batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37784-l37866
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37784-l37866
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXIX. / ENTITLED, THOSE
WHO TEAR FORTH; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines
37784-37866
start: '37784'
end: '37866'
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 opens with oaths by angels who draw out souls, move with divine
commands, usher the righteous, and govern worldly affairs. It describes trumpet
blasts, trembling hearts, denial and restoration to life, the story of Moses and
Pharaoh, God's creation of heaven and earth, and the great day when deeds are
remembered, hell is shown, and paradise or hell becomes the final abode. It closes
by saying knowledge of the last hour belongs to the Lord and that the addressee
is only a warner.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Angels are described as tearing forth some souls violently, drawing forth
other souls gently, moving through the air with God's commands, ushering the righteous
to paradise, and governing worldly affairs subordinately.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A disturbing blast of the trumpet is followed by another blast; on that day
men's hearts tremble and their looks are cast down.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The infidels question whether they will return after becoming rotten bones,
and the passage states that one trumpet-sounding will cause them to appear alive
on the face of the earth or at the place of judgment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Lord calls Moses in the holy valley Towa and sends him to Pharaoh because
Pharaoh is described as insolently wicked.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Moses is told to ask Pharaoh whether he desires to become just and holy and
to direct him to his Lord so that he may fear transgression.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: 'Moses shows Pharaoh a very great sign: the rod turned into a serpent.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Pharaoh charges Moses with imposture, rebels against God, gathers magicians,
and declares himself the supreme Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: God chastises Pharaoh with punishment in the life to come and in the present
life, and the passage presents this as an example for one who fears rebellion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: God is described as building heaven, raising its height, forming it, making
its night dark, producing its light, stretching out the earth, causing water and
pasture to spring forth, and establishing mountains for humans and cattle.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: When the great day comes, a person remembers what he has done, and hell is
exposed to the spectator.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The passage states that the one who transgressed and chose the present life
will have hell as his abode, while the one who dreaded appearing before his Lord
and restrained his soul from lust will have paradise as his abode.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Questioners ask about the fixed time of the last hour; the answer given is
that knowledge of its period belongs to the Lord, while the addressee is only
a warner.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: On the day they see the last hour, people will feel as if they had not stayed
in the world longer than an evening or a morning.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings invoked in the opening oath as extracting souls, moving with
God's commands, ushering the righteous, and governing affairs.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The infidels
description: People who question resurrection after becoming rotten bones.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moses
description: Called by his Lord in the holy valley Towa, sent to Pharaoh, and shown
as displaying the sign of the rod turned into a serpent.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The Lord who calls Moses, chastises Pharaoh, creates heaven and earth,
assigns judgment, and knows the period of the last hour.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Described as insolently wicked; he rejects Moses, rebels against God,
gathers magicians, and claims to be the supreme Lord.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Magicians
description: Assembled by Pharaoh after he turns back hastily.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The righteous
description: Those ushered to paradise by angels in the opening passage.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: The transgressor who chooses the present life
description: A person whose abode is stated to be hell.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: The one who fears appearing before the Lord
description: A person who restrains the soul from lust and whose abode is stated
to be paradise.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The warner
description: The addressee described as only a warner concerning the last hour.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: soul-extractors
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The angels tear forth some souls and draw forth others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine-command agents
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They move through the air with God's commands, usher the righteous, and govern
affairs subordinately.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: resurrection doubters
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They ask whether they will return after becoming rotten bones.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: divinely sent messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Moses is called by the Lord and sent to Pharaoh with instruction and a sign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: caller and sender
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Lord calls Moses in the holy valley and commands him to go to Pharaoh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: creator and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: God builds heaven, stretches earth, brings forth water and pasture, and establishes
mountains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: judge and knower of the hour
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: God chastises Pharaoh, assigns hell or paradise, and possesses knowledge
of the last hour's period.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: rebellious ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Pharaoh is called insolently wicked, rejects Moses, rebels against God, and
claims supreme lordship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: assembled ritual specialists
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Pharaoh assembles the magicians after rejecting Moses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: paradise-bound righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The righteous are ushered to paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:11
label: condemned transgressor
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The person who transgresses and chooses present life has hell as his abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: restrained God-fearer
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The person who fears appearing before the Lord and restrains the soul from
lust has paradise as his abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: eschatological warner
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The addressee is described as only a warner concerning the last hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet blasts
literal_form: The disturbing blast of the trumpet and the subsequent blast
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: rotten bones
literal_form: Bones after death used in the question about being raised to life
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: holy valley Towa
literal_form: A holy valley where the Lord calls Moses
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: rod turned into a serpent
literal_form: The rod transformed into a serpent as a great sign
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: heaven and earth
literal_form: Heaven built and raised; earth stretched out
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: water
literal_form: Water caused to spring forth from the earth
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: mountains
literal_form: Mountains established for humans and cattle
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: hell
literal_form: Hell exposed to view and named as the abode of the transgressor
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: paradise
literal_form: Paradise as the destination of the righteous and as the abode of the
one who fears the Lord
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: evening or morning
literal_form: The brief span by which people will estimate their worldly stay when
they see the last hour
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Angelic oaths and trumpet disturbance
summary: The passage invokes angels who extract souls and carry out divine commands,
then describes the trumpet blasts that disturb the universe and terrify hearts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Denial and restoration to life
summary: The infidels question resurrection after bodily decay, and the passage
replies that a single sounding will bring them alive before the earth or judgment
place.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Moses sent to Pharaoh
summary: The Lord calls Moses in the holy valley Towa and sends him to Pharaoh with
a call to justice and fear of transgression.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Serpent sign and Pharaoh's rebellion
summary: Moses shows the sign of the rod turned into a serpent; Pharaoh rejects
him, gathers magicians, claims supreme lordship, and is punished by God.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Creation of heaven, earth, water, pasture, and mountains
summary: 'God''s creative acts are listed: forming heaven, ordering darkness and
light, stretching earth, bringing forth water and pasture, and establishing mountains.'
