batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37424-l37503
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37424-l37503
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXV. / ENTITLED, THE RESURRECTION;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37424-37503
start: '37424'
end: '37503'
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 LXXV, entitled The Resurrection, swears by the day of resurrection
and the self-accusing soul; asserts that God can reassemble human bones; describes
cosmic signs, lack of refuge, disclosure of deeds, self-witness, instruction to
Mohammed concerning revelation, divergent faces on the last day, death agony,
being driven to the Lord, condemnation of unbelief, and creation from seed as
proof of the ability to quicken the dead.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage swears by the day of resurrection and by the soul that accuses
itself.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage denies that human bones will remain ungathered and states that
even the smallest finger bones can be put together.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The day of resurrection is associated with dazzled sight, an eclipsed moon,
and the conjunction of the sun and moon.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: On that day, man asks for a refuge, but the passage states that there is no
place to flee.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: On that day, the Lord is described as the sure mansion of rest, and a person
is told what he has done first and last.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: A person is described as evidence against himself, and his excuses are not
accepted.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Mohammed is told not to move his tongue hastily in repeating revelations brought
by Gabriel before their completion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to be responsible for collecting the Koran in Mohammed's mind,
teaching its reading, and explaining it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: On that day, some faces are bright and looking toward their Lord, while other
faces are dismal and expect a crushing calamity.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: At death, a man's soul is described as coming up to his throat, while bystanders
ask who can bring a charm to recover him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The dying person is said to think it is his departure from this world, and
on that day he is driven to his Lord.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The condemned person is described as not believing, not praying, accusing
God's apostle of imposture, turning back, and going to his family haughtily.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: The passage recalls human formation from emitted seed, then coagulated blood,
then fashioned proportionately, and made into male and female.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: The passage concludes by asking whether the one who made humans is able to
quicken the dead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine figure who can gather bones, is the destination on the day,
gives revelation, forms humans, and can quicken the dead.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Man / human being
description: The human figure who questions resurrection, seeks refuge, is told
his deeds, witnesses against himself, dies, is driven to the Lord, and is recalled
as created from seed.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The addressee instructed not to hasten in repeating revelations brought
to him by Gabriel.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Gabriel / the angel
description: The angelic mediator by whose tongue the revelation is read to Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: standers-by
description: Bystanders at a man's death agony who ask who can bring a charm to
recover him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: God's apostle
description: The apostle whom the condemned person accuses of imposture.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: resurrecting deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as able to reassemble bones and quicken the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:14
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and final destination
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is the final place of rest and the one to whom the dying person
is driven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: creator and revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God forms the human being and is responsible for collecting, teaching, and
explaining the revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: role:4
label: accountable human
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The human is told his deeds and is evidence against himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: dying person
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The man's soul comes up to his throat and he is described as departing the
world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Mohammed is instructed about how to receive and repeat the revelations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: angelic revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Gabriel brings revelations and the angel's tongue reads them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: deathbed witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The standers-by speak during the man's last agony.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: rejected apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The condemned person accuses God's apostle of imposture and turns back from
obeying him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: gathered bones
literal_form: human bones, including the smallest bones of the fingers
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: darkened and conjoined luminaries
literal_form: eclipsed moon; sun and moon in conjunction
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: no refuge
literal_form: absence of a place to flee on the day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: self-witness
literal_form: a man as evidence against himself
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: contrasting faces
literal_form: bright countenances looking toward the Lord and dismal countenances
expecting calamity
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: soul at the throat
literal_form: a man's soul coming up to his throat in last agony
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: seed and coagulated blood
literal_form: emitted seed and little coagulated blood from which a human is formed
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Oath and assertion of bodily resurrection
summary: The passage invokes the day of resurrection and the self-accusing soul,
then affirms that God can gather human bones, including finger bones.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Cosmic signs and lack of refuge
summary: The day of resurrection is marked by altered sight, the moon's loss of
light, and sun-moon conjunction; man asks where to flee, but no refuge is available.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Judgment and self-testimony
summary: A person is brought before the Lord's final destination, told his deeds,
and becomes evidence against himself while excuses are rejected.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Instruction on receiving revelation
summary: Mohammed is told not to hurry his tongue while Gabriel brings revelation;
God will collect, teach, and explain the recitation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Contrasting conditions on the day
summary: Some faces are bright and directed toward the Lord, while others are dismal
and expect crushing calamity.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Death agony and being driven to the Lord
summary: At death, the soul rises to the throat, bystanders ask for a charm, the
dying person recognizes departure from the world, and he is driven to the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Condemnation and proof from creation
summary: The passage condemns unbelief and rejection of the apostle, recalls human
formation from seed and blood into male and female, and asks whether the creator
can quicken the dead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: bodily resurrection of the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage explicitly affirms the day of resurrection, the gathering of
bones, and the ability to quicken the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction follows the English translation wording supplied in the
passage.
