batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l12498-l12640
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l12498-l12640
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 12498-12640
start: '12498'
end: '12640'
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 sending winds, clouds, and rain as mercy, reviving
dead earth as a sign of future resurrection, warning that the unreceptive cannot
be made to hear or see, describing human life stages, the Hour and the Resurrection,
rejection of Quranic signs, and Muhammad's call to patience. It then opens Sura
XI with a divinely wise book, monotheistic warning and pardon, return to God,
divine knowledge of hidden things, provision for all creatures, creation of heavens
and earth in six days with the throne upon the waters, denial of resurrection,
and deferred chastisement.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God sends winds as glad tidings of rain, causes people to taste mercy, and
enables ships to sail by His command.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God uplifts and spreads clouds, breaks them up, and rain issues from their
midst, bringing joy to selected servants after despair.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage presents the quickening of dead earth after rain as a trace of
God's mercy and says the same God will quicken the dead.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A destructive blast can turn harvest yellow, after which people show ingratitude.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The addressee cannot make the dead, deaf, or blind hear or be guided; only
those who believe in the signs are described as hearing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Human life is described as beginning in weakness, moving to strength, and
returning to weakness and grey hairs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: On the day of the Hour, the wicked misstate the duration of their waiting,
while those given knowledge and faith identify it as the day of Resurrection.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: On that day the wicked person's plea does not avail, and they are not again
bidden to seek acceptance with God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The Koran is described as setting every kind of parable before people, while
infidels dismiss a brought verse as vain speech.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Muhammad is told to bear patiently because the promise of God is true and
not to be unsettled by those without firm belief.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The opening of Sura XI describes a book whose verses are established in wisdom
and clearly set forth from the Wise and All-informed.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The speaker announces worship of God alone, seeking pardon, turning to Him,
and fear of chastisement if people turn away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: God is said to know what people conceal and show, including what is in the
breast.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Every moving thing on earth is said to depend on God for nourishment, and
its haunts and final resting place are known in a clear Book.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: God made the heavens and the earth in six days, and His throne had stood upon
the waters.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: If resurrection after death is proclaimed, infidels call it pure sorcery;
if chastisement is deferred, they question what keeps it back.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Divine actor who sends winds and rain, quickens earth and the dead,
creates humans, knows hidden things, provides for creatures, creates heavens and
earth, and judges or chastises.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Muhammad
description: Named addressee instructed to bear patiently and not be unsettled by
those lacking firm belief.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Apostles before Muhammad
description: Earlier apostles sent to their peoples with clear proofs of their mission.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Faithful
description: Group whom God succoured, described in relation to earlier apostolic
missions.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Guilty
description: Group on whom God took vengeance in the context of earlier apostolic
missions.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Wicked
description: Those who swear wrongly about their waiting on the day of the Hour
and whose plea does not avail on that day.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Those given knowledge and faith
description: Group who identify the day as the day of Resurrection and say the wicked
waited according to the book of God.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Infidels
description: Those who reject Quranic verses as vain things and call the proclamation
of resurrection pure sorcery.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:16
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Every moving thing on earth
description: Creatures whose nourishment depends on God and whose haunts and final
resting place are known.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rain-sender and giver of mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends winds, clouds, and rain, and rain is described as a means by which
people taste mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: resurrector or quickener
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says God quickens dead earth and will surely quicken the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates human life stages and made the heavens and the earth in six days.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:15
- id: role:4
label: knower, provider, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God knows what is concealed, provides for moving creatures, and chastisement
comes from Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:16
- id: role:5
label: patient prophetic addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Muhammad is directly instructed to bear with patience and remain firm.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: messengers with proofs
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Earlier apostles are described as sent to their peoples with clear proofs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: role:7
label: believers or faithful recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:7
basis: The faithful are succoured, and those with knowledge and faith recognize
the day of Resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:17
- id: role:8
label: guilty or wicked under judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: God takes vengeance on the guilty, and the wicked have no availing plea on
the day of Resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:17
- id: role:9
label: knowledgeable witnesses to resurrection
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They tell the wicked that their waiting lasted until the day of Resurrection
according to the book of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: rejecters of revelation and resurrection
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They dismiss verses as vain speech and call the proclamation of resurrection
sorcery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:16
- id: role:11
label: dependent creatures
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Their nourishment depends on God, and God knows their places.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: winds announcing rain
literal_form: winds sent with glad tidings of rain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: rain as mercy
literal_form: rain issuing from clouds and poured down on servants
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: dead earth quickened
literal_form: earth after its death made alive
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: yellowed harvest
literal_form: harvest turned yellow by a blast
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: sealed hearts
literal_form: hearts of those devoid of knowledge sealed up
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: clear Book
literal_form: clear Book containing knowledge of creatures' haunts and resting place
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:7
label: throne upon the waters
literal_form: God's throne stood upon the waters before or during the making of
the heavens and earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rain sent as mercy and provision
summary: God sends winds, raises and spreads clouds, breaks them up, and rain descends,
producing joy after despair and enabling human benefit such as sailing and seeking
bounty.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Dead earth as sign of resurrection
summary: The revived earth after rain is presented as a trace of God's mercy and
as evidence that God will quicken the dead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Prophets, proofs, faithful, and guilty
summary: Earlier apostles bring proofs to their peoples; God succours the faithful
and takes vengeance on the guilty.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: scene:4
label: Unreceptive hearers and believers
summary: The addressee cannot make the dead, deaf, or blind hear or be guided; only
those who believe in the signs are described as hearing.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: The Hour and the day of Resurrection
summary: The wicked misrepresent the time they waited, but those with knowledge
and faith identify the day as the day of Resurrection; the wicked person's plea
does not avail.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Revelation rejected and prophet exhorted
summary: Although parables are set forth in the Koran, infidels reject a verse as
vain; God seals hearts devoid of knowledge, and Muhammad is told to remain patient.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Opening proclamation of Sura XI
summary: A wise and clearly set forth book calls people to worship God alone, seek
pardon, and return to Him, with warning of chastisement if they turn away.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:8
label: Divine omniscience, provision, and creation
summary: God knows what people conceal and show, provides for every moving thing,
records or knows their places in a clear Book, and made the heavens and earth
in six days with His throne upon the waters.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: scene:9
label: Denial of resurrection and deferred chastisement
summary: When resurrection is proclaimed, infidels call it sorcery; when chastisement
is deferred, they question its delay, but it is said to come upon them with none
to avert it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: rain revives dead earth as sign of resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage explicitly links rain's revival of dead earth to God's future
quickening of the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is expressed as theological argument within the passage, not
as a narrative journey through the afterlife.