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: The great day of judgment
summary: On the great day, deeds are remembered, hell is exposed, and the transgressor
and the restrained God-fearer receive different abodes.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Question about the last hour
summary: Questioners ask when the last hour will occur; the response says its knowledge
belongs to the Lord and the addressee is only a warner.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Resurrection after trumpet blast
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage describes doubters asking whether rotten bones will be raised
and states that one sounding of the trumpet will make them appear alive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not elaborate the mechanics of resurrection beyond the
trumpet sounding and reappearance alive.
- id: motif:2
label: Final divine judgment with hell and paradise
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The great day brings remembrance of deeds, exposure of hell, and final assignment
of hell or paradise based on transgression or fear of the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage's stated criteria and destinations.
- id: motif:3
label: Serpent transformation as divine sign
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: Moses shows Pharaoh the sign of the rod turned into a serpent before Pharaoh
rejects him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the serpent transformation as a sign, not as an independent
serpent-being or adversary.
- id: motif:4
label: Prophetic confrontation with a rebellious ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Moses is sent by the Lord to Pharaoh, Pharaoh rebels and claims supreme lordship,
and God punishes him in this life and the life to come.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This label is descriptive; only the judgment aspect is directly represented
in the available taxonomy refs.
- id: motif:5
label: Cosmic creation as argument for human re-creation
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: After resurrection is questioned, the passage asks whether humans are harder
to create than heaven, then describes God's formation of heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The connection is inferred from the sequence of rhetorical question and
creation description; the passage does not use a formal motif label.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 37784-37793
quote_or_summary: Opening oath by angels who extract souls, move with God's commands,
usher the righteous to paradise, govern worldly affairs, followed by disturbing
and subsequent trumpet blasts and trembling hearts.
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 37794-37803
quote_or_summary: Infidels ask whether they will return after becoming rotten bones;
the passage answers that one trumpet sounding will make them appear alive on the
face of the earth or at the judgment place.
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 37804-37811
quote_or_summary: The Lord calls Moses in the holy valley Towa and sends him to
Pharaoh, instructing him to call Pharaoh toward justice, holiness, and fear of
transgression.
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 37812-37824
quote_or_summary: Moses shows the great sign of the rod turned into a serpent; Pharaoh
rejects him, rebels, turns back, gathers magicians, and declares himself supreme
Lord.
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 37825-37827
quote_or_summary: God chastises Pharaoh with punishment in the life to come and
in the present life; this is called an example for one who fears rebellion.
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 37828-37833
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether humans or heaven are harder to create,
then describes God forming heaven, producing darkness and light, stretching earth,
bringing forth water and pasture, and establishing mountains.
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 37834-37841
quote_or_summary: When the great day comes, a person remembers his deeds, hell is
exposed, and hell or paradise becomes the abode according to transgression or
restraint before the Lord.
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 37842-37866
quote_or_summary: Questioners ask about the last hour; knowledge of its period belongs
to the Lord, the addressee is only a warner, and when people see it their worldly
stay will seem as brief as an evening or morning.
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: Passage-level extraction is strong for literal eschatological, Mosaic, creation,
and judgment elements. Motif candidates use only available taxonomy refs where
directly supported. No cross-text comparison claims are made because the passage
itself does not provide an explicit comparative frame.
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: |-
All observations and motif candidates are based only on the supplied passage and metadata.
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