batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l13030-l13160
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l13030-l13160
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 13030-13160
start: '13030'
end: '13160'
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 closes one sura with statements about divine mercy, human religious
difference, hell, the histories of apostles as warning, return to God, worship,
and trust. It then opens Sura XIV, Abraham, describing the Book as sent to bring
people from darkness into light, apostles speaking in their people's language,
Moses sent with signs, Israel's rescue from Pharaoh's family, and a divine statement
about gratitude and chastisement. Translator notes compare some earlier sura details
with Jewish and Islamic reports.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage states that the Lord could have made mankind one religion, but
that people differ except those granted mercy, and that hell will be filled with
Djinn and men.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The histories of the Apostles are said to have been related to confirm the
addressed recipient's heart and to provide truth, monition, and warning for believers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says that the secret things of the heavens and earth belong to
God, that all things return to him, and that he should be worshipped and trusted.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Book is described as sent down so that, by the Lord's permission, people
may be brought out of darkness into light and into God's path.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that every Apostle was sent with the speech of his own
people, and that God misleads whom he wills and guides whom he wills.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:6
text: Moses is said to have been sent with signs and instructed to bring his people
from darkness into light and remind them of the days of God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:7
text: Moses tells his people to remember God's kindness when he rescued them from
Pharaoh's family, who imposed cruel affliction, slaughtered male children, and
allowed females to live.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: A divine statement says that thankfulness will bring increase, while thanklessness
is linked with terrible chastisement.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:9
text: A translator note reports a comparative tradition in which the throne of God's
glory stood above the waters at the first creation of heaven and earth.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: A translator note reports an anecdote in which Muhammad attributed his gray
or white hairs to the effect of Sura Hud and related suras.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure who grants mercy, owns the hidden things of heaven
and earth, sends down the Book, guides or misleads, rescues Moses' people, and
threatens chastisement.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Djinn and men
description: Beings named as those with whom hell will be filled.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Figures whose histories are related as warning and who are sent with
the speech of their own people.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Addressed recipient / Muhammad
description: The recipient addressed as receiving histories and the Book; a translator
note identifies Muhammad in an anecdote about Sura Hud and white hairs.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Infidels / those who believe not
description: Opponents or unbelievers warned to act and wait; they are described
as loving the present life, misleading from God's way, and being in error.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moses
description: A messenger sent with signs who speaks to his people about God's rescue
from Pharaoh's family.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Moses' people
description: The people whom Moses is told to bring from darkness into light and
whom God rescued from Pharaoh's family.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Family of Pharaoh
description: The group described as imposing cruel affliction on Moses' people,
slaughtering male children, and sparing females.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Abu Bekr and Omar
description: Companions named in the translator note as sitting in the mosque at
Medina when Muhammad appeared in the white-hair anecdote.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine sovereign and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God owns hidden things, receives the return of all things, sends revelation,
guides or misleads, and threatens hell or chastisement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: messenger or recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
basis: Apostles are sent with the speech of their people; the addressed recipient
receives histories and the Book; Moses is sent with signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: rescued afflicted community
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Moses' people are remembered as rescued from Pharaoh's family after cruel
affliction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: persecuting oppressor group
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Pharaoh's family is described as afflicting Moses' people and killing their
male children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: warned or judged beings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
basis: Djinn and men are named in relation to hell; unbelievers are warned and associated
with punishment and error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: prophetic liberator
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Moses is commanded to bring his people from darkness into light and recalls
their rescue from Pharaoh's family.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: darkness and light
literal_form: The paired image of being brought out of darkness into light.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: Book
literal_form: The Book sent down to the addressed recipient.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: signs
literal_form: The signs with which Moses is sent.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: hell
literal_form: Hell as the place to be filled with Djinn and men.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: waters beneath the divine throne
literal_form: Waters beneath the throne of glory in the translator's cited comparison
about first creation.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: white hairs
literal_form: Gray or white hairs attributed in a note to the effect of Sura Hud
and related suras on Muhammad.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Closing warning and trust in God
summary: The passage states that human difference, mercy, hell, the histories of
Apostles, warning, waiting, divine knowledge, return to God, worship, and trust
are all framed under God's authority.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: The Book brings people from darkness to light
summary: At the opening of Sura Abraham, the Book is described as sent down so the
addressed recipient may bring people from darkness into light by God's permission.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Apostles speak in their people's language
summary: The passage says that every Apostle is sent with the speech of his own
people so that he may speak plainly to them, while God guides or misleads whom
he wills.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Moses recalls rescue from Pharaoh's family
summary: Moses is sent with signs and speaks to his people about God's rescue of
them from Pharaoh's family, who afflicted them and killed their male children.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Gratitude and chastisement
summary: A divine statement links thankfulness with increase and thanklessness with
severe chastisement; Moses adds that God remains rich and praiseworthy even if
all on earth are thankless.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Translator note on throne above waters
summary: A note compares a creation statement with Jewish sources describing the
throne of God's glory above the waters at the first creation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:7
label: Translator note on Muhammad's white hairs
summary: A note recounts Muhammad appearing near Abu Bekr and Omar and attributing
his white hairs to Sura Hud and related suras.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment and retribution
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hell is to be filled with Djinn and men; infidels are warned of terrible
punishment; thanklessness is linked with terrible chastisement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states judgment themes directly, but does not elaborate an
afterlife journey.
