batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l937-l987
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-rumi-mesnevi-book-1-redhouse-gutenberg-l937-l987
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
passage_locator:
label: FROM THE WORK ENTITLED / THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II.;
lines 937-987
start: '937'
end: '987'
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 recounts the Seyyid’s failed attempt to leave secretly, his
fall and injury, Jelāl’s immediate healing of the crushed limb, the Seyyid’s prepared
death with ablution and a final hymn to God, his burial, the failed construction
of a dome over his grave, and Jelāl’s later prayer at the tomb.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: While riding among vineyards with friends, the Seyyid considered secretly
leaving for Qaysariyya.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: After the Seyyid conceived the idea of absconding, his beast reared, threw
him, and broke his leg.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Jelāl ordered the Seyyid’s boot removed, saw the crushed foot and toes, passed
his hands along the injured limb, blew on it, and the limb was restored whole.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: After the healing, Jelāl granted permission and the Seyyid proceeded to Qaysariyya.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: When the Seyyid’s time to die came, he told his servant to prepare warm water,
leave, and announce that the stranger Seyyid had departed to the other world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The Seyyid bolted the door so that none should enter.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The servant returned to the door and observed through a chink as the Seyyid
performed ablution, arranged his dress, and lay down on his couch.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The Seyyid called upon angels, saints, and heavens who had entrusted him with
secrets to come and receive back their charges.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The Seyyid recited a final hymn addressing God as beloved and asking God to
receive his soul.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: After the Seyyid’s last words, he yielded up his spirit; his friends gathered,
carried him forth, and buried him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: A rich and powerful disciple raised a mausoleum over the Seyyid’s grave.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: 'The departed saint would not allow a cupola to stand: two domes were shaken
down by earthquakes, and in a dream the Seyyid forbade a third construction.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: After forty days of mourning, Jelāl traveled from Qonya to Qaysariyya, prayed
at the tomb of his deceased teacher, and returned home.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the Seyyid
description: A teacher and saintly figure who is injured, healed by Jelāl, later
prepares for death, addresses heavenly beings, dies, is buried, and appears in
a dream forbidding a third cupola.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jelāl
description: The Seyyid’s teacher-student relation is implied by the Seyyid calling
himself Jelāl’s teacher; Jelāl heals the Seyyid’s injured limb, grants permission
for travel, and later prays at the Seyyid’s tomb.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: party of friends
description: Friends take the Seyyid riding, raise him after his fall, conduct him
to a country-house, and later gather to bury him.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: servant
description: The servant prepares warm water, is told to announce the Seyyid’s departure,
observes the death preparations, and carries the news to the Seyyid’s friends.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: angels, saints, and heavens
description: Collective heavenly recipients whom the Seyyid summons to receive back
secrets entrusted to him.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: rich and powerful disciple
description: A disciple who raises a mausoleum over the Seyyid’s grave.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: the beast
description: The animal ridden by the Seyyid; it rears, throws him, and breaks his
leg.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Seyyid asks Jelāl whether breaking his leg is the proper way to reward
his teacher; Jelāl later prays at the tomb of his deceased teacher.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: dying saint
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls him the departed saint and describes his deliberate preparations,
last words, death, burial, and posthumous dream command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: bearer of entrusted secrets
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He calls on angels, saints, and heavens who had entrusted him with secrets
to receive their charges back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: healer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jelāl passes his hands along the injured limb, blows on it, and the limb
is restored whole.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: visitor to tomb
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jelāl journeys to Qaysariyya and prays at the tomb of his deceased teacher.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: helpers and mourners
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The friends raise the Seyyid after his fall, conduct him to a country-house,
later gather, carry him forth, and bury him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: witness and messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The servant prepares the water, observes through the door, and carries news
of the death to the friends.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: heavenly recipients of returned secrets
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Seyyid summons them to come and receive back the secrets entrusted to
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: mausoleum builder
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The disciple raises a mausoleum over the Seyyid’s grave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: instrument of fall
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The beast rears, throws the Seyyid, and breaks his leg.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: warm water for ablution
literal_form: warm water used by the Seyyid before death
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: divine love as fire
literal_form: hymnic image of the heart fired with divine love
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: sealed room
literal_form: bolted door preventing entry during the Seyyid’s final preparations
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: tomb and mausoleum
literal_form: grave, mausoleum, attempted cupola, and tomb where Jelāl prays
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: fallen dome
literal_form: cupola shaken down twice by earthquakes and forbidden in a dream
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Secret departure attempt and fall
summary: The Seyyid considers absconding during a ride among vineyards; immediately
afterward his mount throws him and breaks his leg, and his friends take him to
a country-house where Jelāl is present.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Jelāl heals the crushed limb
summary: The Seyyid accuses Jelāl of breaking his teacher’s leg; Jelāl examines
the crushed limb, passes his hands along it, blows on it, and it is restored whole
before the Seyyid leaves with permission.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Prepared death behind a closed door
summary: The Seyyid has warm water prepared, tells the servant to announce his departure
to the other world, bolts the door, performs ablution, arranges his dress, lies
down, and summons heavenly beings to receive back entrusted secrets.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Final hymn and death
summary: The Seyyid recites a hymn to God as beloved, asks God to receive his soul,
then dies; the servant reports this, and friends bury him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Mausoleum and rejected cupola
summary: 'A disciple builds a mausoleum over the grave, but the departed saint is
said not to allow a cupola: two domes fall in earthquakes, and a dream forbids
a third attempt.'
