batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l2057-l2175
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
passage_locator:
label: THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2057-2175
start: '2057'
end: '2175'
translation: The Mesnevi
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'The passage presents several anecdotes about Jelāl: he consumes seventeen
purgative draughts and much ice without harm, then sings and dances for three
days; he defends his disciples after criticism from the Perwāna and others; and
he aids a disobedient young merchant, who after captivity receives dream-instruction
from Jelāl, heals a foreign prince, and is released.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A physician in Qonya sometimes visited Jelāl.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Jelāl requested seventeen purgative draughts for a stated number of friends,
then drank all seventeen himself in the physician’s presence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The physician found Jelāl at home in perfect health, seated and lecturing
to disciples.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: When advised to abstain from water, Jelāl ordered ice to be brought and swallowed
a large quantity.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Jelāl went to a hot-bath and then sang and danced continuously for three days
and nights.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The physician called the event the greatest miracle and joined Jelāl’s disciples
with his family and other medical professionals.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The Perwāna publicly praised Jelāl as matchless while criticizing his disciples
as disreputable.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Jelāl replied in a note that he accepted bad disciples so that they might
reform and become righteous.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: After reading Jelāl’s words, the Perwāna became more attached to him, asked
pardon, prayed for forgiveness, and distributed bounty among the disciples.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Another man said Jelāl was a great saint and sovereign but should be dragged
away from his disciples.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Jelāl answered that his followers are disliked by worldly men because they
are beloved and favorably regarded by God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Jelāl used the image of sifting mankind and said only his friends remained
in his sieve.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: A young merchant near Jelāl’s college intended to sail to Egypt, despite friends’
attempts to dissuade him and Jelāl’s strict prohibition.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: The young merchant secretly left, sailed from Antioch, was captured by Firengī
pirates, and was confined in a deep dungeon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: The merchant remained imprisoned for forty days, weeping and blaming his disobedience
to Jelāl.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:16
text: On the fortieth night, the merchant saw Jelāl in a dream, who told him to
answer future questions with the words, “I know.”
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:17
text: Firengī people with an interpreter asked the merchant whether he knew philosophy
and therapeutics because their prince was sick; he answered, “I know.”
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:18
text: The captors removed the merchant from the pit, bathed him, clothed him in
a vestment of honour, and brought him to the sick prince.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:19
text: The merchant prepared seven fruits with scammony into a draught and gave it
to the sick prince.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:20
text: The prince recovered after two or three visits, and the merchant is said to
have become a philosopher through Jelāl’s favor and assistance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jelāl
description: Central saintly figure who performs extraordinary acts, defends disciples,
prohibits the merchant’s voyage, appears in a dream, and assists him.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:12
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Qonya physician
description: A great physician of eminence and ability who witnesses Jelāl drinking
the draughts and ice, then becomes his disciple.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Jelāl’s disciples
description: Followers criticized by outsiders and defended by Jelāl as people accepted
for reform and grace.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The Perwāna
description: Palace figure who praises Jelāl but criticizes his disciples, later
asks pardon and gives bounty.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unnamed great and good man
description: A man who calls Jelāl a great saint and sovereign but says he should
be separated from his disciples.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Young merchant
description: A disciple living near Jelāl’s college who disobeys a prohibition,
is captured, receives dream guidance, and heals a foreign prince.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Firengī pirates and people
description: Foreign captors who seize the merchant’s ship and later take him from
the dungeon to help their sick prince.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Firengī prince
description: A sick prince healed by the young merchant’s treatment.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Interpreter
description: A person accompanying the Firengī people when they question the merchant.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: saintly master
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jelāl gives commands, teaches disciples, is called saint and sovereign, and
is credited with favor and assistance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:15
- id: role:2
label: miracle-worker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The physician declares Jelāl’s survival and later exertions to be the greatest
miracle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: dream guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jelāl appears in the merchant’s dream and gives the words that lead to his
release.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:4
label: medical witness
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The physician prepares the draughts and observes Jelāl’s actions and health.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: converted witness
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: After witnessing the event, the physician joins Jelāl’s disciples with family
and colleagues.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: disciple
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
basis: The passage identifies Jelāl’s followers as disciples and says the young
merchant professed himself a sincere disciple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: critic of disciples
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Both figures praise Jelāl while objecting to his association with his disciples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: repentant patron
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Perwāna asks pardon and distributes bounty after reading Jelāl’s note.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: disobedient voyager
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The merchant secretly departs after Jelāl prohibits the voyage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: inspired healer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The merchant, though described as illiterate, prepares a treatment that heals
the prince.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:11
label: captors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Firengī pirates capture the ship and imprison the merchant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: sick ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Firengī people say their prince is sick, and he later recovers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: role:13
label: mediator of speech
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The interpreter accompanies the Firengī people when they question the merchant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: seventeen purgative draughts
literal_form: Seventeen medicinal draughts prepared by the physician and consumed
by Jelāl.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: water, rivers, ice, and bath
literal_form: Jelāl quotes “Beneath which rivers flow,” is told to abstain from
water, swallows ice, and goes to a hot-bath.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: three days and nights
literal_form: A duration of continuous singing and dancing after the hot-bath.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: sieve
literal_form: Jelāl’s image of sifting all mankind, with his friends remaining in
the sieve.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: ship and voyage
literal_form: The merchant travels toward Egypt and sails from Antioch before capture.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: deep dungeon or pit
literal_form: The merchant is confined in a deep dungeon and later taken out of
the pit.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: forty days
literal_form: The merchant’s period of imprisonment before the dream occurs on the
fortieth night.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:8
label: dream instruction
literal_form: Jelāl appears in the merchant’s dream and instructs him to answer,
“I know.”
