batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38668-l38701
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38668-l38701
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XCIII. / ENTITLED, THE BRIGHTNESS;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38668-38701
start: '38668'
end: '38701'
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 chapter invokes the brightness of morning and the darkening night,
reassures the addressed recipient that the Lord has not forsaken or hated him,
promises a better life to come and a satisfying reward, recalls divine care, guidance,
and enrichment, and commands him not to oppress the orphan or repulse the beggar
but to declare the Lord's goodness.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage opens with an oath or invocation by the brightness of morning
and by the night when it grows dark.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note explains the term for brightness as the bright part of the day several
hours after sunrise.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed recipient is told that his Lord has not forsaken him and does
not hate him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The life to come is said to be better for the addressed recipient than the
present life.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Lord is said to give the addressed recipient a reward that will please
him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The Lord is described as having found the addressed recipient an orphan and
taken care of him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The Lord is described as having found the addressed recipient wandering in
error and guided him into truth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The Lord is described as having found the addressed recipient needy and enriched
him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The addressed recipient is commanded not to oppress the orphan, not to repulse
the beggar, and to declare the Lord's goodness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the Lord
description: The divine figure who is said not to have forsaken the addressed recipient
and who cares, guides, enriches, and gives reward.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: addressed recipient
description: The second-person figure addressed as having been an orphan, wandering
in error, and needy, and as receiving care, guidance, enrichment, and promised
reward from the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: orphan
description: A vulnerable person whom the addressed recipient is commanded not to
oppress; the addressed recipient is also described as formerly an orphan.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: beggar
description: A vulnerable person whom the addressed recipient is commanded not to
repulse.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine benefactor and guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is said to care for the orphaned recipient, guide him into truth,
enrich him, and give him a pleasing reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: recipient of divine reassurance
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed recipient is reassured that the Lord has not forsaken or hated
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: beneficiary of past divine aid
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed recipient is described as formerly orphaned, wandering, and
needy, and as having been cared for, guided, and enriched.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: vulnerable person protected by command
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The passage commands that the orphan not be oppressed and the beggar not
be repulsed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: brightness of morning
literal_form: the brightness of the morning
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: darkening night
literal_form: the night, when it groweth dark
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: life to come
literal_form: the life to come contrasted with this present life
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Morning and night invocation
summary: The passage invokes the brightness of morning and the darkening night before
the address to the recipient.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Divine reassurance and promised reward
summary: The addressed recipient is told that the Lord has not forsaken or hated
him, that the life to come will be better than the present life, and that the
Lord will give him a pleasing reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Recollection of divine care
summary: The passage recalls that the Lord found the addressed recipient orphaned,
wandering in error, and needy, then cared for him, guided him, and enriched him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Commands concerning the vulnerable and divine goodness
summary: The addressed recipient is commanded not to oppress the orphan, not to
repulse the beggar, and to declare the goodness of the Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: contrast of bright morning and dark night
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage juxtaposes the brightness of morning with the night growing dark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a contrastive pair of times of day, but does not
explicitly explain a symbolic opposition beyond the juxtaposition.
- id: motif:2
label: divine reassurance after apparent abandonment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressed recipient is directly reassured that the Lord has not forsaken
him and does not hate him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage denies abandonment but does not narrate the circumstances
that prompted the reassurance.
- id: motif:3
label: future reward surpassing present life
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says the life to come will be better than the present life and
that the Lord will give a pleasing reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not elaborate the nature of the future life or reward.
- id: motif:4
label: reversal through divine care, guidance, and enrichment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The recipient is described as orphaned, wandering in error, and needy, and
then as cared for, guided, and enriched by the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The sequence is retrospective and compressed rather than a detailed narrative
episode.
- id: motif:5
label: ethical protection of orphan and beggar
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage commands the recipient not to oppress the orphan and not to repulse
the beggar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is an ethical injunction rather than a narrative motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The paired invocation of morning brightness and darkening night can be cautiously
compared to a broad duality pattern because it places contrasting times and light
conditions side by side.
claim_level: same_motif
target: duality motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage does not state an explicit conflict, cosmology, or moral
polarity between the two images; the comparison is limited to formal contrast.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: '"BY the brightness of the morning; ... and by the night, when
it groweth dark"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:2
type: note
locator: 38668-38701, note b
quote_or_summary: The note says the original word means the bright part of the day
when the sun shines fully, three or four hours after sunrise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: '"thy LORD hath not forsaken thee, neither doth he hate thee"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: The passage says the life to come will be better for the addressed
recipient than the present life, and that the Lord will give a reward with which
he will be pleased.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the Lord found the addressed recipient
an orphan and took care of him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the Lord found the addressed recipient
wandering in error and guided him into truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the Lord found the addressed recipient
needy and enriched him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 38668-38701
quote_or_summary: '"Wherefore oppress not the orphan: neither repulse the beggar:
but declare the goodness of thy LORD."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text supplied in request.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based directly on the supplied English passage. Motif labels
are descriptive; taxonomy alignment is limited to the broad morning/night duality.
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: |-
Extraneous apparatus notes in the supplied line range were not used except for note b, which directly explains the brightness term.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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