batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l12080-l12213
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l12080-l12213
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 12080-12213
start: '12080'
end: '12213'
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 describes God’s provisions and commands, warns that the messenger’s
role is plain preaching, depicts a judgment scene with witnesses from every people
and false associate-gods vanishing, commands justice and covenant faithfulness,
discusses revelation, Satan, belief and denial under coercion, recompense of souls,
the punishment of an ungrateful city, and rules concerning lawful and forbidden
food.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God is said to provide shade, mountains as shelters, and garments for heat
and war.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressee’s office is described as plain spoken preaching if others turn
away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: A future day is described in which a witness is raised from every nation and
infidels have no permission to make excuses.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Those who joined associates with God address their associate-gods, who answer
that the worshipers are liars.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The deities of human invention are said to vanish on the day of submission
to God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says a witness will be summoned in every people, and the addressee
will be brought as a witness against the Meccans.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The Book is described as clarifying everything and as guidance, mercy, and
glad tidings to Muslims.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: God enjoins justice, good-doing, and gifts to kindred, and forbids wickedness,
wrong, and oppression.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The passage commands faithfulness to the covenant of God and forbids breaking
pledged oaths.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Breaking oaths is compared to a woman unraveling a thread she had strongly
spun.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The day of resurrection is presented as the time when disputed matters will
be cleared up.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: The passage says that what is with humans passes away, while what is with
God abides.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: When reading the Koran, the addressee is told to seek help from God against
Satan the stoned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Satan is said to have no power over believers who trust in their Lord, but
power over those who turn away and join other deities with God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The Holy Spirit is said to have brought revelation down with truth from the
Lord.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: The passage reports an accusation that a person teaches the addressee and
answers that the hinted person’s tongue is foreign while the Koran is plain Arabic.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: A person forced to deny God while the heart remains steadfast in faith is
described as guiltless.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:18
text: Hearts, ears, and eyes of certain unbelievers are described as sealed up by
God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:19
text: Every soul is said to come on a certain day to plead for itself and be repaid
according to its deeds.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:20
text: A secure and well-supplied city is described as thankless for God’s boons
and made to taste famine and fear.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:21
text: An apostle from the people of the city came to them, and they treated him
as an impostor before chastisement overtook them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:22
text: The passage lists forbidden foods and gives an exception for one who is forced
without lust or wilful transgression.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The creator, provider, revealer, surety for covenants, guide, and judge
named throughout the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The addressed messenger
description: The addressed preacher and reader of the Koran, brought as witness
against the Meccans.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Infidels and unbelievers
description: Those who disown God’s goodness, turn others aside, deny signs, or
love the present life beyond the next.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Witnesses from every nation or people
description: Witnesses raised or summoned from every nation or people in the judgment
setting.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Associate-gods or invented deities
description: Deities called upon beside God; they retort that their worshipers are
liars and vanish from them.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Believers and Muslims
description: Those who resign themselves to God, trust in their Lord, and receive
guidance and glad tidings.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The Holy Spirit
description: The figure said to bring revelation down with truth from the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Satan the stoned
description: The adversarial figure against whom help from God is sought when reading
the Koran.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Woman unraveling thread
description: A woman who unravels the thread she had strongly spun, used in the
passage as a comparison for oath-breaking.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Ungrateful city
description: A secure city with abundant supplies that is thankless for God’s boons
and experiences famine and fear.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Apostle of the city’s people
description: An apostle from the city’s own people who is treated as an impostor.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Every soul
description: Each soul that comes to plead for itself and is repaid according to
its deeds.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine provider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God provides shade, mountain shelters, and garments.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine judge and recompensor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God calls people to account, repays souls according to deeds, and imposes
punishment or reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: revealer and covenant surety
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends down the Book and is made surety for pledged oaths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: preacher and witness
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee’s office is plain preaching and he is brought as witness against
the Meccans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: deniers and obstructors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They disown God’s goodness, deny signs, and turn others aside from God’s
way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: judgment witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: A witness is raised or summoned from every nation or people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: false or invented deities
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are called associate-gods and deities of human invention that vanish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: recipients of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Book is guidance and glad tidings to Muslims, and Satan lacks power over
believers who trust in their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: bearer of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Holy Spirit brings revelation down with truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: adversary with limited power
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Satan has no power over believers but has power over those who turn away
and associate other deities with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: exemplary oath-breaking image
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The woman’s unravelling of her spun thread is used as a comparison for mutual
perfidy in oaths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: punished community image
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The city is secure and supplied, then suffers famine and fear after thanklessness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:13
label: rejected apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The apostle came from the city’s own people and was treated as an impostor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:14
label: individual defendant before recompense
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Every soul pleads for itself and is repaid according to deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: shade as divine provision
literal_form: shade
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: mountains as shelter
literal_form: mountains for places of shelter
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: protective garments
literal_form: garments to defend from heat and in wars
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: covenant and pledged oaths
literal_form: covenant of God and pledged oaths
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: unravelled thread
literal_form: thread strongly spun and then unravelled
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: slipping foot
literal_form: foot slipping after being firmly fixed
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: the Book or Koran
literal_form: the Book sent down; the Koran read in plain Arabic
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: sealed faculties
literal_form: hearts, ears, and eyes sealed up
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: secure city made to taste famine and fear
literal_form: a city secure and at ease, then famine and fear
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:10
label: lawful and forbidden food
literal_form: dead animal, blood, swine flesh, and what is slain in another name
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Divine provisions and the preacher’s limited office
summary: God’s provisions of shelter and protection are listed, and the addressee
is told that if others turn away his office remains plain preaching.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Judgment with witnesses and associate-gods
summary: A future judgment is depicted with witnesses from nations, no excuses for
infidels, associate-gods denying their worshipers, and invented deities vanishing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Commands of justice and covenant faithfulness
summary: The passage commands justice, good-doing, and gifts to kindred; it forbids
wrong and oppression; and it warns against breaking oaths or bartering God’s covenant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Revelation, Satan, and accusations about the Koran
summary: The addressee is told to seek God’s help against Satan when reading the
Koran; the Holy Spirit is said to bring revelation down; and accusations of fabrication
or foreign instruction are answered.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Belief, denial, coercion, and endurance
summary: The passage distinguishes forced denial with a steadfast heart from willing
unbelief, describes sealed hearts, ears, and eyes, and mentions those who fled,
fought, and endured after trials.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Every soul repaid and the ungrateful city chastised
summary: Every soul comes to plead for itself and is repaid according to its deeds;
a secure city becomes an example of thanklessness followed by famine, fear, and
chastisement after rejecting an apostle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:7
label: Lawful food and false prohibition
summary: The passage instructs eating what God supplies as lawful and good, lists
forbidden items, gives an exception for necessity, and warns against falsely declaring
things lawful or forbidden.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with witnesses and recompense
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly depicts a day when witnesses are raised, excuses are
denied, souls plead for themselves, and each is repaid according to deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and admonitory rather than a narrative myth episode.
