batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4322-l4370
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4322-l4370
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4322-4370
start: '4322'
end: '4370'
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 summarizes doctrines and traditions concerning a general resurrection
of creatures, the differing conditions of the blessed and miserable at resurrection,
debate over whether the dead rise naked or clothed, the assembly of mankind in
three classes, special mounts for the pious, humiliating bodily conditions for
infidels, and punitive marks or forms assigned to kinds of wicked persons.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The received opinion described in the passage is that resurrection will be
general and will extend to angels, genii, men, and animals.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those destined for eternal happiness are said to arise in honour and security,
while those doomed to misery arise in disgrace and apprehension.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: 'One view says mankind will be raised perfect in their members and in the
condition in which they came from their mothers'' wombs: barefooted, naked, and
uncircumcised.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Ayesha objects to the indecency of men and women seeing one another naked,
and Mohammed answers that the seriousness of the day will prevent such liberty.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A contrary opinion attributes to the prophet the claim that the dead will
rise dressed in the clothes in which they died, with some interpreting this as
inward moral or religious condition rather than bodily dress.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: 'A tradition says mankind will be assembled on the last day in three classes:
those who go on foot, those who ride, and those who creep with their faces on
the ground.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The first class consists of believers whose good works have been few; the
second consists of those in greater honour with God; the third consists of infidels.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: Ali is said to affirm that the pious will find white-winged camels with saddles
of gold prepared when they come from their sepulchres.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Infidels are said to appear with faces on the earth, blind, dumb, and deaf.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: A prophetic tradition says ten sorts of wicked men will receive distinctive
marks from God on that day; the excerpt lists several of them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The listed marks include appearing as apes for professors of Zendicism, as
swine for those greedy of filthy lucre and public oppression, reversed heads and
distorted feet for usurers, blindness for unjust judges, and deafness, dumbness,
and blindness for another class whose description continues beyond the excerpt.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The prophet who is said to teach or answer questions about the resurrection
and assembly.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ayesha
description: Mohammed's wife, who raises an objection about modesty if men and women
rise naked.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: The deity in relation to whom some are in greater honour, and who causes
infidels to appear in humiliating condition and fixes marks on wicked men.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: mankind / the dead
description: Human beings who are raised, assembled, and divided into classes on
the last day.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: believers with few good works
description: The first class at the last-day assembly, said to go on foot.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: pious / those in greater honour with God
description: The second and more honoured class, associated with riding and with
white-winged camels prepared at their emergence from sepulchres.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: infidels
description: The third class, said to creep with faces on the ground and appear
blind, dumb, and deaf.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: wicked men
description: Ten sorts of wicked men marked by God on the day of resurrection; the
excerpt names several types and their bodily marks.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Ali
description: A figure said to affirm that the pious will find white-winged camels
prepared for them.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: angels, genii, men, and animals
description: Creatures included in the general resurrection according to the received
opinion described.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: prophetic teacher of resurrection traditions
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes teachings and traditions about resurrection, clothing,
assembly classes, and marks of wicked men to Mohammed or to prophetic tradition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: questioning interlocutor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ayesha objects to the apparent indecency of resurrection nakedness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: divine judge and marker
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is described as ranking some in honour, causing infidels to appear in
a degraded state, and fixing marks on wicked men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: resurrected and assembled humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Mankind or the dead are said to be raised and assembled on the last day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: less meritorious believers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The first class goes on foot and consists of believers whose good works have
been few.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: honoured righteous riders
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The second class rides and is described as more honoured with God; the pious
receive white-winged camels.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: humiliated unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The third class consists of infidels who creep with faces on the ground and
appear blind, dumb, and deaf.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: morally marked offenders
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Ten sorts of wicked men receive distinctive marks corresponding to offenses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: reported authority for pious mounts
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Ali is named as affirming the preparation of white-winged camels for the
pious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: participants in general resurrection
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The received opinion includes angels, genii, men, and animals in the general
resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: resurrection assembly
literal_form: The last-day gathering of mankind after being raised.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: barefoot, naked, uncircumcised rising
literal_form: 'Human beings raised as from the mother''s womb: barefooted, naked,
and uncircumcised.'
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: grave clothing / inward clothing
literal_form: The dead rising in the same clothes in which they died, or in the
same inward state of faith, knowledge, and works.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: three modes of movement
literal_form: Going on foot, riding, and creeping groveling with faces on the ground.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: white-winged camels with golden saddles
literal_form: White-winged camels with saddles of gold prepared for the pious at
the sepulchres.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: faces on the earth with sensory deprivation
literal_form: Infidels appearing face-down, blind, dumb, and deaf.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: punitive bodily marks
literal_form: Animal forms, reversed heads, distorted feet, blindness, deafness,
and dumbness assigned to wicked men.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: ape and swine forms
literal_form: Some wicked men appearing in the form of apes or swine.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: general resurrection of creatures
summary: The passage states that the received opinion is a general resurrection
including angels, genii, humans, and animals.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: conditions of rising
summary: 'The resurrected arise in differing conditions: the happy in honour and
security, the miserable in disgrace and fear; mankind may be described as rising
naked like newborns or, by another opinion, clothed as at death or clothed inwardly
by moral state.'
