batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38966-l38988
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l38966-l38988
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER C. / ENTITLED, THE WAR-HORSES
WHICH RUN SWIFTLY; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST
MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38966-38988
start: '38966'
end: '38988'
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 that which is in the graves shall be taken forth”"
summary: The passage swears by swift war-horses charging into battle, striking fire
from stones, raising dust, and passing through enemy troops. It then states that
man is ungrateful to his Lord, loves worldly goods excessively, and will be known
by the Lord when the dead are brought forth from graves and what is hidden in
human breasts is exposed.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: War-horses run swiftly to battle with panting noise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The horses strike fire by dashing their hoofs against stones.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The horses make an early morning incursion against the enemy, raise dust,
and pass through adverse troops.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Man is described as ungrateful toward his Lord and as a witness of that condition.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Man is described as immoderate in love of worldly good.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A future time is described when what is in graves is taken forth and what
is in men's breasts is brought to light.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The Lord is described as fully informed concerning people on that day.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: war-horses
description: War-horses that run swiftly to battle, strike fire with their hoofs,
raid early, raise dust, and pass through enemy troops.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: man
description: Humanity or man described as ungrateful to his Lord and immoderate
in love of worldly good.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: LORD
description: The Lord to whom man is ungrateful and who will be fully informed concerning
them on that day.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: enemy / adverse troops
description: Enemy forces through whose midst the war-horses pass during the incursion.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: battle animals in oath imagery
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage opens by invoking war-horses running to battle and taking part
in an incursion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: ungrateful human subject
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Man is explicitly called ungrateful to his Lord and attached to worldly good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: divine knower and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Lord is the one to whom man is ungrateful and who will be fully informed
concerning them on the day of disclosure.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: opposing battle force
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The horses make an incursion on the enemy and pass through adverse troops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: war-horses
literal_form: War-horses running swiftly into battle.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: fire from hoofs
literal_form: Fire struck by horses' hoofs against stones.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: dust of incursion
literal_form: Dust raised during the early morning attack.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: graves opened
literal_form: That which is in the graves being taken forth.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: breasts brought to light
literal_form: That which is in men's breasts being brought to light.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: War-horses in battle incursion
summary: Swift war-horses run to battle, strike fire from stones, raid the enemy
in the morning, raise dust, and pass through adverse troops.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Human ingratitude and worldly attachment
summary: The passage states that man is ungrateful to his Lord, witnesses this,
and loves worldly good immoderately.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Future disclosure before the Lord
summary: A future day is described when what is in graves is brought forth, what
is in human breasts is revealed, and the Lord is fully informed concerning them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Battle-horse oath imagery
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage opens by invoking war-horses and detailing their swift movement,
hoof-fire, dust, and incursion into enemy troops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: Identified as a passage-level image rather than a supplied taxonomy motif
family.
- id: motif:2
label: Human ingratitude toward the divine
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage explicitly says man is ungrateful to his Lord and excessively
attached to worldly good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No matching supplied taxonomy motif family is assigned.
- id: motif:3
label: Resurrection from graves
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage describes a future time when that which is in the graves will
be taken forth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a brief eschatological image without extended narrative
details.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine judgment through disclosure of hidden things
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes hidden contents of men's breasts being brought to light
and the Lord being fully informed concerning them on that day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes divine knowledge and disclosure; explicit sentencing
language is not present in the excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 38966-38974
quote_or_summary: "“BY the war-horses which run swiftly to the battle, with a panting
noise; and by those which strike fire, by dashing their hoofs against the stones”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 38974-38978
quote_or_summary: The horses make a sudden early morning incursion against the enemy,
raise dust, and pass through the midst of adverse troops.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 38978-38982
quote_or_summary: "“verily man is ungrateful unto his LORD” and “he is immoderate
in the love of worldly good.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 38982-38986
quote_or_summary: "“when that which is in the graves shall be taken forth” and “that
which is in men's breasts shall be brought to light”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 38986-38988
quote_or_summary: "“their LORD will, on that day, be fully informed concerning them”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. No comparison claims are
made because the excerpt itself does not refer to another tradition or comparative
corpus.
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: |-
Taxonomy refs are limited to those supplied in the request; only the symbol fire is directly matched among the supplied symbol refs.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l38966-l38988
passage_sha256=4d4c4a59b97a104ec5ae594166172154b42c0915750374cb4cd3e3c4df5402c3