batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l3795-l3850
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l3795-l3850
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 3795-3850
start: '3795'
end: '3850'
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 Islamic beliefs about angels: their fiery, pure,
sexless bodies; their worship, praise, intercession, record-keeping, and throne-bearing
offices; the four eminent angels Gabriel, Michael, Azral, and Israfil and their
assigned roles; guardian angels who record human actions; asserted Jewish and
Persian parallels; and the fall of Eblis/Azazil for refusing homage to Adam.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Angels are described as beings whose existence and purity must be believed;
denial or hatred of them is treated as infidelity in the passage's account.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Angels are described as having pure and subtle bodies created of fire, without
eating, drinking, sexual distinction, or propagation.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Some angels adore God in different postures, sing praises, intercede for mankind,
write down human actions, carry the throne of God, or perform other services.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Gabriel is identified with titles including holy spirit and angel of revelations,
and is associated with divine confidence and writing divine decrees.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Michael is described as friend and protector of the Jews.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Azral is described as the angel of death who separates men's souls from their
bodies.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: Israfil is described as the angel whose office will be to sound the trumpet
at the resurrection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:8
text: Two guardian angels are said to attend each person, observe and write down
actions, and be changed every day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The passage asserts that the doctrine concerning angels was borrowed from
the Jews, and that the Jews learned names and offices of such beings from the
Persians.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says ancient Persians assigned angels distinct charges and provinces
and gave their names to months and days.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says Jews teach that angels were created of fire, have several
offices, intercede for men, and attend them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:12
text: Eblis is described as formerly one of the angels nearest to God's presence,
named Azazil, who fell for refusing to pay homage to Adam at God's command.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity whom angels adore, praise, serve, and whose throne is carried;
God commands homage to Adam.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Angels
description: Pure beings with subtle bodies created of fire, without eating, drinking,
sex, or propagation, assigned various offices.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: One of the four angels especially in God's favour; called holy spirit
and angel of revelations; associated with divine decrees.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Michael
description: One of the four eminent angels; described as friend and protector of
the Jews.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Azral
description: One of the four eminent angels; described as the angel of death who
separates souls from bodies.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Israfil
description: One of the four eminent angels; described as appointed to sound the
trumpet at the resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Two guardian angels
description: Angels said to attend each person, observe and write down actions,
and be changed daily.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Mankind / men
description: Human beings whose actions are written down, for whom some angels intercede,
and whose souls are separated from their bodies at death.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Eblis / Azazil
description: The devil, formerly near God's presence, said to have fallen after
refusing homage to Adam.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Adam
description: The figure to whom Eblis refused to pay homage when God commanded it.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Jews
description: A religious group described as teaching angelic creation from fire,
offices, intercession, attendance, and a named angel of death.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Ancient Persians
description: A group described as believing in angelic ministry and assigning angels
distinct charges and provinces.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: deity commanding and served
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Angels adore, praise, intercede before, carry the throne of, and serve God;
God commands homage to Adam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: celestial servants
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Angels are assigned worship, praise, intercession, recording, throne-bearing,
and other services.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: fiery incorporeal or subtle beings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage describes angels as having pure and subtle bodies created of
fire and lacking ordinary bodily functions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: revelation angel
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Gabriel is titled holy spirit and angel of revelations and is linked with
divine decrees.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: protector angel
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Michael is called friend and protector of the Jews.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: death angel
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Azral separates men's souls from their bodies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: resurrection herald
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Israfil will sound the trumpet at the resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: guardian recorders
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The two guardian angels attend every person, observe, and write down actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: observed and judged humans
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Human actions are recorded; human souls are separated from bodies; angels
intercede for mankind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: fallen angelic being
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Eblis/Azazil was near God's presence and fell after refusing homage to Adam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: recipient of commanded homage
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: God commanded homage to Adam, which Eblis refused.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: nearby tradition cited for angel doctrine
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The passage describes Jewish teachings about angelic names, offices, fire,
intercession, attendance, and the angel of death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:13
label: nearby tradition cited for angelic offices
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The passage describes ancient Persian beliefs in angelic ministry and assigned
angelic charges and provinces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire as angelic substance
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: written record of actions
literal_form: writing down human actions or divine decrees
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: throne of God
literal_form: the throne of God carried by some angels
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: trumpet at resurrection
literal_form: trumpet sounded by Israfil at the resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: soul separated from body
literal_form: men's souls separated from their bodies by the angel of death
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: refused homage
literal_form: Eblis refusing to pay homage to Adam at God's command
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Angelic nature and offices
summary: Angels are described as pure fiery beings without ordinary bodily needs,
assigned acts of worship, praise, intercession, record-keeping, throne-bearing,
and other service.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Four eminent angels
summary: Gabriel, Michael, Azral, and Israfil are listed with offices connected
to revelation and decrees, protection of the Jews, death, and resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Guardian angels recording actions
summary: Two guardian angels attend each person, observe actions, write them down,
and are replaced daily.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Persian and Jewish parallels for angelic offices
summary: The passage asserts that angel doctrine was borrowed from Jews, who learned
names and offices from Persians, and then summarizes Persian and Jewish parallels
about angelic functions and fiery creation.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Fall of Eblis
summary: Eblis, also called Azazil, is said to have been near God's presence and
to have fallen after refusing God's command to pay homage to Adam.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: fiery angelic beings with assigned offices
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes angels as created of fire and distributed among offices
such as praise, intercession, writing, throne-bearing, revelation, death, and
resurrection heralding.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal description rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: celestial recording of human deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says angels write down human actions, including two guardian
angels attending every person to observe and record actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: Judgment is implied by record-keeping and nearby resurrection material,
but the passage does not narrate a judgment scene in detail.
