batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38191-l38267
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38191-l38267
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXV. / ENTITLED, THE CELESTIAL
SIGNS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38191-38267
start: '38191'
end: '38267'
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: cursed were the contrivers of the pit, / of fire supplied with fuel
summary: The passage swears by heaven, the promised day of judgment, and witness/witnessed;
condemns those who made a fiery pit and persecuted believers; contrasts the burning
punishment of unrepentant persecutors with gardens and rivers for the righteous;
affirms God's vengeance, forgiveness, creative and restorative power, throne,
and preservation of the Koran in a heavenly guarded table.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage invokes heaven adorned with signs, the promised day of judgment,
and the witness and witnessed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The contrivers of the pit are cursed; the pit is described as fire supplied
with fuel.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The persecutors sat around the fire and witnessed what they did against the
true believers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The believers are said to have been afflicted because they believed in the
mighty and glorious God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Unrepentant persecutors of believing men and women are assigned torment of
hell and pain of burning.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Those who believe and do right are assigned gardens beneath which rivers flow.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: God is described as severe in vengeance, creator, restorer to life, forgiving,
gracious, possessor of the glorious throne, and one who does what he pleases.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The passage asks whether the story of the hosts of Pharaoh and Thamud has
reached the addressee.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Unbelievers are said to reject divine revelations, while God encompasses them
so they cannot escape.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The rejected revelation is identified as a glorious Koran whose original is
written in a table kept in heaven.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: A note identifies the contrivers of the pit with ministers of a persecution
by Dhu Nows against Christians of Najran, who were cast into a fire-filled trench
if they would not renounce their faith.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The mighty and glorious God, to whom belong the kingdom of heaven and
earth; witness of all things; severe in vengeance, forgiving, creator, restorer,
and possessor of the glorious throne.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: true believers
description: Believing men and women who are afflicted for belief in God and, when
righteous, are destined for gardens beneath which rivers flow.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: contrivers of the pit
description: Those cursed for making or using a fiery pit, sitting around it, and
witnessing what they did against the true believers.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: unrepentant persecutors
description: Those who persecute believing men and women and do not repent, for
whom hell and burning are prepared.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: hosts of Pharaoh and Thamud
description: Earlier groups whose story is invoked as a comparison or warning in
the passage.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: unbelievers
description: Those who accuse divine revelations of falsehood and reject the Koran.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge, creator, and restorer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as witnessing all things, possessing heaven and earth, punishing,
forgiving, creating, restoring to life, and doing what he pleases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: persecuted righteous believers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The believers are afflicted because of belief in God and are promised gardens
with rivers when they do right.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: persecutors facing burning punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The pit-makers persecute believers with fire, and unrepentant persecutors
are assigned hell and burning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: precedent hostile hosts
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The passage invokes the hosts of Pharaoh and Thamud as remembered stories
after mentioning God's acts and before describing unbelievers rejecting revelation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: rejecters of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The unbelievers accuse divine revelations of falsehood and reject the glorious
Koran.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: heaven adorned with signs
literal_form: heaven adorned with signs
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: promised day of judgment
literal_form: promised day of judgment
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: fiery pit
literal_form: pit of fire supplied with fuel
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: hell burning
literal_form: torment of hell and pain of burning
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: gardens with rivers
literal_form: gardens beneath which rivers flow
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: glorious throne
literal_form: glorious throne
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: heavenly kept table
literal_form: a table kept in heaven on which the original Koran is written
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: glorious Koran
literal_form: glorious Koran
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Oath and fiery persecution
summary: The passage invokes cosmic and judgmental witnesses, then curses the makers
of a fuel-fed fiery pit who sit around it and witness their actions against believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Contrasted outcomes after persecution
summary: Unrepentant persecutors of believing men and women receive hell and burning,
while righteous believers receive gardens with flowing rivers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Divine power and remembered hostile peoples
summary: God is described as severe in vengeance, forgiving, creator, restorer to
life, possessor of the throne, and the passage invokes the hosts of Pharaoh and
Thamud.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Rejection and heavenly preservation of revelation
summary: Unbelievers reject divine revelations, but God encompasses them; the rejected
Koran is described as glorious and written in a heavenly kept table.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment against persecutors
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage announces the promised day of judgment, condemns persecutors
of believers, assigns unrepentant persecutors hell and burning, and states that
the Lord's vengeance is severe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states judgment outcomes but does not narrate the final judgment
scene in detail.
- id: motif:2
label: faithful sufferers and fiery ordeal
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Believers are afflicted for belief in God by figures associated with a fuel-fed
pit of fire; a note links this to martyrs cast into a fire-filled trench.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The main passage is brief, and the fuller martyrdom context comes from
the translator's note rather than the Qur'anic lines alone.
- id: motif:3
label: resurrection or restoration to life
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: God is explicitly described as one who creates and restores to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The statement is doctrinal and concise, not an extended resurrection narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: heavenly preserved scripture
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as glorious, with its original written in a table
kept in heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a specific category for heavenly
books or preserved tablets; the wisdom reference is broad.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage places the present rejection of revelation in functional continuity
with earlier hostile groups by invoking the hosts of Pharaoh and Thamud shortly
before describing unbelievers rejecting divine revelations.
claim_level: same_function
target: Qur'anic stories of the hosts of Pharaoh and Thamud as precedents for rejection
of revelation
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage only names these groups and does not recount their stories
in this excerpt.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 38197-38204
quote_or_summary: The passage swears by heaven, the promised day of judgment, and
witness/witnessed; it curses the contrivers of the fuel-fed pit who sat around
it and witnessed what they did against true believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise quotation/summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 38205-38210
quote_or_summary: Unrepentant persecutors of believing men and women are assigned
hell and burning; righteous believers are promised gardens beneath which rivers
flow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 38211-38217
quote_or_summary: God's vengeance is severe; he creates, restores to life, forgives,
possesses the glorious throne, does what he pleases, and the passage invokes the
hosts of Pharaoh and Thamud.
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 38218-38222
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers accuse revelation of falsehood; God encompasses them;
the rejected Koran is glorious and its original is written in a table kept in
heaven.
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: note a, lines 38236-38244
quote_or_summary: The translator's note says the pit-makers were ministers of Dhu
Nows's persecution of Christians of Najran, who were cast into a fire-filled trench
if they refused to renounce their faith.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: note
locator: note z, lines 38224-38235
quote_or_summary: The translator notes uncertainty among commentators about the
identities of the witness and witnessed.
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: medium
notes: The passage is clear on judgment, fire, believers, and preserved revelation.
Some details, especially the witness/witnessed and the historical pit narrative,
are marked uncertain or dependent on translator notes.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Footnote material is treated separately from the main passage evidence.
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