batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4373-l4424
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4373-l4424
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4373-4424
start: '4373'
end: '4424'
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 categories of sinners and their bodily punishments;
discusses the place where beings will be assembled for judgment after resurrection;
states that humans, genii, and animals will be judged; and describes a prolonged
waiting period before judgment, with angels keeping ranks and with differing signs
and sufferings for the just and unjust.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Several categories of wrongdoers are assigned distinct bodily punishments,
including gnawing tongues, severed hands and feet, fixation to palm trunks or
wooden stakes, foul stench, and pitch-daubed garments.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The place of assembly for judgment is said to be on the earth, but accounts
differ about whether it is Syria, a white even tract, a silver second earth, or
another transformed earth.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The stated end of resurrection is that the raised may give an account of their
actions and receive their reward.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Mankind, genii, and irrational animals are all said to be judged on the great
day.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Unarmed cattle are said to take vengeance on horned cattle until satisfaction
is given to the injured.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Before judgment, angels keep assembled mankind in ranks and order for a long
waiting period of disputed duration.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: During the waiting period, people stand looking up to heaven without receiving
information or orders from it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The just and unjust both suffer during the waiting period, but the just have
shining limbs associated with ablution and lighter, shorter suffering, while the
unjust have blackened, sorrowful, deformed faces.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: learned men and doctors whose actions contradict their sayings
description: A category of sinners whose tongues hang down and who gnaw them while
corrupted blood flows from their mouths.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: those who have injured their neighbours
description: A category of sinners whose hands and feet are cut off.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: false accusers and informers
description: A category of sinners fixed to trunks of palm trees or stakes of wood.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those who indulged passions and refused God due wealth
description: A category of sinners who stink worse than a corrupted corpse.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the proud, vainglorious, and arrogant
description: A category of sinners clothed with garments daubed with pitch.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: mankind
description: Human beings assembled after resurrection to give account and be judged.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: genii
description: Non-human beings included among those judged on the great day.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: irrational animals
description: Animals included among those judged on the great day.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: unarmed cattle
description: Animals said to take vengeance on horned cattle for injury.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: horned cattle
description: Animals from whom unarmed cattle take vengeance until satisfaction
is given.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: angels
description: Beings who keep assembled mankind in ranks and order before judgment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: the just
description: People whose ablution-washed limbs shine gloriously and whose suffering
is lighter and shorter.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: the unjust
description: People whose faces are obscured with blackness and marked by sorrow
and deformity.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: God
description: The passage refers to wealth due to God and to divine judgment context.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: punished wrongdoer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:13
basis: These figures are described as receiving punishments or marked as unjust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: being subject to judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: The passage says mankind, genii, and irrational animals shall be judged on
the great day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: injured avenger
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Unarmed cattle take vengeance on the horned until satisfaction is given.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: injuring party made to satisfy
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Horned cattle are the target of vengeance by unarmed cattle until satisfaction
is given.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: rank-keeper before judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Angels keep assembled mankind in ranks and order while they wait for judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: righteous sufferer before judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The just suffer lightly and have shining limbs connected to ablution.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: marked sufferer before judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The unjust have blackened faces marked with sorrow and deformity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: divine recipient and judge-context figure
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The passage refers to what was due to God and frames resurrection as accountability
and reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: transformed judgment earth
literal_form: earth changed into another earth; also described in differing accounts
as Syria, a white even tract, a silver second earth, or another earth
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: gnawed tongue and corrupted blood
literal_form: tongues hanging down on the breast, gnawed, with corrupted blood flowing
from the mouth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: severed hands and feet
literal_form: hands and feet cut off
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: palm trunks or wooden stakes
literal_form: trunks of palm trees or stakes of wood used to fix false accusers
and informers
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: pitch-daubed garments
literal_form: garments daubed with pitch worn by the proud, vainglorious, and arrogant
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:6
label: shining ablution limbs
literal_form: limbs, especially parts washed for ceremonial ablution before prayer,
shining gloriously
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: blackened face
literal_form: faces obscured with blackness and disfigured with marks of sorrow
and deformity
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: upward gaze to heaven
literal_form: assembled people standing and looking up to heaven without receiving
orders or information
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Punishments of named sinner categories
summary: Wrongdoers are listed with bodily punishments that correspond to their
actions or moral faults.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Assembly place for judgment
summary: The passage reviews differing accounts of where resurrected beings will
assemble for judgment, including a transformed earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Universal judgment including animals
summary: After resurrection, humans, genii, and animals are judged, and injured
unarmed cattle take vengeance on horned cattle until satisfaction is made.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Waiting before judgment
summary: Angels hold mankind in ranks for a long duration while people look toward
heaven and suffer; the just shine and suffer lightly, while the unjust are blackened
and deformed.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Resurrection for final accountability
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that the raised give an account of their actions and receive
reward, and that multiple classes of beings are judged.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is explanatory prose and not a narrative episode from the
Qur'an text itself.
