batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l4143-l4277
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III. / CHAPTER IV.; lines 4143-4277
start: '4143'
end: '4277'
translation: The Mesnevi
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A sequence of anecdotes presents Shemsu-’d-Dīn recognizing sanctity in
an executioner, testing Husāmu-’d-Dīn through the sacrifice of possessions, departing
Qonya for Damascus, incapacitating attackers in Bagdād, punishing and pardoning
an offended disciple, defending that disciple in a market, and prompting Jelāl
to pray for rain to awaken the sleeping people of Qonya.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Shemsu-’d-Dīn identifies a public executioner as one of God’s saints and explains
that the executioner had killed a man of God, releasing his soul from bodily bondage.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The executioner leaves his office, repents, comes to Shemsu-’d-Dīn, bows,
and declares himself a disciple.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Shemsu-’d-Dīn tells Husāmu-’d-Dīn to give money and offer service if he wishes
to rise in the order.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Husāmu-’d-Dīn brings his valuables, money, his wife’s jewels, household provisions,
and the proceeds from selling a vineyard and country-seat to Shemsu-’d-Dīn.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Shemsu-’d-Dīn says that sacrificing worldly possessions tests sincerity, and
that advancement is gained by service and spending in God’s cause.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Shemsu-’d-Dīn returns Husāmu-’d-Dīn’s goods, keeps one piece of silver, later
gives him nine times as much, and Husāmu-’d-Dīn becomes a leading saintly figure
and writer of the Mesnevī couplets.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Shemsu-’d-Dīn leaves Qonya after a first visit and returns to Damascus, leaving
Jelāl uneasy and excited.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: In Bagdād, a eunuch orders slaves to drive away Shemsu-’d-Dīn; two slaves
who attempt to carry out the order become incapacitated, and the eunuch later
dies.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Shemsu-’d-Dīn inflicts deafness on a disciple who offended him, later pardons
him, and restores his hearing.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: In a market, the pardoned disciple publicly proclaims a formula naming Shemsu-’d-Dīn
as apostle of God, causing the market-people to threaten him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: When a man tries to cut down the disciple, Shemsu-’d-Dīn shouts so powerfully
that the man falls dead, and the remaining market-people bow and submit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: On a moonlit roof in Qonya, Shemsu-’d-Dīn asks Jelāl to wake the sleeping
inhabitants so they may share in the blessings of the night.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Jelāl prays toward Mekka, asking God to grant wakefulness to the people for
love of Shemsu-’d-Dīn.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: A black cloud appears, thunder, lightning, and heavy rain follow, and the
sleepers take refuge indoors.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: At daylight, disciples gather around in great numbers, and Shemsu-’d-Dīn relates
the episode to them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Shemsu-’d-Dīn
description: A spiritual figure who identifies saints, receives and restores offerings,
performs or occasions miraculous punishments and healings, and prompts Jelāl’s
prayer.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s disciples
description: Disciples who sit with Shemsu-’d-Dīn and later gather around him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Public executioner
description: A common headsman whom Shemsu-’d-Dīn calls one of God’s saints; he
later repents and becomes Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s disciple.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Man of God killed by the executioner
description: A holy man whose soul is said to have been released from bodily bondage
by the executioner’s act, and who bequeathed saintship to him.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sheykh Husāmu-’d-Dīn
description: A young man respectful toward Shemsu-’d-Dīn who gives up possessions
at Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s request and later becomes ruler of God’s saints, keeper of
God’s treasury, and writer of the Mesnevī couplets.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Husāmu-’d-Dīn’s wife
description: Mentioned through the jewels included among the goods Husāmu-’d-Dīn
brings to Shemsu-’d-Dīn.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Jelāl
description: A figure affected by Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s departure and later praying to
God at Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s request to wake the people of Qonya.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Eunuch in Bagdād palace
description: A eunuch who signals slaves to drive away Shemsu-’d-Dīn and dies two
days later.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Slaves in Bagdād palace
description: Two slaves ordered to drive away Shemsu-’d-Dīn; one raises a sword,
and both become incapacitated.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Offending disciple of Bahā Veled
description: A disciple who offended Shemsu-’d-Dīn, was made deaf and healed, retained
rancor, then publicly proclaimed Shemsu-’d-Dīn in the market.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Market-people
description: People in the market who react to the disciple’s proclamation, threaten
him, and then bow and submit after Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s shout.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Man who attempts to cut down the disciple
description: A person from the market who comes forward to kill the disciple and
falls dead after Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s shout.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Sleeping inhabitants of Qonya
description: People sleeping on housetops whom Shemsu-’d-Dīn asks Jelāl to awaken
so they can share in the night’s blessings.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: God
description: Addressed by Jelāl in prayer as Lord of heaven and earth and asked
to grant wakefulness to the people.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: spiritual master
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Shemsu-’d-Dīn receives disciples, instructs Husāmu-’d-Dīn, and directs Jelāl
to act compassionately.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: miracle-working saint
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Shemsu-’d-Dīn is associated with supernatural incapacitation, deafness and
