batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l7210-l7260
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l7210-l7260
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION
VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 7210-7260
start: '7210'
end: '7260'
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 Islamic legal knowledge as governing outward actions
and public profession of religion, then outlines four theological bases: divine
attributes and unity; predestination and justice; promises, threats, and divine
decisions; and history, reason, prophecy, and the office of Imam. It lists sectarian
groups associated with disputes over these topics.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says civil inquiry concerns outward actions and profession made
by the mouth, not inquiry into the heart.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Knowledge of laws is described as highly requisite and commonly called the
Science by way of excellence.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The points of faith examined by scholastic divines are reduced to four general
heads called bases or fundamental articles.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The first basis concerns the attributes of God and divine unity, including
eternal, essential, and action attributes.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The second basis concerns predestination, justice, divine decree, human compulsion,
and human cooperation in producing actions with good or evil results.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The third basis concerns promises, threats, names used in divinity, divine
decisions, faith, repentance, forbearance, infidelity, and error.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The fourth basis concerns the weight of history and reason in religion, the
mission of prophets, and the office of Imam or chief pontiff.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The passage presents disputes among named Muslim sectarian or theological
groups over the four bases.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The deity whose attributes, unity, purpose, decree, will, power, knowledge,
grace, promises, threats, and decisions are discussed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Man
description: Human beings whose actions, compulsion or necessity, cooperation in
producing actions, and capacity to gain good or evil are discussed.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Prophets
description: Figures associated with a mission and with innocence required for the
prophetical office.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Imam or chief pontiff
description: An office whose conditions, succession, consent, transfer, and confirmation
are discussed.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Scholastic divines
description: Religious scholars who examine and discuss the points of faith.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine subject of theological inquiry
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage centers multiple doctrinal questions on God's attributes, unity,
decree, will, power, knowledge, grace, promises, threats, and decisions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: human moral agent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage discusses man's compulsion or necessity to act and cooperation
in producing actions by which good or evil may be gained.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: recipient of prophetical office
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage names the mission of prophets and the innocence expected in the
prophetical office.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: religious leader whose office requires legitimation
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage discusses conditions of the Imam's office and whether it depends
on succession or consent of the faithful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: doctrinal examiner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The scholastic divines are said to examine and discuss the points of faith.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: four bases
literal_form: Four general heads or great fundamental articles of faith
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: mouth and heart distinction
literal_form: Profession made by the mouth contrasted with inquiry into the heart
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Civil and legal knowledge defined
summary: The passage explains that public law regulates outward actions and public
religious profession, while inward belief is not the civilian's object of inquiry;
legal knowledge is described as especially important.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Four bases of doctrinal inquiry
summary: The passage organizes theological inquiry into four bases concerning God,
predestination, divine decisions, and the relation of history, reason, prophecy,
and the Imam's office to faith.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: wisdom as specialized sacred-legal science
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage explicitly describes knowledge of laws as so necessary that it
is called the Science and marks a person as learned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is expository and institutional rather than narrative; the
motif is a thematic classification, not a mythic episode.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment through promises, threats, and decisions
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The third basis includes promises, threats, divine decisions, repentance,
faith, infidelity, and error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage discusses doctrinal categories rather than depicting an actual
judgment scene.
- id: motif:3
label: legitimation of sacred leadership
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The fourth basis includes the office of Imam or chief pontiff, with disputes
over succession, consent of the faithful, transfer, and confirmation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: The available taxonomy label is royal_legitimacy, but the passage concerns
religious office rather than kingship; the mapping is approximate and needs review.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7210-7218
quote_or_summary: Civil authority regulates outward actions and public profession
of religion, not the heart; knowledge of laws is called the Science and is required
for being reckoned learned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7219-7222
quote_or_summary: Points of faith examined by scholastic divines are reduced to
four general heads called four bases or fundamental articles.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7223-7232
quote_or_summary: The first basis concerns God's attributes and unity, including
debates over eternal, essential, and action attributes and what may or may not
be affirmed of God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7233-7242
quote_or_summary: The second basis concerns predestination and justice, including
God's purpose and decree, human compulsion or necessity, and human cooperation
in producing actions that gain good or evil.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7243-7249
quote_or_summary: The third basis concerns promises, threats, divine names, divine
decisions, faith, repentance, forbearance, infidelity, and error.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7250-7259
quote_or_summary: The fourth basis concerns history and reason in religion, prophetic
mission, the Imam's office, moral qualities of actions, divine grace, prophetic
innocence, and whether the Imam's office depends on succession or consent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is doctrinal and classificatory, making literal extraction straightforward
but motif identification less direct. No passage-supported comparison claims were
added.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. Named theological groups are noted generally in observations but not exhaustively modeled as figures to avoid overpopulating the record with non-narrative entities.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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