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
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