batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l9086-l9157
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l9086-l9157
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9086-9157
start: '9086'
end: '9157'
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: Receive the law which we have given you, with a resolution to keep it
summary: The passage combines translator's notes on quails, a commanded entry formula,
punishment, Moses' stone and water from the rock, and Quranic verses stating that
righteous believers from several communities have reward with God, recalling the
covenant at Sinai with the mountain lifted over the people, God's mercy after
their turning back, and the punishment of Sabbath transgressors by transformation
into apes as an example and warning.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The notes describe quails brought by a south wind to the Israelites' desert
camp and identify the Arabic name Salw with Hebrew Salwim.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The notes report differing identifications of a city as Jericho or Jerusalem.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The notes discuss the word Hittaton as a formula related to profession of
God's unity and also report a ridiculing substitution attributed to some Israelites.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A pestilence is described as having carried off nearly 70,000 people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The notes describe a stone associated with Moses, Mount Sinai, and a story
in which the stone fled with his garments while he washed.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The notes describe water issuing from places in the rock, including an account
relating twelve places to the twelve tribes of Israel and another account of twenty-four
holes.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The verse states that those who believe, Jews, Christians, and Sabians who
believe in God and the last day and do right will have reward with their Lord
and no fear or grief.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God recalls accepting a covenant and lifting Mount Sinai over the people while
commanding them to receive and keep the law and remember its contents.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: After the covenant episode the people turned back, but God's indulgence and
mercy prevented their destruction.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Those who transgressed on the Sabbath were commanded to be changed into apes
and driven away from human society.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The punished Sabbath transgressors were made an example to contemporaries
and later people, and a warning to the pious.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Israelites
description: The people associated with the desert camp, the covenant at Sinai,
turning back, and Sabbath transgression within their nation.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Moses
description: A prophet associated in the notes with a stone brought from Mount Sinai
and with a story about the stone carrying away his garments.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker who gives the law, accepts the covenant, shows indulgence
and mercy, and commands the Sabbath transgressors' transformation.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Believers, Jews, Christians, and Sabians
description: Communities named as receiving reward when they believe in God and
the last day and do what is right.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sabbath transgressors
description: Members of the nation who transgressed on the Sabbath and were changed
into apes.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Commentators and cited writers
description: Authorities cited in the notes for explanations of the quails, city,
formula, pestilence, stone, and rock-water traditions.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: covenant recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage recalls a covenant accepted with them and a command to receive
the law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: prophet associated with miraculous stone tradition
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The notes identify the stone as one Moses brought from Mount Sinai and narrate
an episode involving Moses and the stone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: desert camp recipients of quails
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The quails are said to have been brought in great numbers to the Israelites'
camp in the desert.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: lawgiver and covenant maker
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God gives the law and accepts the covenant in the recalled Sinai episode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: merciful judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God's indulgence and mercy prevent destruction, and God commands the punitive
transformation of Sabbath transgressors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: righteous rewarded communities
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The verse lists these communities and states the conditions for reward with
their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: punished transgressors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They transgress the Sabbath and are changed into apes, becoming an example
and warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: exegetical authorities
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The notes repeatedly attribute explanations to commentators and named writers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Mount Sinai lifted over the people
literal_form: mountain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: stone or rock of Moses
literal_form: stone or rock
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: water from the rock
literal_form: water issuing from holes or places in a rock
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: quails in the desert camp
literal_form: birds called Salw
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: apes as punitive transformed form
literal_form: apes
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: law received under covenant
literal_form: law given by God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Desert provision and exegetical notes
summary: The notes describe quails brought to the Israelites' desert camp and discuss
related names, locations, formulas, and punishments.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Moses' stone and water from the rock
summary: The notes describe a stone connected to Moses and Mount Sinai, compare
physical descriptions of a rock, and report water issuing from multiple places
in it.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Reward for righteous belief
summary: The verse states that multiple named communities who believe in God and
the last day and do right will have reward, without fear or grief.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Covenant at Sinai
summary: God recalls accepting the covenant, lifting Mount Sinai over the people,
and commanding them to receive and remember the law so that they may beware.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Mercy after turning back and punishment of Sabbath transgressors
summary: After the people turn back, God's indulgence and mercy prevent destruction;
Sabbath transgressors are changed into apes and made an example and warning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Covenant under the lifted mountain
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage explicitly recalls God accepting a covenant and lifting Mount
Sinai over the people while commanding them to receive and keep the law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this translated passage and its note context.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine judgment by punitive transformation
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Sabbath transgressors are commanded to become apes and are made an example
and warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the transformation as punishment; no further details
of process or duration are supplied here.
- id: motif:3
label: Miraculous water from a rock
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The notes report water issuing from multiple places in a rock associated
with Moses and the tribes of Israel.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is contained in translator's notes rather than the main verse excerpt
in this line range, and no matching provided motif-family taxonomy item directly
names rock-water provision.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine mercy averting destruction after disobedience
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says the people turned back and would have been destroyed but
for God's indulgence and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not describe the threatened destruction in detail.
- id: motif:5
label: Righteous across communities rewarded by God
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The verse names believers, Jews, Christians, and Sabians and states that
whoever believes in God and the last day and acts rightly receives reward and
freedom from fear and grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: No provided taxonomy family directly corresponds to this inclusivist reward
formula.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note makes a linguistic comparison between the Arabic bird name Salw
and the Hebrew Salwim in the wilderness-provision tradition.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Arabic Salw and Hebrew Salwim
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim is limited to the translator's note and does not independently
establish historical contact beyond the asserted name similarity.
- id: claim:2
claim: The notes compare the rock-water tradition with biblical wilderness passages,
including Horeb and the wells at Elim.
claim_level: same_function
target: Biblical wilderness water traditions in Exodus and Numbers
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note itself reports disagreement about whether the traditions are
being conflated; the passage does not resolve the issue.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9086-9091
quote_or_summary: Eastern writers say quails of a peculiar kind were brought by
a south wind from Yaman to the Israelites' desert camp; the birds are called Salw
in Arabic, compared with Hebrew Salwim.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: line 9092
quote_or_summary: Commentators identify the city differently, some as Jericho and
others as Jerusalem.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 9093-9100
quote_or_summary: The note explains Hittaton as possibly connected to the profession
of God's unity and reports an alternative ridiculing phrase and posture attributed
to Jallalo'ddin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: line 9101
quote_or_summary: A pestilence which carried off near 70,000 of them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 9102-9117
quote_or_summary: Commentators describe a stone Moses brought from Mount Sinai,
including a story that it fled with his garments while he washed and descriptions
of its shape and material.
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 9118-9137
quote_or_summary: The notes discuss whether the rock-water episode is confused with
other biblical water traditions and cite accounts of water issuing from twelve
places, or of twenty-four holes, in the rock.
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 9145-9148
quote_or_summary: Those who believe, Jews, Christians, and Sabians who believe in
God and the last day and do right will have reward with their Lord and no fear
or grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 9149-9152
quote_or_summary: Call to mind also when we accepted your covenant, and lifted up
the mountain of Sinai over you... Receive the law which we have given you
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 9153-9154
quote_or_summary: After this the people turned back; without God's indulgence and
mercy they would have been destroyed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 9154-9156
quote_or_summary: Be ye changed into apes, driven away from the society of men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 9156-9157
quote_or_summary: The transformed transgressors were made an example to contemporaries
and later people and a warning to the pious.
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: Main events and notes are explicit in the supplied passage. Motif labels
are conservative and limited to available evidence; some material derives from
translator/exegetical notes rather than the main Quranic verse text.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage text and metadata. Taxonomy references were limited to provided motif-family and symbol lists.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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