batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39848-l39924
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39848-l39924
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines
39848-39924
start: '39848'
end: '39924'
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: An index section lists persons, groups, places, doctrines, and narrative
topics, including martyrdom, prophets, angels, hell and its apartments, last-day
events, idolaters and infidels, Isaac, Islam, iron from paradise, and episodes
concerning the Israelites such as the Red Sea, miraculous feeding, the golden
calf, the red cow sacrifice, requests to see God, refusal to enter the Holy Land,
and curses by David and Jesus.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Habib is indexed with his martyrdom.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Hart and Mart are indexed as two angels with a story and punishment.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The heavens are described in indexed topics as guarded by angels, manifesting
God's wisdom with the earth, and falling at the last day.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hell is indexed with torments, as a portion of unbelievers, as prepared for
those choosing the pomp of this life or hoarding money, as not hurting believers,
as dragged toward God's tribunal at the last day, and as being filled.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Idolaters are indexed as compared to brutes and to a spider, not to be prayed
for while idolaters, and having a sentence.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Idols are indexed as insignificant, as appearing as witnesses against their
worshippers, and as worshipped by antediluvians.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Infidels are indexed as appearing at the last day, drinking boiling water,
being associated with blasphemy, war, prayer restrictions after death, and exclusion
from Mecca.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Isaac is indexed as promised and born.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Iron is indexed as useful, with some utensils of that metal brought by Adam
from paradise.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The Israelites are indexed as having males slain by Pharaoh, passing the Red
Sea, receiving God's goodness, being miraculously fed in the wilderness, worshipping
the golden calf, being punished, changing a word at Jericho, being commanded to
sacrifice a red cow, demanding to see God and being punished, refusing to enter
the Holy Land and being punished, transgressing, desiring a king, and being cursed
by David and Jesus.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Habib
description: A figure indexed in connection with martyrdom.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Hart and Mart
description: Two angels indexed with a story and punishment.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: Divine figure associated in the index with wisdom manifested by heavens
and earth, tribunal at the last day, and goodness to the Israelites.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: angels
description: Heavenly beings indexed as guarding the heavens; Hart and Mart are
also identified as angels.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: unbelievers / infidels
description: Groups indexed in connection with hell, last-day appearance, boiling
water, blasphemy, war, prayer restrictions after death, and exclusion from Mecca.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: believers
description: A group indexed as not being hurt by hell.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: idolaters
description: A group indexed as compared to brutes and a spider, not to be prayed
for while idolaters, and having a sentence.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: idols
description: Cult objects indexed as insignificant, as witnesses against worshippers,
and as worshipped by antediluvians.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Isaac
description: A figure indexed as promised and born.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Adam
description: A figure indexed as bringing some iron utensils down from paradise.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Israelites
description: A people indexed in multiple episodes involving Pharaoh, the Red Sea,
wilderness feeding, the golden calf, punishment, Jericho, the red cow sacrifice,
the Holy Land, transgression, desire for a king, and curses by David and Jesus.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: Ruler indexed as slaying Israelite males.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: David and Jesus
description: Figures indexed as cursing the Israelites.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: martyr
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The index connects Habib with martyrdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: angelic being
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: Hart and Mart are called two angels, and angels are said to guard the heavens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: punished being
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Hart and Mart are indexed with punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: judge at tribunal
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Hell is indexed as dragged toward God's tribunal at the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: source of wisdom and goodness
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The heavens and earth manifest God's wisdom, and God's goodness to the Israelites
is indexed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: condemned group
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Unbelievers, infidels, and idolaters are indexed with hell, sentence, last-day
appearance, or punishment-related themes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: protected group
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Hell is indexed as not hurting believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: witnessing cult object
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Idols are indexed as appearing as witnesses against their worshippers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: promised child
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Isaac is indexed as promised and born.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: paradise-associated culture figure
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Adam is indexed as bringing iron utensils from paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: tested and punished people
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The Israelites are indexed with divine goodness, commands, transgressions,
punishments, and refusal to enter the Holy Land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: oppressor ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Pharaoh is indexed as slaying Israelite males.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: cursing figures
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: David and Jesus are indexed as cursing the Israelites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell
literal_form: Hell and named apartments of hell, including Al Hwiyat and Al Hotama.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: heavens and earth
