batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l10502-l10646
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label: PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. /
PREFACE; lines 10502-10646
start: '10502'
end: '10646'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Rodwell translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage recounts divine signs to Pharaoh, Solomon’s inherited knowledge
and command of birds, Djinn, men, and animals, the report of the lapwing concerning
Saba, Solomon’s letter and diplomatic exchange with the queen, the miraculous
bringing and alteration of her throne, her encounter with the glass palace and
submission to God, the mission of Saleh to Themoud and the destruction of plotters,
and the beginning of Lot’s rebuke to his people.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A commanded sign involves placing a hand into the bosom so that it comes forth
white but unharmed, counted among nine signs to Pharaoh and his people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The signs shown openly are called plain magic by their recipients, who deny
them despite inward knowledge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: David and Solomon are said to have received knowledge, and Solomon is described
as David’s heir in knowledge.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Solomon says he has been taught the speech of birds and endowed with everything.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Solomon’s hosts include Djinn, men, and birds, arranged and marched in bands.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: In the Valley of Ants, an ant warns the ants to enter their dwellings lest
Solomon and his army crush them unknowingly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Solomon responds to the ant’s words by smiling, laughing, and praying for
gratitude and righteousness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Solomon notices the lapwing’s absence and threatens punishment unless it brings
a clear excuse.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: 'The lapwing reports knowledge unknown to Solomon: a woman rules Saba, has
a splendid throne, and her people worship the sun instead of God.'
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Solomon sends a letter to the people of Saba commanding them not to set themselves
against him but to come submitting.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The queen of Saba consults her nobles, who declare their strength but leave
command to her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The queen sends a gift to Solomon, but Solomon rejects assistance with riches
and threatens to come with irresistible forces.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Solomon asks which noble can bring the queen’s throne before her arrival in
submission; an Efreet of the Djinn offers to bring it before Solomon rises, while
one with knowledge of Scripture offers to bring it in the twinkling of an eye.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: When the throne is set before him, Solomon interprets it as a favour from
his Lord and a test of thankfulness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Solomon orders the throne altered so that the queen will not know it, as a
test of whether she has guidance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: The queen says the altered throne is as though it were the same.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: At the palace entrance, the queen mistakes the glass pavement for a lake of
water and bares her legs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:18
text: After the palace episode, the queen declares that she has sinned against her
own soul and resigns herself with Solomon to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:19
text: Saleh is sent to Themoud with the command to serve God, but his people become
disputants and he urges them to seek pardon rather than hasten evil.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:20
text: Nine persons in the city plot to attack Saleh and his family by night and
to deny witnessing the destruction.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:21
text: The plotters devise a device, God devises a device, and the plotters and their
people are destroyed, while believers are delivered.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:22
text: Lot rebukes his people for proceeding to filthiness and for coming with lust
to men rather than women.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker and Lord who gives signs, knowledge, favour, judgment,
mercy, and deliverance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Unnamed recipient of the hand sign
description: A figure commanded to put his hand into his bosom so that it emerges
white and unharmed as one of nine signs to Pharaoh and his people.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Pharaoh and his people
description: Recipients of signs who identify them as magic and deny them.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: David
description: A recipient of knowledge from God and father/predecessor of Solomon
in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Solomon
description: David’s heir in knowledge, taught the speech of birds, commander of
hosts of Djinn, men, and birds, sender of the letter to Saba, and tester of the
queen through her throne and the glass palace.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ant
description: An ant in the Valley of Ants who warns other ants to enter their dwellings
before Solomon’s army arrives.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lapwing
description: A bird in Solomon’s review that reports news from Saba about the queen,
her throne, and sun worship.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Queen of Saba
description: A woman reigning over Saba, possessing a splendid throne, consulting
nobles, sending a gift, encountering her altered throne and the glass palace,
and finally submitting to God with Solomon.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Nobles of Saba
description: Counsellors of the queen who state that they have strength and valour
but leave command to her.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Messenger or envoys of Saba
description: Those sent with the queen’s gift to Solomon and sent back with his
answer.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Efreet of the Djinn
description: A Djinn who offers to bring the queen’s throne before Solomon rises
from his place, claiming power and trustworthiness.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: One with knowledge of Scripture
description: A figure who offers to bring the queen’s throne to Solomon in the twinkling
of an eye.
