batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l13479-l13576
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l13479-l13576
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII. /
XIII.; lines 13479-13576
start: '13479'
end: '13576'
translation: The Mesnevi
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'The Prophet explains how small things can obscure great lights and how
the senses and body obey the heart, likening the heart’s rule to Solomon’s seal.
The passage then narrates Luqmān’s vindication after other slaves accuse him of
eating fruit: a test with hot water causes the guilty to vomit the stolen fruit,
while Luqmān produces only clear water. The episode is applied to the revealing
of hidden sins at judgment, with hell’s scalding water and fire as images of punishment
and ordeal.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A finger placed on the eye is said to deprive the world of the sun’s face,
and a fingertip can blot out the moon.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The ocean, paradise fountains, and four rivers of paradise are described as
obedient by divine command.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The five senses are compared to spouts that bring to the mind what the heart
directs them to seek.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The hands and feet are described as servants of the heart’s request, with
a hidden hand moving bodily powers.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The heart is addressed as ruling like Solomon, using a seal over senses, fairies,
and demons.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: If a demon carries off the heart’s seal, the heart’s reign ends and regret
remains until the day of account.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Luqmān goes with other slaves to gather fruit from an orchard for their lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The slaves eat the gathered fruit during their rest and then blame Luqmān
when they return.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Luqmān proposes that all drink hot water and run in the meadow so that guilt
will be disclosed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: After drinking scalding water and running, the slaves vomit up the stolen
fruit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: When Luqmān vomits, only clear water comes forth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The passage states that on the day hearts’ secrets are revealed, hidden sin
will not remain concealed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Hell’s victims are said to taste scalding water, and hell-fire is described
as the lot of misbelief.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the Prophet
description: Speaker who replies with teachings about sight, obedience of the senses,
the heart, and divine command.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: Divine authority whose command makes the ocean obedient and whose wisdom
reveals deeper riddles.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the heart
description: Personified inner ruler that directs senses, hands, feet, and faculties,
and is likened to Solomon reigning by a seal.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Moses
description: 'Named in a comparison: hands and feet obey the heart as Moses’ rod
obeyed him.'
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Solomon
description: Named as the model for the heart’s royal command through a seal over
fairies and demons.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: demon
description: A being that may rob the heart of its seal, ending its reign.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: fairy
description: A being included among those over whom the heart, like Solomon, is
told to reign.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Luqmān
description: A sage among the slaves and servants of a noble lord, wrongly blamed
for eating fruit and vindicated by a test.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Luqmān’s lord
description: Noble lord who sends servants for fruit, becomes angry at Luqmān, and
orders the proposed test.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: the slaves and servants
description: Servants sent to gather fruit who eat it, blame Luqmān, and are exposed
by vomiting the stolen fruit.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Michael and Isrāfīl
description: Angels named in connection with the fountains Selsabīl and Zenjabīl.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Hell’s victims
description: Those said to taste scalding water’s pangs in the eschatological application.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: teacher-speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Prophet replies with an extended explanation and illustrative teaching.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: divine commander and revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God’s command subdues the ocean, and divine wisdom is said to resolve hidden
riddles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: inner ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The heart commands senses, organs, and faculties and is addressed as reigning
like Solomon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: exemplar of obedient rod
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Moses is mentioned through the comparison of bodily obedience to Moses’ rod.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: seal-bearing royal model
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Solomon’s seal is used as the model for the heart’s command over its realm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: usurper of the seal
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: A demon carrying off the seal is said to end the heart’s reign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: sage
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Luqmān is explicitly called a sage and is credited with philosophy in devising
the trial.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: falsely accused servant
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The other servants lay blame on Luqmān, but the trial produces only clear
water from him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: master and judge of servants
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The lord commands the servants, hears the accusation, becomes angry, and
orders the test.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: guilty accusers
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The slaves consume the fruit, blame Luqmān, and are made to give the fruit
