batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l10648-l10796
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l10648-l10796
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
passage_locator:
label: PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. /
PREFACE; lines 10648-10796
start: '10648'
end: '10796'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage recounts the rejection and rescue of Lot’s family, except his
wife, and the destructive rain sent upon the warned people. It then presents a
series of rhetorical questions affirming God as creator, sustainer, guide, knower
of the unseen, and judge. It describes disbelief in resurrection, the coming of
doom, a monster emerging from the earth, the gathering of deniers before God,
the trumpet blast, cosmic upheaval including mountains passing away, and reward
or punishment according to deeds. It concludes with commands to worship the sanctified
land’s Lord, surrender to God, recite the Koran, and warn those who err.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Lot’s people propose casting out Lot’s family from the city because they are
described as men of purity.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Lot and his family are rescued, but his wife is decreed to be among those
who lingered.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A fatal rain is sent upon a warned people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: God is described as making the heavens and the earth and sending rain from
heaven that causes groves and trees to spring up.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: God is described as making the earth firm, placing rivers and mountains in
it, and setting a barrier between two seas.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: God is described as answering the oppressed, removing ills, guiding in darkness
on land and sea, sending winds, creating and renewing beings, and supplying from
heaven and earth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The passage states that only God knows the unseen and that others do not know
when they shall be raised.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Unbelievers question whether they and their fathers will be brought forth
after death and call the promise fables of the ancients.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker is told to say that people should travel through the land and
see the end of the wicked.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: No secret thing in heaven or on earth is said to be absent from the clear
Book.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The Koran is described as declaring matters of disagreement to the children
of Israel and as guidance and mercy to the faithful.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says the speaker cannot make the dead, the deaf, or the blind
hear or be guided, except those who believe the signs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: When doom is ready, a monster is caused to come forth from the earth and cry
that people have not firmly believed the signs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: On a day of judgment, companies from every nation who denied the signs are
gathered in separate bands before God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: A trumpet blast terrifies those in heaven and on earth, except those whom
God delivers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:16
text: Mountains thought firm are seen passing away like clouds.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:17
text: Those presenting good works receive reward and security, while those presenting
evil are flung face downward into the fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:18
text: The speaker is commanded to worship the Lord of the sanctified land, surrender
to God, recite the Koran, and act as a warner.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lot
description: A figure whose family is targeted for expulsion and then rescued.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Family of Lot
description: The family described as cast out by the people and rescued, with the
exception of the wife.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Wife of Lot
description: A member of Lot’s family decreed to be among those who lingered.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lot’s people / warned people
description: The people who call for Lot’s family to be cast out and upon whom fatal
rain is sent after warning.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: God
description: The passage describes God as creator, sustainer, guide, knower of the
unseen, sender of signs, and judge.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Unbelievers
description: Those who deny or doubt resurrection and call the promise fables of
the ancients.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Prophetic speaker / addressed messenger
description: The speaker commanded to say, trust in God, recite the Koran, and warn.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Monster from the earth
description: A monster caused to come forth from the earth when doom is ready, crying
that people have not firmly believed the signs.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Companies from every nation who denied the signs
description: Groups gathered in separate bands before God on the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: A group for whom the Koran declares most things in which they disagree.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: The faithful / Muslims
description: Those for whom the Koran is guidance and mercy and who believe the
signs.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rescued righteous family
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Lot and his family are rescued after the people call for their expulsion
because of their purity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: excluded family member
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Lot’s wife is specifically decreed to be among those who lingered rather
than included in the rescue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: warned and punished community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The people oppose Lot’s family and then receive fatal rain after warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: creator and cosmic orderer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God is described as making heaven, earth, rain, vegetation, rivers, mountains,
seas, winds, and beings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: divine judge and knower
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: God knows the unseen and secrets, gathers deniers, judges deeds, rewards
good, and punishes evil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: deniers of signs and resurrection
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:9
basis: Unbelievers doubt being raised and those who gainsay the signs are gathered
for judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: warner and reciter
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The addressed speaker is commanded to say, recite the Koran, and declare
himself a warner only.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:8
label: earth-emerging witness to disbelief
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The monster comes forth from the earth and cries that people have not firmly
believed the signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: believers who receive guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The Koran is guidance and mercy to the faithful, and only those who believe
the signs truly hear.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fatal rain
literal_form: rain sent upon the warned people
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: life-giving rain and vegetation
literal_form: rain from heaven causing groves and trees to spring up
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: rivers and two seas
literal_form: rivers in the earth and a barrier between the two seas
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: mountains
literal_form: mountains placed upon the earth and later passing away like clouds
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: sym:5
label: clear Book
literal_form: the clear Book containing every secret thing in heaven or on earth
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: monster from the earth
literal_form: a monster coming forth from the earth and crying about unbelief in
signs
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: trumpet blast
literal_form: a blast on the trumpet that terrifies those in heaven and on earth
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: fire of punishment
literal_form: fire into which evildoers are flung face downward
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: sanctified land
literal_form: the land whose Lord is to be worshipped and which He has sanctified
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Lot’s family rejected and rescued
summary: Lot’s people call for his family’s expulsion; Lot and his family are rescued,
except his wife, and fatal rain falls on the warned people.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Rhetorical affirmation of divine creation and ordering
summary: 'The passage lists acts attributed to God: making heaven and earth, sending
rain, producing vegetation, stabilizing earth, placing rivers and mountains, separating
seas, guiding in darkness, sending winds, creating, renewing, and sustaining.'
