batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l12642-l12768
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l12642-l12768
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 12642-12768
start: '12642'
end: '12768'
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 contrasts transient worldly reward with punishment or paradise
in the next world, defends the revealed Book against accusations of human invention,
and narrates Noah’s mission: he warns his people, is rejected and mocked, is commanded
to build the Ark, takes selected beings and believers aboard, and sees a disbelieving
son drowned when he seeks refuge on a mountain from the waters.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A person who receives favor after trouble is described as rejoicing and boasting,
except for those who are patient and do right, who receive pardon and reward.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressed warner is told not to suppress revelation because of anticipated
objections about treasure or an angel accompanying him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Opponents who claim the Koran is devised by the messenger are challenged to
bring ten similar Suras with whatever helpers they can call besides God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Those who choose present life are said to receive their recompense there,
while in the next world they have only Fire and their works become vain.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Those who invent lies concerning God are set before their Lord, and witnesses
identify them as people who made their Lord a liar.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Believers who do right and humble themselves before their Lord are described
as inmates of Paradise who remain there forever.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Two sorts of persons are compared to the blind and deaf versus the seeing
and hearing.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Noah is sent to his people as a plain admonisher, telling them to worship
none but God and warning of a grievous day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The chiefs of Noah’s people reject him as only a man like themselves and disparage
his followers as lowly and hasty in judgment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Noah says he asks no riches, will not drive away believers, does not claim
God’s treasures, does not know unseen things, and does not claim to be an angel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Noah’s opponents demand that he bring the threatened punishment if he speaks
truth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Noah is told by revelation that no more of his people will believe except
those already believing, and he is commanded to build the Ark under divine oversight.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Noah is told not to plead for the evildoers because they are to be drowned.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: When Noah builds the Ark, chiefs passing by laugh him to scorn, and Noah responds
that they too will be laughed at and will learn on whom punishment will fall.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: When the divine sentence comes, the earth’s surface boils up, and Noah is
told to carry into the Ark one pair of every kind, his family except one already
sentenced, and those who believed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:16
text: Only a few are said to have believed with Noah.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:17
text: Noah tells the passengers to embark in the Ark in the name of God for its
course and anchoring.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:18
text: The Ark moves amid waves described as like mountains.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:19
text: Noah calls to his son, who is apart, urging him to embark and not be with
the unbelievers.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:20
text: Noah’s son says he will go to a mountain to secure himself from the water;
Noah replies that none is secure from God’s decree except one on whom God has
mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:21
text: A wave passes between Noah and his son, and the son is among the drowned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine source of revelation, judgment, mercy, punishment, and command.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed warner
description: The addressee who receives revelation, is challenged by opponents,
and is described as only a warner.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those who choose present life
description: People who seek the present life and its braveries and are said to
have nothing in the next world but Fire.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those who believe and do right
description: People described as humble before their Lord and as inmates of Paradise.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unjust liars concerning God
description: People accused of inventing a lie concerning God, perverting others
from God’s way, and not believing in a life to come.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Witnesses
description: Witnesses who identify those who made their Lord a liar.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Noah
description: A messenger sent to his people as a plain admonisher who later builds
the Ark and calls his son to embark.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Noah’s people
description: The people to whom Noah is sent; most do not believe.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Chiefs of Noah’s people
description: Chiefs who reject Noah, disparage his followers, and mock him while
he builds the Ark.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Believers with Noah
description: The few who believe with Noah and are included among those to be carried
into the Ark.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Noah’s family
description: Noah’s family is named among those to be carried into the Ark, except
one on whom sentence has already passed.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Noah’s son
description: Noah’s son is apart from the Ark, refuses embarkation, seeks a mountain
against the water, and is drowned.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: One pair of every kind
description: Pairs of every kind are commanded to be carried into the Ark.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Revelation is said to be sent down in God’s wisdom, and Noah receives revelation
and instructions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: role:2
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage describes God’s curse, punishment, decree, and sentence against
evildoers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: role:3
label: source of mercy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Noah says his Lord bestowed mercy, and God’s mercy is named as the only security
on the flood day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:15
- id: role:4
label: warner / admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:7
basis: The addressed figure is called a warner, and Noah calls himself a plain admonisher.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: condemned wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: These figures are associated with Fire, loss, punishment, and divine malison.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: paradise inmates
