batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38045-l38130
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38045-l38130
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXIII. / ENTITLED, THOSE
WHO GIVE SHORT MEASURE OR WEIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST
MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38045-38130
start: '38045'
end: '38130'
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 condemns those who defraud by short measure or weight, warns
of resurrection and a day when mankind stands before God, describes written registers
for the wicked and the righteous, contrasts exclusion from God and burning in
hell with delights in paradise, and reverses the mockery between wicked scoffers
and true believers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those who give short measure or weight take full measure when receiving, but
defraud others when measuring or weighing for them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage asks whether such people think they will be raised again on a
great day when mankind stands before the Lord of all creatures.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The actions of the wicked are said to be recorded in Sejjin, described as
a distinctly written book.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Those who deny the day of judgment and call the signs fables of the ancients
are described as unjust and flagitious.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A veil is said to have been cast over the hearts of the deniers by their lusts.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The wicked are said to be shut out from their Lord and sent into hell to be
burned.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Infernal guards tell the condemned that this is what they denied as a falsehood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The actions of the righteous are said to be recorded in Illiyyun, described
as a distinctly written book witnessed by those near to God.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The righteous dwell among delights, sit on couches, behold pleasing objects,
and show brightness of joy in their faces.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The righteous are given sealed pure wine, with a seal described as musk, mixed
with water of Tasnim, a fountain drunk from by those near the divine presence.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The wicked laugh at true believers, wink at one another, make scurrilous jests,
and call the believers mistaken men.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: One day true believers laugh at the infidels while lying on couches and looking
down on them in hell.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Sale's notes identify Sejjin either as a general register of the wicked or
as a dungeon beneath the seventh earth associated with Eblis, his host, and the
souls of the wicked until resurrection.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: Sale's notes identify Illiyyun either as a register of the righteous or as
a high place in the seventh heaven under God's throne where souls of the just
remain until the last day.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: Sale's notes identify Tasnim as a fountain in paradise conveyed to the highest
apartments, whose water is drunk pure by those near the divine presence and mixed
with wine by other inhabitants of paradise.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Those who give short measure or weight
description: People condemned for taking full measure when receiving and defrauding
when measuring or weighing for others.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lord of all creatures
description: The divine figure before whom mankind stands on the great day and from
whom the wicked are shut out.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The wicked
description: Those whose actions are recorded in Sejjin and who deny the day of
judgment.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Infernal guards
description: Guards who speak to the condemned in hell, identifying their punishment
as what they denied.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: The righteous
description: Those whose actions are recorded in Illiyyun and who dwell among delights.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Those who approach near unto God
description: Witnesses to the register of the righteous and drinkers from the fountain
of Tasnim.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: True believers
description: People mocked by the wicked in the present scene and later shown laughing
at the infidels from couches.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Infidels
description: Those looked down upon in hell by true believers and described as rewarded
for what they have done.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: commercial defrauder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They take full measure when receiving but defraud others when measuring or
weighing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: subject of warning about resurrection and judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: The passage links wrongdoing and denial to being raised again and standing
before the Lord on the great day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: divine judge and Lord
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Mankind stands before the Lord of all creatures, and the wicked are shut
out from their Lord on that day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: condemned denier
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:8
basis: Deniers of judgment are associated with the written register of the wicked
and with hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:5
label: punishment announcer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The infernal guards tell the condemned that their punishment is what they
denied.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The righteous are recorded in Illiyyun and dwell among delights with wine
and Tasnim.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: near-divine witness or participant
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Those near to God witness the righteous register and drink from Tasnim near
the divine presence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: mocked believer later vindicated
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: True believers are mocked by the wicked and later laugh at the infidels from
couches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: short measure or weight
literal_form: Defrauding measures and weights
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: great day of standing
literal_form: A day on which mankind stands before the Lord of all creatures
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Sejjin register
literal_form: A distinctly written book containing the actions of the wicked
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:12
- id: sym:4
label: veil over hearts
literal_form: A veil cast over the hearts of deniers
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: hell and burning
literal_form: Hell as the place where the wicked are sent to be burned
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: Illiyyun register
literal_form: A distinctly written book containing the actions of the righteous
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: couches of delight
literal_form: Couches on which the righteous or true believers sit or lie while
beholding and looking down
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: sealed pure wine with musk
literal_form: Pure wine, sealed, with the seal described as musk
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: Tasnim fountain water
literal_form: Water of Tasnim, a fountain drunk by those near the divine presence
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Condemnation of fraudulent measure
summary: Those who give short measure or weight are condemned for taking full measure
from others while defrauding them when giving measure or weight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Resurrection and standing before the Lord
summary: The passage warns that wrongdoers will be raised again on a great day when
mankind stands before the Lord of all creatures.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Register and fate of the wicked
summary: The wicked have their actions in Sejjin, deny judgment and revelation,
are veiled in heart, are shut out from God, and are sent to hell where infernal
guards address them.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: scene:4
label: Register and reward of the righteous
summary: The righteous have their actions in Illiyyun, witnessed by those near to
God, and enjoy couches, joyful faces, sealed wine, and Tasnim water.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: scene:5
label: Mockery reversed
summary: The wicked mock true believers in worldly interaction; later true believers
laugh at the infidels while looking down on them in hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment after moral wrongdoing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Commercial fraud, denial, and mockery are followed by resurrection, standing
before God, written records, punishment, and reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a judgment scene and its consequences, but it does not
narrate a detailed trial procedure.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection before final reckoning
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The condemned are asked whether they think they will be raised again on the
great day when mankind stands before the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states resurrection as part of warning rather than describing
the resurrection event in narrative detail.