back by vomiting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: punished sinners
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Hell’s victims are said to suffer scalding water when hidden sins are revealed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water under command
literal_form: ocean, paradise fountains, and rivers flowing obediently
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: senses as spouts
literal_form: five senses compared to spouts bringing material to the mind
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Solomon’s seal
literal_form: ancient seal used to guide senses and rule over fairy and demon
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: hot water test
literal_form: scalding water drunk by Luqmān and the slaves before running
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: clear water of innocence
literal_form: clear water issued from Luqmān during the trial
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: stolen fruit exposed
literal_form: fruit vomited up from the guilty servants’ stomachs
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: hell water
literal_form: scalding water tasted by hell’s victims
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: hell fire
literal_form: hell-fire assigned to misbelief and compared to an ordeal by which
stones come to grief
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: mirror and balance
literal_form: mirror and balance named as means by which one may be held quit if
selfish wit is renounced
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: The heart as ruler of the senses
summary: The Prophet explains that the senses and bodily powers obey the heart,
which is likened to Solomon ruling by a seal; the loss of the seal to a demon
ends the heart’s reign.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Luqmān accused after the fruit gathering
summary: Luqmān goes with the servants to gather orchard fruit; the other servants
eat the fruit and then blame him before their lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Hot water trial reveals guilt
summary: Luqmān proposes a test with hot water and running; the guilty servants
vomit stolen fruit, while Luqmān produces only clear water.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Eschatological application
summary: The passage applies the trial to the day when hearts’ secrets are revealed,
describing scalding water and hell-fire as punishments that expose or answer hidden
sin.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Inner sovereignty governed by the heart
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The heart is depicted as commanding the senses, organs, and faculties, with
proper rule compared to Solomon’s sealed authority.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage frames the teaching morally
and psychologically rather than as a narrative quest.
- id: motif:2
label: Seal of authority lost to a demon
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage warns that if a demon carries off the heart’s seal, the heart’s
reign ends and regret lasts until the day of account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The seal episode is used as an analogy, not narrated as an independent
event in the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Wisdom trial exposes hidden guilt
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Luqmān devises a practical ordeal in which hot water and exertion reveal
which servants secretly ate the fruit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage calls this Luqmān’s philosophy and links it to divine wisdom,
but no external tale-type comparison is made here.
- id: motif:4
label: Revelation of heart-secrets at judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly moves from the Luqmān trial to the day when hearts’
secrets are revealed and hidden sin cannot remain concealed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The eschatological motif is expressed as moral application rather than
extended afterlife narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: Punitive scalding water and hell-fire
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hell’s victims taste scalding water, and hell-fire is said to be decreed
for misbelief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a compact doctrinal image, not a detailed map of the
afterlife.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 13479-13491
quote_or_summary: The Prophet says a finger can obscure the sun or moon; he describes
the ocean, paradise fountains Selsabīl and Zenjabīl, and the four rivers of paradise
as obedient under God’s command.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 13492-13515
quote_or_summary: The senses, hands, and feet obey the heart’s direction; the senses
are compared to spouts, and bodily obedience is compared to Moses’ rod obeying
Moses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 13516-13534
quote_or_summary: The heart is said to have found the ancient seal of Solomon and
to rule over senses, organs, fairies, and demons; if a demon steals the seal,
the heart’s reign ends until the day of account.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 13535-13548
quote_or_summary: Luqmān the sage is among the slaves of a noble lord; sent to gather
orchard fruit, the other servants eat the fruit while resting and then blame Luqmān.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 13549-13558
quote_or_summary: Luqmān swears innocence and proposes that all drink hot water
and run in the meadow so that the revealer of hearts’ secrets will disclose guilt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 13559-13570
quote_or_summary: After the lord orders the test, scalding water and running make
the guilty servants vomit up the stolen fruit; when Luqmān’s turn comes, only
clear water comes forth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 13571-13576
quote_or_summary: The passage states that when hearts’ secrets are revealed, hidden
sin will not remain concealed; hell’s victims will taste scalding water, and hell-fire
is decreed for misbelief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif labels
are candidate analytical summaries using only available taxonomy where supported.
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make a comparative
claim beyond internal analogies.
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: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
All content is derived from the supplied public-domain passage and metadata. Offensive racialized phrasing in the translation is not quoted; Luqmān’s social position and description are summarized neutrally.
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