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Jelāl prays at the tomb
summary: After forty days of mourning, Jelāl travels to Qaysariyya, prays at his
teacher’s tomb, and returns home.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: miraculous healing by touch and breath
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jelāl heals a crushed limb by passing his hands along it and blowing on it,
after which it is restored whole.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No matching provided motif-family taxonomy reference is available for
this specific healing pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: foreknown and ritually prepared death of a saint
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The Seyyid announces departure to the other world, performs ablution, arranges
his dress, summons heavenly beings, recites a final hymn, and dies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions departure to the other world but does not map stages
of an afterlife journey.
- id: motif:3
label: divine beloved at the moment of death
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The final hymn addresses God as beloved and asks God to receive the Seyyid’s
soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is drawn from the hymn’s devotional language in this death scene.
- id: motif:4
label: return of entrusted heavenly secrets before death
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Seyyid calls on angels, saints, and heavens who entrusted him with secrets
to come and receive them back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The nature of the secrets is not described.
- id: motif:5
label: posthumous saint controls tomb architecture
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The departed saint is said not to allow a cupola to stand; earthquakes bring
down two domes and a dream forbids a third construction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No provided taxonomy reference directly covers this tomb miracle pattern.
- id: motif:6
label: pilgrimage-like prayer at the teacher’s tomb
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Jelāl travels to Qaysariyya after mourning and prays at the tomb of his deceased
teacher.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes travel and prayer at the tomb, but does not explicitly
label it a pilgrimage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 937-944
quote_or_summary: Friends take the Seyyid riding among vineyards; he thinks of secretly
going to Qaysariyya, and immediately his beast rears, throws him, and breaks his
leg; friends take him to a country-house where Jelāl has come.
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 945-952
quote_or_summary: The Seyyid asks Jelāl whether this is how to reward his teacher;
Jelāl removes the boot, sees the crushed foot and toes, passes his hands along
the limb, blows on it, restores it whole, and grants permission for the Seyyid
to go to Qaysariyya.
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 956-963
quote_or_summary: When the time for the Seyyid to die comes, he orders warm water
prepared, tells the servant to announce that the stranger Seyyid has departed
to the other world, and bolts the door.
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 964-971
quote_or_summary: The servant watches through a chink as the Seyyid performs ablution,
arranges his dress, lies on his couch, and calls angels, saints, and heavens to
receive back secrets entrusted to him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 973-978
quote_or_summary: "“God, my beloved... My soul receive... In Thee alone my heart
finds peace; it fire with love divine.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mesnevi-book-1-redhouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 980-982
quote_or_summary: The hymn is the Seyyid’s last speech before he yields up his spirit;
the servant tells the friends, who gather, carry him forth, and bury him.
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 984-987
quote_or_summary: A rich disciple raises a mausoleum over the grave; the departed
saint will not allow a cupola, two domes are shaken down by earthquakes, and in
a dream the Seyyid forbids a third edification.
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 989-991
quote_or_summary: After forty days of mourning, a letter is sent to Jelāl; he travels
from Qonya to Qaysariyya, prays at his deceased teacher’s tomb, and returns home.
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 well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are descriptive and cautious; taxonomy mapping is limited to the provided motif
and symbol lists.
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 provided passage and metadata. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support a comparison beyond internal motif description.
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