figure_refs:
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Dispute over resurrection and unseen knowledge
summary: The passage states that only God knows the unseen and that unbelievers
doubt being raised after death, calling the promise ancient fables.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Guidance, revelation, and limited hearing
summary: The speaker is told to trust in God; the Koran is described as guidance
and mercy, while the dead, deaf, and blind are said not to hear except those who
believe the signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Earth monster and gathering of deniers
summary: At the approach of doom, a monster comes from the earth and proclaims human
unbelief in the signs; deniers from every nation are gathered before God and cannot
plead against the doom of their deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Trumpet, cosmic upheaval, and final recompense
summary: A trumpet blast terrifies creation, mountains pass away like clouds, the
good are rewarded and secure, and evildoers are cast face downward into fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:7
label: Command to worship, surrender, recite, and warn
summary: The speaker is commanded to worship the Lord of the sanctified land, surrender
to God, recite the Koran, and warn those who err.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Rescue of a righteous household before communal destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Lot and his family are rescued, except the wife, before fatal rain is sent
upon the warned people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a compact version of the Lot episode and does not
elaborate the wider narrative context.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine creation, ordering, and sustenance of the cosmos
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God is credited with creating heaven and earth, sending rain, causing vegetation,
establishing rivers, mountains, and seas, guiding in darkness, sending winds,
creating and renewing beings, and supplying from heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No more specific available taxonomy reference directly matches this broad
creator-sustainer pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: Hidden record and divine knowledge of secrets
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage says only God knows the unseen, that God knows what breasts conceal
and reveal, and that every secret thing is in the clear Book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy item 'wisdom' is broad; the passage emphasizes
omniscience and record rather than a wisdom quest.
- id: motif:4
label: Denial and affirmation of resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Unbelievers ask whether they and their fathers will be brought forth after
death, while the passage refers to the time when they shall be raised.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents resurrection polemically, not as a narrated individual
return from death.
- id: motif:5
label: End-time creature emerging from the earth
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: When doom is ready, a monster comes forth from the earth and declares that
humans have not firmly believed the signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The monster is not further described in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:6
label: Final gathering, accusation, and judgment by deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Deniers from every nation are gathered before God, questioned about denying
the signs, and subjected to doom because of their deeds, while good and evil works
receive different outcomes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgment but does not provide a detailed afterlife
geography.
- id: motif:7
label: Trumpet blast and cosmic upheaval at the day of terror
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A trumpet blast terrifies beings in heaven and on earth, and mountains pass
away like clouds before recompense is given.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a specific apocalypse or trumpet-blast
category; divine judgment is the closest supported reference.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 10648-10656
quote_or_summary: Lot’s people demand the expulsion of Lot’s family; Lot and his
family are rescued except his wife, and fatal rain falls upon the warned people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 10657-10664
quote_or_summary: God is praised as maker of the heavens and earth and sender of
rain from heaven that causes groves and trees to spring up.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 10665-10670
quote_or_summary: God is said to make the earth firm, place rivers and mountains
in it, and put a barrier between two seas.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 10671-10682
quote_or_summary: God answers the oppressed, removes ills, makes people succeed
their sires, guides in land and sea darkness, sends winds, creates and renews
beings, and supplies from heaven and earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 10683-10694
quote_or_summary: Only God knows the unseen; others do not know when they will be
raised, and unbelievers doubt resurrection after death and call the promise ancient
fables.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 10695-10709
quote_or_summary: The speaker is told to say to travel through the land and see
the end of the wicked; God knows what people conceal and reveal, and every secret
thing in heaven or earth is in the clear Book.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 10710-10718
quote_or_summary: The Koran declares matters of disagreement to the children of
Israel and is guidance and mercy to the faithful; God decides by wisdom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 10719-10726
quote_or_summary: The speaker cannot make the dead, deaf, or blind hear or be guided
out of error; only believers in the signs truly hear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 10727-10731
quote_or_summary: When doom is ready, a monster comes forth from the earth and cries
that humans have not firmly believed the signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 10732-10743
quote_or_summary: On that day, companies from every nation who denied the signs
are gathered before God, questioned, and left without a plea as doom falls for
their deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 10744-10756
quote_or_summary: Night and day are signs; a trumpet blast terrifies beings in heaven
and earth except those God delivers, and mountains pass away like clouds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 10757-10764
quote_or_summary: Those bringing good works receive reward and safety from terror,
while those bringing evil are cast face downward into fire and recompensed according
to their works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 10765-10780
quote_or_summary: The speaker is commanded to worship the Lord of the sanctified
land, surrender to God, recite the Koran, and say that he is only a warner; God
will show His signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif candidates are limited
to literal and strongly supported patterns; comparison claims are omitted because
the main passage does not itself require a comparative assertion.
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: |-
Footnotes in the supplied range include material referring to surrounding Solomon traditions, but those notes are not used for comparison claims here because the corresponding narrative material is outside the supplied main passage excerpt.
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