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: three classes at the last-day assembly
summary: 'Mankind is assembled in three classes: less meritorious believers on foot,
honoured people riding, and infidels creeping with their faces on the ground.'
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: pious mounts from the sepulchres
summary: Ali is reported to say that the pious, when coming from their sepulchres,
find white-winged camels with golden saddles prepared for them.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: marked wicked on the day
summary: Ten sorts of wicked men receive distinctive marks from God; the excerpt
lists animal forms and bodily distortions or sensory deprivation for several categories
of offenders.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: general resurrection of all creatures
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage describes a received doctrine that resurrection is general and
extends to angels, genii, men, and animals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: This is presented through Sale's explanatory prose rather than as a direct
Qur'anic passage in the excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: last judgment classification by merit and unbelief
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: At the last-day assembly, people are divided into classes according to works,
honour with God, and infidelity, with God causing or assigning humiliating states
and marks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes traditions and opinions; the excerpt does not include
the full list of ten wicked categories.
- id: motif:3
label: afterlife procession or journey by ranked modes of travel
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The resurrected are assembled as walkers, riders, or face-down creepers,
and the pious receive winged camels with golden saddles after leaving the sepulchres.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes assembly and rank more than an extended journey
map.
- id: motif:4
label: moral state made visible on the resurrected body
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Wicked men receive distinctive bodily marks, animal forms, distortions, or
sensory deprivation corresponding to offenses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: Only the first several of the ten categories are included in the supplied
excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: punitive animal-form appearance
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Some wicked persons are said to appear in the form of apes or swine as a
mark fixed on them on that day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: The text describes appearance or mark at judgment, not voluntary shapeshifting
or a narrative transformation episode.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself notes that the doctrine of the pious emerging from sepulchres
to find white-winged camels with golden saddles shows 'some footsteps' of ancient
Arabian doctrine.
claim_level: historical_contact
target: ancient Arabian doctrine concerning the pious and prepared mounts
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage gives only a brief assertion and does not describe the
ancient Arabian material in detail.
- id: claim:2
claim: The footnote compares the opinion that the dead rise clothed with a Jewish
teaching about the buried pious rising in their clothes.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Jewish tradition of the pious rising clothed
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator's note and is limited
to the clothing-at-resurrection detail.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4324-4328
quote_or_summary: The passage states that the received opinion is that resurrection
will be general and extend to angels, genii, men, and animals.
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 4329-4331
quote_or_summary: Those destined for eternal happiness arise in honour and security;
those doomed to misery arise in disgrace and apprehension.
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 4331-4335
quote_or_summary: 'Mankind is said to be raised perfect in all parts and members,
as from the womb: barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised.'
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 4335-4340
quote_or_summary: Ayesha objects that naked resurrection would be indecent; Mohammed
answers that the day's weighty seriousness will prevent such liberty.
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 4340-4347
quote_or_summary: Another opinion says the dead rise in the clothes in which they
died; some interpret this as inward clothing of faith, knowledge, ignorance, and
works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 4347-4355
quote_or_summary: 'A tradition says mankind will be assembled at the last day in
three classes: walkers, riders, and those who creep groveling with faces on the
ground; the first are believers with few good works, and the second are more honoured
with God.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 4355-4359
quote_or_summary: Ali says the pious, when they come from sepulchres, will find
prepared white-winged camels with saddles of gold.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 4359-4362
quote_or_summary: The third class consists of infidels, whom God causes to appear
with faces on the earth, blind, dumb, and deaf.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 4362-4370
quote_or_summary: 'A prophetic tradition says God will fix distinctive marks on
ten sorts of wicked men: the excerpt lists ape forms, swine forms, reversed heads
and distorted feet, blindness, and deafness/dumbness/blindness for different offender
types.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 4357-4359
quote_or_summary: '"some footsteps of the doctrine of the ancient Arabians"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: footnote at lines 4367-4370
quote_or_summary: A footnote says the view that the dead rise clothed follows Jewish
guides, citing a saying that if naked wheat rises clothed, the pious buried in
clothes may rise with them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is translator/editorial exposition of doctrines and traditions,
not a single narrative episode. Motif identification is strongest for resurrection
and judgment; travel and shapeshifting motifs are more cautious.
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 available symbol taxonomy refs were applied because the supplied controlled symbol list does not include the passage's main literal images.
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