batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l13976-l14113
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l13976-l14113
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 13976-14113
start: '13976'
end: '14113'
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: A believing speaker exhorts his people to follow the right way, warns of
recompense, paradise, and fire, and rejects worship beside God. God preserves
him, while the people of Pharaoh are exposed to fire and face severer punishment
at the Hour. The passage depicts disputes among the punished in Hell, failed pleas
for relief, divine aid for apostles and believers, Mosaic guidance and the Book,
commands to patience and worship, signs in creation, human formation and life
stages, divine power to give life and death, and the condemnation of deniers who
are dragged into Hell while their former objects of worship vanish.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A believer addresses his people and says he will guide them into the right
way.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker contrasts present life as a passing joy with the life to come
as an abiding mansion.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage states that evil is recompensed with its like, while believing
men and women who do right enter paradise and enjoy unreckoned good things.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The believer says his people invite him to the fire by urging denial of God
and association of other gods, while he invites them to the Mighty and Forgiving.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: God preserves the believing speaker from planned evils, and punishment encompasses
the people of Pharaoh.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The people of Pharaoh are described as exposed to fire morning and evening,
and at the Hour they are ordered into the severest punishment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: In the fire, the weak ask the proud leaders whether they can relieve any portion
of the fire, and the proud answer that all are in it because God has judged between
his servants.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Those in the fire ask the keepers of Hell to implore God for one day of ease;
the keepers reply that apostles came with tokens, and the cry of unbelievers is
vain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: God promises aid in present life to apostles and believers, and the passage
says that on the day witnesses stand forth the plea of evil doers will not avail.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Moses is said to have received guidance, and the children of Israel are made
inheritors of the Book as guidance and warning.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The passage commands steadfastness, seeking pardon, praising the Lord morning
and evening, and seeking refuge in God from those who cavil at divine signs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The creation of the heavens and earth is said to be greater than the creation
of man, and the Hour is said to come without doubt.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: God is described as ordaining night for rest, day for light, the earth as
a foundation, heaven over it, human forms as beautiful, and provision with good
things.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: The passage commands pure worship of the Living One and forbids worship of
what is called on beside God after clear tokens have come.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: Human creation is described through dust, germs of life, thick blood, infancy,
full strength, old age, death for some before old age, and an ordained term.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: God is said to give life and death and to create by decreeing a thing with
the word 'Be.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: Deniers of the Book and message are described with collars on their necks
and chains dragging them into Hell, where they are burned.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:18
text: The former objects of joint worship with God are said to vanish from the condemned,
who are ordered to enter the portals of Hell forever.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:19
text: Apostles before the addressed messenger are mentioned, and no apostle is said
to work a miracle except by God's leave.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: believing speaker
description: A believer who addresses his people, offers to guide them, rejects
their invitation, and commits his case to God.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the believer's people
description: The people addressed by the believer, described as inviting him to
deny God and associate other gods.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: The Mighty, the Forgiving, the one to whom return is made, preserver
of the believer, judge, creator, hearer, beholder, giver of life and death.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: people of Pharaoh
description: A punished group encompassed by woe and exposed to fire morning and
evening before severer punishment at the Hour.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the weak in the fire
description: Those in the fire who say they followed the proud and ask them for
relief from the fire.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: the proud ones
description: Those who had borne themselves proudly and answer that all are in the
fire after God's judgment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: keepers of Hell
description: Custodians addressed by those in the fire and asked to implore God
for one day of ease.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: apostles / Sent Ones
description: Messengers said to have come with tokens, to be succoured by God, and
to bring a message that some treat as a lie.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Moses
description: A prior recipient of guidance.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: children of Israel
description: Those made inheritors of the Book as guidance and warning.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: addressed messenger / first-person speaker
description: The figure commanded to be steadfast, say he is forbidden to worship
beside God, and surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: unbelievers, transgressors, evil doers, and deniers
description: Condemned persons associated with vain cries, failed pleas, collars,
chains, fire, vanished objects of worship, and the portals of Hell.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: believers and righteous doers
description: Those who believe and do right, including male and female, who are
promised paradise and divine succour.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: faithful exhorter
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The believer tells his people to follow him and says he will guide them into
