batch.motif.sufi-mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field-gutenberg-l5829-l5934
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
passage_locator:
label: APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III / APPENDIX IV / CHRIST IN MODAMMEDAN TRADITION.;
lines 5829-5934
start: '5829'
end: '5934'
translation: Mystics and Saints of Islam
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'The passage collects Islamic and Persianate reports, sayings, and narrative
fragments about Jesus: Rumi’s life-giving image of Jesus, stories of Jesus’ homelessness
and the world’s transience, a bridge inscription attributed to Jesus, a Dabistan
account of Jesus’ trial and suffering with prophetic citations, notes on Gospel
translation, a moral saying against reputation, and a temptation story involving
Satan on a mountain.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Rumi’s Diwan-i-Shams-i-Tabriz is quoted as identifying the speaker with a
sweet-smiling Jesus through whom the world is alive.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage reports a saying that the pure one is regenerated by the breath
of Jesus.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Jesus sees a fox in the wilderness and asks where it is going; the fox says
it is returning to its home.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Jesus says that everyone has built a house but he has no resting-place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: People offer to build Jesus a house, and he chooses a site at the edge of
the sea where the waves are highest.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Jesus compares the world to a sea on which no lasting building can be raised.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: A bridge inscription at Fatehpur Sikri attributes to Jesus the saying that
the world is a bridge to pass over, not to build upon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: In the Dabistan account, the high-priest asks Jesus under oath whether he
is the Son of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Jesus answers that the questioner has said it and speaks of the Son of man
seated at God’s right hand and descending in the clouds of heaven.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The passage cites Isaiah as announcing a branch from the root of I'shai, a
flower in which the Spirit of God will dwell, and a virgin bearing a son.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Jesus is described as being spat upon, struck, scourged, burdened with a cross,
and led to die.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Pilatus washes his hands and says he takes no part in Jesus’ blood; the Jews
answer that his blood is on them and their children.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: A woman wipes Jesus’ bloodied face with the border of her garment and obtains
three images of it, said to be in Spain, Milan, and Rome.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Mohsin Fani says the Gospel was translated from the tongue of Jesus into Arabic,
Greek, Latin, and Syriac.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: A saying in Ibn Muskawih’s Kitab Jawidan condemns learned men who love reputation,
honored seating, and invitations to feasts.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: In the Kitab-al-Aghani, Satan asks Jesus whether he speaks truth and then
tells him to climb a mountain and cast himself down.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: Jesus answers Satan by saying that God has commanded the Son of Man not to
tempt God by self-destruction.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jalaluddin Rumi
description: Author associated with the Diwan-i-Shams-i-Tabriz and with sayings
about Jesus in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jesus / Son of Mary / Lord Jesus
description: Central figure in the collected traditions; portrayed as life-giving,
homeless, accused, prophetically announced, suffering, and tempted.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Fox
description: Animal encountered by Jesus in the wilderness, returning to its home.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: People offering to build a house
description: People who hear Jesus’ statement of homelessness and offer to build
him a house.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: High-priest
description: Interrogator who asks Jesus whether he is the Son of God.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: God
description: Divine figure named in the oath, at whose right hand the Son of man
is said to sit, and whom Jesus says should not be tempted.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Isaiah
description: Prophet cited as foretelling Jesus’ birth and suffering.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Pilatus
description: Judge who scourges Jesus and washes his hands of Jesus’ blood.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Jews
description: Group described as insisting on Jesus’ death and crucifixion and accepting
responsibility for his blood.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Woman who wipes Jesus’ face
description: Woman who wipes Jesus’ bloodied face with her garment and receives
three images of it.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Satan
description: Tempter who challenges Jesus to climb a mountain and cast himself down.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Mohsin Fani
description: Author of the Dabistan, cited for the trial account and statement about
Gospel translations.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Ibn Muskawih
description: Author of the Kitab Jawidan, cited for a saying attributed to Jesus
about learned men and reputation.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: poet-source
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Rumi’s Diwan is quoted as a source for sayings about Jesus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: life-giving holy figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says the world is alive through Jesus and that the pure one is
regenerated by his breath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: homeless prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jesus states that he has no resting-place while others have houses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: teacher of transience
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jesus teaches that the world is like a sea or bridge on which one should
not build permanently.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: accused Son of God
