batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l5283-l5332
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l5283-l5332
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5283-5332
start: '5283'
end: '5332'
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 prescribed Muslim prayer five times daily, its reported
divine command during Mohammed's night journey to heaven, the public call to prayer,
prayer postures and beads, orientation toward Mecca, the importance of inward
devotion, removal of costly apparel before prayer, and exclusion of women from
public prayer in this account.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Mohammed is said to have obliged his followers to pray five times in each
twenty-four-hour period at stated times from before sunrise through the night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says Mohammed claimed to have received the divine command from
the throne of God during his night journey to heaven.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Public notice for prayer is given by Muedhdhins or criers from mosque steeples,
and bells are not used.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A conscientious Moslem prepares for prayer in a clean mosque or other clean
place, following a prescribed form with phrases, ejaculations, and postures.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The more scrupulous count prayer phrases or ejaculations with a string of
beads.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Prayers are to be performed facing the temple of Mecca, with the direction
indicated by the mihrab niche, steeple-door orientation, or tables for finding
the qibla.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage reports that Moslem doctors regard inward disposition of the heart
as the life and spirit of prayer, above external rites performed without devotion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage says Mohammedans set aside costly clothing and ornaments when
approaching the divine presence, while remaining decently clothed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says women are not admitted to pray with men in public.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: Founder or institutor in the passage who obliges followers to pray
and is said to claim a command received during a night journey to heaven.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: GOD
description: The divine being whose throne is named as the source of the reported
command and whose presence is approached in prayer.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mohammed's followers / Moslems
description: People obliged to pray at stated times and instructed in prayer practice,
orientation, clothing, and inward disposition.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Muedhdhins or Criers
description: Persons who give public notice of prayer times from mosque steeples.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Moslem doctors
description: Authorities cited as saying that inward disposition of the heart is
the life and spirit of prayer.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Women
description: The passage says women are not admitted to pray with men in public.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Institutor of stated prayer times
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says Mohammed obliged his followers to pray five times each day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Heaven-journey recipient of command
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says he claimed divine command from God's throne during a night
journey to heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: Source of divine command
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The command is reported as coming from the throne of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: Divine addressee of prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Prayer is directed to God, and costly apparel is set aside when approaching
the divine presence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: Ritual practitioners
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Moslems perform prayer at stated times with prescribed forms, orientation,
and devotional expectations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: Callers to prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They publicly announce prayer times from mosque steeples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: Interpreters of prayer's inward meaning
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are cited regarding the inward disposition of the heart as prayer's
life and spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: Excluded public co-practitioners
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage says women are not admitted to pray with men in public.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Five daily prayer times
literal_form: Five stated times within each twenty-four-hour period
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Throne of God
literal_form: The throne of God in heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Night journey to heaven
literal_form: Mohammed's night journey to heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Call from mosque steeples
literal_form: Muedhdhins or Criers giving notice from steeples, without bells
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: String of beads
literal_form: A string of beads used to count phrases or ejaculations
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: Temple of Mecca and qibla
literal_form: The temple of Mecca and the direction toward which prayer is made
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Mihrab niche
literal_form: A niche inside mosques pointing out the quarter of Mecca
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Heart disposition
literal_form: The inward disposition of the heart described as prayer's life and
spirit
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: Plain dress before divine presence
literal_form: Laying aside costly habits and pompous ornaments before prayer
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Institution of five daily prayers
summary: Mohammed obliges followers to pray five times daily and is said to claim
that the command came from God's throne during his night journey to heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Public call and performance of prayer
summary: At stated times, Muedhdhins call from mosque steeples, and Moslems pray
in clean places using prescribed phrases, postures, and sometimes beads.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Orientation toward Mecca
summary: Those praying turn their faces toward the temple of Mecca, with the direction
indicated by mosque architecture or calculated tables.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Interior devotion and humble approach
summary: Moslem doctors emphasize inward disposition of the heart, and the passage
describes setting aside costly clothing before approaching the divine presence.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Public prayer restrictions by gender
summary: The passage states that women are not admitted to pray with men in public.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Ascent to heaven to receive divine command
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The passage says Mohammed claimed to receive the prayer command from God's
throne during his night journey to heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports this through Sale's commentary and polemical wording
rather than narrating the journey in detail.
- id: motif:2
label: Ritual prayer ordered by sacred time
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Prayer is structured into five stated times across the day and night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names calendrical or daily ritual
time.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacred orientation toward a holy center
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Prayer is performed facing the temple of Mecca, with architectural and tabular
aids to identify the qibla.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call Mecca a world center, so no world_center
taxonomy reference is assigned.
- id: motif:4
label: Inner devotion over external rite
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage cites Moslem doctors saying that the heart's inward disposition
is the life and spirit of prayer, while external observance without devotion has
little or no avail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom taxonomy reference is broad; the passage is doctrinal commentary
rather than a narrative wisdom tale.
- id: motif:5
label: Humility before divine presence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage says costly apparel and ornaments are laid aside when approaching
God, lest the worshipper seem proud or arrogant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a ritual norm in commentary, not a developed mythic episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 5283-5288
quote_or_summary: 'Mohammed obliges followers to pray five times in twenty-four
hours: before sunrise, after noon, before sunset, after sunset, and before the
first watch of the night.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 5288-5291
quote_or_summary: The institution is attributed to a claimed divine command from
the throne of God during Mohammed's night journey to heaven.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 5291-5294
quote_or_summary: Public notice of prayer times is given by Muedhdhins or Criers
from mosque steeples, and bells are not used.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 5294-5302
quote_or_summary: A conscientious Moslem prays in a mosque or other clean place,
following prescribed phrases, ejaculations, postures, and sometimes counting with
beads; abridgment is allowed in special cases such as travel or battle preparation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 5303-5310
quote_or_summary: Prayer requires turning the face toward the temple of Mecca; the
direction is indicated by a mihrab niche, steeple-door placement, or tables for
finding the qibla.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 5311-5318
quote_or_summary: Moslem doctors say inward disposition of the heart is the life
and spirit of prayer, and external rites without attention, reverence, devotion,
and hope have little or no avail.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 5319-5325
quote_or_summary: The passage says Mohammedans lay aside sumptuous apparel, costly
habits, and pompous ornaments before approaching the divine presence, to avoid
seeming proud or arrogant.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 5325-5332
quote_or_summary: The passage states that women are not admitted to pray with men
in public.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal ritual details are explicit. Motif classification is cautious because
the passage is commentary on religious practice, with only the night journey providing
a clear mythic motif connection.
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: |-
Used only supplied passage and metadata. Sale's polemical phrasing is summarized neutrally where possible.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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