the right way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: warned opposing audience
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are addressed by the believer and are said to invite him to denial of
God and association of other gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine lord, judge, creator, and preserver
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God preserves, judges, creates, provides, hears, beholds, gives life and
death, and commands worship.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: exemplary punished group
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The people of Pharaoh are encompassed by punishment and exposed to fire before
the severest punishment at the Hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: punished followers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The weak say they followed the proud and ask for relief from the fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: punished proud leaders
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The proud answer that all are in the fire after God judged between his servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: custodians of Hell
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Those in the fire appeal to them for intercession with God for a day of ease.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: apostolic warners with tokens
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:11
basis: Apostles are said to come with tokens, receive divine succour, and work miracles
only by God's leave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: recipient of divine address
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The passage addresses a 'thou' with commands to be steadfast and to declare
surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: recipient of guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Moses is said to have been given guidance of old.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: inheritors of the Book
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The children of Israel are made inheritors of the Book, described as guidance
and warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: rewarded believers
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Believing righteous doers enter paradise and believers receive divine succour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: condemned deniers
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Unbelievers, transgressors, and deniers are associated with vain cries, failed
pleas, chains, fire, and Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire / Hell-fire
literal_form: Fire and Hell as the place of exposure, wrangling, burning, and punishment.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: paradise
literal_form: Paradise where believing righteous doers enjoy unreckoned good things.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: the Hour
literal_form: The eschatological time that will surely come and at which the people
of Pharaoh are ordered into severest punishment.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: the Book, message, tokens, and signs
literal_form: Revelatory items and signs associated with Moses, Israel, apostles,
and deniers.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: collars and chains
literal_form: Collars on necks and chains used to drag deniers into Hell.
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: portals of Hell
literal_form: Portals through which the condemned are commanded to enter and abide
forever.
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: night and day
literal_form: Night ordained for rest and day ordained to give light.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: earth foundation and heaven built over it
literal_form: Earth given as a sure foundation with Heaven built over it.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: human formation stages
literal_form: Dust, germs of life, thick blood, infancy, full strength, old age,
death, and ordained term.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Believer exhorts his people
summary: A believing speaker contrasts present and future life, promises recompense,
warns against the fire, rejects worship beside God, and commits his case to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Preservation and punishment of Pharaoh's people
summary: God preserves the believer from planned evils, while the people of Pharaoh
are encompassed by punishment and exposed to fire before the Hour.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Dispute and failed plea within the fire
summary: The weak and the proud dispute in the fire, and those in Hell ask its keepers
for one day of relief; the request fails because apostles had come with tokens.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Aid to messengers and scriptural guidance
summary: God promises aid to apostles and believers, says evil-doers' pleas will
fail, and recalls Moses receiving guidance and Israel inheriting the Book.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Commands to steadfastness and signs of creation
summary: The addressed messenger is told to be patient and seek refuge in God; the
passage points to creation of heavens and earth, the coming Hour, night and day,
earth and heaven, human form, provision, and pure worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Human creation, life, death, and divine decree
summary: The passage describes human development from dust through life stages and
states that God gives life and death by decree.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Condemnation of deniers and vanished objects of worship
summary: Those who treated the Book and message as a lie are dragged with collars
and chains into Hell; their former objects of joint worship vanish, and they are
ordered through Hell's portals forever.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Apostles and miracles by divine leave
summary: Prior apostles are mentioned, some known and others not told; no apostle
can work a miracle except by God's leave, and God's behest decides with truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine judgment according to belief and deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage presents recompense for evil and righteousness, judgment between
servants, failed pleas of evil-doers, punishment in fire, and reward in paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction records the passage's explicit judgment imagery without
adding later theological elaboration.
- id: motif:2
label: Afterlife destinations of paradise and Hell
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage contrasts the present life with the life to come, describes entry
into paradise, exposure to fire, and entry through the portals of Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives destinations and thresholds but not a detailed itinerary
or mapped journey.