- id: motif:2
label: final divine judgment with self-testimony
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes disclosure of deeds, a person serving as evidence against
himself, rejected excuses, and divergent outcomes marked by bright or dismal faces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not provide a detailed courtroom setting; the motif is
inferred from judgment actions stated in the text.
- id: motif:3
label: cosmic portents at the last day
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage links the eschatological day with dazzled sight, an eclipsed
moon, and conjunction or loss of light of the sun and moon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly names cosmic portents.
- id: motif:4
label: death as departure and approach to the divine
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage describes the soul reaching the throat, departure from the world,
and the person being driven to the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a brief deathbed transition rather than an extended
afterlife itinerary.
- id: motif:5
label: creation from seed as argument for resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage recalls formation from seed and coagulated blood, then asks whether
the creator can quicken the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: This is a theological argument within the passage, not a separate narrative
episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 37424-37432
quote_or_summary: The chapter is entitled The Resurrection and opens with an oath
by the day of resurrection and the self-accusing soul.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 37432-37435
quote_or_summary: "“doth man think that we will not gather his bones together? Yea:
we are able to put together the smallest bones of his fingers.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 37437-37440
quote_or_summary: The day is described with dazzled sight, an eclipsed moon, and
the sun and moon in conjunction.
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 37441-37442
quote_or_summary: "“Where is a place of refuge? By no means: there shall be no place
to fly unto.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 37443-37444
quote_or_summary: With the Lord is the sure mansion of rest, and a person is told
what he has done first and last.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 37445-37446
quote_or_summary: A man is evidence against himself, and his excuses are not received.
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 37447-37450
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is told not to move his tongue hastily in repeating revelations
brought by Gabriel before they are finished.
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 37451-37458
quote_or_summary: God will collect the Koran in Mohammed's mind, teach the true
reading, and afterward explain it; Mohammed is told to follow the angelic reading.
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 37461-37465
quote_or_summary: Some countenances are bright and look toward the Lord; others
are dismal and expect a crushing calamity.
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 37466-37469
quote_or_summary: At a man's last agony, his soul comes up to his throat, and bystanders
ask who can bring a charm to recover him.
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 37470-37484
quote_or_summary: The dying person thinks it is his departure out of the world;
one leg is joined with the other, and he is driven to the Lord.
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 37485-37490
quote_or_summary: The person believed not, did not pray, accused God's apostle of
imposture, turned back from obedience, and went to his family haughtily.
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 37494-37498
quote_or_summary: Man is described as a drop of emitted seed, then coagulated blood;
God forms and proportions him and makes male and female.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: quote
locator: line 37499
quote_or_summary: "“Is not he who hath done this able to quicken the dead?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage explicitly names resurrection and describes judgment, death,
and creation as proof of resurrection. No external comparison claims were made
because the passage itself does not compare traditions or texts.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. Footnotes were consulted only where included in the provided passage, but core extraction emphasizes the main passage wording.
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