
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The covered addressee is told to arise and preach; the note links the covered
state with Mohammed's terror after seeing Gabriel or with melancholy after reviling.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The commissioning frame depends partly on the translator's note and reported
traditions, not only the main translated verses.
- id: motif:6
label: punitive ascent and fall on fiery mountain
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: A note reports an interpretation that al Walid is condemned to climb a mountain
of fire and be cast down repeatedly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: low
cautions: This motif is in commentary material quoted in the passage notes, not
in the main translated verse; the available taxonomy has no exact 'punitive mountain'
category.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, chapter opening command
quote_or_summary: The covered addressee is commanded to arise, preach, magnify the
Lord, cleanse garments, flee abomination, avoid giving in hope of more, and wait
patiently.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 37283-37399, trumpet announcement
quote_or_summary: '"When the trumpet shall sound, verily that day shall be a day
of distress and uneasiness unto the unbelievers."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, wealthy adversary section and notes t-y
quote_or_summary: A man with riches, children, and easy affairs is called an adversary
to God's signs; he devises ridicule, frowns, turns back proudly, and calls the
Koran borrowed magic and human words. Notes identify him generally as al Walid
Ebn al Mogheira.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 37283-37399, hell description
quote_or_summary: '"It leaveth not anything unconsumed, neither doth it suffer anything
to escape: it scorcheth men''s flesh: over the same are nineteen angels appointed."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, explanation of nineteen angels
quote_or_summary: Angels are appointed to preside over hell fire; their number is
stated as an occasion of discord for unbelievers and as confirmation or increase
of faith for those with scriptures and true believers. God's armies are known
only to him, and this is a memento to mankind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, oath by moon, night, and morning
quote_or_summary: The passage swears by the moon, the retreating night, and the
reddening morning that this is one of the most terrible calamities, warning people
who go forward or remain behind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, pledged souls and companions of the right hand
quote_or_summary: Every soul is pledged for what it has wrought except the companions
of the right hand, who dwell in gardens and ask one another and the wicked what
brought the wicked into hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, answer of the wicked
quote_or_summary: The wicked say they were not constant at prayer, did not feed
the poor, joined vain disputes, denied the day of judgment until death overtook
them, and receive no availing intercession.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, final admonition
quote_or_summary: The passage asks why people turn aside from admonition like timid
asses fleeing a lion, says each desires expanded scrolls from God, states they
do not fear the life to come, and concludes that the warning affects only whom
God pleases; God is worthy to be feared and inclined to forgiveness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, note q
quote_or_summary: The note reports traditions that Mohammed saw Gabriel on a throne
between heaven and earth, was terrified, returned to Khadijah to be covered, and
was then addressed; alternate reports say he sat wrapped in a mantle after being
reviled or was sleeping.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage notes.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 37283-37399, note z
quote_or_summary: The note says the phrase may be rendered as driving him up a mountain
crag, interpreted by some as a mountain of fire where al Walid ascends and is
cast down repeatedly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage notes.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Core observations are explicit in the supplied passage. Motif candidates
are strongest for divine judgment, hell fire, numbered guardians, and afterlife
dialogue. Commentary-based motifs are lower confidence. No passage-supported cross-tradition
comparison claims were added.
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 text, notes, metadata, and available taxonomy references. Comparison claims left empty because the passage does not itself support a specific comparative claim.
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