role_refs:
- role:15
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Saleh
description: A brother sent to Themoud with the command to serve God, who urges
his people to seek pardon and explains their trial.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Themoud
description: Saleh’s people, described as divided disputants; their wider people
are destroyed after the plot of nine persons.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Nine persons in the city
description: Persons who commit excesses and plot a night attack on Saleh and his
family.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Believers who feared
description: Those delivered after the destruction connected with the plot against
Saleh.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Lot
description: A figure who rebukes his people for open filthiness and lust toward
men rather than women.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Lot’s people
description: People addressed by Lot as acting with open filthiness and ignorance.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine giver of signs and knowledge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gives signs, knowledge, favour, and the basis of Solomon’s gratitude.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: prophetic messenger or admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:13
- fig:17
basis: These figures are associated with signs, commands to serve God, or rebuke
of a people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:3
label: possessor of special knowledge
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:12
basis: David and Solomon receive knowledge, Solomon inherits knowledge, and the
Scripture-knower has knowledge enabling swift transport.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: royal commander
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Solomon commands hosts of Djinn, men, and birds and issues orders to nobles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: tester of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Solomon alters the queen’s throne to see whether she has guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: grateful servant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Solomon prays to be thankful and calls the brought throne a test of thankfulness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: speaking animal
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: The ant speaks a warning and the lapwing speaks a report.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God’s counter-device results in the destruction of plotters and the deliverance
of believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: rebuked or unbelieving people
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:14
- fig:18
basis: These groups deny signs, dispute Saleh’s message, or are rebuked by Lot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:10
label: messenger with distant knowledge
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The lapwing brings sure tidings from Saba that Solomon does not know.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: foreign queen
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The lapwing reports a woman reigning over Saba with a splendid throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: convert or submitter
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The queen declares her sin and resigns herself with Solomon to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: royal counsellors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The nobles advise the queen while acknowledging her command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: diplomatic emissaries
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The queen sends a gift by envoys and awaits their return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:15
label: supernatural transporter
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: Both figures offer to bring the queen’s throne to Solomon before her arrival.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:16
label: night plotters
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Nine persons swear to attack Saleh and his family by night and deny witnessing
it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:17
label: delivered faithful
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Those who believed and feared are delivered.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: white unharmed hand
literal_form: Hand placed in the bosom and brought forth white but free from hurt
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: nine signs
literal_form: Nine signs directed to Pharaoh and his people
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: speech of birds
literal_form: Solomon’s taught ability to understand the speech of birds
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Valley of Ants
literal_form: A place where an ant warns its community about Solomon’s approaching
army
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: Solomon’s letter
literal_form: A letter sent to Saba beginning in the name of God and commanding
submission
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: sun worship
literal_form: The queen and her people worshipping the sun instead of God
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: splendid throne of Saba
literal_form: The queen’s throne, reported by the lapwing, brought to Solomon, and
altered for recognition testing
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: glass palace mistaken for water
literal_form: A palace paved with glass that the queen first thinks is a lake of
water
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: empty ruined houses
literal_form: Houses left empty ruins because of sin after the destruction of the
plotters and their people
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Signs to Pharaoh and denial
summary: A miraculous hand sign is named among nine signs to Pharaoh and his people;
the signs are called magic and denied despite inward recognition.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Solomon’s knowledge and the ant’s warning
summary: Solomon, endowed with knowledge and the speech of birds, marches with hosts
of Djinn, men, and birds; an ant warns other ants, and Solomon responds with a
prayer of gratitude.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Lapwing’s report from Saba
summary: After Solomon notices the lapwing’s absence, it reports a queen ruling
Saba, her splendid throne, and her people’s sun worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Letter, counsel, gift, and rejection
summary: Solomon sends a letter commanding submission; the queen consults her nobles,
chooses to send a gift, and Solomon rejects riches while threatening force.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Throne transport and test
summary: Solomon asks for the queen’s throne before her arrival; an Efreet and a
Scripture-knower offer to bring it, it is set before Solomon, altered, and recognized
by the queen as like her own.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Glass palace and the queen’s submission
summary: The queen enters a palace, mistakes its glass pavement for water, is corrected,
and declares submission to God with Solomon.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Saleh, the plot, and destruction
summary: Saleh calls Themoud to serve God and seek pardon; nine persons plot against
him by night, but their device is answered by a divine device, leading to destruction
and the deliverance of believers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: Lot’s rebuke
summary: Lot rebukes his people for openly committing filthiness and approaching
men with lust rather than women.
figure_refs:
- fig:17
- fig:18
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Miraculous sign rejected as magic
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The hand sign and other signs are shown to Pharaoh’s people, who call them
magic and deny them despite recognizing their truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage excerpt states denial and mentions the end of corrupt doers
but does not narrate a detailed judgment scene for Pharaoh here.
- id: motif:2
label: Divinely granted wisdom and command of animal speech
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: David and Solomon receive knowledge; Solomon inherits knowledge, understands
bird speech, and responds to animal speech in the Valley of Ants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference captures wisdom broadly; animal speech is a specific
local feature not separately listed in the supplied taxonomy.