restored hearing, and a deadly shout.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: tester of sincerity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He asks Husāmu-’d-Dīn for money and explains the sacrifice of possessions
as a test of sincerity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: disciple
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:10
basis: The passage explicitly identifies disciples around Shemsu-’d-Dīn, Husāmu-’d-Dīn’s
service toward him, and Bahā Veled’s disciple who interacts with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: executioner
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The man is described as the public executioner or common headsman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: repentant convert-disciple
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He relinquishes his office, vows repentance, bows, and professes himself
a disciple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: transmitter of saintship
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Shemsu-’d-Dīn says the killed saint bequeathed his own saintship to the executioner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: sacrificial donor and later custodian
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Husāmu-’d-Dīn gives up possessions and later becomes keeper of God’s treasury
and writer of the Mesnevī couplets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: intercessory petitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Jelāl prays to God on behalf of the sleeping people at Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s request.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: would-be attacker
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:12
basis: The eunuch orders an attack or expulsion, the slaves attempt to execute it,
and a market man tries to cut down the disciple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:11
label: pardoned offender
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The disciple offends Shemsu-’d-Dīn, is punished, then pardoned and healed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: hostile crowd turned submissive
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The market-people first wish to kill the disciple and later bow and submit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: sleeping community
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The inhabitants of Qonya are asleep on housetops and are awakened by the
storm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:14
label: divine addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Jelāl addresses God in prayer as Lord of heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bodily bondage
literal_form: body as bondage from which a soul is released by death
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: worldly possessions
literal_form: valuables, money, jewels, provisions, vineyard, country-seat, and
coin
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: one piece of silver
literal_form: a single piece of silver kept by Shemsu-’d-Dīn after restoring Husāmu-’d-Dīn’s
goods
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: sword
literal_form: a sword drawn and raised by a slave and a threatened cutting-down
in the market
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: deafness and restored hearing
literal_form: deafness in both ears followed by restored hearing
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: market proclamation
literal_form: public proclamation of a religious formula naming Shemsu-’d-Dīn
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: moonlit roof
literal_form: terraced roof of the college on a beautiful moonlight night
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: rainstorm awakening
literal_form: black cloud, thunder, lightning, and heavy rain
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:13
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:9
label: orientation toward Mekka
literal_form: Jelāl facing toward Mekka during prayer
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Executioner recognized as saint
summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn identifies a public executioner as a saint, explaining that
the executioner released a holy man’s soul and received saintship from him; the
executioner then repents and becomes a disciple.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Husāmu-’d-Dīn’s offering and restoration
summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn tests Husāmu-’d-Dīn by asking for money; Husāmu-’d-Dīn gives
extensive possessions, receives instruction about sacrifice and sincerity, and
has the goods restored except for one silver piece.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Departure from Qonya
summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn leaves Qonya for Damascus after a first visit, and Jelāl
is left in great uneasiness and excitement.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Bagdād palace punishment
summary: A eunuch orders slaves to drive away Shemsu-’d-Dīn from a palace; the slaves
become incapacitated, Shemsu-’d-Dīn leaves, and the eunuch dies two days later.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Punishment, pardon, and market crisis
summary: A disciple who offended Shemsu-’d-Dīn is made deaf and later healed; in
a market he proclaims Shemsu-’d-Dīn in a religious formula, provoking a crowd
until Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s shout kills an attacker and the crowd submits.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Rain awakens Qonya
summary: On a moonlit roof, Shemsu-’d-Dīn asks Jelāl to awaken the sleeping people;
Jelāl prays toward Mekka, and a sudden storm wakes the inhabitants, after which
disciples gather.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: sanctity transferred through death
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The executioner’s killing of a man of God is described as releasing the saint’s
soul from the body, after which the saint bequeaths saintship to the executioner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames this as hagiographic recompense rather than a full
death-and-rebirth narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: renunciation of possessions as spiritual test
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- sacred_exchange
basis: Husāmu-’d-Dīn gives up valuables, jewels, provisions, real estate proceeds,
and money after Shemsu-’d-Dīn says money and service are required; Shemsu-’d-Dīn
explains this as testing sincerity and sacrificing worldly possessions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The material goods are restored, so the sacrifice is presented as a test
and offering rather than permanent loss.
