batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4693-l4744
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l4693-l4744
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 4693-4744
start: '4693'
end: '4744'
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 a post-punishment deliverance of some believers
from hell: they are identifiable by marks of prostration untouched by fire, restored
to life through divine mercy and intercession, and washed in the river of life
in paradise. It then compares details about hell with Jewish and Magian teachings,
including seven hellish divisions, angelic supervision, proportional punishments,
intercession or eventual release, and torments by heat, cold, filth, serpents,
beasts, devils, hunger, and thirst. It closes by introducing a wall or partition
between paradise and hell.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some believers are said to be detained in a place of punishment for a long
period before being delivered.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The delivered believers are distinguished by marks of prostration on body
parts used in prayer, which the fire has no power over.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The believers are relieved by the mercy of God and by the intercession of
Mohammed and the blessed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Some who had been dead are restored to life; others stained by hell’s flames
and smoke are immersed in the river of life in paradise and washed white.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that Jewish and Magian traditions agree in making seven
distinct apartments in hell.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The passage reports a Jewish belief in an angel guarding each infernal apartment
and interceding for the imprisoned condemned.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The passage reports Jewish teachings that the wicked suffer diverse punishments,
including intolerable cold as well as heat, and that their faces become black.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The passage reports a Jewish belief that members of their own religion may
be punished after death but later delivered when purged, by Abraham or prophetic
intercession.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The passage reports a Magian belief in one presiding angel over all seven
hells, named Vannd Yezd, who assigns proportionate punishments and restrains the
devil’s excessive cruelty.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The passage reports Magian torments including extreme cold, intolerable stink,
serpents and wild beasts biting or stinging, devils cutting and tearing flesh,
hunger, and thirst, while excluding fire as a punishment.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The passage introduces a wall or partition imagined between paradise and hell.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: detained believers
description: Believers detained in punishment and later delivered.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: Divine agent whose mercy relieves the detained believers.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Intercessor named in the deliverance of the detained believers.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the blessed
description: Additional intercessors named with Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the wicked / damned
description: Persons punished in the next life in the Jewish and Magian descriptions
summarized by the passage.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jewish angel guards
description: Angels placed as guards over infernal apartments in the Jewish account
summarized by the passage.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Figure by whom, or through whose intercession, punished members of
the Jewish religion may be delivered.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: prophets
description: Possible intercessors for the punished in the Jewish account summarized
by the passage.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Vannd Yezd
description: Magian angel said to preside over all seven hells, assign punishments,
and restrain the devil.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: devil
description: Being whose excessive cruelty toward the damned is restrained in the
Magian account.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: devils
description: Tormenting beings that cut and tear the flesh in the Magian list of
punishments.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: serpents and wild beasts
description: Creatures that sting and bite in the Magian list of punishments.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: posthumous penitential sufferers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They are detained in a place of punishment before being delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: restored and purified persons
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They are restored to life or washed clean in the river of life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: merciful divine deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Their relief is attributed to the mercy of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: intercessor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: The passage names these figures or beings as interceding, or potentially
interceding, for punished persons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: condemned punished persons
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The wicked or damned are described as undergoing punishments in the next
life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: infernal guardian or presiding angel
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:9
basis: The passage describes angels guarding infernal apartments or presiding over
the seven hells.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: proportional judge of punishments
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Vannd Yezd assigns punishments proportionate to each person’s crimes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: tormentor
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: The devil, devils, serpents, and wild beasts are associated with tormenting
the damned in the Magian account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire immune prayer marks
literal_form: marks of prostration untouched by fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: river of life
literal_form: river in paradise in which the soot-stained are immersed and washed
white
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: seven apartments of hell
literal_form: seven distinct infernal apartments or seven hells
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: blackened faces
literal_form: faces of the punished becoming black
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: cold and heat as punishments
literal_form: intolerable cold and heat among punishments
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: serpents as tormentors
literal_form: stinging and biting of serpents
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: partition between paradise and hell
literal_form: wall or partition between paradise and hell
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Deliverance and purification from punishment
summary: Believers detained in punishment are identified by prayer marks untouched
by fire, relieved through divine mercy and intercession, restored to life if dead,
and cleansed in the river of life.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Comparative sevenfold hells
summary: The passage compares Islamic descriptions of hell with Jewish and Magian
traditions that also describe seven hellish divisions or apartments.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Jewish infernal punishment and intercession
summary: The passage summarizes Jewish teachings about angelic guards over infernal
apartments, varied punishments by cold and heat, blackened faces, and eventual
delivery through Abraham or prophetic intercession for some punished persons.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Magian infernal punishment and restraint of the devil
summary: The passage summarizes Magian teachings about Vannd Yezd presiding over
seven hells, assigning proportional punishments, restraining the devil, and punishing
the wicked through cold, stink, serpents, beasts, devils, hunger, and thirst rather
than fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Boundary between paradise and hell introduced
summary: The passage begins to describe a wall or partition imagined between paradise
and hell.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: posthumous purification and release from punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage describes punished believers later relieved by divine mercy and
intercession, restored to life, and washed clean in the river of life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: This is drawn from Sale’s commentary in the passage, not from a quoted
Qur'anic verse in the provided excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: intercession for the condemned
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Mohammed and the blessed intercede for detained believers; the Jewish comparison
also mentions angelic, Abrahamic, or prophetic intercession for punished persons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents these as reported traditions and comparisons.