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The high-priest asks Jesus if he is the Son of God, and Jesus replies affirmatively
in the Dabistan account.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: suffering victim
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jesus is spat upon, struck, scourged, made to carry the cross, and led to
die.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: resister of temptation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jesus refuses Satan’s invitation to cast himself down from a mountain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: animal interlocutor
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The fox answers Jesus’ question and says it is returning home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: would-be builders
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The people offer to pay expenses and build Jesus a house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: interrogator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The high-priest questions Jesus under oath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: divine authority
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: God is invoked in the oath, is said to have a right hand, and is the one
not to be tempted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: role:12
label: prophetic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Isaiah is cited as predicting Jesus’ birth and suffering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: judge
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Pilatus is called a judge, scourges Jesus, and washes his hands of responsibility.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: accusers demanding death
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Jews are described as insisting upon Jesus’ death and crucifixion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:15
label: compassionate witness
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The woman wipes Jesus’ bloodied face with her garment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:16
label: tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Satan challenges Jesus to prove truth by casting himself down from a mountain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:17
label: cited author-source
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
basis: Mohsin Fani and Ibn Muskawih are cited as sources for accounts or sayings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: breath of Jesus
literal_form: Breath that regenerates the pure one
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: sea as world
literal_form: Edge of the sea with high waves, used as an image for the world
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: unbuildable house-site
literal_form: A proposed house site where waves dash highest
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: world as bridge
literal_form: Bridge inscription saying the world is a bridge to pass over, not
build upon
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: clouds of heaven
literal_form: Clouds of heaven in which the Son of man descends
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: branch, root, and flower
literal_form: A branch from the root of I'shai and a flower in which the Spirit
of God dwells
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: cross
literal_form: Cross placed upon Jesus’ shoulders
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: washed hands
literal_form: Pilatus washes his hands clean of Jesus’ blood
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: bloodied face images
literal_form: Three images obtained from the cloth that wiped Jesus’ bloodied face
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:10
label: mountain of temptation
literal_form: Mountain Satan tells Jesus to climb before casting himself down
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rumi’s life-giving Jesus
summary: The passage quotes Rumi’s lines identifying the speaker with Jesus through
whom the world is alive and adds a saying about regeneration through Jesus’ breath.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Jesus, the fox, and the unbuildable house
summary: Jesus meets a fox returning home, states his own lack of resting-place,
accepts an offer of a house, and chooses the sea’s edge to teach that no lasting
structure can be built on the world.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: World as bridge inscription
summary: A Fatehpur Sikri bridge inscription attributes to Jesus the saying that
the world is a bridge to cross rather than build upon.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Interrogation before the high-priest
summary: The high-priest asks Jesus whether he is the Son of God, and Jesus answers
with a statement about the Son of man at God’s right hand and descending in heavenly
clouds.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Isaiah’s birth prophecy
summary: Isaiah is cited as foretelling a branch from I'shai’s root, a flower filled
with the Spirit of God, and a virgin bearing a son.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Suffering, handwashing, and face images
summary: Jesus is abused, scourged, and led with the cross; Pilatus washes his hands;
the Jews accept responsibility for the blood; a woman wipes Jesus’ face and receives
three images.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Gospel translation notice
summary: Mohsin Fani states that the Gospel has been translated from Jesus’ tongue
into Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Syriac.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Saying against reputation
summary: A saying attributed to Jesus condemns learned men who seek reputation,
honored places in assemblies, and invitations to feasts.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:9
label: Satan’s mountain temptation
summary: Satan challenges Jesus to climb a mountain and cast himself down; Jesus
refuses by invoking God’s command not to tempt him through self-destruction.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: life-giving holy breath
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: The passage reports that the world is alive through Jesus and that the pure
one is regenerated by Jesus’ breath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The regeneration is quoted as a saying and may be spiritual rather than
literal bodily rebirth.
- id: motif:2
label: homeless holy wanderer
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Jesus is emphasized as having no resting-place while others have houses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact homelessness or ascetic wandering
category.