- id: motif:3
label: spiritual advancement through service and spending
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- wisdom
basis: Shemsu-’d-Dīn teaches that no disciple rises by personal devices and that
advancement is earned by service and spending in God’s cause.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is doctrinal and initiatory in tone, not a mythic journey episode.
- id: motif:4
label: saint’s protective punishment of aggressors
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: 'Would-be aggressors against Shemsu-’d-Dīn or his disciple are incapacitated
or killed: slaves become palsied, a eunuch dies, and a market attacker falls dead
after Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s shout.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage attributes actions to Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s saintly power, but does
not explicitly call them divine judgment.
- id: motif:5
label: punishment and healing by a saint
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Shemsu-’d-Dīn inflicts deafness on an offending disciple and later pardons
him and restores his hearing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no precise healing-miracle family; the wisdom
reference is broad.
- id: motif:6
label: intercessory prayer brings storm awakening
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
- wisdom
basis: Jelāl faces Mekka and prays to God at Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s request; a cloud, thunder,
lightning, and heavy rain immediately awaken the sleeping inhabitants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage concerns awakening through rain, not literal ascent; taxonomy
fit is approximate.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4143-4154
quote_or_summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn, sitting with disciples, calls a passing public
executioner one of God’s saints and explains that he killed a man of God, releasing
his soul and receiving that saint’s saintship.
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 4156-4158
quote_or_summary: The next day the executioner relinquishes his office, vows repentance,
bows to Shemsu-’d-Dīn, and professes himself a disciple.
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 4162-4175
quote_or_summary: Husāmu-’d-Dīn serves Shemsu-’d-Dīn; Shemsu-’d-Dīn asks him for
coin, and Husāmu-’d-Dīn brings valuables, money, his wife’s jewels, provisions,
and the sale proceeds of a vineyard and country-seat.
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 4177-4191
quote_or_summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn says saints need nothing, but testing a loved one’s
sincerity requires calling for the sacrifice of worldly possessions; advancement
comes by service and spending in God’s cause.
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 4193-4199
quote_or_summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn restores all Husāmu-’d-Dīn’s goods except one piece
of silver, later gives him nine times as much, and Husāmu-’d-Dīn becomes ruler
of God’s saints, keeper of God’s treasury, and writer of the Mesnevī couplets.
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 4203-4208
quote_or_summary: Shemsu-’d-Dīn leaves Qonya for Damascus after about sixteen months,
and his departure leaves Jelāl in great uneasiness and excitement.
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 4212-4224
quote_or_summary: In Bagdād, a eunuch signals slaves to drive away Shemsu-’d-Dīn
from a palace; one slave raises a sword but his arm withers, another is similarly
incapacitated, and the eunuch dies two days later.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 4228-4236
quote_or_summary: A disciple of Bahā Veled offends Shemsu-’d-Dīn; Shemsu-’d-Dīn
inflicts deafness on both ears, later pardons him and restores hearing, though
the man keeps rancor.
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 4238-4251
quote_or_summary: In a market, the disciple proclaims Shemsu-’d-Dīn as apostle of
God; the crowd threatens him, but Shemsu-’d-Dīn’s shout kills an attacker, the
rest submit, and Shemsu-’d-Dīn corrects the disciple’s wording.
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 4255-4264
quote_or_summary: On a beautiful moonlit night, Jelāl and Shemsu-’d-Dīn are on a
terraced college roof while Qonya’s inhabitants sleep on housetops; Shemsu-’d-Dīn
asks Jelāl to wake them for the night’s blessings.
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 4266-4274
quote_or_summary: Jelāl faces Mekka and prays to God to grant wakefulness for love
of Shemsu-’d-Dīn; a black cloud, thunder, lightning, and heavy rain immediately
awaken the sleepers, who flee indoors.
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 4276-4277
quote_or_summary: At daylight, disciples gather around in numbers likened to the
raindrops of the shower, and Shemsu-’d-Dīn relates the story to them.
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: The passage is a set of clear hagiographic anecdotes. Motif assignments are
limited by the supplied taxonomy, which lacks exact categories for saintly miracles,
punitive paralysis, and weather miracles.
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 its own Sufi hagiographic framing.
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