- id: motif:2
label: covenant fidelity and oath-breaking
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage explicitly commands faithfulness to the covenant of God, forbids
breaking pledged oaths, and warns against bartering the covenant for a mean price.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The covenant is treated as ethical-religious obligation, not as a single
narrative covenant-making scene.
- id: motif:3
label: resurrection as clarification and accounting
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The day of resurrection is named as the time when disputes are cleared up,
and people are called to account for their deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage references resurrection within exhortation and judgment language
without extended afterlife geography.
- id: motif:4
label: divine revelation as guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Book is described as clarifying everything and as guidance, mercy, and
glad tidings; the Holy Spirit brings it down with truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is approximate; the passage emphasizes
revelation and guidance more than a personified wisdom figure.
- id: motif:5
label: punished city after ingratitude and rejection of an apostle
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A secure, well-supplied city is thankless for God’s boons, rejects an apostle
as an impostor, and is overtaken by famine, fear, and chastisement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The city is presented as an instance or example rather than a fully named
narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 12080-12084
quote_or_summary: God provides shade, mountains as places of shelter, and garments
to protect from heat and in wars, completing His goodness so people may resign
themselves to Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 12086-12091
quote_or_summary: If people turn away, the addressee’s office is only plain spoken
preaching; people own God’s goodness and then disown it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 12093-12098
quote_or_summary: On a future day a witness will be raised from every nation; infidels
will not be permitted excuses, and wrongdoers will behold torment that is not
lightened.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 12100-12110
quote_or_summary: Those who associated others with God identify their associate-gods;
the associate-gods call them liars; submission is proffered to God, invented deities
vanish, and punishment is added for corrupt deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 12112-12116
quote_or_summary: A witness is summoned in every people; the addressee is brought
as witness against the Meccans; the Book is sent down as clarification, guidance,
mercy, and glad tidings to Muslims.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 12118-12137
quote_or_summary: God enjoins justice and good-doing, forbids wrong and oppression,
commands faithfulness to the covenant and oaths, compares oath-breaking to unraveling
spun thread, and says resurrection will clarify disputes and people will be called
to account.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 12139-12147
quote_or_summary: The covenant of God must not be bartered for a mean price; what
is with humans passes away, what is with God abides, and righteous believers receive
a happy life and reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 12149-12155
quote_or_summary: When reading the Koran, seek help from God against Satan the stoned;
Satan has no power over believers who trust in their Lord, but has power over
those who turn away and join other deities with God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 12157-12168
quote_or_summary: When one verse is changed for another, opponents call the addressee
a fabricator; the Holy Spirit brought it down with truth; an accusation of human
instruction is answered by noting a foreign tongue and the Koran’s plain Arabic.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 12170-12185
quote_or_summary: Those who disbelieve in God’s signs face torment; forced denial
with a steadfast heart is guiltless, but willing infidelity brings wrath; some
hearts, ears, and eyes are sealed, while those who fled, fought, and endured after
trials receive forgiveness and grace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 12187-12189
quote_or_summary: On a certain day every soul comes to plead for itself and every
soul is repaid according to its deeds without being wronged.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 12191-12198
quote_or_summary: A secure city with supplies from every side is thankless for God’s
boons and is made to taste famine and fear; an apostle from its own people is
treated as an impostor, so chastisement overtakes them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 12200-12213
quote_or_summary: The passage commands eating lawful and good things supplied by
God, forbids carrion, blood, swine flesh, and animals slain in another name, allows
necessity without wilful transgression, and warns against falsely declaring things
lawful or forbidden.
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: uncertain
notes: The passage is rich in explicit judgment, covenant, resurrection, revelation,
and ethical imagery. Motif assignment is strongest where terms are explicit; the
wisdom taxonomy link for revelation-as-guidance is approximate. No external comparison
claims were made.
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: |-
Extraction uses only the supplied passage and metadata; all evidence is summarized from the public-domain source.
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