batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l5396-l5447
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l5396-l5447
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5396-5447
start: '5396'
end: '5447'
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 explains the names and perceived effects of Islamic alms, describes
their connection with prayer and merit, gives examples of charitable practice,
lists legal categories and rates of almsgiving, notes a Ramadan alms obligation,
and describes early collection and distribution by Mohammed and his successors.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says alms are called Zact because they increase a person's store
by drawing down blessing and purify substance and soul; they are called Sadakat
because they prove sincerity in worship of God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that giving alms is frequently commanded in the Koran and
often recommended together with prayer.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A saying attributed to Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz presents prayer and alms as carrying
a person halfway to God, fasting as bringing one to the door of God's palace,
and alms as procuring admission.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says Mohammedans esteem almsdeeds highly meritorious and gives
Hasan, son of Ali and grandson of Mohammed, as an example of extreme generosity
toward the poor.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that charity is extended by many to brutes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: 'The legal alms are described as due from five categories: cattle, money,
corn, fruits, and wares sold.'
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The ordinary legal portion is described as one part in forty, or two and a
half percent, subject to minimum quantity and possession-period conditions.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage describes a larger fifth-part alms for certain gains from mines,
the sea, arts, professions, or gains suspected of injustice beyond family support.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: At the end of Ramadan, every Moslem is described as obliged to give a measure
of common provisions in alms for himself and each family member, if he has a family.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The passage states that Mohammed first collected the legal alms himself and
used them for poor relations, followers, and especially those serving in his wars
in the way of God; his successors continued the practice.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: GOD
description: The deity in whose worship alms show sincerity and by whom prayer is
heard.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mohammedans / Moslems
description: The community described as esteeming almsdeeds, practicing charity,
and being subject to alms obligations.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz
description: A khalif quoted as saying that prayer, fasting, and alms move a person
toward God and admission to God's palace.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hasan, son of Ali and grandson of Mohammed
description: An example of a meritorious almsgiver who divided his substance with
the poor and twice gave away all he had.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the poor
description: Recipients of Hasan's divided substance and of early distributions
of legal alms.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Mohammed
description: The first collector of legal alms, described as distributing them as
he thought fit.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Mohammed's successors
description: Those who continued the early practice of collecting and applying the
legal alms.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine recipient and hearer of prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Alms prove sincerity in worship of God and are said to help prayer be heard
by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: almsgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: The community is described as meritorious in almsdeeds, and Hasan is singled
out for repeated giving to the poor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: authoritative speaker on ritual efficacy
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz is quoted explaining the combined efficacy of prayer,
fasting, and alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: recipient of charity
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The poor receive Hasan's divided substance and early legal alms distributions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: collector and distributor of legal alms
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Mohammed collected legal alms first, and his successors continued the practice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: purifying alms
literal_form: Zact / legal alms
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: admission to God's palace
literal_form: door of God's palace and admission procured by alms
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: fixed alms portion
literal_form: one part in forty / two and a half percent
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: Ramadan provision measure
literal_form: a measure of wheat, barley, dates, raisins, rice, or other common
provisions
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Alms named and interpreted
summary: The passage explains the terms Zact and Sadakat as names for alms and links
them to blessing, purification, and sincerity in worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Alms joined with prayer and fasting
summary: Alms are described as commanded and recommended with prayer; Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz
uses an image of movement toward God and admission to God's palace.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Examples of charitable practice
summary: Mohammedans are described as esteeming almsdeeds, Hasan is presented as
an exemplary giver to the poor, and charity is said to extend even to animals.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Legal categories and rates of alms
summary: The passage lists the property categories subject to legal alms, ordinary
rates and conditions, larger fifth-part cases, and the Ramadan provision obligation.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Early collection and distribution
summary: Mohammed is said to have collected the legal alms and applied them to poor
relations, followers, and fighters in the way of God; his successors continued
this practice.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ritual almsgiving as purification and blessing
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Alms are described as drawing down blessing, purifying substance and soul,
and proving sincerity in worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is expository legal-religious commentary rather than a narrative
myth.
- id: motif:2
label: charitable gift as access to the divine
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The quoted saying attributes to alms the power to secure admission after
prayer and fasting bring the worshipper toward God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The access imagery is metaphorical and occurs in a cited saying, not a
narrative scene.
- id: motif:3
label: obligatory redistribution of wealth to sanctify communal life
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage sets out mandatory alms categories, rates, Ramadan provisions,
and early communal collection and distribution.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The covenant framing is inferred from obligation and communal religious
law; the word covenant is not used in the passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage's note explicitly invites comparison between alms as purification
and Luke xi.41, where giving alms is linked with things being clean.
claim_level: same_function
target: Luke xi.41 almsgiving and cleansing
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an editorial comparison in the passage notes; it supports functional
similarity only, not historical contact or shared origin.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 5396-5402
quote_or_summary: Alms are called Zact because they increase a man's store by drawing
down blessing and purify remaining substance and soul; Sadakat because they prove
sincerity in worship of God.
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 5404-5408
quote_or_summary: Giving alms is frequently commanded in the Koran and often recommended
jointly with prayer, with alms held efficacious in causing prayer to be heard
by God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 5408-5411
quote_or_summary: 'Omar Ebn Abd''alaziz is quoted: prayer and alms carry a person
halfway to God, fasting brings one to the door of his palace, and alms procures
admission.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation summarized from passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 5411-5416
quote_or_summary: Almsdeeds are highly meritorious; Hasan is said to have thrice
divided his substance equally between himself and the poor and twice given away
all he had.
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 5416-5417
quote_or_summary: The generality are said to extend charity even to brutes.
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 5418-5425
quote_or_summary: Legal alms are due from cattle, money, corn, fruits, and wares
sold, commonly one part in forty or two and a half percent, with quantity and
possession-period conditions.
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 5425-5431
quote_or_summary: A fifth part is due in some cases for gains from mines, the sea,
arts or professions beyond family support, especially where unjust gain is suspected.
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 5431-5435
quote_or_summary: At the end of Ramadan, every Moslem must give a measure of common
provisions for himself and each family member, if he has any.
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 5436-5444
quote_or_summary: Mohammed first collected the legal alms and used them for poor
relations, followers, and especially those serving in his wars in the way of God;
successors continued this practice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: note
locator: lines 5445-5447 footnote 2
quote_or_summary: 'The note compares the passage''s purification claim with Luke
xi.41: giving alms and all things being clean to the giver.'
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 legal and devotional commentary rather than mythic narrative.
Motif labels are limited to supported ritual-symbolic patterns.
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 passage's main images are alms, portions, provisions, and palace admission rather than the listed symbol terms.
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