batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l9618-l9672
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l9618-l9672
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 9618-9672
start: '9618'
end: '9672'
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: We make no distinction between any of them, and to GOD are we resigned.
summary: The passage invokes a prayer for an apostle to teach signs, the book, wisdom,
and purification; presents Abraham as chosen and resigned to God; recounts Abraham
and Jacob bequeathing the chosen religion to their descendants; affirms worship
of one God shared by Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Jesus, the tribes,
and the prophets; and rejects sectarian claims that Abrahamic figures were Jews
or Christians.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A prayer asks the Lord to send an apostle from among the people to declare
divine signs, teach the book of the Koran and wisdom, and purify them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Abraham is described as chosen in this world and righteous in the world to
come.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: When the Lord commands Abraham to resign himself, Abraham answers that he
has resigned himself to the Lord of all creatures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Abraham bequeaths this religion to his children, and Jacob does the same,
telling his children that God has chosen this religion for them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: At the point of death, Jacob asks his sons whom they will worship after him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Jacob’s sons answer that they will worship the God of Jacob and of his fathers
Abraham, Ismael, and Isaac, one God, and will be resigned to him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states twice that earlier people have passed away, that they have
what they gained, and that the present audience will have what it gains.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:12
- id: obs:8
text: The passage rejects the instruction to become Jews or Christians and instead
commands adherence to the religion of Abraham the orthodox, who was no idolater.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker affirms belief in God, in what was sent down to the present community,
and in what was sent down or delivered to Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, the tribes,
Moses, Jesus, and the prophets.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The passage says no distinction is made between the prophets and that the
speakers are resigned to God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The phrase “baptism of God” is used; a note explains it as the religion God
instituted in the beginning, with signs compared to water marks on baptized clothes.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: The passage challenges disputes concerning God by saying God is both “our
Lord” and “your Lord,” while each group has its works.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: The passage asks whether Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes were
Jews or Christians, and asks whether the audience is wiser than God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: A note says these words were revealed in response to Jewish claims about earlier
scriptures, the ancient Keblah, and the nation of prophets.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: A note says Jews are accused of corrupting and suppressing prophecies in the
Pentateuch relating to Mohammed.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lord / God
description: The deity addressed in prayer, described as mighty and wise, Lord of
all creatures, and Lord of both disputing groups.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Apostle from among them
description: A requested messenger who would declare divine signs, teach the book
of the Koran and wisdom, and purify the people.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Abraham
description: A chosen righteous figure who resigns himself to God and bequeaths
the chosen religion to his children; described as orthodox and no idolater.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Jacob
description: A descendant figure who bequeaths the same religion to his children
and questions his sons at the point of death about whom they will worship.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jacob’s sons / children
description: The sons answer Jacob that they will worship one God and be resigned
to him.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ismael
description: Named among the fathers whose God Jacob’s sons will worship and among
figures receiving or associated with revelation in the profession of belief.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Isaac
description: Named among the fathers whose God Jacob’s sons will worship and among
figures receiving or associated with revelation in the profession of belief.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Moses
description: Named as one to whom something was delivered from the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Jesus
description: Named as one to whom something was delivered from the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The prophets
description: A collective group said to receive what was delivered from their Lord,
with no distinction made among them.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: The tribes
description: Named in the profession of belief alongside Abraham, Ismael, Isaac,
Jacob, Moses, Jesus, and the prophets.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Jews or Christians
description: Groups whose invitation to become Jews or Christians is rejected and
who are addressed in disputes over God and Abrahamic identity.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine lord and source of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is addressed as Lord, giver of signs and religion, and the one to whom
resignation and worship are directed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: teaching and purifying messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The apostle is requested to declare signs, teach the book and wisdom, and
purify the people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: ancestor transmitting chosen religion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: Abraham and Jacob are both said to bequeath the chosen religion to their
children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: exemplary submitter
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Abraham answers God’s command by saying he has resigned himself to the Lord
of all creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: dying patriarch questioning descendants
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Jacob, at the point of death, asks his sons whom they will worship after
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: descendants affirming one God
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Jacob’s sons answer that they will worship one God and be resigned to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: recognized recipients or bearers of divine revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: The profession of belief names these figures and groups among those to whom
revelation was sent down or delivered, without distinction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: sectarian interlocutors
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The passage addresses claims to become Jews or Christians and disputes over
God and the identity of Abrahamic figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: book of the Koran
literal_form: book
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: divine signs
literal_form: signs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: baptism of God
literal_form: baptism
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: water marks in baptismal comparison
literal_form: water
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Prayer for a teaching apostle
summary: A prayer asks the Lord to send an apostle from among the people to declare
signs, teach the Koran and wisdom, and purify them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Abraham’s submission
summary: God commands Abraham to resign himself, and Abraham responds that he has
resigned himself to the Lord of all creatures.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Religion bequeathed to descendants
summary: Abraham and Jacob transmit the chosen religion to their children and urge
them to die only in resignation.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Jacob’s deathbed question
summary: At the point of death, Jacob asks his sons whom they will worship after
him, and they affirm worship of one God, the God of Jacob and his fathers.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Profession of undivided belief
summary: The passage commands belief in God and in revelation sent down or delivered
to Abrahamic figures, Moses, Jesus, the tribes, and the prophets, with no distinction
among them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Dispute over religious identity
summary: The passage rejects becoming Jews or Christians as the route to direction,
asserts the religion of Abraham, and challenges claims that Abrahamic figures
were Jews or Christians.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Baptism of God explained
summary: The phrase “baptism of God” is presented as something received, and a note
explains it as God’s original religion, compared to visible water signs on baptized
clothes.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ancestor bequeaths chosen religion to descendants
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Abraham and Jacob transmit a God-chosen religion to their children, and Jacob’s
sons affirm continued worship of one God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses language of chosen religion and inheritance rather than
an explicit covenant formula in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: exemplary resignation to the divine command
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God commands Abraham to resign himself, and Abraham answers that he has resigned
himself to the Lord of all creatures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No broader narrative trial is included in the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: prophetic continuity without distinction
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The profession of belief includes revelation to Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob,
the tribes, Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, and says no distinction is made between
any of them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal assertion rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:4
label: wisdom taught by a messenger
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The requested apostle is to teach the book of the Koran and wisdom and to
purify the people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the messenger’s function but does not narrate the teaching
itself.