- id: motif:3
label: Animal messenger brings hidden knowledge from a distant kingdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The lapwing brings sure tidings from Saba that Solomon did not know, including
the queen, her throne, and her people’s worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: Classified under wisdom because the available taxonomy does not include
a separate animal-messenger motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Diplomatic submission tested through letter, gift, and royal power
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- sacred_exchange
basis: Solomon’s letter commands submission; the queen sends a gift; Solomon rejects
riches and asserts the superiority of what God has given him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The gift exchange is explicit, but the passage frames it as political
and religious submission rather than a reciprocal sacred exchange.
- id: motif:5
label: Miraculous transport of a royal throne
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: An Efreet and a Scripture-knower offer to bring the queen’s throne before
her arrival; the throne is set before Solomon, who treats it as a divine test
of gratitude.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no direct category for miraculous transport;
wisdom is used because Scripture-knowledge enables the swifter act.
- id: motif:6
label: Recognition test using a transformed throne
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Solomon orders the queen’s throne altered so that she may not recognize it,
and her response becomes part of a test of guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states the test but does not fully explain the criteria of
success beyond recognition and guidance.
- id: motif:7
label: Illusory water and conversion of a foreign queen
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- water
basis: The queen mistakes the glass palace for water, learns it is glass, and then
declares her sin and submission to God with Solomon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The water association is based on perceived water, not actual water; the
conversion follows in the scene but the causal link should not be overstated.
- id: motif:8
label: Plot against a messenger answered by divine counter-plot and judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Nine persons plot a night attack on Saleh and his family; a divine device
answers theirs, destroying them and their people while delivering believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the judgment outcome but not all surrounding narrative
context.
- id: motif:9
label: Messenger rebukes a people for sexual transgression
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Lot addresses his people and rebukes them for proceeding to filthiness and
approaching men with lust rather than women.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt ends before any response or judgment in the Lot episode, so
only the rebuke is extracted.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 10502-10515
quote_or_summary: A hand is to be placed into the bosom and emerge white but unharmed
as one of nine signs to Pharaoh and his people; the signs are called plain magic
and denied despite inner recognition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 10516-10523
quote_or_summary: God gives knowledge to David and Solomon; Solomon is David’s heir
in knowledge and says he has been taught the speech of birds and endowed with
everything.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 10524-10530
quote_or_summary: Solomon’s hosts of Djinn, men, and birds march in bands until
reaching the Valley of Ants, where an ant warns the ants to enter their dwellings
lest Solomon’s army crush them unknowingly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 10531-10535
quote_or_summary: Solomon smiles at the ant’s words and prays to be stirred to gratitude,
righteousness, and inclusion among the righteous servants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 10536-10554
quote_or_summary: Solomon reviews the birds and notes the lapwing’s absence; the
lapwing returns with tidings from Saba of a woman ruler, her splendid throne,
and her people’s sun worship instead of God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 10555-10577
quote_or_summary: Solomon sends a letter to Saba commanding submission; the queen
reads it to her nobles, seeks counsel, hears their readiness for war, observes
that kings spoil cities, and chooses to send a gift.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 10578-10585
quote_or_summary: When the messenger comes to Solomon, he rejects aid with riches,
says God’s gift to him is better, and sends back a threat of irresistible forces
and humiliation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 10586-10597
quote_or_summary: Solomon asks who will bring the queen’s throne before her arrival;
an Efreet of the Djinn offers to bring it before he rises, and one with knowledge
of Scripture offers to bring it in the twinkling of an eye. When set before him,
Solomon calls it a divine favour and test of gratitude.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 10598-10617
quote_or_summary: Solomon has the throne altered to test the queen’s guidance; she
says it is as though it were the same. She enters the palace, mistakes the glass
pavement for a lake of water, is told it is glass, and declares submission to
God with Solomon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 10618-10627
quote_or_summary: Saleh is sent to Themoud with the command to serve God; they become
disputants, and he asks why they hasten evil rather than seek God’s pardon and
mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 10628-10641
quote_or_summary: Nine persons in the city plot to attack Saleh and his family by
night and deny witnessing it; their device is met by a divine device, resulting
in their destruction, empty ruined houses, and the deliverance of those who believed
and feared.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 10642-10646
quote_or_summary: Lot asks his people whether they proceed to filthiness with open
eyes and come with lust to men rather than women, calling them ignorant.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif labels
are candidate classifications against the provided taxonomy and require human
review, especially where the taxonomy lacks exact categories such as animal speech,
throne transport, and recognition testing. No comparison claims were made because
the passage itself does not explicitly support cross-textual comparison.
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: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
The opening hand-sign episode is not assigned a named figure because the supplied excerpt does not name the addressee. Taxonomy references are limited to the supplied motif and symbol lists.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l10502-l10646
passage_sha256=d06b494a5fbf1da0f39c6be34d238a15a82fd7e08abca7e96853a5dec4978d02