batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39324-l39379
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39324-l39379
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CX. / ENTITLED, ASSISTANCE;
REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 39324-39379
start: '39324'
end: '39379'
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: Ye have your religion, and I my religion.
summary: The passage contains Chapter CIX, which instructs the speaker to reject
reciprocal worship with unbelievers and distinguish their religion from his. Chapter
CX announces God's assistance and victory, the entry of people into God's religion
in groups, and commands praise and seeking pardon. Notes explain a proposed exchange
of worship by certain Koreish, interpret the victory as the taking of Mecca, describe
mass profession of Islam, and report a commentary tradition that the chapter warned
Mohammed of his approaching death.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Chapter CIX addresses unbelievers and states that the speaker will not worship
what they worship, nor will they worship what he worships.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Chapter CIX concludes by distinguishing the religion of the addressed unbelievers
from the speaker's religion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A note says certain Koreish proposed that Mohammed worship their gods for
a year if they would worship his God for the same length of time.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Chapter CX says God's assistance and victory will come.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Chapter CX says the speaker will see people enter God's religion in troops.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Chapter CX commands the speaker to celebrate the praise of his Lord and ask
pardon, because God is inclined to forgive.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: A note interprets the victory as prevailing over enemies and taking the city
of Mecca.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A note says commentators understood Chapter CX as warning Mohammed of his
death and prompting more frequent praise and asking pardon of God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Named as the object of the speaker's worship, giver of assistance and
victory, possessor of religion, and inclined to forgive.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Speaker / Mohammed
description: The addressed speaker commanded to speak to unbelievers, to praise
the Lord, and to ask pardon; the notes identify the figure as Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Addressees in Chapter CIX whose worship and religion are distinguished
from the speaker's worship and religion.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Certain Koreish
description: In a note, they are said to have proposed an exchange of worship with
Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: People entering God's religion
description: People described as entering into God's religion by troops.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Al Abbas
description: In a note, he weeps when Mohammed reads Chapter CX and explains that
it bids Mohammed prepare for death.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine recipient of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker identifies God as the one he worships.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine giver of assistance, victory, and forgiveness
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Chapter CX says God's assistance and victory come and that God is inclined
to forgive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: proclaimer of religious separation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker is commanded to tell unbelievers that he will not worship what
they worship and that each has a religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: recipient of command to praise and seek pardon
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Chapter CX commands the addressed figure to praise his Lord and ask pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: contrasting worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They worship what the speaker does not worship and have a different religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: proposers of reciprocal worship
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note says they proposed alternating worship for a year each.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: mass converts
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are described as entering into God's religion by troops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: mourning interpreter
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The note says al Abbas wept and interpreted the chapter as bidding Mohammed
prepare for death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Declaration to the unbelievers
summary: The speaker is told to address unbelievers, reject worship of what they
worship, deny reciprocal worship, and distinguish their religion from his.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Rejected proposal of worship exchange
summary: A note explains that certain Koreish proposed reciprocal worship with Mohammed
for equal periods, and that Chapter CIX was revealed in response.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Divine assistance, victory, and mass entry into religion
summary: Chapter CX announces God's assistance and victory, says people will enter
God's religion by troops, and commands praise and asking pardon.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Commentarial death warning
summary: A note reports that commentators saw Chapter CX as warning Mohammed of
his death; al Abbas weeps and says the chapter bids him prepare for death.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Refusal of reciprocal cultic exchange
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The note describes a proposed exchange of worship between the Koreish and
Mohammed, while the chapter rejects worship of what the unbelievers worship and
separates the two religions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy label 'sacred_exchange' is only approximate; the
passage emphasizes refusal rather than successful exchange.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine assistance leading to victory
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Chapter CX states that God's assistance and victory will come; a note interprets
this as prevailing over enemies and taking Mecca.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No more specific supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this motif.
- id: motif:3
label: Mass entry into the divine religion after victory
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Chapter CX describes people entering God's religion by troops, and a note
connects this with Arabs coming in great numbers and professing Islam after Mecca
submitted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level religious-political pattern rather than a mapped
taxonomy motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Approaching death signaled by divine command
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: A note reports the commentarial view that Chapter CX warned Mohammed of his
death and led him to increase praise and requests for pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
cautions: The passage note supports preparation for death, but not rebirth; the
taxonomy reference is therefore only partial and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:5
label: Praise and petition for pardon after divine success
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Chapter CX commands praise of the Lord and asking pardon when divine assistance,
victory, and mass entry into religion occur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches praise-and-repentance
after victory.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The rejected one-year exchange of worship can be cautiously compared by function
to a negated form of a sacred-exchange pattern, because the passage note describes
a proposed reciprocal religious act that the chapter refuses.
claim_level: same_function
target: sacred_exchange motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The exchange is not enacted, and the taxonomy label may imply ritual
exchange more broadly than this polemical refusal.
- id: claim:2
claim: The note's interpretation of Chapter CX as a warning of Mohammed's death
is only loosely comparable to death-related motif families, since it concerns
preparation for death rather than a death-and-return sequence.
claim_level: same_function
target: death_rebirth motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The passage contains no rebirth, resurrection, or return from death.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: Chapter CIX
quote_or_summary: "“I will not worship that which ye worship ... Ye have your religion,
and I my religion.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: Note c to Chapter CIX
quote_or_summary: Certain Koreish proposed to Mohammed that if he worshipped their
gods for a year, they would worship his God for the same span; the note says this
chapter was revealed in response.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: Chapter CX
quote_or_summary: "“WHEN the assistance of GOD shall come, and the victory ... the
people enter into the religion of GOD by troops ... celebrate the praise of thy
LORD, and ask pardon.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: Notes d-e to Chapter CX
quote_or_summary: The notes interpret victory as God causing Mohammed to prevail
over enemies and take Mecca; they add that Arabs came in great numbers and professed
Islam after Mecca submitted.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: Note f to Chapter CX
quote_or_summary: Commentators are said to agree that the chapter warned Mohammed
of his death; al Abbas wept and said it bade him prepare for death, after which
Mohammed praised and asked pardon of God more frequently.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif taxonomy mappings are limited
because the supplied taxonomy does not directly include religious separation,
conquest, conversion, repentance, or prophetic death-warning categories.
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: |-
No supplied symbol taxonomy items are present in the passage. God and Lord are treated as the same figure because the passage identifies praise of the Lord and pardon from God in the same command sequence.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l39324-l39379
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