batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37999-l38042
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l37999-l38042
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXII. / ENTITLED, THE CLEAVING
IN SUNDER; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37999-38042
start: '37999'
end: '38042'
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 LXXXII describes cosmic disruption, the overturning of graves,
human accountability before God, guardian angels who record actions, the divergent
fates of the just and wicked, and the day of judgment when no soul can aid another
and command belongs to God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says heaven will be cloven in sunder, stars scattered, seas allowed
to join their waters, and graves turned upside down.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Every soul will know what it has committed and what it has omitted.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Human beings are addressed as created, put together, rightly disposed, and
fashioned by the Lord in whatever form he pleased.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that the addressees deny the last judgment as falsehood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Guardian angels are appointed over people, are honourable in God's sight,
write down actions, and know what people do.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The just are said to be in a place of delight.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The wicked are said to be in hell, cast therein on the day of judgment, and
not absent from it forever.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: On the day of judgment, one soul cannot obtain anything on behalf of another
soul, and the command belongs to God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / gracious Lord
description: The divine figure addressed as the gracious Lord who creates and fashions
humans, and whose command belongs to the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Every soul
description: Souls that will know what they have committed and omitted and cannot
obtain anything on behalf of another soul on the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Guardian angels
description: Appointed beings over people, honourable in God's sight, who write
down actions and know what people do.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The just
description: Those who shall be in a place of delight.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The wicked
description: Those who shall be in hell and cast therein on the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Man / human addressee
description: The human addressee questioned about being seduced against the gracious
Lord who created and fashioned him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator and fashioner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is described as creating, putting together, rightly disposing, and
fashioning the human being.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: ultimate commander on judgment day
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says the command on that day shall be God's.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: accountable soul or human
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: Souls know their deeds and humans are addressed concerning denial of judgment
and relation to the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: recording guardian
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The guardian angels are appointed over people and write down actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: righteous recipient of delight
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The just are said to be in a place of delight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: wicked recipient of hell-punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The wicked are said to be in hell and cast therein on the day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cleft heaven
literal_form: heaven cloven in sunder
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: scattered stars
literal_form: stars scattered
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: joining seas
literal_form: seas suffered to join their waters
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: overturned graves
literal_form: graves turned upside down
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: record of actions
literal_form: guardian angels writing down actions
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: place of delight
literal_form: a place of delight for the just
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: hell
literal_form: hell where the wicked are cast on the day of judgment
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Cosmic signs and opened graves
summary: The passage begins with heaven split, stars scattered, seas joining, and
graves overturned.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Human accountability before the Creator
summary: Every soul knows its deeds and omissions, while the human addressee is
questioned about being seduced against the Lord who created and fashioned him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Guardian angels record deeds
summary: Honourable guardian angels appointed over people write down actions and
know what people do.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Judgment and final recompense
summary: The just are in delight, the wicked are in hell on the day of judgment,
no soul can aid another, and command belongs to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment of souls
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly names the last judgment and day of judgment, describes
moral accountability, separates the just and wicked, and assigns ultimate command
to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this chapter passage and Sale's English translation.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection or grave-opening before judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage lists graves being turned upside down among eschatological events
before every soul knows its deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions graves being overturned but does not narrate individual
bodies rising in detail.
- id: motif:3
label: Cosmic disorder at the end time
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The heaven is split, stars are scattered, and seas join their waters as signs
preceding judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy includes 'chaos'; the passage presents ordered
eschatological signs rather than an extended myth of primordial chaos.
- id: motif:4
label: Supernatural recorders of deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Guardian angels are appointed over people and write down their actions, supporting
the judgment framework.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No separate taxonomy reference for recording angels is provided; it is
grouped under divine judgment.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 37999-38042; opening signs
quote_or_summary: Heaven is cloven in sunder, stars are scattered, seas join their
waters, and graves are turned upside down.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 37999-38042; after cosmic signs
quote_or_summary: '"every soul shall know what it hath committed, and what it hath
omitted."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 37999-38042; address to man
quote_or_summary: The human addressee is asked what seduced him against the gracious
Lord, who created, assembled, rightly disposed, and fashioned him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 37999-38042; denial of judgment
quote_or_summary: '"But ye deny the last judgment as a falsehood."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 37999-38042; guardian angels
quote_or_summary: Guardian angels are appointed over people, are honourable before
God, write down actions, and know what people do.
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 37999-38042; fate of the just
quote_or_summary: '"The just shall surely be in a place of delight"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 37999-38042; fate of the wicked
quote_or_summary: The wicked shall be in hell, cast there on the day of judgment,
and not absent from it forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 37999-38042; final statement on judgment day
quote_or_summary: On the day of judgment, one soul cannot obtain anything on behalf
of another, and the command belongs to God.
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: uncertain
notes: The passage is short and explicit about judgment imagery. Motif mapping is
constrained to the provided taxonomy; comparison claims are omitted because the
passage itself does not make a comparative claim.
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 from the supplied excerpt include cross-references and comments; only the passage content directly relevant to Chapter LXXXII was used for motif extraction.
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