- id: motif:2
label: divine judgment at the Hour
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The Hour and day of Resurrection are described, with wicked persons' plea
failing and chastisement warned or deferred.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:16
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives brief eschatological statements rather than an extended
judgment scene.
- id: motif:3
label: prophetic warning with rejection of signs
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Earlier apostles bring clear proofs; the Koran sets forth parables; infidels
reject verses and resurrection claims.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:16
- ev:17
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a specific prophecy-or-revelation
rejection category; wisdom is used only because the passage emphasizes proofs,
parables, knowledge, and a wise book.
- id: motif:4
label: creation with divine throne upon waters
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The passage says God made the heavens and the earth in six days and that
His throne stood upon the waters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The text mentions waters but does not explicitly describe a chaos battle
or ordering of chaos; the taxonomy reference is therefore tentative.
- id: motif:5
label: divine provision for all living creatures
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Every moving thing on earth is said to depend on God for nourishment, and
God knows its places.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied motif-family taxonomy item directly matches providential sustenance.
- id: motif:6
label: human life cycle from weakness to strength to decline
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Human life is described as moving from weakness to strength and then back
to weakness and grey hairs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a human life-cycle statement, not explicitly a seasonal or agricultural
cycle; taxonomy fit is approximate.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator's note reports a comparison in which Talmudists connect God
as sender of rain with the divine command that causes the dead to arise, matching
the passage's linkage of rain-revived earth and resurrection by function.
claim_level: same_function
target: Talmudic application of the rain-sending divine description to resurrection,
cited in the translator's note as Taanith init.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:18
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage provides this as a translator's note, not as part of the
Quranic verse itself; no direct Talmudic text is included in the supplied passage.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 12498-12501
quote_or_summary: God sends winds as glad tidings of rain, lets people taste mercy,
commands ships to sail, and grants bounty so that people may give thanks.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 12506-12511
quote_or_summary: God sends winds, uplifts and spreads clouds, breaks them up, and
rain issues from them; when rain is poured down on servants, they are joyful after
despair.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 12513-12515
quote_or_summary: '"after its death he quickeneth the earth" and "This same God
will surely quicken the dead"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 12517-12518
quote_or_summary: If God sends a blast and people see their harvest turn yellow,
they afterwards show themselves ungrateful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 12520-12524
quote_or_summary: The addressee cannot make the dead, deaf, or blind hear or be
guided; only believers in the signs will hear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 12526-12528
quote_or_summary: God creates humans in weakness, gives strength after weakness,
and then brings weakness and grey hairs after strength.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 12530-12536
quote_or_summary: On the day the Hour arrives, the wicked swear they waited not
more than an hour; those with knowledge and faith say they waited until the day
of Resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 12538-12539
quote_or_summary: On that day the plea of the wicked will not avail, and they will
not again be bidden to seek acceptance with God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 12541-12546
quote_or_summary: The Koran sets forth every kind of parable; infidels call a verse
vain speech, and God seals hearts of those without knowledge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 12548-12549
quote_or_summary: Muhammad is told to bear patiently because God's promise is true
and not to let those without firm belief unsettle him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 12585-12587
quote_or_summary: Sura XI begins with letter names and describes a book whose verses
are established in wisdom and clearly set forth from the Wise and All-informed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 12589-12594
quote_or_summary: The proclamation calls for worship of God alone, seeking pardon
and turning to Him, with promised enjoyments and warning of the chastisement of
the great day if people turn away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 12598-12603
quote_or_summary: People fold up their breasts or enshroud themselves, but God knows
what they conceal and show and the inmost of the breast.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 12605-12606
quote_or_summary: No moving thing on earth lacks dependence on God for nourishment;
God knows its haunts and final resting place, and all is in the clear Book.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: quote
locator: lines 12608-12610
quote_or_summary: '"made the Heavens and the Earth in six days" and "His throne
had stood ere this upon the waters"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short quotation.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 12612-12618
quote_or_summary: When told they will be raised after death, infidels call it pure
sorcery; when chastisement is deferred, they ask what keeps it back, but it will
come with none to avert it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 12503-12505
quote_or_summary: Apostles before Muhammad came to their peoples with clear proofs;
God succoured the faithful and took vengeance on the guilty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: note 5 within lines 12557-12558
quote_or_summary: The translator's note states that Talmudists apply God's description
as sender of rain to the divine command causing the dead to arise, citing Taanith.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized translator note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The main resurrection, rain, judgment, and creation observations are explicit.
Some taxonomy mappings are approximate because the provided taxonomy lacks exact
labels for prophecy rejection, providence, or Quranic parable discourse.
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: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used. Footnotes were treated as part of the supplied passage but separated from Quranic verse evidence where relevant.
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