batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37506-l37595
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37506-l37595
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, THE RESURRECTION; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST
MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines
37506-37595
start: '37506'
end: '37595'
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 describes human creation and moral testing, divine guidance,
punishment for unbelievers, and paradisal reward for the just who feed the needy
for God’s sake. It also commands patient obedience, worship, and remembrance,
and ends with divine control over mercy and punishment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Man is described as having passed through a time when he was not worthy of
remembrance, then being created from mingled seed and given hearing and sight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Man is directed in the way and is described as potentially grateful or ungrateful.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Unbelievers are said to have chains, collars, and burning fire prepared for
them.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The just drink from a cup mixed with the water of Cafur, described as a fountain
used by the servants of God.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The just fulfill their vow, dread a calamitous day, and give food to the poor,
orphan, and bondman for God’s sake without seeking recompense or thanks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: God delivers the just from the evil of that day and gives them brightness
of countenance, joy, a garden, and silk garments.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The paradisal setting includes couches, shade, low-hanging fruits, silver
vessels, goblets, and drinks mixed with the water of Zenjebil from a fountain
named Salsabil.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Ever-blooming youths attend the rewarded people and are compared to scattered
pearls.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The addressed recipient is told that the Koran has been sent down gradually
and is instructed to wait for the Lord’s judgment, avoid wicked persons and unbelievers,
commemorate God, and worship at night.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Some people are said to love transitory life and leave behind the heavy day
of judgment.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: God is said to lead whom he pleases into mercy and to have prepared grievous
punishment for the unjust.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine speaker or deity who creates, guides, delivers, rewards,
commands, leads into mercy, and prepares punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: man / humankind
description: The human being or human class created from mingled seed, given hearing
and sight, and directed in the way.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: unbelievers / unjust
description: Those for whom chains, collars, burning fire, and grievous punishment
are prepared.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the just / servants of God
description: Those who drink from paradisal fountains, fulfill vows, feed the needy
for God’s sake, dread the day, and receive reward.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: poor, orphan, and bondman
description: Recipients of food given by the just for God’s sake.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: attendants / ever-blooming youths
description: Figures who go around attending the rewarded people in paradise.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: addressed recipient of the Koran
description: The unnamed addressee to whom the Koran is said to have been sent down
gradually and who is instructed to wait, obey God, commemorate God, and worship.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator, guide, judge, rewarder, and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates humans, directs them, delivers and rewards the just, and prepares
punishment for unbelievers and the unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: created moral subject
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Man is created, given faculties, directed in the way, and placed between
gratitude and ingratitude.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: condemned unbelievers or unjust
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Chains, collars, burning fire, and grievous punishment are prepared for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: righteous rewarded group
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The just fulfill vows, feed others for God’s sake, dread the day, and receive
paradisal reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: needy recipients of charity
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The poor, orphan, and bondman receive food from the just.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: paradisal attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Youths in perpetual bloom go round to attend the rewarded people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: recipient of revelation and instruction
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The addressee is told that the Koran has been sent down and is commanded
to wait, avoid unbelievers, remember God, and worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: burning fire
literal_form: Burning fire prepared for unbelievers.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: chains and collars
literal_form: Chains and collars prepared for unbelievers.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: water of Cafur
literal_form: Water mixed into a cup of wine, connected with a fountain from which
the servants of God drink.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: calamitous day
literal_form: A dreaded dismal and calamitous day from which God delivers the just.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: garden and silk garments
literal_form: A garden and silk garments given as reward for patient perseverance.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: paradisal drink from Zenjebil and Salsabil
literal_form: A cup of wine mixed with the water of Zenjebil from a fountain in
paradise named Salsabil.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: silver vessels and goblets
literal_form: Vessels of silver, shining bottles, and goblets used by attendants
in paradise.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: heavy day of judgment
literal_form: The day of judgment described as heavy and left behind by those who
love transitory life.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Creation and moral direction of humankind
summary: Human beings are created from mingled seed, given hearing and sight, and
directed in a way that allows gratitude or ingratitude.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Punishment prepared for unbelievers
summary: Unbelievers are associated with prepared chains, collars, and burning fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Righteous charity before the dreaded day
summary: The just fulfill vows, fear a calamitous day, and feed the poor, orphan,
and bondman for God’s sake without seeking return from them.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Paradisal reward of the just
summary: God delivers the just from the day’s evil and rewards them with joy, a
garden, silk, couches, shade, fruits, silver vessels, paradisal drinks, attendants,
adornment, and accepted endeavor.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Revelation, worship, and final admonition
summary: The addressee is told that the Koran has been gradually revealed, is instructed
to await judgment and worship, and the passage contrasts transitory life with
the heavy day of judgment and God’s mercy or punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment with reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly describes a feared day or day of judgment, paradisal
reward for the just, and punishment for unbelievers and the unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgment and afterlife outcomes but does not narrate
the judgment proceeding in detail.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife realm of reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage contrasts burning fire, chains, and collars with a richly described
garden of couches, shade, fruit, silver vessels, fountains, attendants, and pure
drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate because the passage maps afterlife
conditions but does not present a journey narrative through the afterlife.
- id: motif:3
label: Creation for moral testing and guidance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Humankind is described as created from mingled seed, given faculties, and
directed in a way where gratitude or ingratitude is possible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No specific supplied taxonomy family directly names this pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: Charity for God’s sake followed by divine reward
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The just feed the poor, orphan, and bondman for God’s sake without asking
recompense or thanks, and God rewards them with deliverance and paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The speakers explicitly deny seeking recompense from human recipients;
the exchange is framed as divine acceptance and reward rather than a direct bargain.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, opening verses within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: Man passes through a time of non-remembrance, is created from
mingled seed, given hearing and sight, and directed in the way as grateful or
ungrateful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: Chapter LXXVI, early passage within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: "“We have prepared for the unbelievers chains, and collars, and
burning fire.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, early passage within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: The just drink a cup of wine mixed with the water of Cafur, a
fountain from which the servants of God drink and channel as they please.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, verses around marker 10 within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: The just fulfill vows, dread a dismal day, and feed the poor,
orphan, and bondman for God’s sake while seeking no recompense or thanks from
them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, after marker 10 within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: God delivers them from the evil of that day, grants brightness
and joy, and rewards patient perseverance with a garden and silk garments.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, markers 10-20 within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: Paradise is described with couches, no sun or moon, near shade,
low fruits, silver vessels and goblets, drink mixed with Zenjebil from Salsabil,
ever-blooming youths, delights, a great kingdom, green silk, bracelets, and pure
liquor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, after marker 20 within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: The Koran is said to have been sent down gradually; the addressee
is told to wait for the Lord’s judgment, avoid wicked persons and unbelievers,
remember God morning and evening, and worship during the night.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: Chapter LXXVI, markers 20-30 within lines 37506-37595
quote_or_summary: Those who love transitory life leave behind the heavy day of judgment;
God created and strengthened them, may substitute others, leads whom he pleases
into mercy, and has prepared grievous punishment for the unjust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif assignments are strongest
for divine judgment; afterlife map and sacred exchange are more interpretive and
therefore marked medium. No external comparison claims were 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: |-
Footnotes in the supplied passage were used only where they clarified the immediate passage, not for adding external motifs or comparisons.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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