- id: motif:3
label: transient world as sea or bridge
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Jesus teaches that the world is like a sea where no abiding house can be
built and like a bridge that should be crossed, not built upon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is ethical and sapiential rather than a narrative event.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred birth announced by prophecy
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
- divine_parent_child
basis: Isaiah is cited as foretelling a virgin who will bear a son and a flower
in which the Spirit of God will dwell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is presented as a cited prophetic text within the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: suffering righteous figure led to death
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Jesus is spat upon, struck, scourged, made to carry the cross, and led to
die, with prophetic citations applied to the suffering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes suffering and death; it does not narrate resurrection
in this line range.
- id: motif:6
label: judge washes hands of blood guilt
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Pilatus washes his hands and declares himself free of responsibility for
Jesus’ blood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No close available taxonomy reference is supplied for this motif.
- id: motif:7
label: holy face image impressed on cloth
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A woman wipes Jesus’ bloodied face with her garment and obtains three images
of it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports the image tradition briefly and does not explain its
ritual or iconographic context.
- id: motif:8
label: renunciation of worldly honor by learned men
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The saying condemns learned men who seek reputation, honored seating, and
invitations to feasts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is a moral saying rather than a developed narrative motif.
- id: motif:9
label: tempter challenges holy figure on mountain
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Satan challenges Jesus to climb a mountain and cast himself down; Jesus refuses
the test.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage names Satan as tempter
but does not frame him explicitly as a trickster.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself describes the Fatehpur Sikri bridge inscription as a similar
echo of Christ’s words about transience.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Gospel-associated sayings of Jesus on not building permanently in the world
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage gives an attributed inscription and the author’s characterization
as an echo, but does not quote a precise canonical Gospel parallel here.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage says the Dabistan account of Jesus before the Sanhedrin and Pilate
approximates the Gospel narrative more closely than ordinary Mohammedan accounts.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Gospel Passion narrative of trial before Jewish authorities and Pilate
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim is limited to the passage’s own evaluative statement and
selected narrative details.
- id: claim:3
claim: The passage presents fragments of Jesus’ teaching as occurring in both religious
and secular Mohammedan books.
claim_level: same_function
target: Jesus sayings preserved in Islamic or Mohammedan literary sources
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage provides examples but does not establish textual transmission
history for them.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 5829-5835
quote_or_summary: 'Rumi’s Diwan is quoted: Jesus is life-giving to the world; another
saying says the pure one is regenerated by Jesus’ breath.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 5842-5860
quote_or_summary: In Qissas-al-ambiya, Jesus meets a fox returning home, says he
has no resting-place, asks people to build at the sea’s edge, and compares the
world to a sea where no abiding building can be raised.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 5862-5864
quote_or_summary: "“The world is a bridge; pass over it, but do not build upon it.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 5876-5884
quote_or_summary: In the Dabistan account, the high-priest asks whether Jesus is
the Son of God; Jesus answers and says the Son of man will be seated at God’s
right hand and descend in the clouds of heaven.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 5886-5890
quote_or_summary: Isaiah is cited as announcing a branch from I'shai’s root, a flower
with the Spirit of God, and a virgin bearing a son.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 5892-5908
quote_or_summary: Jesus is spat upon, smitten, scourged, and led with the cross;
Pilatus washes his hands; the Jews accept blood guilt; a woman wipes Jesus’ face
and receives three images.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 5912-5917
quote_or_summary: Mohsin Fani says the Gospel was translated from the tongue of
Jesus into Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Syriac.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 5921-5927
quote_or_summary: In Ibn Muskawih’s Kitab Jawidan, a saying condemns learned men
who seek reputation, honored seating, and invitations to feasts, saying they have
their reward in the world.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 5929-5934
quote_or_summary: In the Kitab-al-Aghani, Satan challenges Jesus to climb a mountain
and cast himself down; Jesus refuses, citing God’s command not to tempt him by
self-destruction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: '5862'
quote_or_summary: The author introduces the bridge inscription as a similar echo
of Christ’s words.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 5872-5875
quote_or_summary: The author states that the Dabistan account of Jesus’ trial before
the Sanhedrin and Pilate approximates the Gospel narrative more nearly than what
is usually current among Mohammedan writers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 5919-5921
quote_or_summary: The author states that fragments of Jesus’ teaching are found
in both religious and secular Mohammedan books.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-and-saints-of-islam-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif taxonomy
mapping is partly approximate for homelessness, transience, temptation, and image-on-cloth
traditions. Comparison claims are restricted to comparisons stated by the passage
itself.
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: |-
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