- id: motif:3
label: angel of death separates soul from body
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Azral is described as the angel of death who separates men's souls from their
bodies; a Jewish parallel also names an angel of death who calls dying persons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes an office rather than a specific death narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: trumpet heralding resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: Israfil's office is described as sounding the trumpet at the resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage provides only a brief office description.
- id: motif:5
label: fall of a heavenly being through refusal of commanded homage
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Eblis/Azazil is described as formerly near God's presence and falling for
refusing to pay homage to Adam at God's command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only the cause of the fall and does not narrate the
full episode.
- id: motif:6
label: intercession by heavenly beings for mankind
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Some angels are described as interceding for mankind, and Jewish parallels
are said to include angels interceding for men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not specify the setting or outcome of intercession.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage asserts that the angel doctrine described for Mohammedans was
borrowed from Jews, and that Jews learned angelic names and offices from Persians.
claim_level: historical_contact
target: Jewish and Persian angelology
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This records the passage's assertion and should not be treated as independently
verified historical transmission without external review.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage presents a functional similarity between Islamic, Jewish, and
Persian angel figures by aligning offices such as giver of souls, giver of death,
protector or sustainer, intercession, attendance, and creation from fire.
claim_level: same_function
target: Jewish and Persian angelic office traditions
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is mediated by the translator's explanatory notes and
is not a direct primary comparison across all traditions.
- id: claim:3
claim: A note in the passage compares the four angelic offices with an apocryphal
Gospel of Barnabas list in which Gabriel reveals divine secrets, Michael combats
enemies, Raphael receives souls, and Uriel calls all to judgment.
claim_level: same_function
target: Apocryphal Gospel of Barnabas angelic-office list
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison appears in a note and uses a different set of named
angels for some offices.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3795-3807
quote_or_summary: Angels are described as pure beings with subtle bodies created
of fire, without eating, drinking, sex, or propagation; they worship, praise,
intercede, record actions, carry God's throne, and perform services.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted at length.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3808-3817
quote_or_summary: The four eminent angels are Gabriel, linked with revelation and
divine decrees; Michael, protector of the Jews; Azral, angel of death separating
souls from bodies; and Israfil, who sounds the trumpet at the resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted at length.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3817-3820
quote_or_summary: Two guardian angels attend every person, observe and write down
actions, and are changed daily, being called angels who continually succeed one
another.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted at length.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3821-3837
quote_or_summary: The passage says angel doctrine was borrowed from Jews, who learned
angelic names and offices from Persians; it summarizes Persian angelic provinces
and Jewish teachings on fiery creation, offices, intercession, attendance, and
the angel of death.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted at length.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 3838-3842
quote_or_summary: Eblis, named from despair and formerly called Azazil, was once
among angels nearest God's presence and fell for refusing homage to Adam at God's
command.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted at length.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3846-3849
quote_or_summary: 'A note says the offices of the four angels are described almost
similarly in the apocryphal Gospel of Barnabas: Gabriel reveals God''s secrets,
Michael combats enemies, Raphael receives souls, and Uriel calls all to judgment.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted at length.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is mainly expository and includes translator notes; literal extraction
is strong, while motif and comparison claims require human review because several
are doctrinal summaries rather than narrative motifs.
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: |-
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