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Believers who do right and humble themselves are said to abide in Paradise
forever.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: testifying witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Witnesses speak before the Lord against those who made their Lord a liar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: ark builder
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Noah is commanded to build the Ark and then builds it while mocked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:9
label: rescuer-caller
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Noah calls his son to embark with those in the Ark and not be with unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: role:10
label: rejecting audience
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Noah’s people and chiefs reject his warning and do not believe except for
a few.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: role:11
label: mockers
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The chiefs laugh Noah to scorn as he builds the Ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: ark passengers
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:13
basis: Believers, Noah’s family except the sentenced one, and one pair of every
kind are commanded to be carried into the Ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:13
label: drowned non-embarker
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Noah’s son refuses to embark, seeks a mountain, and is among the drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Fire of the next world
literal_form: Fire
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Ark
literal_form: Ark built by Noah under divine command
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: sym:3
label: Water of drowning
literal_form: Water and waves during the flood
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- flood_and_renewal
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: sym:4
label: Mountain as attempted refuge
literal_form: Mountain sought by Noah’s son as protection from the water
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:5
label: Pairs of every kind
literal_form: One pair of every kind carried into the Ark
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- survivor_pair
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:6
label: Waves like mountains
literal_form: Waves compared to mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:7
label: Paradise
literal_form: Paradise where believers abide forever
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Moral contrast after worldly favor and trial
summary: The passage contrasts boastful rejoicing after relief with patient right
action that receives pardon and great reward.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Defense of revelation against accusation
summary: The addressed warner is told not to be distressed by objections, and opponents
are challenged to produce ten comparable Suras if they claim the Koran is devised.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Judgment of worldly choosers and liars against God
summary: Those attached to present life and those inventing lies against God are
associated with loss, Fire, witness testimony, and punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Paradise and the contrast of perception
summary: Believers who do right are described as abiding in Paradise, and two kinds
of persons are likened to blind and deaf versus seeing and hearing.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Noah’s warning and rejection
summary: Noah warns his people to worship only God, while the chiefs reject him
as ordinary and disparage his followers.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Noah’s denial of wealth, unseen knowledge, and angelic status
summary: Noah tells his people that he asks no riches, will not drive away believers,
does not possess God’s treasures, does not know the unseen, and is not an angel.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Demand for punishment and divine prerogative
summary: Noah’s opponents demand the threatened punishment, and Noah says God will
bring it at His pleasure and that they cannot weaken Him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Command to build the Ark
summary: Noah is told that no additional people will believe, is commanded to build
the Ark under divine oversight, and is told not to plead for those destined to
be drowned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:9
label: Mockery during ark-building
summary: As Noah builds the Ark, chiefs mock him, and Noah replies that they will
learn upon whom shaming and lasting punishment will fall.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: scene:10
label: Flood onset and embarkation
summary: When the sentence comes and the earth’s surface boils up, Noah is told
to bring pairs, family, and believers into the Ark, and he calls for embarkation
in God’s name.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: scene:11
label: Noah’s son and the failed mountain refuge
summary: The Ark moves among great waves; Noah calls his son to embark, but the
son seeks refuge on a mountain, and a wave separates them so that he is drowned.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment separating believers and wrongdoers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly contrasts reward, Paradise, Fire, punishment, and
loss according to belief, right action, or wrongdoing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is theological and juridical as well as narrative; extraction
identifies recurring motif structure rather than a full myth episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Revelation challenged as human invention
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Opponents say the Koran is devised, while the response challenges them to
produce comparable Suras and affirms revelation in God’s wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has only a broad wisdom category; the passage does
not present a separate wisdom-quest narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: Rejected prophet warns of coming punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah warns his people of a grievous day, is rejected by chiefs, and his opponents
demand the punishment he threatens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is extracted from this passage’s Noah episode only.
- id: motif:4
label: Divinely commanded ark preserves selected beings
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
basis: Noah is commanded to build the Ark under divine oversight and to carry believers,
family members, and pairs of every kind into it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The end of the passage does not yet narrate post-flood landing or renewal.
- id: motif:5
label: Flood punishment and drowning of unbelievers
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
- divine_judgment
- water
basis: Evildoers are said to be destined for drowning, the earth’s surface boils
up, waves surround the Ark, and Noah’s son is drowned after refusing to embark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage includes flood and preservation, but renewal after the flood
lies outside the supplied range.