- id: motif:2
label: Judgment assembly on a transformed earth
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes the place of assembly for judgment and cites the expression
that the earth shall be changed into another earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The exact location is presented as disputed among reported opinions.
- id: motif:3
label: Punishment by bodily correspondence to sin
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Distinct sinner categories receive distinctive bodily afflictions or humiliations,
such as tongues punished for contradictory speech and limbs cut off for injuring
neighbors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the sixth through tenth categories are included in this passage excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: Animal vindication at final judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says irrational animals will be judged and that unarmed cattle
will take vengeance on horned cattle until satisfaction is given.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No separate taxonomy reference for animal judgment is supplied.
- id: motif:5
label: Visible bodily signs of righteous and unrighteous status
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The just have shining limbs associated with prayer ablution, while the unjust
have blackened and deformed faces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes pre-judgment suffering, not the final sentence itself.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself notes a possible comparison between the transformed earth
of judgment and scriptural language about new heavens and a new earth.
claim_level: same_function
target: scriptural motif of new heavens and new earth
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage phrases this as a possible influence or resemblance and
does not establish historical contact.
- id: claim:2
claim: The footnote reports a proposed comparison between animal judgment in this
passage and Ezekiel's language about judgment between cattle.
claim_level: same_function
target: Ezekiel xxxiv. 17, 20-22 judgment between cattle
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
limitations: The note says Greaves supposed the opinion arose from Ezekiel but characterizes
that as a wrong understanding; the comparison is therefore tentative and contested
within the passage apparatus.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4373-4384
quote_or_summary: 'The excerpt lists the sixth through tenth punishments: contradictory
learned men gnaw hanging tongues; those who injured neighbours lose hands and
feet; false accusers are fixed to palm trunks or stakes; those indulging passions
while withholding what is due to God stink like corpses; the proud wear pitch-daubed
garments.'
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 4385-4396
quote_or_summary: 'The assembly for judgment is said to be on earth, with differing
proposed locations or forms: Syria, a white even tract without buildings, a silver
second earth, or another earth; the passage cites the expression that the earth
shall be changed into another earth.'
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 4397-4404
quote_or_summary: The resurrection is for beings to account for their actions and
receive reward; mankind, genii, and irrational animals are said to be judged,
and unarmed cattle take vengeance on horned cattle until satisfaction is given.
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 4405-4424
quote_or_summary: 'Assembled mankind is kept by angels in ranks before judgment
for a disputed long duration; they stand looking to heaven without orders, suffer
grievously, and differ visibly: the just have shining ablution-washed limbs and
lighter suffering, while the unjust have blackened, sorrowful, deformed faces.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: footnote 3 within lines 4418-4424
quote_or_summary: The note says Greaves supposed the animal-judgment opinion arose
from words in Ezekiel about judging between cattle, but it describes that as wrongly
understood and quotes Ezekiel's flock and cattle imagery.
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 clear for judgment, resurrection, punishment, and animal-vindication
motifs. Comparison claims are limited to parallels explicitly raised by the passage
or its 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: |-
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