batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39275-l39321
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39275-l39321
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: ENTITLED, NECESSARIES; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF
THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.;
lines 39275-39321
start: '39275'
end: '39321'
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: VERILY we have given thee al Cawthar. Wherefore pray unto thy LORD, and slay
the victims. Verily he who hateth thee shall be childless.
summary: The passage says that God has given the addressed person al Cawthar; therefore
the addressee is to pray to the Lord and sacrifice victims, while the addressee's
hater will be childless. A note explains al Cawthar as abundance and commonly
as a river in paradise whose water flows into Mohammed's pond for the blessed
to drink before admission into paradise.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker states that al Cawthar has been given to the addressed person.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressed person is commanded to pray to the Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed person is commanded to slay victims.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The one who hates the addressed person is said to be childless.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A note says al Cawthar signifies abundance, especially of good, and may include
wisdom, prophecy, the Koran, intercession, children, followers, and similar goods.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: A note says al Cawthar is generally expounded as a river in paradise whose
water is derived into Mohammed's pond, from which the blessed drink before admission
into paradise.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: A tradition quoted in the note describes the river as sweeter than honey,
whiter than milk, cooler than snow, and smoother than cream, with chrysolite banks
and silver drinking vessels.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Those who drink from the river are said never to thirst.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / LORD
description: The divine giver of al Cawthar and the one to whom prayer is directed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed person / Mohammed
description: The person addressed as the recipient of al Cawthar; the note associates
the paradisal pond with Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Hater of the addressed person
description: The person who hates the addressee and is said to be childless.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The blessed
description: Those who drink from Mohammed's pond before admission into paradise
and never thirst.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine giver and object of prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says al Cawthar has been given and commands prayer to the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: recipient of divine gift and commanded worshipper
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee receives al Cawthar and is commanded to pray and slay victims.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: hostile opponent marked by childlessness
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage identifies the hater of the addressee as childless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: paradisal drinkers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note says the blessed drink from the pond before admission into paradise
and then never thirst.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: al Cawthar
literal_form: A named divine gift, glossed as abundance and generally as a river
in paradise.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: river in paradise
literal_form: A paradisal river whose water flows into Mohammed's pond.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: Mohammed's pond
literal_form: A pond receiving water from al Cawthar, from which the blessed drink
before admission into paradise.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: sacrificial victims
literal_form: Victims to be slain after the command to pray to the Lord.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: silver vessels
literal_form: Silver vessels used for drinking from the river in the quoted tradition.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Gift of al Cawthar
summary: God gives al Cawthar to the addressed person.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Command to pray and sacrifice
summary: The addressed person is told to pray to the Lord and slay victims in response
to the gift.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Hater declared childless
summary: The hater of the addressed person is declared childless.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Paradisal river and drinkers
summary: The note describes al Cawthar as a river in paradise feeding Mohammed's
pond, where the blessed drink before entering paradise and never thirst.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine gift of abundance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Al Cawthar is presented as a gift from God and glossed as abundance, especially
of good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The precise referent of al Cawthar is multiple in the note.
- id: motif:2
label: Prayer and sacrifice after divine benefaction
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- sacred_exchange
basis: After receiving al Cawthar, the addressee is commanded to pray to the Lord
and slay victims.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly frame the prayer and sacrifice as an exchange,
only as a commanded response.
- id: motif:3
label: Paradisal life-giving water
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The note describes a river in paradise whose water is drunk by the blessed
before admission into paradise and whose drinkers never thirst.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is from the translator's explanatory note and tradition report, not
from the short chapter text alone.
- id: motif:4
label: Hostile opponent rendered without posterity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says the addressee's hater shall be childless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomy reference is assigned because the available taxonomy
list does not include a direct posterity-loss or curse motif.
- id: motif:5
label: Wisdom and prophecy as divine abundance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The note includes wisdom and prophecy among possible meanings of al Cawthar
as abundance of good.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The note lists several possible meanings rather than choosing this as
the exclusive meaning.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 39275-39321
quote_or_summary: "“VERILY we have given thee al Cawthar.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 39275-39321, note z
quote_or_summary: The note says al Cawthar means abundance, especially of good,
and may refer to wisdom, prophecy, the Koran, intercession, children, followers,
or generally to a river in paradise whose water flows into Mohammed's pond for
the blessed to drink before admission into paradise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 39275-39321
quote_or_summary: "“Wherefore pray unto thy LORD, and slay the victims.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 39275-39321
quote_or_summary: "“Verily he who hateth thee shall be childless.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 39275-39321, note z
quote_or_summary: A tradition quoted in the note describes the promised river as
sweeter than honey, whiter than milk, cooler than snow, smoother than cream, with
chrysolite banks and silver vessels; drinkers from it shall never thirst.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The short chapter text is clear, but several symbolic and motif candidates
depend on Sale's explanatory note z rather than the chapter text alone. No comparison
claims are made because the passage does not itself support a specific cross-text
comparison.
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 from adjacent material are present in the supplied passage, but extraction focuses on the chapter text and note z concerning al Cawthar.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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