batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l2218-l2232
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l2218-l2232
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE DIVINE ABSORPTION / LOVE MORE THAN SORROW AND JOY / SEPARATION / A MOTHER
WHOSE CHILDREN WERE IN THE BELOVED'S KEEPING; lines 2218-2232
start: '2218'
end: '2232'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jalálu''d-dín Rúmí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A woman repeatedly loses infants and cries to God. In a vision she sees
Paradise with gardens, mansions, her own name inscribed, and the children she
lost. A heavenly voice says God accepts her sorrows in place of blood shed in
holy war, and she recognizes that her children are safe with God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A woman bore many children in succession, but none lived beyond three or four
months.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: In distress, the woman cried to God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The woman saw a vision of beautiful gardens of Paradise and many fair mansions.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The woman read her own name inscribed on one of the mansions.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A voice from heaven informed her that God would accept her sorrows in lieu
of blood shed in holy war because she could not go to battle like men.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The woman then saw all the children she had lost in Paradise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The woman said that the children were lost to her but safe with God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: the woman / mother
description: A woman who bore many children, lost them in infancy, cried to God,
and saw a vision of Paradise.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the lost children
description: The woman’s children, none of whom lived beyond three or four months,
later seen by her in Paradise.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: The divine addressee of the woman’s cry; described as accepting her
sorrows and keeping the children safe.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: voice from heaven
description: A heavenly voice that informs the woman about God’s acceptance of her
sorrows.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: bereaved mother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She bears many children and repeatedly loses them in infancy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: visionary recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She beholds Paradise, mansions, an inscription of her name, and her lost
children in a vision.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: deceased children in Paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The children she lost are seen in Paradise and described as safe with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: divine keeper and accepter of suffering
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is addressed by the woman, accepts her sorrows, and is the one with whom
the children are safe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: heavenly announcer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The voice from heaven conveys the message that God will accept the woman’s
sorrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Paradise gardens
literal_form: beautiful gardens of Paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: mansions in Paradise
literal_form: many fair mansions in Paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: inscribed name
literal_form: the woman’s own name inscribed on one mansion
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: sorrows accepted in lieu of blood
literal_form: the woman’s sorrows accepted instead of blood shed in holy war
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: children safe with God
literal_form: lost children seen in Paradise and declared safe with God
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Repeated infant loss and prayer
summary: The woman loses many children in infancy and cries to God in distress.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Vision of Paradise and inscribed mansion
summary: The woman sees Paradise with gardens and mansions, including one bearing
her own name.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Heavenly explanation of accepted sorrow
summary: A heavenly voice tells the woman that God accepts her sorrows as a substitute
for blood shed in holy war, since she cannot go to battle like men.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Recognition of children in divine keeping
summary: The woman sees her lost children in Paradise and declares that although
they were lost to her, they are safe with God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: bereaved mother sees deceased children safe in Paradise
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage centers on a mother’s vision of Paradise where her dead children
are present and safe with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a vision rather than a full journey through the afterlife;
the parent-child element is devotional rather than genealogical.
- id: motif:2
label: suffering accepted as sacred equivalent of martyrdom
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- sacrifice
basis: The heavenly voice says God accepts the woman’s sorrows in place of blood
shed in holy war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: No ritual offering is performed; the equivalence is stated as divine acceptance
of endured sorrow.
- id: motif:3
label: divine beloved keeps the lost safe
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The title frames the children as in the Beloved’s keeping, and the woman
says they are safe with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The title uses 'Beloved,' while the passage body names God; identification
is supported by context but should be reviewed.
- id: motif:4
label: visionary consolation after bereavement
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: In distress after repeated losses, the woman cries to God and receives a
consoling vision of Paradise and her children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a short exemplum rather than an extended quest narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2219-2221
quote_or_summary: A woman bore many children in succession, but none lived beyond
three or four months.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2221-2222
quote_or_summary: In great distress, she cried to God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2222-2224
quote_or_summary: She beheld in a vision the beautiful gardens of Paradise and many
fair mansions.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2224-2225
quote_or_summary: On one of the mansions she read her own name inscribed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2225-2229
quote_or_summary: A voice from heaven says God will accept her sorrows in place
of blood shed in holy war, because she cannot go to battle like men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2229-2231
quote_or_summary: Looking again, the woman sees in Paradise all the children she
had lost.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 2231-2232
quote_or_summary: '"O Lord! they were lost to me, but safe with Thee!"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: line 2218
quote_or_summary: A MOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN WERE IN THE BELOVED'S KEEPING
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; title quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is direct from the provided passage. Motif candidates
use supplied taxonomy references where supported, but some are interpretive and
require review.
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 added because the passage does not itself make an explicit cross-textual or cross-traditional comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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