batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l9486-l9548
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l9486-l9548
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 9486-9548
start: '9486'
end: '9548'
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 instructs believers how to address and obey the apostle; contrasts
believers with unbelievers, idolaters, Jews, and Christians; states that God controls
revelation, mercy, heaven and earth; commands prayer, almsgiving, forgiveness,
and avoidance; disputes exclusive salvation claims; says God will judge disagreements
on the day of resurrection; condemns those who obstruct God's temples; and affirms
that east and west belong to God and that God's face is present wherever one turns
to pray.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Believers are told not to say one salutation to the apostle but to say another
and to hearken.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Unbelievers among scripture recipients and idolaters are said not to desire
good to be sent down from the Lord to the believers.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God is said to appropriate mercy to whom he pleases and to bring a better
or similar verse when a verse is abrogated or caused to be forgotten.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God is said to possess the kingdom of heaven and earth, and believers are
told they have no protector or helper except God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage asks whether believers will require of the apostle what was formerly
required of Moses.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Some scripture recipients are described as desiring to make believers unbelievers
again after truth has become manifest; believers are told to forgive and avoid
them until God sends his command.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Believers are commanded to be constant in prayer and give alms, with the good
sent before for their souls to be found with God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A claim is reported that none shall enter paradise except Jews or Christians;
the response demands proof and states that one who resigns himself to God and
does right shall have reward and no fear or grief.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: Jews and Christians are reported as denying one another's religious standing,
although both read the scriptures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:10
text: God is said to judge between disputing groups on the day of resurrection.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Those who prohibit God's temples from remembrance of his name and hasten to
destroy them are called unjust and are assigned fear, shame in this world, and
grievous punishment in the next.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: East and west are said to belong to God, and wherever worshippers turn to
pray, there is the face of God.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: true believers
description: The addressed group instructed in speech, obedience, prayer, alms,
forgiveness, and trust in God.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the apostle
description: The messenger whom believers are instructed how to address and whom
they are warned not to question as Moses was formerly questioned.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure described as merciful, beneficent, almighty, possessor
of heaven and earth, protector, helper, judge, omnipresent, and omniscient.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: infidels / unbelievers / idolaters
description: Opposing groups associated with grievous punishment and with not desiring
good to be sent to believers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Moses
description: A prior messenger used as a comparison for a former demand made by
his people; the note identifies the demand as seeing God manifestly.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: those unto whom the scriptures have been given
description: A scripture-receiving group, some of whom are said to desire that believers
become unbelievers again.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Jews
description: A group reported as claiming exclusive salvation with Christians and
as denying the standing of Christians.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Christians
description: A group reported as claiming exclusive salvation with Jews and as denying
the standing of Jews.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: those who prohibit or destroy God's temples
description: Persons condemned for preventing remembrance of God's name in temples
and hastening to destroy them.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:15
roles:
- id: role:1
label: addressed worshipping community
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They are directly addressed and commanded to hearken, pray, give alms, forgive,
and avoid opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: apostle / messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is called the apostle and is the person believers are instructed how to
address.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: divine sovereign and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is said to control mercy, revelation, heaven and earth, and to be the
only protector or helper.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: eschatological judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is said to judge between disputing groups on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: opponents of believers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are described as infidels or unbelievers and as not desiring good for
believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: precedent prophetic figure
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Moses is named as a prior figure whose experience is compared with demands
made of the apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: scripture community
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: The passage refers to those given scriptures and to Jews and Christians reading
the scriptures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: disputing religious claimants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Jews and Christians are reported as making rival claims about salvation and
each other's religious standing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: role:9
label: temple obstructors or destroyers
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They prohibit God's temples from remembrance of his name and hasten to destroy
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: abrogated or replaced verse
literal_form: verse that is abrogated, forgotten, or replaced by a better or similar
verse
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: straight way
literal_form: the straight way from which one errs after exchanging faith for infidelity
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: prayer and alms
literal_form: acts of prayer and almsgiving commanded to believers
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: paradise
literal_form: paradise as the place whose entry is disputed by Jews and Christians
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: day of resurrection
literal_form: the day on which God judges between disputing groups
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: temples of God
literal_form: temples or sacred places where God's name should be remembered
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:15
- id: sym:7
label: east and west
literal_form: the east and the west belonging to God
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:8
label: face of God
literal_form: the face of God present wherever worshippers turn to pray
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Correct address to the apostle
summary: Believers are instructed to use one form of address rather than another
for the apostle and to listen; infidels are threatened with punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Divine control of mercy and revelation
summary: Unbelievers are said not to desire good for believers, while God gives
mercy as he pleases and may replace or restore verses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Warning against demands like those made of Moses
summary: The passage affirms God's sovereignty and asks whether believers will require
of the apostle what was formerly required of Moses, warning against exchanging
faith for infidelity.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:13
- id: scene:4
label: Conduct toward hostile scripture recipients
summary: Some scripture recipients are said to wish believers would become unbelievers
again; believers are told to forgive, avoid them, pray, and give alms.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Dispute over salvation and judgment
summary: Exclusive claims about paradise by Jews and Christians are challenged;
submission to God and right action are associated with reward, and God will judge
religious disputes on the day of resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: scene:6
label: Temples, orientation, and divine presence
summary: Those who prevent remembrance of God in temples or destroy them are condemned;
God is said to own east and west, and God's face is present wherever worshippers
turn to pray.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment on the day of resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage states that God will judge between disputing groups on the day
of resurrection and also assigns reward or punishment in relation to belief, right
action, and obstruction of worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents doctrinal statements rather than a narrative journey
through the afterlife.
