Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l8043-l8098

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l8043-l8098

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l8043-l8098
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 8043-8098
  start: '8043'
  end: '8098'
  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 summarizes theological opinions attributed to Ashrians and
    Morgians concerning divine justice, reward, punishment, faith, grave sin, resurrection
    judgment, hell, a bridge over hell, and eventual admission or deliverance of sinful
    believers.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Ashrians are described as saying that reward is a favor from God and punishment
    is an act of justice; obedience and transgression are treated as signs of future
    reward or punishment.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Morgians are described as teaching that judgment of a true believer guilty
    of a grievous sin is deferred until the resurrection, and that no worldly sentence
    of absolution or condemnation is passed on such a person.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Morgians are described as holding that disobedience with faith does not hurt,
    and obedience with infidelity does not profit.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The passage gives several explanations for the name of the Morgians, including
    postponing works to intention, allowing hope, deferring sentence until resurrection,
    and degrading or removing Ali from the first degree to the fourth.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: Moktel is described as asserting that disobedience does not hurt one who professes
    the unity of God and has faith, that no true believer shall be cast into hell,
    and that God will forgive all crimes besides infidelity.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:6
  text: Moktel is described as teaching that a disobedient believer will be punished
    on the day of resurrection on a bridge laid over the midst of hell, where hell
    fire catches and torments him in proportion to his disobedience, after which he
    is admitted into paradise.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:7
  text: Bashar is described as holding that if God casts believers guilty of grievous
    sins into hell, they will be delivered after sufficient punishment.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:8
  text: A quoted note states that God is a just judge and absolute lord, and that
    punishments from God are just while good things come from divine mercy.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: God
  description: Divine judge, giver of reward, punishment, forgiveness, and mercy in
    the doctrines summarized.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Ashrians
  description: A theological group described as agreeing that reward is divine favor
    and punishment divine justice.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Morgians
  description: A theological group described as deferring judgment of grievously sinful
    true believers until the resurrection and emphasizing the relation of faith, works,
    and hope.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: true believer guilty of grievous sin
  description: A believer whose judgment is said by Morgians to be deferred until
    resurrection.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Moktel
  description: A Morgian-associated teacher whose opinions about sinful believers,
    forgiveness, hell, the bridge, and paradise are summarized.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: disobedient believer
  description: A believer who, according to Moktel, is punished on the resurrection-day
    bridge over hell and then admitted into paradise.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Bashar
  description: A Morgian-associated teacher whose view is summarized as allowing temporary
    punishment of grievously sinful believers in hell followed by deliverance.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: believers guilty of grievous sins
  description: Believers who, according to Bashar's summarized opinion, may be cast
    into hell but will be delivered after sufficient punishment.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine judge
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage attributes reward, punishment, forgiveness, and just judgment
    to God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
- id: role:2
  label: divine forgiver
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Moktel is described as teaching that God will forgive all crimes besides
    infidelity.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:3
  label: doctrinal speaker or school
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  basis: The passage presents these groups or teachers as holders of specific theological
    opinions.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:4
  label: sinful believer subject to deferred or purgative judgment
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  - fig:8
  basis: The figures are believers described as guilty of grave sin or disobedience
    and subject to deferred judgment, bridge punishment, hell, or deliverance.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: resurrection
  literal_form: resurrection / day of resurrection
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - resurrection
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: sym:2
  label: bridge over hell
  literal_form: bridge laid over the midst of hell
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:3
  label: hell fire
  literal_form: flames of hell fire
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:4
  label: hell
  literal_form: hell
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  - fig:8
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: sym:5
  label: paradise
  literal_form: paradise
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:6
  label: divine justice
  literal_form: reward as favor and punishment as justice
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Deferred judgment of the grievously sinful believer
  summary: Morgians teach that the judgment of a true believer guilty of grievous
    sin is postponed until the resurrection, with no worldly sentence of absolution
    or condemnation.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Bridge punishment and admission to paradise
  summary: Moktel teaches that a disobedient believer is punished on the day of resurrection
    on a bridge over hell, tormented by hell fire according to the degree of disobedience,
    and then admitted into paradise.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:3
  label: Temporary hell punishment and deliverance
  summary: Bashar teaches that believers guilty of grievous sins may be cast into
    hell but will be delivered after sufficient punishment.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: deferred judgment until resurrection
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  - resurrection
  basis: The passage describes the judgment of a grievously sinful true believer as
    postponed until resurrection.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is presented as a reported theological doctrine, not as a narrative
    episode.
- id: motif:2
  label: purgative passage over hell
  taxonomy_refs:
  - afterlife_journey_map
  - divine_judgment
  basis: A disobedient believer is punished on a bridge over hell by flames proportionate
    to disobedience before entering paradise.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage gives a doctrinal summary and cites a prior section for the
    bridge; it does not narrate an extended journey.
- id: motif:3
  label: temporary punishment followed by deliverance
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Bashar's opinion is summarized as allowing punishment of sinful believers
    in hell followed by deliverance after sufficient punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The final sentence is cut off in the provided passage, so only the stated
    deliverance claim is extracted.
- id: motif:4
  label: divine reward as favor and punishment as justice
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Ashrian doctrine and the quoted note frame reward as divine favor or mercy
    and punishment as divine justice.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:6
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is a theological formulation rather than a narrative motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: 8043-8047
  quote_or_summary: Ashrians are reported to say that reward is a favor from God,
    punishment is justice, obedience is a sign of future reward, and transgression
    is a sign of future punishment.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: 8048-8056
  quote_or_summary: Morgians are said to defer judgment of a true believer guilty
    of grievous sin until resurrection, pass no worldly sentence, and hold that disobedience
    with faith does not hurt while obedience with infidelity does not profit.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: 8056-8068
  quote_or_summary: 'The passage lists differing explanations of the Morgian name:
    postponing works to intention, allowing hope, deferring sentence of the heinous
    sinner until resurrection, or degrading Ali from first to fourth degree.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: 8068-8078
  quote_or_summary: Moktel is reported to teach that disobedience does not hurt a
    person who professes God's unity and has faith; no true believer is cast into
    hell; God forgives all crimes besides infidelity; and a disobedient believer is
    punished on the resurrection-day bridge over hell by flames before entering paradise.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: 8078-8081
  quote_or_summary: Bashar is reported to hold that if God casts believers guilty
    of grievous sins into hell, they will be delivered after sufficient punishment.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: 8082-8098
  quote_or_summary: A Latin quotation in a note states that natural intellect knows
    God as a right and just judge and absolute lord, that divine punishments are just,
    and that good things come from God's infinite mercy.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: medium
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Some locator line assignments
    are approximate within the provided range, and the passage is a theological summary
    with footnotes rather than a continuous mythic narrative.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these doctrines to other motif families or traditions beyond intra-Islamic sectarian positions.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l8043-l8098
  passage_sha256=514f95192c4424c6951a459d6458f1e27f0d0e8cbfc3c709457f7f0b9ea8d106