batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4268-l4319
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4268-l4319
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4268-4319
start: '4268'
end: '4319'
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: 'The passage describes Islamic eschatological beliefs as presented by Sale:
successive trumpet blasts bring universal death, later resurrection, the gathering
of body parts and souls, rain from living water preparing bodies in graves, and
the day of judgment. A note compares the repeated trumpet sounding with Jewish
traditions.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A first blast is said to be followed by a second blast called the blast of
examination.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: At the second blast, all creatures in heaven and earth die or are annihilated
except those God exempts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Only God, paradise, hell, their inhabitants, and the throne of glory are said
to survive the common annihilation; the angel of death dies last.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Forty years later, a third trumpet blast, called the blast of resurrection,
is sounded by Israfil.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Israfil, Gabriel, and Michael are restored to life before the resurrection
blast and stand on the rock of the temple of Jerusalem.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: At God's command, dispersed bones, body parts, hairs, and souls are gathered
for judgment.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Souls are placed into Israfil's trumpet and, at the final sound, fly forth
like bees to return to their bodies.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The earth opens and allows bodies to arise; according to a tradition cited
in the passage, Mohammed is the first to arise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: A rain is said to fall continually for forty years and to be supplied from
living water under God's throne.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: By the efficacy of the living water, dead bodies spring from graves like bodies
in the womb or corn sprouting by rain.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Breath is breathed into the completed bodies, which then sleep in sepulchres
until raised at the last trumpet.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:12
text: The day of judgment is described with two durations, one thousand years and
fifty thousand years, and commentators offer explanations for the difference.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: A note states that in the circumstance of multiple trumpet soundings the Mohammedans
follow the Jews, who also agree that the trumpet will sound more than once.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine being who exempts some from annihilation, commands the resurrection
summons, and has a throne under which living water is located.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Angel of death
description: The last being who shall die after the common annihilation.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Israfil
description: The angel who is restored to life, stands on the rock of the temple
of Jerusalem, sets the trumpet to his mouth, gathers souls, and sounds the resurrection
blast.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Gabriel
description: An angel restored to life before the resurrection blast and standing
with Israfil and Michael.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Michael
description: An angel restored to life before the resurrection blast and standing
with Israfil and Gabriel.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: According to a tradition cited in the passage, he is the first to arise
when bodies are raised.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Creatures in heaven and earth
description: All creatures subject to death or annihilation at the blast of examination,
except those God exempts.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: The dead / resurrected bodies and souls
description: Dispersed bones, body parts, hairs, and souls gathered to judgment
and reunited for resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine commander and exception-maker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God exempts some from the common fate and commands Israfil's summoning and
final sound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: last to die
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says the angel of death will be the last who shall die.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: resurrection trumpet angel
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Israfil sounds the third trumpet, gathers souls, and releases them at the
final sound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: restored angelic attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Gabriel and Michael are restored to life and stand with Israfil before the
resurrection blast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: first resurrected human
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: A cited tradition says Mohammed will be the first to arise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: annihilated creation
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Creatures in heaven and earth die or are annihilated at the blast of examination
except those God exempts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: subjects of resurrection and judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Bones, body parts, hairs, and souls are gathered to judgment and restored
to bodies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet blasts
literal_form: 'Repeated trumpet sounds: blast of examination and blast of resurrection'
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: rock of the temple of Jerusalem
literal_form: Rock of the temple of Jerusalem where Israfil, Gabriel, and Michael
stand
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: living water
literal_form: Water under the throne of God supplying the resurrection rain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: resurrection rain
literal_form: Rain falling continually for forty years, resembling human seed and
causing bodies to spring forth
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: opening earth and graves
literal_form: The earth opens and dead bodies spring from graves
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: throne of glory
literal_form: God's throne, which survives annihilation and under which living water
is located
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Blast of examination and annihilation
summary: A second blast follows the first; creatures in heaven and earth die or
are annihilated except those God exempts, and the angel of death dies last.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Restored angels at Jerusalem and resurrection summons
summary: After forty years, Israfil, Gabriel, and Michael are restored and stand
on the rock of the temple of Jerusalem; Israfil sounds the resurrection trumpet
and gathers dispersed body parts and souls.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Souls return to bodies
summary: Souls fly from the trumpet like bees, fill the space between heaven and
earth, and return to their respective bodies as the earth opens and bodies arise;
Mohammed is said to arise first.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Rain and living water prepare resurrection bodies
summary: A long rain supplied from living water under God's throne causes dead bodies
to grow from graves like gestation or sprouting corn; breath is breathed into
them before the last raising.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Duration of the judgment day discussed
summary: The passage reports two scriptural durations for the day of judgment and
summarizes commentators' attempts to reconcile them.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: universal death before resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage describes near-universal annihilation followed by a later trumpet
blast that restores the dead to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this as eschatological resurrection rather than a cyclical
seasonal or heroic death-and-return narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment after bodily restoration
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: Dispersed bodies and souls are gathered to judgment and restored before the
last day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage excerpt stops before a detailed account of judgment proceedings.
- id: motif:3
label: resurrection by life-giving water or rain
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Rain supplied from living water under God's throne causes bodies to spring
from graves before breath is breathed into them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The available motif taxonomy has no separate life-water motif family;
the assigned taxonomy reference is limited to resurrection.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred center as resurrection station
taxonomy_refs:
- world_center
basis: The angels stand on the rock of the temple of Jerusalem when the resurrection
trumpet is sounded and the dead are summoned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The text states the location but does not explicitly call it a world center;
the motif classification is interpretive and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:5
label: multiple eschatological trumpet blasts
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage distinguishes multiple blasts, including the blast of examination
and the blast of resurrection, and notes disagreement over whether there are two
or three sounds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is not a named taxonomy family in the supplied list, so taxonomy
links are functional rather than exact.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself notes a comparison between the Mohammedan account of multiple
trumpet soundings and Jewish traditions that the trumpet will sound more than
once.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Jewish tradition of repeated eschatological trumpet soundings
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison appears in Sale's note and names Jewish authorities,
but the excerpt does not provide the Jewish passages themselves or details beyond
repeated trumpet soundings.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4268-4274
quote_or_summary: A second blast, called the blast of examination, brings death
or annihilation to all creatures in heaven and earth except those God exempts;
only God and certain eschatological realities survive, and the angel of death
dies last.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4275-4281
quote_or_summary: Forty years later the blast of resurrection is sounded by Israfil,
who with Gabriel and Michael is restored to life and stands on the rock of the
temple of Jerusalem to call together dispersed bodily remains for judgment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 4281-4288
quote_or_summary: Israfil gathers souls into his trumpet; at God's command they
fly out like bees, fill the space between heaven and earth, return to their bodies,
and the earth opens so bodies arise, with Mohammed first according to a cited
tradition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 4288-4296
quote_or_summary: A forty-year rain, supplied from living water under God's throne,
prepares resurrection bodies; the dead spring from graves like womb-formed bodies
or corn sprouting by rain, then receive breath and await the last trumpet.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 4297-4310
quote_or_summary: The day of judgment is described as lasting either one thousand
or fifty thousand years; commentators explain the difference in several ways,
including figurative language and the difficulty of the day's business.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 4315-4319
quote_or_summary: '"the Mohammedans follow the Jews, who also agree that the trumpet
will sound more than once"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is direct from the supplied passage. Motif labels are
constrained to the supplied taxonomy and should be reviewed, especially the world-center
classification. The comparison claim relies only on the passage's own footnote.
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 external sources or taxonomy IDs beyond the supplied lists were used.
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