- id: motif:3
label: The Hour and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The Hour is said to arrive without doubt; return to God and being brought
back to God are stated, and God is described as giving life and death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage implies eschatological return and judgment but does not narrate
a detailed resurrection scene in this excerpt.
- id: motif:4
label: Revealed guidance and warning
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Apostles bring tokens, Moses receives guidance, the children of Israel inherit
the Book, and the Book is described as guidance and warning for those with understanding.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy term 'wisdom' is applied to scriptural guidance
and warning, not to a personified wisdom figure.
- id: motif:5
label: Divine preservation of the faithful witness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God preserves the believing speaker from the evils planned against him and
promises succour to apostles and believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a local pattern in the passage; no taxonomy family in the supplied
list directly names it.
- id: motif:6
label: Creation and life by divine command
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God is described as creator of all things, arranger of night, day, earth,
and heaven, former of human beings, giver of life and death, and creator by the
decree 'Be.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied motif-family reference exactly corresponds to creation by
command, so taxonomy_refs is left empty.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: 'Within the passage, the guidance given to Moses and the Book inherited by
the children of Israel are presented as functioning like the tokens and messages
brought by apostles: they warn and guide audiences who are accountable before
God.'
claim_level: same_function
target: Mosaic/Israelite scriptural guidance and apostolic warning within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal functional comparison supported by the passage's
own references; it does not establish historical contact or development beyond
the text's stated continuity.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13976-14113, opening address of the believer
quote_or_summary: A believer addresses his people, offers guidance, contrasts passing
present life with abiding afterlife, states recompense, promises paradise to righteous
believers, rejects denial of God and associated gods, and warns that transgressors
are inmates of fire.
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 13976-14113, preservation and punishment transition
quote_or_summary: God preserves the believing speaker from planned evils, and the
woe of punishment encompasses the people of Pharaoh.
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 13976-14113, Pharaoh's people and the Hour
quote_or_summary: The people of Pharaoh are exposed to fire morning and evening,
and at the arrival of the Hour are ordered into the severest punishment.
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 13976-14113, dialogue in the fire
quote_or_summary: The weak and the proud wrangle in the fire; those in the fire
ask the keepers of Hell for one day of relief, but are told apostles came with
tokens and that the unbelievers' cry is vain.
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 13976-14113, divine succour and witnesses
quote_or_summary: God promises to succour apostles and believers in present life
and on the day witnesses stand forth; the plea of evil-doers will not avail, and
they receive curse and Hell.
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 13976-14113, Moses and Israel
quote_or_summary: Moses is given guidance, and the children of Israel are made inheritors
of the Book as guidance and warning for people of understanding.
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 13976-14113, patience, signs, and the Hour
quote_or_summary: The addressed figure is told to be steadfast, seek pardon, praise
the Lord, and seek refuge in God; creation of heavens and earth is greater than
creation of man, and the Hour will surely come.
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 13976-14113, creator and cosmic order
quote_or_summary: God ordains night for rest and day for light, gives the earth
as a foundation, builds heaven over it, forms human beings, provides good things,
and is called the Living One who alone is to be worshipped.
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 13976-14113, worship prohibition and human formation
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he is forbidden to worship what is called on
beside God; human beings are created from dust, germs of life, and thick blood,
pass through life stages, and God gives life and death by saying 'Be.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; includes a brief public-domain word quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 13976-14113, deniers dragged into Hell
quote_or_summary: Those who treat the Book and message as a lie are described with
collars and chains dragging them into Hell; former objects of joint worship vanish,
and the condemned enter Hell's portals forever.
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 13976-14113, prior apostles and miracles
quote_or_summary: Apostles before the addressed messenger are mentioned; no apostle
works a miracle except by God's leave, and when God's behest comes everything
is decided with truth.
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: medium
notes: Literal elements are explicit in the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy alignment
is strongest for divine judgment and revealed guidance; afterlife_journey_map
and resurrection are used cautiously because the excerpt gives destinations, the
Hour, and return rather than a full journey or resurrection narrative.
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 text and metadata. No historical-contact claims are made.
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