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: seven fruits and scammony draught
literal_form: Seven fruits prepared with scammony into a medicinal draught.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:10
label: vestment of honour
literal_form: A handsome garment given to the merchant after he is taken from the
pit and bathed.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Jelāl’s bodily invulnerability before the physician
summary: Jelāl obtains seventeen purgative draughts, drinks them all, remains healthy,
swallows ice against medical advice, bathes, and sings and dances for three days
and nights; the physician then joins his disciples.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Jelāl’s reply to the Perwāna about flawed disciples
summary: The Perwāna criticizes Jelāl’s disciples; Jelāl replies that he accepts
bad people so they may reform and attain mercy, after which the Perwāna asks pardon
and gives bounty.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Jelāl’s defense of his followers
summary: After another man suggests Jelāl should be removed from his disciples,
Jelāl says his followers are beloved of God and describes them as those who remain
after he has sifted mankind.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: The merchant’s forbidden voyage, captivity, dream, and healing
summary: A young merchant disobeys Jelāl’s prohibition, is captured and imprisoned,
receives dream guidance on the fortieth night, answers his captors as instructed,
is elevated from the pit, and heals their sick prince with a medicinal draught.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: saintly miracle witnessed by professional expert
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A skilled physician witnesses Jelāl consume dangerous medicines and ice without
harm and declares the event miraculous, then becomes a disciple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage emphasizes saintly miracle
more directly than abstract wisdom.
- id: motif:2
label: flawed followers transformed through saintly acceptance
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Jelāl says he accepts bad disciples so they may reform and become righteous,
and that they are destined for mercy and grace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames reform and discipleship, but does not describe a formal
initiation rite.
- id: motif:3
label: ordeal after disobedient departure
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- initiation
basis: The young merchant disregards Jelāl’s prohibition, secretly departs, is captured,
endures forty days in prison, repents, and receives guidance leading to release.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The sequence resembles departure and ordeal, but the passage does not
explicitly present it as an initiatory system.
- id: motif:4
label: dream guidance by saint enables rescue and healing
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Jelāl appears in a dream and gives the merchant the answer that leads to
release from prison and an opportunity to heal the sick prince.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is supported by the passage, though the available taxonomy only
loosely captures dream-guidance under wisdom.
- id: motif:5
label: imprisoned captive becomes healer of a ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The merchant is taken from a pit to treat the sick prince and, after preparing
a remedy, succeeds despite being described as illiterate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage attributes success to God, the saints, and Jelāl’s favor;
broader comparative classification would require other texts.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2057-2070
quote_or_summary: A great physician in Qonya visits Jelāl; Jelāl requests seventeen
purgative draughts and then drinks all seventeen in succession before returning
home.
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: lines 2071-2081
quote_or_summary: The physician follows Jelāl expecting to help, but finds him healthy
and lecturing; Jelāl answers with the Qur’anic phrase about rivers, is told to
avoid water, orders ice, and swallows a large quantity.
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: lines 2082-2091
quote_or_summary: Jelāl goes to a hot-bath, then sings and dances for three days
and nights; the physician declares it the greatest miracle and joins Jelāl’s disciples
with family and other medical professionals.
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: lines 2092-2101
quote_or_summary: The Perwāna says publicly that Jelāl is a matchless monarch, but
his disciples are disreputable; the report scandalizes the disciples.
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: lines 2102-2114
quote_or_summary: Jelāl sends a note saying that if his disciples had been good
he would have followed them, but since they were bad he accepted them so they
might reform and receive mercy and grace.
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: lines 2115-2119
quote_or_summary: After reading Jelāl’s words, the Perwāna becomes more attached
to him, asks pardon, prays for forgiveness, and distributes bounty among the disciples.
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: lines 2120-2130
quote_or_summary: Another man says Jelāl is a great saint and sovereign but must
be dragged from his disciples; Jelāl smiles, says “If he can,” and explains that
worldly men resent his followers because they are beloved of God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 2131-2137
quote_or_summary: Jelāl says he has sifted all mankind and all have fallen through
except his friends, and that his existence is their life while their existence
is the life of worldly people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 2138-2147
quote_or_summary: A young merchant near Jelāl’s college becomes his disciple and
desires to voyage to Egypt; friends try to dissuade him, and Jelāl strictly prohibits
the journey.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 2148-2156
quote_or_summary: The merchant secretly leaves, goes to Syria, sails from Antioch,
is captured by Firengī pirates, and is kept in a deep dungeon with minimal food.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 2157-2163
quote_or_summary: For forty days the merchant remains imprisoned, weeping and saying
his suffering is the reward for disobeying Jelāl’s command.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 2164-2171
quote_or_summary: On the fortieth night the merchant sees Jelāl in a dream, who
tells him to answer any questions from the misbelievers with “I know,” by which
he will be released.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief quotation.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 2172-2183
quote_or_summary: Firengī people with an interpreter ask whether the merchant knows
philosophy and therapeutics for their sick prince; he answers “I know,” and they
take him from the pit, bathe and clothe him, and lead him to the sick man.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief quotation.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 2184-2188
quote_or_summary: Inspired of God, the merchant orders seven fruits, prepares them
with a little scammony into a draught, and gives it to the patient.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 2189-2175
quote_or_summary: By God’s grace and the saints’ intercession, the treatment succeeds
after two or three visits; the Firengī prince recovers, and the merchant becomes
a philosopher through Jelāl’s favor and assistance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. The provided locator says
lines 2057-2175, but the supplied passage text continues beyond some internal
line estimates for the final merchant episode; evidence locators are approximate
within the provided passage.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these episodes to another tradition or motif family beyond internal Qur’anic allusion and saintly-hagiographic framing.
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