batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37942-l37996
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37942-l37996
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXI. / ENTITLED, THE FOLDING
UP; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37942-37996
start: '37942'
end: '37996'
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: every soul shall know what it hath wrought.
summary: The chapter describes end-time cosmic upheaval, resurrection and accountability,
then swears by heavenly and daily phenomena to affirm that the message comes through
an honorable messenger and is an admonition subject to God's will.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The sun is said to be folded up, the stars to fall, the mountains to pass
away, and the seas to boil.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Pregnant camels are neglected and wild beasts are gathered together.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Souls are joined again to their bodies.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A girl buried alive is asked for what crime she was put to death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: obs:5
text: Books are laid open, heaven is removed, hell burns fiercely, and paradise
is brought near.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Every soul comes to know what it has wrought.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: An oath is sworn by retrograde, swiftly moving, hidden stars, by night as
it comes on, and by morning as it appears.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The words are attributed to an honorable messenger with strength, dignity
before the possessor of the throne, authority among angels, and faithfulness.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Mohammed is described as not distracted and as having seen the messenger in
the clear horizon.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The words are denied to be the words of an accursed devil.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The passage presents the message as an admonition to all creatures and says
human willing depends on God, the Lord of all creatures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: every soul
description: All accountable souls who know what they have wrought.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: girl buried alive
description: A girl who had been buried alive and is asked for what crime she was
put to death.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: honourable messenger
description: A messenger described as strong, dignified before the possessor of
the throne, obeyed by angels, and faithful.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: possessor of the throne / God
description: The possessor of the throne; later named as God, the Lord of all creatures,
whose will determines human willing.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: angels under the messenger's authority
description: Angels who obey the honorable messenger under his authority.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The audience's companion, described as not distracted and as having
seen the messenger in the clear horizon.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: accursed devil
description: A devil named only as a rejected source of the words.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: all creatures
description: The recipients of the admonition.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: accountable soul
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Every soul knows what it has wrought after the signs occur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: wronged victim questioned at judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The buried-alive girl is asked about the crime for which she was killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: authorized messenger of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The words are said to be those of an honorable, strong, dignified, obeyed,
and faithful messenger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: divine sovereign and source of will
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The possessor of the throne is linked with authority, and God is called Lord
of all creatures whose will conditions human willing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: obedient heavenly beings
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The angels are described as obeying the messenger under his authority.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: human recipient or witness of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Mohammed is said not to be distracted and to have seen the messenger in the
clear horizon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: denied source of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The words are explicitly said not to be the words of an accursed devil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: admonished audience
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The message is called an admonition unto all creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: folded sun
literal_form: the sun folded up
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: falling and hidden stars
literal_form: stars falling; retrograde, swift, hidden stars
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: passing mountains
literal_form: mountains made to pass away
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: boiling seas
literal_form: seas that boil
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: opened books
literal_form: books laid open
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: removed heaven
literal_form: heaven removed or plucked away from its place
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: fiercely burning hell
literal_form: hell burning fiercely
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:8
label: near paradise
literal_form: paradise brought near
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:9
label: throne
literal_form: the throne before whose possessor the messenger has dignity
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:10
label: clear horizon
literal_form: the clear horizon where Mohammed had seen him
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Cosmic dissolution and judgment signs
summary: Cosmic bodies, mountains, animals, seas, souls, books, heaven, hell, and
paradise are transformed, and each soul knows its deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:2
label: Oath and authentication of the messenger
summary: The speaker swears by stars, night, and morning and identifies the words
as those of a strong and faithful messenger under divine authority.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Mohammed's vision and admonition to creatures
summary: Mohammed is defended from the charge of distraction, the devil is denied
as source, and the message is presented as an admonition whose acceptance depends
on God’s will.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: End-time cosmic dissolution
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The sun, stars, mountains, seas, heaven, hell, and paradise undergo dramatic
changes at the opening of the chapter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label 'chaos' is broad; the passage frames the upheaval eschatologically
rather than as primordial disorder.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection of bodies and souls
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Souls are joined again to their bodies before the scene of accountability.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: ''
- id: motif:3
label: Divine judgment and moral accountability
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Books are opened, the buried-alive girl is questioned, and every soul knows
what it has wrought.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes signs and accountability more than a courtroom-style
judgment procedure.
- id: motif:4
label: World-ending fire imagery
taxonomy_refs:
- world_destroying_fire
basis: Hell is said to burn fiercely amid the sequence of end-time signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The fire is specifically hellfire; the passage does not state that fire
destroys the whole world.
- id: motif:5
label: Authorized heavenly revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The words are attributed to an honorable, faithful messenger and presented
as an admonition to all creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no more specific revelation-delivery category;
'wisdom' is a broad fit.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note reports that Marracci saw a possible allusion between
the removed heaven in this passage and a Psalms image of God stretching out heaven
like a skin.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Psalm civ. 2, as cited in Sale's note on heaven being removed or plucked
away
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: This is a reported commentator's suggestion in a note, not an argument
made by the Qur'anic passage itself; no historical contact or dependence is established
here.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 37947-37953
quote_or_summary: '"WHEN the sun shall be folded up"; stars fall, mountains pass
away, camels are neglected, wild beasts gather, and seas boil.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 37954-37962
quote_or_summary: Souls are joined again to bodies; the buried-alive girl is asked
why she was killed; books are opened; heaven is removed; hell burns; paradise
is brought near; "every soul shall know what it hath wrought."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 37978-37982
quote_or_summary: The speaker swears by retrograde, swiftly moving, hidden stars,
and by night and morning.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 37983-37986
quote_or_summary: The words are said to be those of an honorable messenger endowed
with strength, dignity before the possessor of the throne, authority over angels,
and faithfulness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 37987-37991
quote_or_summary: Mohammed is described as not distracted, as having seen the messenger
in the clear horizon, and the words are denied to be those of an accursed devil.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 37992-37996
quote_or_summary: The message is "an admonition unto all creatures" for those willing
to walk uprightly, but willing depends on God, "the LORD of all creatures."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:7
type: note
locator: footnote t within lines 37963-37967
quote_or_summary: The note explains the reference to the ancient Arab custom of
burying daughters alive soon after birth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: note
locator: footnote u within lines 37968-37976
quote_or_summary: The note glosses heaven being removed as plucked from its place
like skin from a flayed camel and reports Marracci's comparison to Psalm civ.
2.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: Literal extraction is direct from the supplied passage. Motif labels use
only the available taxonomy and are sometimes broad. The single comparison claim
depends on a translator's note and should be reviewed.
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: |-
No figures or taxonomy IDs beyond those supported by the supplied passage and available taxonomy were added.
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