batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37627-l37713
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37627-l37713
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXVII. / ENTITLED, THOSE
WHICH ARE SENT; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines
37627-37713
start: '37627'
end: '37713'
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 LXXVII describes sent angels or messengers, announces the inevitability
of the promised day, lists cosmic disruptions before the day of separation, recalls
creation and divine provision, threatens deniers with hellish smoke, flame, and
inability to excuse themselves, and contrasts this with the pious dwelling among
shades, fountains, and fruit.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage opens with an oath by angels sent by God in succession, moving
swiftly, dispersing commands, separating truth from falsehood, and communicating
admonitions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The promised event is stated to be inevitable.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Before the appointed day, stars are put out, heaven is split apart, and mountains
are winnowed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Apostles are assigned a time to appear and bear testimony against their respective
peoples.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The day is called the day of separation, and woe is repeatedly pronounced
on those who accused the prophets of imposture.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: obs:6
text: The passage recalls the destruction of earlier obstinate unbelievers and says
later people will follow them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Human creation is described as beginning from a contemptible drop of seed
placed in a sure repository until a fixed term of delivery.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The earth is described as containing the living and the dead, having stable
lofty mountains, and providing fresh water to drink.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: 'Deniers are commanded to go to the punishment they denied: a shadow of hell-smoke
rising in three columns, giving no protection from heat or flame.'
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The hellish punishment casts sparks compared to towers and yellow camels in
color.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: On that day the condemned will not speak to any purpose and will not be permitted
to excuse themselves.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says that the addressees and their predecessors will be assembled
on the day of separation.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The pious are said to dwell among shades, fountains, and desired fruits, and
are told to eat and drink as recompense for what they have done.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Unbelievers are told to enjoy the pleasures of this life for a little while,
are described as wicked, and are said not to bow down when told to do so.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / divine speaker
description: The passage names God in the heading and uses a divine first-person
plural voice to describe creation, judgment, assembly, punishment, and reward.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: angels which are sent by God
description: Beings sent by God in succession, moving swiftly, dispersing commands,
separating truth from falsehood, and communicating admonitions.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: apostles
description: Apostles are assigned a time to appear and bear testimony against their
respective peoples.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those who accused the prophets of imposture / unbelievers / wicked
men
description: People denounced with repeated woe, linked with denial of punishment,
refusal to bow, and temporary enjoyment of worldly pleasures.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the pious / righteous doers
description: Those who dwell amid shades, fountains, and desired fruits and are
rewarded with food and drink.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: predecessors
description: Earlier people who are to be assembled together with the addressees
on the day of separation.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine creator, judge, and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The divine voice describes creating humans, making the earth contain living
and dead, assembling peoples, threatening punishment, and rewarding righteous
doers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: sent communicators and separators of truth from falsehood
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The opening identifies angels sent by God who disperse commands, distinguish
truth from falsehood, and communicate admonitions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: appointed witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The apostles are assigned a time to appear and testify against their peoples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: deniers condemned to punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The group accused the prophets of imposture, denied the punishment, is sent
toward hell-smoke, and is not permitted useful speech or excuse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The pious receive shade, fountains, fruit, food, and drink as recompense
for their deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: assembled earlier generations
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The predecessors are explicitly included in the assembly on the day of separation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: extinguished stars
literal_form: stars put out
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: split heaven
literal_form: heaven cloven in sunder
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: mountains
literal_form: mountains winnowed; stable and lofty mountains placed in the earth
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: hell-smoke and flame
literal_form: shadow of the smoke of hell, three columns, heat, flame, and sparks
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: fresh water and fountains
literal_form: fresh water to drink; fountains among which the pious dwell
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: three columns of smoke
literal_form: smoke of hell ascending in three columns
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: shades and fruits
literal_form: shades, fountains, and fruits desired by the pious
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: bowing down
literal_form: the command to bow down, which the unbelievers do not obey
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Oath by sent beings and announcement of inevitability
summary: The passage invokes angels sent by God and states that the promised event
is inevitable.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Cosmic signs and day of separation
summary: Stars are extinguished, heaven is split, mountains are winnowed, and apostles
are appointed to testify on the day of separation.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Reminders of destruction, creation, and earthly provision
summary: The passage recalls the destruction of earlier unbelievers, describes human
formation from seed, and points to the earth, mountains, and fresh water.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Punishment of deniers
summary: The condemned are directed toward hell-smoke in three columns, exposed
to heat and flame, compared sparks, and deprived of effective speech or excuse.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Assembly of generations
summary: The divine voice identifies the day as the day of separation and says both
the addressees and predecessors will be assembled.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Reward of the pious and warning to unbelievers
summary: The pious receive shade, fountains, fruits, food, and drink as recompense,
while unbelievers are warned about brief worldly enjoyment and refusal to bow.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment on the day of separation
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly names the day of separation, appoints apostolic testimony,
assembles peoples and predecessors, condemns deniers, and rewards the pious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not infer details beyond
the translated text.
- id: motif:2
label: eschatological cosmic disruption
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The promised day is preceded by stars being put out, heaven being split,
and mountains being winnowed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact eschatological dissolution category;
'chaos' is a broad fit only.
- id: motif:3
label: contrasted afterlife punishment and reward
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Deniers are sent to smoke, heat, flame, and sparks, while the pious dwell
among shades, fountains, fruits, food, and drink as recompense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents destinations and recompense but not a journey itinerary.
- id: motif:4
label: assembly of earlier and later generations for judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage says the addressees and their predecessors will be assembled
on the day of separation, after mentioning the earth containing the living and
the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage implies a judgment assembly but does not explicitly describe
the mechanics of resurrection in this excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 37627-37635
quote_or_summary: The chapter opens by invoking angels sent by God in succession,
moving swiftly, dispersing commands, distinguishing truth from falsehood, communicating
admonitions, and declaring the promised event inevitable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 37636-37644
quote_or_summary: Stars are put out, heaven is split, mountains are winnowed, apostles
are assigned a time to testify, and the day is called the day of separation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 37645-37655
quote_or_summary: The passage declares woe to those who accused prophets of imposture,
recalls destruction of obstinate unbelievers of old, and describes human creation
from a drop of seed placed in a sure repository until delivery.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 37656-37660
quote_or_summary: The earth is made to contain the living and the dead; stable lofty
mountains are placed in it, and fresh water is given to drink.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 37661-37669
quote_or_summary: 'Deniers are told to go to the punishment they denied: the shadow
of hell-smoke rising in three columns, giving no shade from heat or flame, with
sparks compared to towers and yellow camels.'
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 37670-37676
quote_or_summary: On that day the condemned cannot speak to any purpose or excuse
themselves; the day of separation assembles the addressees and their predecessors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: note
locator: translator notes within lines 37677-37686
quote_or_summary: Translator notes report variant interpretations of the opening
sent beings as Qur'anic verses or winds, identify the promised event as the day
of judgment, and discuss variant readings of the sparks' color and comparison.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized translator note.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 37687-37693
quote_or_summary: The pious dwell amid shades, fountains, and desired fruits, and
are told to eat and drink with easy digestion as recompense for what they have
done.
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 37694-37700
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers are told to enjoy worldly pleasures briefly, are called
wicked, refuse to bow when commanded, and are asked what new revelation they will
believe after this.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for judgment, punishment, reward, and cosmic
signs. Motif assignments are cautious where available taxonomy terms are broad.
No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does not support a cross-textual
comparison.
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: |-
Translator note records alternate interpretations of the opening sent beings, but the main extraction follows the supplied English passage wording.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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