batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l8640-l8689
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l8640-l8689
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: SECTION VIII. / AL KORAN. / CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL
GOD; lines 8640-8689
start: '8640'
end: '8689'
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: "“PRAISE be to GOD, the LORD of all creatures; the most merciful, the king
of the day of judgment.”"
summary: The opening chapter is presented as a prayer praising God as merciful lord
and king of judgment, declaring worship and dependence on God, and asking to be
directed in the right way rather than the way of divine anger or error. The notes
identify the chapter as highly venerated and frequently repeated in devotion,
and gloss the “right way” as true religion exemplified by earlier prophets and
faithful people.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage opens with an invocation in the name of the most merciful God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is praised as lord of all creatures, most merciful, and king of the day
of judgment.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speakers state that they worship God and beg assistance from God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speakers ask God to direct them in the right way.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The requested way is contrasted with the way of those under divine anger and
those who go astray.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: A note describes the chapter as a prayer held in great veneration and often
repeated in public and private devotions.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: 'A note glosses “Lord of all creatures” as referring to rational creatures:
men, genii, and angels.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A note interprets the final petition as a request that God lead the supplicants
into true religion, called the right way.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The addressed deity, described as most merciful, lord of all creatures,
and king of the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: supplicants
description: The first-person plural speakers who worship God, ask for assistance,
and request guidance in the right way.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: those to whom God has been gracious
description: A group named as the model whose way the supplicants ask to follow;
the note identifies them as prophets and faithful people who preceded Mohammed.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: those under divine anger or going astray
description: Contrasted groups whose way the supplicants ask not to follow.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: rational creatures
description: The note glosses the creatures under God’s lordship as men, genii,
and angels.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: merciful divine ruler and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is called most merciful and king of the day of judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: worshipping supplicant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speakers say they worship God, beg assistance, and ask for guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: graced exemplar
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Their way is the desired path for the supplicants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: negative exemplar of anger or error
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Their way is explicitly rejected in the petition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: right way
literal_form: a way or path requested from God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: day of judgment
literal_form: a day over which God is king
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: labyrinth of error
literal_form: a labyrinth used in the note as an image for error
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: praise of God
summary: The prayer praises God as lord, merciful, and king of the day of judgment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: petition for assistance and guidance
summary: The supplicants declare worship, ask for assistance, and request direction
in the right way rather than the ways of anger or error.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: commentarial exposition of the prayer
summary: The notes describe the chapter’s devotional use and explain key expressions
such as lord of creatures and the right way.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is explicitly called king of the day of judgment, and the prayer contrasts
divine graciousness with divine anger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a brief prayer, not a narrative account of a judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: divine guidance on the right way
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The supplicants ask God to direct them in the right way, and the note interprets
this as being led into true religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific path-of-guidance motif; the association
with wisdom is functional and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:3
label: contrasting ways of grace and error
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The prayer contrasts the way of those receiving divine grace with the way
of those under anger or going astray.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a moral-religious contrast, not an elaborated cosmological dualism.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note compares the chapter’s repeated devotional use to Christian use
of the Lord’s Prayer.
claim_level: same_function
target: Christian Lord’s Prayer as repeated public and private devotion
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is explicitly about devotional function and repetition,
not about textual dependence or shared origin.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 8648-8651
quote_or_summary: "“PRAISE be to GOD, the LORD of all creatures; the most merciful,
the king of the day of judgment.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 8652-8655
quote_or_summary: "“Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct
us in the right way ... not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those
who go astray.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 8657-8663
quote_or_summary: The note says the chapter is a prayer, greatly venerated, given
honorific titles, regarded as a quintessence of the Koran, and often repeated
in public and private devotions, as Christians do the Lord’s Prayer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 8664-8670
quote_or_summary: 'The note explains that the expression rendered “Lord of all creatures”
literally means “Lord of the worlds” and here refers to rational creatures: men,
genii, and angels.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 8671-8684
quote_or_summary: The note interprets the final petition as asking God to lead the
supplicants into true religion, called the right way, identified with those to
whom God has been gracious, including earlier prophets and faithful people; it
contrasts this with those under anger or in error, and mentions a “labyrinth of
error.”
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: high
notes: Extraction is based on the supplied chapter text and translator’s notes.
Motif mapping for guidance and duality is interpretive and should be checked by
a human reviewer.
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 comparisons beyond the passage’s own note comparing devotional repetition with the Christian Lord’s Prayer were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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