batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38298-l38347
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38298-l38347
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, THE STAR WHICH APPEARED BY NIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME
OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL
GOD.; lines 38298-38347
start: '38298'
end: '38347'
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: '"the greater fire of hell"'
summary: The passage praises the Most High God as creator, former, determiner, guide,
producer of pasture, revealer of recitation, and knower of manifest and hidden
things. The addressee is told to admonish if admonition is useful. Those who fear
God receive admonition, while the wretched unbeliever turns away and is cast into
the greater fire. The purified person who remembers the Lord and prays attains
felicity. The present life is contrasted with the better and more durable life
to come, and the teaching is said to be in the ancient books of Abraham and Moses.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is described as creating and completely forming creatures.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is described as determining creatures to various ends and directing them
to attain those ends.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God produces pasture for cattle and later renders it dry, dark stubble.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The addressee is promised the ability to rehearse revelations without forgetting,
except what God pleases.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The addressee is instructed to admonish the people if admonition will profit
them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The person who fears God is said to be admonished.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The most wretched unbeliever turns away from admonition and is cast into the
greater fire of hell.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: In the fire, the condemned unbeliever is said neither to die nor to live.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The one purified by faith, remembering the Lord's name and praying, attains
felicity.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The present life is contrasted with the life to come, which is said to be
better and more durable.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The teaching is said to be written in the ancient books of Abraham and Moses.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord / the Most High
description: The divine figure praised as creator, former, director, producer of
pasture, revealer, knower of manifest and hidden things, and judge of human response.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressee of revelation
description: The second-person addressee who is enabled to rehearse revelations
and told to admonish the people.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: People receiving admonition
description: The people whom the addressee is told to admonish if admonition is
profitable.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: One who fears God
description: A person described as receiving admonition.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Most wretched unbeliever
description: A person who turns away from admonition and is cast into the greater
fire of hell.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Purified person of faith
description: A person purified by faith, remembering the Lord's name and praying,
who attains felicity.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Abraham and Moses
description: Named figures associated with ancient books in which the teaching is
said to be written.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator and former
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to have created and completely formed creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: director and revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God determines ends, directs creatures, and enables the addressee to rehearse
revelations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: afterlife judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that the unbeliever is cast into the greater fire and
that the purified believer attains felicity in relation to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: recipient and admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee is enabled to rehearse revelations and instructed to admonish
the people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: audience of admonition
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The people are the object of the instruction to admonish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: receptive God-fearer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The one who fears God is said to be admonished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: condemned rejecter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The unbeliever turns away and is cast into the greater fire, where he neither
dies nor lives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: purified worshipper
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The person purified by faith remembers the Lord's name and prays, attaining
felicity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: ancient book-associated figures
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Abraham and Moses are named in connection with ancient books.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire of hell
literal_form: the greater fire of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: pasture becoming dry stubble
literal_form: pasture for cattle rendered dry stubble of a dusky hue
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: ancient books
literal_form: the ancient books, the books of Abraham and Moses
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:4
label: life to come
literal_form: the life to come, described as better and more durable
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Praise of the Most High as creator and guide
summary: God is praised as the one who creates, forms, determines, directs, produces
pasture, and renders it dry stubble.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Revelation and admonition
summary: The addressee is promised aid in rehearsing revelations and is instructed
to admonish the people when useful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Divergent responses and outcomes
summary: The God-fearing person receives admonition, while the unbeliever turns
away and is cast into the greater fire, neither dying nor living there.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Purification, prayer, and felicity
summary: The purified believer remembers the Lord's name, prays, and attains felicity.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Present life, life to come, and ancient books
summary: The passage contrasts the present life with the better and more durable
life to come and states that the teaching is written in the books of Abraham and
Moses.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment by fire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A rejecting unbeliever is judged by being cast into the greater fire of hell,
while a purified believer attains felicity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a concise eschatological contrast rather than an extended
judgment narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: afterlife recompense contrasted with present life
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The present life is preferred by some, but the life to come is described
as better and more durable, alongside divergent fates for unbeliever and purified
believer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no separate general 'afterlife recompense'
label; divine_judgment is the closest supported family.
- id: motif:3
label: purification through faith, remembrance, and prayer
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Felicity is attached to purification by faith, remembrance of the Lord's
name, and prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches ritual remembrance and
prayer.
- id: motif:4
label: withering vegetation under divine ordering
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: God produces pasture for cattle and afterwards renders it dry, dark stubble,
forming a sequence of growth and withering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly mention seasons; the seasonal-cycle taxonomy
assignment is based only on the observed growth-to-dryness sequence.
- id: motif:5
label: continuity with ancient revealed books
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage states that the teaching is written in ancient books, specifically
the books of Abraham and Moses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage identifies scriptural continuity, but does not elaborate a
wisdom narrative.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly associates its teaching with earlier Abrahamic figures
by saying it is written in the ancient books of Abraham and Moses.
claim_level: same_function
target: the ancient books of Abraham and Moses
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal textual claim of continuity; the passage does not
provide external historical evidence or quote the earlier books.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: God is praised as the Most High, who created and completely formed
creatures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: God determines creatures to various ends and directs them to attain
those ends.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: God produces pasture for cattle and afterward renders it dry stubble
of a dusky hue.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: The addressee is promised the ability to rehearse revelations
and not forget any part except what God pleases.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: The addressee is instructed to admonish the people if admonition
will profit them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: Whoever fears God will be admonished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: '"the most wretched unbeliever" turns away and is cast into "the
greater fire of hell."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: In that fire, the condemned person is said neither to die nor
to live.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: The person purified by faith, remembering the Lord's name and
praying, attains felicity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: The present life is preferred by the audience, but the life to
come is said to be better and more durable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 38298-38347
quote_or_summary: The teaching is said to be written in the ancient books, the books
of Abraham and Moses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Main extraction is straightforward for the Chapter LXXXVII material. Confidence
is reduced because the supplied line range and label include adjacent or mismatched
heading/footnote material from another chapter, while the main passage text is
Chapter LXXXVII, 'The Most High.'
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 supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy references were limited to those provided; no unsupported taxonomy IDs were added.
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