- id: motif:5
label: divine purification through revealed religion
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The apostle is requested to purify the people, and the “baptism of God” is
explained as God’s original religion whose signs appear on the person who professes
it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The baptismal language is partly clarified by translator’s note, not only
by the main verse text.
- id: motif:6
label: accountability for one’s own works
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that earlier people have what they gained and the present
audience will have what it gains, and that groups have their respective works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: Judgment is implied through gain and works, but no detailed judgment scene
appears in this excerpt.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly aligns the present profession of belief with revelation
associated with Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Jesus, the tribes, and the
prophets, presenting them as part of one undivided prophetic-revelatory pattern.
claim_level: same_function
target: Abrahamic prophetic revelation pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim is limited to the passage’s own list and doctrinal statement;
it does not establish historical contact or textual dependence beyond the passage.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage contrasts the religion of Abraham with Jewish and Christian identity
claims, treating Abraham as a shared ancestral figure whose proper religious affiliation
is disputed.
claim_level: same_function
target: shared Abrahamic ancestor identity pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is internal to the passage’s polemic and should not
be extended to broader traditions without additional evidence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 9618-9620
quote_or_summary: "“send them likewise an apostle from among them” to declare signs,
teach the Koran and wisdom, and purify them."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 9621-9623
quote_or_summary: Abraham is said to be chosen in this world and righteous in the
world to come.
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 9624-9625
quote_or_summary: God says to Abraham, “Resign thyself unto me,” and Abraham answers,
“I have resigned myself unto the LORD of all creatures.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 9626-9628
quote_or_summary: Abraham and Jacob bequeath the chosen religion to their children
and tell them not to die unless resigned.
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 9629-9633
quote_or_summary: At death Jacob asks his sons whom they will worship; they answer
that they will worship the God of Jacob’s fathers Abraham, Ismael, and Isaac,
one God, and be resigned to him.
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 9634-9636
quote_or_summary: Earlier people have passed away and have what they gained; the
audience will have what it gains and will not be questioned about what the earlier
people did.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 9637-9639
quote_or_summary: The passage rejects “Become Jews or Christians” and commands following
“the religion of Abraham the orthodox, who was no idolater.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 9640-9644
quote_or_summary: The profession of belief includes God, what was sent down to the
present community, and what was sent down or delivered to Abraham, Ismael, Isaac,
Jacob, the tribes, Moses, Jesus, and the prophets; no distinction is made among
them.
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 9648-9650 and note m, lines 9661-9664
quote_or_summary: The passage says “The baptism of GOD” has been received; the note
explains this as the religion God instituted in the beginning, whose signs appear
like water signs on baptized clothes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with short phrase.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 9651-9653
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether others will dispute concerning God, who
is both “our Lord” and “your Lord,” and says each group has its works while the
speakers are sincerely devoted to him.
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 9654-9657
quote_or_summary: The passage challenges the claim that Abraham, Ismael, Isaac,
Jacob, and the tribes were Jews or Christians and asks whether the audience is
wiser than God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 9658-9660
quote_or_summary: The passage repeats that past people have passed away, have what
they gained, and that the audience will not be questioned about what they did.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: note n, lines 9665-9668
quote_or_summary: A note says the words were revealed because Jews claimed priority
in scriptures and Keblah and denied that prophets could arise among Arabs.
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 o, lines 9669-9671
quote_or_summary: A note says Jews are accused of corrupting and suppressing Pentateuch
prophecies relating to Mohammed.
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: The passage is doctrinal and polemical rather than primarily narrative; motif
labels are therefore kept close to explicit functions and statements. Footnotes
are treated as passage evidence because they are included in the supplied 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, metadata, and available taxonomy references.
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