batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38723-l38779
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38723-l38779
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XCV. / ENTITLED, THE FIG;
WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines
38723-38779
start: '38723'
end: '38779'
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 XCV invokes the fig, the olive, Mount Sinai, and a secure territory;
it states that God created man in an excellent form, then rendered him low except
for believers who do righteous works, and asks why the day of judgment should
be denied when God is the most wise judge. A note reports commentator explanations
of the fig and olive as useful fruits or possibly holy-land mountains or temples.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage opens with an oath or invocation by the fig, the olive, Mount
Sinai, and a territory of security.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that man was created in a most excellent fabric.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that man was afterward rendered the vilest of the vile,
with an exception for those who believe and work righteousness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Those who believe and work righteousness are said to receive an endless reward.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage refers to the day of judgment and calls God the most wise judge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The translator's note says commentators understand the fig and olive as useful
fruits, while some instead identify the words with holy-land mountains or with
temples at Damascus and Jerusalem.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure named as creator and as the most wise judge.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: man
description: Humanity described as created in an excellent fabric and afterward
rendered low.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: those who believe and work righteousness
description: A subgroup excepted from the vilest state and promised an endless reward.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that God created man of a most excellent fabric.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: wise judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage asks whether God is not the most wise judge in connection with
the day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: created humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Man is the object of creation and subsequent lowering in the passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: righteous reward recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Those who believe and work righteousness are excepted and promised an endless
reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fig
literal_form: the fig
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: olive
literal_form: the olive
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: Mount Sinai
literal_form: mount Sinai
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: territory of security
literal_form: this territory of security
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: day of judgment
literal_form: the day of judgment
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Oath by sacred or marked places and fruits
summary: The passage invokes the fig, the olive, Mount Sinai, and a secure territory
before making statements about human creation and judgment.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Creation, lowering, and righteous exception
summary: Man is said to have been created in an excellent form, then rendered low,
except for believers who do righteous works and receive an endless reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Question of judgment
summary: The passage asks why the day of judgment should be denied and identifies
God as the most wise judge.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment by a wise judge
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly names the day of judgment and calls God the most wise
judge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a brief doctrinal statement rather than an extended
judgment narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: righteous rewarded after moral testing or distinction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage contrasts humanity's lowered state with believers who work righteousness
and receive an endless reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate an individual trial; it states a moral distinction
in general terms.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 38723-38779
quote_or_summary: '"BY the fig, and the olive; and by mount Sinai, and this territory
of security"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 38723-38779
quote_or_summary: '"verily we created man of a most excellent fabric; afterwards
we rendered him the vilest of the vile"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 38723-38779
quote_or_summary: '"except those who believe, and work righteousness; for they shall
receive an endless reward"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 38723-38779
quote_or_summary: '"What, therefore, shall cause thee to deny the day of judgment
after this? Is not GOD the most wise judge?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 38723-38779, note g
quote_or_summary: The translator's note reports commentator views that the fig and
olive are sworn by for their uses and virtues, and that some interpret them instead
as holy-land mountains or as the temples of Damascus and Jerusalem.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Main extraction is based on explicit wording in the supplied passage. Motif
assignment is limited to the available taxonomy and avoids unsupported broader
comparisons.
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 c-f in the supplied passage appear to refer to preceding material and were not used for motif extraction because they are not directly tied to Chapter XCV in this excerpt.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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