literal_form: The heavens and earth, with the heavens guarded by angels and falling
at the last day.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: God's tribunal
literal_form: A tribunal toward which hell is dragged at the last day.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: boiling water
literal_form: Boiling water drunk by infidels.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Red Sea
literal_form: The Red Sea crossed by the Israelites.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: golden calf
literal_form: The golden calf worshipped by the Israelites.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: red cow
literal_form: A red cow the Israelites were commanded to sacrifice.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: iron utensils from paradise
literal_form: Utensils of iron said to have been brought by Adam down from paradise.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:9
label: spider comparison
literal_form: Idolaters compared to a spider.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Index notices on angels, heavens, and divine wisdom
summary: The index lists Hart and Mart as punished angels, angels as guards of the
heavens, and the heavens and earth as manifesting God's wisdom.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Index notices on hell and last-day judgment
summary: The index gathers themes of hell torments, hell as the portion of unbelievers,
hell not hurting believers, hell being dragged toward God's tribunal at the last
day, and hell being filled.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Index notices on idolatry and idolaters
summary: The index describes idolaters through comparisons and sentence, and describes
idols as insignificant objects that will witness against worshippers.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Index notices on infidels at the last day
summary: The index says infidels will appear at the last day and drink boiling water,
and also lists their blasphemy, war against them, prayer restrictions after death,
and exclusion from Mecca.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Index notices on Isaac and Adamic iron
summary: The index lists Isaac as promised and born, and lists iron utensils brought
by Adam from paradise.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:6
label: Index notices on Israelite episodes
summary: The index summarizes Israelite episodes involving Pharaoh's violence, the
Red Sea, divine goodness, wilderness feeding, the golden calf, punishment, Jericho,
the red cow sacrifice, the demand to see God, refusal of the Holy Land, transgression,
desire for a king, and curses by David and Jesus.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Last-day divine judgment and hell punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The index links hell, unbelievers, infidels, idolaters, sentence, God's tribunal,
and the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is an index and does not narrate the judgment scene directly.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife punishment with torment and boiling water
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: Hell torments and infidels drinking boiling water are indexed as eschatological
punishments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt gives index references, not a full afterlife journey map.
- id: motif:3
label: Cosmic collapse at the last day
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The heavens are indexed as falling at the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: Only a brief index entry is present.
- id: motif:4
label: Idols as witnesses against worshippers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Idols are indexed as appearing as witnesses against their worshippers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The index does not provide the surrounding judicial scene.
- id: motif:5
label: Commanded animal sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The Israelites are indexed as commanded to sacrifice a red cow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage provides only the index notice, not the full episode.
- id: motif:6
label: Promised birth
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: Isaac is indexed as promised and born.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt does not include the full annunciation or birth narrative.
- id: motif:7
label: Divine wisdom manifested in the cosmos
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The heavens and earth are indexed as manifesting God's wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal index entry rather than a narrative motif.
- id: motif:8
label: Liberation passage through water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Israelites are indexed as passing the Red Sea after Pharaoh's slaying
of their males.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: No available taxonomy reference exactly matches this water-crossing motif;
the passage is an index summary.
- id: motif:9
label: Sacred or paradisal origin of useful metal implements
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Iron is indexed as useful, and some iron utensils are said to have been brought
by Adam from paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 39848-39860
quote_or_summary: Index entries include Habib's martyrdom and Hart and Mart as two
angels with a story and punishment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 39861-39875
quote_or_summary: Index entries describe the heavens as guarded by angels, manifesting
God's wisdom with the earth, and falling at the last day; hell is indexed with
torments, unbelievers, believers, God's tribunal, and being filled; named hell
apartments include Al Hwiyat and Al Hotama.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 39880-39891
quote_or_summary: Index entries describe idolaters as compared to brutes and to
a spider and as having a sentence; idols are called insignificant, appear as witnesses
against worshippers, and were worshipped by antediluvians.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 39892-39911
quote_or_summary: Index entries state that infidels will appear at the last day
and drink boiling water; Isaac is promised and born; iron is useful, and some
iron utensils were brought by Adam from paradise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 39912-39924
quote_or_summary: 'Index entries summarize Israelite episodes: males slain by Pharaoh,
passage through the Red Sea, God''s goodness, miraculous wilderness feeding, desire
for Egyptian herbs, worship of the golden calf, punishment, Jericho word-changing,
red cow sacrifice, demand to see God, refusal to enter the Holy Land, transgression,
desire for a king, and curses by David and Jesus.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is an index excerpt containing compressed references to many
topics rather than full narrative passages. Motif extraction is therefore based
on explicit index summaries only, with no inferred surrounding details.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make a broader comparative mythology claim beyond internal similes such as idolaters being compared to brutes or a spider.
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