batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38927-l38963
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38927-l38963
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XCIX. / ENTITLED, THE EARTHQUAKE;
WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines
38927-38963
start: '38927'
end: '38963'
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: WHEN the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake; and the earth shall cast
forth her burdens
summary: The passage describes the earth being shaken, casting out what is within
it, declaring its tidings by the Lord's inspiration, and humans proceeding in
distinct classes to behold even the smallest good or evil works they have done.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The earth is shaken by an earthquake.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The earth casts forth its burdens; the note identifies these as treasures
and dead bodies within it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A man asks what is wrong with the earth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The earth declares its tidings on that day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The Lord inspires the earth to declare its tidings.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Men go forward in distinct classes so that they may behold their works.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Whoever has done good or evil of the weight of an ant will behold it.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: A note says the earthquake is associated by some with the first or second
blast of the trumpet.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: A note says the earth may be miraculously enabled to speak and give evidence
of inhabitants' actions at the last day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the earth
description: The earth is shaken, casts forth burdens, declares tidings, and is
inspired by the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the LORD
description: The Lord inspires the earth to declare its tidings.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: men
description: Men go forward in distinct classes to behold their works.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: a man
description: A man asks what ails the earth.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: shaken and burden-casting earth
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The earth is shaken by an earthquake and casts forth its burdens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: speaking witness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The earth declares its tidings; the note says it may give evidence of inhabitants'
actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: divine inspirer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Lord inspires the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: humans shown their works
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Men proceed in classes to behold their works, including the smallest good
or evil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: questioner
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: A man asks what ails the earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: earthquake
literal_form: the earth shaken by an earthquake
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: earth's burdens
literal_form: treasures and dead bodies within the earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: speaking earth
literal_form: the earth declaring tidings and giving evidence
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: distinct classes
literal_form: men going forward in distinct classes
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: ant-weight measure
literal_form: good or evil of the weight of an ant
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: trumpet blast
literal_form: first or second blast of the trumpet
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Earthquake and casting forth
summary: The earth is shaken and casts forth its burdens, identified in a note as
treasures and dead bodies.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Earth declares tidings
summary: A man asks what ails the earth; the earth declares its tidings because
the Lord inspires it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: scene:3
label: Humans behold their works
summary: Men go forward in distinct classes and behold their works, including even
good or evil of an ant's weight.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment by revealed deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Humans are separated into classes and shown their works, with even the smallest
good or evil made visible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the showing of deeds but does not elaborate the subsequent
sentence or punishment within this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection or emergence of the dead from the earth
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The earth casts forth its burdens, glossed as treasures and dead bodies within
it, in a last-day context.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The verse wording in the excerpt says 'burdens'; identification with dead
bodies is supplied by Sale's note.
- id: motif:3
label: cosmic or eschatological earthquake
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The passage centers on the earth being shaken by an earthquake and disturbed
enough to cast forth what is within it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference 'chaos' is broad; the passage frames the event
as ordered judgment rather than undirected disorder.
- id: motif:4
label: earth as witness to human actions
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The earth declares its tidings by divine inspiration, and the note says it
gives evidence of the actions of its inhabitants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The evidentiary role is explicit in the note and implied in the verse.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 38931-38934
quote_or_summary: '"WHEN the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake; and the earth
shall cast forth her burdens; and a man shall say, What aileth her?"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: note c, lines 38947-38948
quote_or_summary: Sale's note glosses the earth's burdens as the treasures and dead
bodies within it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 38935-38937
quote_or_summary: '"On that day the earth shall declare her tidings, for that thy
LORD will inspire her."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 38938-38939
quote_or_summary: On that day men go forward in distinct classes so they may behold
their works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 38940-38943
quote_or_summary: '"whoever shall have wrought good of the weight of an ant" and
whoever has wrought evil of that weight shall behold it.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: note b, lines 38945-38946
quote_or_summary: A note says the earthquake will happen at the first, or according
to others the second, blast of the trumpet.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: note d, lines 38949-38954
quote_or_summary: A note explains that the earth will inform creatures of the occasion
of its trembling and may be enabled to speak and give evidence of inhabitants'
actions at the last day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain translation/source metadata indicates full text allowed.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the verses and Sale's notes. Motif
labels are constrained to the provided taxonomy and remain draft interpretations.
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: |-
Notes z and a in the supplied line range appear to refer to preceding material and were not used for motif extraction for Chapter XCIX.
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