- id: motif:6
label: Failed refuge on a mountain against divine decree
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- water
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah’s son says he will take refuge on a mountain from the water, but Noah
says no one is secure from God’s decree except by mercy, and the son is drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The mountain functions here as an attempted refuge, not as a cosmic mountain
or world center.
- id: motif:7
label: Pairs preserved through catastrophe
taxonomy_refs:
- survivor_pair
- flood_and_renewal
basis: Noah is commanded to carry one pair of every kind into the Ark at the onset
of the flood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states pairs are carried into the Ark but does not complete
the survival outcome within the excerpt.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'The Noah episode in this passage fits a flood-and-ark pattern: divine warning,
rejection by the community, a commanded vessel, selected passengers, rising waters,
and drowning of those outside the vessel.'
claim_level: same_motif
target: flood_and_renewal / ark_vessel motif families
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The supplied range ends before any landing, covenant, or explicit renewal
scene, so the renewal component is only partially represented.
- id: claim:2
claim: The Ark functions as a protective vessel authorized by divine command, separating
those carried within it from those exposed to the flood waters.
claim_level: same_function
target: ark_vessel motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage emphasizes divine judgment and mercy; it does not provide
technical or ritual details about the vessel.
- id: claim:3
claim: Noah’s son seeking a mountain refuge shows a failed natural refuge pattern
in which elevated terrain cannot override a divine flood decree.
claim_level: same_function
target: mountain refuge versus divine flood judgment pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage supports the function of the mountain as attempted refuge,
but not a broader mountain cult or cosmic mountain interpretation.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 12642-12647
quote_or_summary: After trouble and favor, a person boasts; patient right-doers
receive pardon and great reward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 12649-12652
quote_or_summary: The addressed figure is warned not to suppress revelation from
distress over objections about treasure or an angel, and is called only a warner.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 12654-12660
quote_or_summary: If opponents say the Koran is devised, they are challenged to
bring ten similar Suras; if they cannot, it is said to be sent down in God’s wisdom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 12661-12666
quote_or_summary: Those choosing present life receive recompense there, but in the
next world have only Fire and vain works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 12674-12682
quote_or_summary: Those who invent lies concerning God are set before their Lord;
witnesses accuse them, and punishment is doubled for those who pervert others
from God’s way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 12687-12691
quote_or_summary: Believers who do right and humble themselves are inmates of Paradise
forever; two sorts of persons are likened to blind and deaf versus seeing and
hearing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 12693-12697
quote_or_summary: "“We sent Noah of old unto his people” as a “plain admonisher,”
warning them to worship none but God and fear a grievous day."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 12699-12702
quote_or_summary: The chiefs who disbelieve call Noah only a man like themselves,
disparage his followers, and deem them liars.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 12704-12720
quote_or_summary: Noah says he rests on clear revelation and mercy, asks no riches,
will not drive away believers, and does not claim divine treasures, unseen knowledge,
or angelic status.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 12722-12731
quote_or_summary: Noah’s opponents demand the threatened punishment; Noah says God
will bring it at His pleasure and that they cannot weaken Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 12736-12742
quote_or_summary: Noah is told by revelation that no more will believe except current
believers; he is commanded to build the Ark under divine oversight and not plead
for those to be drowned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 12743-12748
quote_or_summary: Noah builds the Ark while chiefs laugh at him; he answers that
they too will be laughed at and will know whom punishment will shame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 12750-12754
quote_or_summary: When the sentence comes and the earth’s surface boils up, Noah
is told to carry into the Ark one pair of every kind, his family with an exception,
and the few who believed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: quote
locator: 12755-12756
quote_or_summary: Noah says, “Embark ye therein. In the name of God be its course
and its riding at anchor!”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: 12758-12765
quote_or_summary: The Ark moves amid waves like mountains; Noah calls his son to
embark, but the son seeks a mountain against the water, and a wave separates them
so he is drowned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is internally clear for the Noah flood, Ark, judgment, Fire,
Paradise, water, and mountain elements. Comparison claims are limited to motif-family
patterning supported by the supplied excerpt.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Renewal, landing, and covenant elements of the wider Noah story are not included because they are outside the provided range.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l12642-l12768
passage_sha256=1c8467a11984cabea0586c6e82a22b8a543367911bc6288572d3fd6358cbbc18