- id: motif:3
label: Written book of deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Both wicked and righteous actions are placed in named written registers,
Sejjin and Illiyyun.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The provided taxonomy has no separate book-of-deeds motif; this is attached
to divine judgment.
- id: motif:4
label: Contrasted afterlife destinations for wicked and righteous
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- duality
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts Sejjin and hell for the wicked with Illiyyun, delights,
wine, and Tasnim for the righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The text maps destinations and registers, but it does not describe a travel
itinerary or full journey through the afterlife.
- id: motif:5
label: Moral reversal of mockery
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The wicked mock believers, but later true believers laugh at infidels while
seeing them in hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The reversal is explicit, though limited to mockery and afterlife vindication.
- id: motif:6
label: Paradisal drink and fountain near the divine presence
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The righteous receive sealed wine mixed with Tasnim water, and those near
the divine presence drink from the fountain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents drink as reward; assigning it to sacred exchange
is interpretive because no reciprocal ritual exchange is described.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 38045-38130, opening condemnation
quote_or_summary: "“WOE be unto those who give short measure or weight,” who take
full measure when receiving but defraud when measuring or weighing for others."
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: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, resurrection warning
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether such people think they will be raised
again on the great day when mankind stands before the Lord of all creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 38045-38130, Sejjin statement
quote_or_summary: The register of the wicked is in Sejjin, and Sejjin is described
as “a book distinctly written.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, denial of judgment
quote_or_summary: Those who accuse prophets of imposture and deny the day of judgment
are called unjust and flagitious, and they say the signs are fables of the ancients.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 38045-38130, veil statement
quote_or_summary: "“their lusts have cast a veil over their hearts.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, hell punishment
quote_or_summary: The wicked are shut out from their Lord, sent into hell to be
burned, and told by infernal guards that this is what they denied as falsehood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, Illiyyun statement
quote_or_summary: The register of the righteous is in Illiyyun, described as a distinctly
written book witnessed by those who approach near to God.
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 38045-38130, delights of the righteous
quote_or_summary: The righteous dwell among delights, sit on couches, behold objects
of pleasure, and have brightness of joy in their faces.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, wine and Tasnim
quote_or_summary: The righteous drink sealed pure wine whose seal is musk, mixed
with water of Tasnim, a fountain for those near the divine presence.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, mockery of believers
quote_or_summary: The wicked laugh true believers to scorn, wink at one another,
make scurrilous jests, and call the believers mistaken men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, reversal of mockery
quote_or_summary: True believers in turn laugh at the infidels while lying on couches
and looking down upon them in hell; the infidels are rewarded for what they have
done.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, Sale note e
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says Sejjin is explained as the register of all wicked
actions, and also by some as a dungeon beneath the seventh earth where Eblis,
his host, and the souls of the wicked are associated until resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, Sale note f
quote_or_summary: Sale's note says Illiyyun means high places and is explained as
the register of righteous actions or a place in the seventh heaven under God's
throne where souls of the just remain until the last day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 38045-38130, Sale notes i-k
quote_or_summary: Sale's notes identify Tasnim as a fountain in paradise conveyed
to the highest apartments; those near the divine presence drink it pure, while
other inhabitants drink it mixed with wine.
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 clearly supports extraction of judgment, resurrection, written
registers, punishment, reward, and reversal motifs. Mapping to some available
taxonomy refs, especially afterlife_journey_map and sacred_exchange, is more interpretive
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: |-
Used only the provided passage, metadata, notes, and available taxonomy references. Comparison claims left empty because no explicit cross-tradition comparison is made in the passage.
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