- id: motif:2
label: revelation as guidance from darkness to light
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Book is sent down to bring people from darkness into light, and Moses
is similarly commanded to bring his people from darkness into light with signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The darkness-light image is metaphorical in translation; the available
taxonomy has no exact darkness/light category.
- id: motif:3
label: prophetic deliverance from an oppressive ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Moses' people are rescued from Pharaoh's family after affliction and the
killing of male children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage recalls rescue but does not narrate the full departure or
exodus sequence in this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: messenger speaks in the language of the people
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage states that no Apostle is sent except with the speech of his
own people so he may speak plainly to them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: Classifying this as a wisdom motif is approximate; the passage frames
it as communication and guidance.
- id: motif:5
label: gratitude rewarded and thanklessness punished
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The divine statement says thankfulness will bring increase, while thanklessness
is associated with terrible chastisement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a conditional divine statement, but not a formal
ritual exchange.
- id: motif:6
label: divine throne above primordial waters
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: A translator note cites traditions in which the throne of God's glory stands
above the waters at the first creation of heaven and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif is present in a translator note comparing traditions, not in
the Qur'anic lines quoted in this excerpt.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator note explicitly compares a creation statement with Jewish
traditions in Raschi on Genesis 1:2, a later catechism, and Psalm 104:3, all involving
God's throne or glory above waters.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Jewish creation traditions about the divine throne above the waters
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator; the relevant Qur'anic
verse is not itself fully present in the selected excerpt, only the note is.
- id: claim:2
claim: The translator note relates the Qur'anic Noah episode to rabbinic traditions
in which Noah is mocked or questioned about the ark.
claim_level: same_function
target: Rabbinic Noah flood traditions in Midrash Tanchuma, Sanhedrin, and Midrash
Rabbah
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note references a prior narrative outside the selected canonical
lines; the claim should be checked against the full surrounding sura.
- id: claim:3
claim: The translator note cautiously links the expression about the oven or reservoir
boiling up with a rabbinic idea that the generation of the Deluge was punished
by hot water.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Rabbinic Deluge punishment by hot water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The note itself attributes the idea to Geiger's interpretation and
uses cautious wording, so the comparison is speculative.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13030-13038
quote_or_summary: The Lord could have made mankind one religion; hell will be filled
with Djinn and men; histories of Apostles confirm the addressed heart and warn
believers; unbelievers are told to act and wait.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 13040-13041
quote_or_summary: '"To God belong the secret things of the Heavens and of the Earth:
all things return to him"; the passage commands worship and trust.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: footnote 3, lines 13051-13056
quote_or_summary: The note compares a pre-creation statement with Raschi on Genesis
1:2 and a later catechism, citing a tradition that the throne of God's glory stood
above the waters at the first creation.
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: footnotes 6-7, lines 13068-13079
quote_or_summary: The notes compare a Noah episode with Midrashic material about
people scorning Noah and asking about the ark, and discuss an oven or reservoir
boiling up in relation to rabbinic hot-water punishment traditions.
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: footnote 20, lines 13104-13116
quote_or_summary: The note recounts Muhammad appearing where Abu Bekr and Omar sat,
and attributing his white hairs to Sura Hud and its sister suras.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: Sura XIV opening, lines 13122-13129
quote_or_summary: The Book is sent down so that the addressed recipient may "bring
men out of darkness into light"; infidels are warned for loving the present life
and misleading from God's way.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 13131-13134
quote_or_summary: No Apostle is sent except with the speech of his own people, so
he may speak plainly; God misleads whom he wills and guides whom he wills.
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 13136-13142
quote_or_summary: Moses is sent with signs to bring his people from darkness into
light, and he tells them to remember God's rescue from Pharaoh's family, who afflicted
them, slaughtered male children, and spared females.
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 13144-13150
quote_or_summary: A divine statement promises increase for thankfulness and terrible
chastisement for thanklessness; Moses says God remains rich and praiseworthy even
if all on earth are thankless.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Core Qur'anic motifs are clear in translation. Some comparison claims and
symbols come from translator footnotes rather than the canonical verse text in
this selected range, so they require human review.
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'
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