- id: motif:3
label: sevenfold underworld or hell
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that Jewish and Magian traditions agree in making seven
distinct apartments or hells, with angelic supervision described in both cases.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The excerpt does not fully describe the structure of each of the seven
divisions.
- id: motif:4
label: purifying water in the afterlife
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The river of life in paradise washes soot or filth from those affected by
hell’s flames and smoke.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: Only one river is named; the passage does not elaborate a broader water-ritual
system.
- id: motif:5
label: infernal punishments by elemental and animal torments
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- serpent
basis: The passage lists punishments by heat, cold, stink, serpents, beasts, devils,
hunger, and thirst in the compared traditions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The Magian description explicitly excludes fire, so fire should not be
generalized across all traditions summarized here.
- id: motif:6
label: boundary separating paradise and hell
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage introduces a wall or partition imagined between paradise and
hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The provided excerpt ends before the boundary is fully described.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly states that many circumstances about hell and the
damned in the described Mohammedan account were probably indebted to Jewish and
partly Magian traditions.
claim_level: historical_contact
target: Jewish and Magian traditions concerning hell
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is Sale’s comparative assertion within the passage; the excerpt
does not provide independent historical evidence beyond the cited commentary.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage presents Jewish and Magian traditions as sharing the pattern
of seven hellish divisions with the described account.
claim_level: same_motif
target: seven distinct apartments or seven hells
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage says the traditions agree on seven divisions but also notes
that they vary in other particulars.
- id: claim:3
claim: The passage presents Jewish angelic guards and Magian Vannd Yezd as functionally
similar angelic supervisors of infernal punishment.
claim_level: same_function
target: angelic supervision of hell
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: 'The functions are not identical: the Jewish account has one guard
over each apartment, while the Magian account has one angel presiding over all
seven hells.'
- id: claim:4
claim: The passage compares traditions in which punished members of a religious
community may later be delivered through intercession or purgation.
claim_level: same_motif
target: temporary posthumous punishment followed by deliverance
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The Islamic and Jewish cases are described separately and not with
identical details or time spans.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 4693-4708
quote_or_summary: Believers are detained in punishment for a long time, distinguished
by prostration marks untouched by fire, relieved by God’s mercy and intercession,
restored to life if dead, and washed in the river of life in paradise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 4709-4714
quote_or_summary: The passage states that Mohammed was probably indebted to Jews
and partly to Magians for circumstances concerning hell and the damned, and that
both traditions make seven distinct apartments in hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 4714-4724
quote_or_summary: The Jewish account summarized here places an angel over each infernal
apartment, includes angelic intercession, diverse punishments by cold and heat,
blackened faces, and eventual delivery for some through Abraham or prophets after
purgation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 4724-4737
quote_or_summary: The Magian account summarized here names Vannd Yezd as presiding
over all seven hells, assigning proportional punishments and restraining the devil;
torments include cold, stink, serpents, beasts, devils, hunger, and thirst, with
fire excluded.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 4738-4744
quote_or_summary: The passage introduces a wall or partition imagined between paradise
and hell, before the excerpt breaks off.
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 a translated/commentarial English excerpt and includes explicit
comparative claims by the translator/commentator. Motif extraction is strongest
for the afterlife, judgment, intercession, sevenfold hell, and purification elements.
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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