- id: motif:2
label: Exclusive salvation claim challenged by divine proof and judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The reported claim that only Jews or Christians enter paradise is challenged
by a demand for proof, followed by a statement that submission to God and right
action receive reward and that God judges disputes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: No separate taxonomy reference for exclusive salvation dispute is supplied;
mapped only to divine judgment.
- id: motif:3
label: Sacred space obstructed and restored to divine remembrance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage condemns those who prohibit God's temples from remembrance of
his name and hasten to destroy them, assigning worldly shame and otherworldly
punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: Available taxonomy does not include a specific sacred-space or temple-profanation
motif family.
- id: motif:4
label: Universal divine presence across prayer directions
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: East and west are said to belong to God, and wherever worshippers turn to
pray, there is the face of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an orientation and divine-presence pattern; no supplied taxonomy
reference directly matches it.
- id: motif:5
label: Revelation superseded or replaced by divine will
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage says that whatever verse God abrogates or causes to be forgotten,
God brings a better one or one like it, linking revelation with divine omnipotence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The supplied taxonomy has no direct 'revelation' or 'scriptural abrogation'
motif; 'wisdom' is only a broad approximate category.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly compares possible demands made of the apostle with
demands formerly made of Moses; the note identifies the former demand as seeing
God manifestly.
claim_level: same_function
target: 'Moses tradition: demand to see God manifestly'
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage provides only a brief allusion and a translator's note,
not a full retelling of the Moses episode.
- id: claim:2
claim: The note presents the salvation dispute as involving Jews of Medina and Christians
of Najran, each asserting that only their religion should be saved, paralleling
the passage's reported exclusive salvation claim.
claim_level: same_function
target: Jewish-Christian salvation dispute in the passage note
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:14
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This comparison is within the translator's explanatory note attached
to the passage, not an independent external tradition.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 9486-9488
quote_or_summary: "“O true believers, say not to our apostle, Rana; but say Ondhorna;
and hearken: the infidels shall suffer a grievous punishment.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 9489-9493
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers among scripture recipients and idolaters do not desire
good to be sent to believers from the Lord; God gives mercy to whom he pleases
and is beneficent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 9494-9496
quote_or_summary: "“Whatever verse we shall abrogate, or cause thee to forget, we
will bring a better than it, or one like unto it.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 9497-9499
quote_or_summary: God possesses the kingdom of heaven and earth; no protector or
helper exists for the addressed people except God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 9500-9502
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether the addressed people will require of
the apostle what was formerly required of Moses and warns that exchanging faith
for infidelity is error from the straight way.
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 9503-9507
quote_or_summary: Many scripture recipients desire, from envy, to make believers
unbelievers again after truth has become manifest; believers are told to forgive
and avoid them until God sends his command.
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 9508-9510
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to be constant in prayer and give alms; the
good sent before for their souls will be found with God, who sees what they do.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 9511-9513
quote_or_summary: A saying is reported that none shall enter paradise except Jews
or Christians; the reply asks them to produce proof if truthful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 9514-9516
quote_or_summary: Whoever resigns himself to God and does right will have reward
with the Lord and will have no fear or grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 9517-9522
quote_or_summary: Jews and Christians are reported as denying one another's standing
while both read scripture; God will judge between them on the day of resurrection
concerning their disagreement.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 9523-9527
quote_or_summary: Those who prohibit God's temples from remembrance of his name
and hasten to destroy them are condemned; they will enter with fear, have shame
in this world, and grievous punishment in the next.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: lines 9528-9530
quote_or_summary: "“To GOD belongeth the east and the west; therefore whithersoever
ye turn yourselves to pray, there is the face of GOD.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for evidence.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: note y, lines 9538-9539
quote_or_summary: The note explains the former requirement of Moses as a demand
to see God manifestly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: note z, lines 9540-9542
quote_or_summary: The note says the paradise-entry passage was revealed on occasion
of a dispute with Jews of Medina and Christians of Najran, each asserting that
only their religion should be saved.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: note d, lines 9546-9548
quote_or_summary: The note glosses the temple prohibition as hindering people from
adoring God in sacred places and gives contextual explanations involving Jerusalem
or Mecca.
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: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are cautious because much of the passage is doctrinal and exhortative rather than
narrative, and some patterns lack direct supplied taxonomy references.
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: |-
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