batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l14660-l14794
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l14660-l14794
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 14660-14794
start: '14660'
end: '14794'
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 the God-fearing and wrongdoers; presents divine signs
in rain, springs, crops, scripture, sleep, death, guidance, and provision; rejects
idols and unauthorized intercessors; describes resurrection, judgment, reward,
punishment, repentance, and the soul's regret.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those who fear their Lord are promised storied pavilions with rivers flowing
beneath them.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God sends down water from heaven, guides it into springs in the earth, brings
forth varied corn, causes it to wither and yellow, and then crumble away.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage contrasts a breast opened by God to Islam and light from the Lord
with hearts hardened against remembrance of God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: God sends down a book described as internally concordant and iterative in
teaching; those who fear their Lord physically tremble and then soften in skin
and heart at remembrance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: On the day of resurrection, evil-doers are told to taste what they have earned.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Earlier people rejected the message as false and punishment came upon them
unexpectedly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage says the Koran contains every kind of parable as warning and is
Arabic, free from tortuous wording.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A comparison is made between a man with mutually disputing associates and
a man devoted wholly to one man.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Muhammad and his opponents are told they will die and then dispute before
their Lord on the day of resurrection.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The passage asks whether there is a dwelling-place in Hell for infidels and
contrasts them with those who bring and believe the truth.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: God is described as sufficient for his servant, while idols cannot remove
affliction or withhold mercy if God wills otherwise.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The Book is sent down for humankind and truth; guidance benefits the guided
person, while error harms the erring person.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: God takes souls at death and during sleep, retaining those decreed to die
and returning others until a fixed time.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Intercession is said to belong wholly to God, who possesses the kingdom of
the heavens and the earth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: When the One God is named, the hearts of those who do not believe in the life
to come shrink; when other deities are named, they rejoice.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: God is addressed as creator of heaven and earth, knower of hidden and manifest
things, and judge between servants in their disputes.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:17
text: The wicked would ransom themselves from resurrection punishment with all earthly
possessions and more, but their deeds appear to them and the fire they mocked
surrounds them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:18
text: A person in trouble calls to God, but after receiving favor claims it was
deserved; the passage calls this a trial.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: obs:19
text: Those who have transgressed are told not to despair of God's mercy, to return
to their Lord, and to follow what has been sent down before sudden punishment
comes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: obs:20
text: A soul may lament its failures toward God and its earlier scoffing, or say
that if God had guided it, it would have feared Him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The Lord who promises, sends water and the Book, guides or misleads,
creates heaven and earth, takes souls, possesses intercession, judges disputes,
forgives sins, and punishes or rewards.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:16
- ev:19
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Those who fear their Lord / the God-fearing / the righteous
description: People promised pavilions and rivers, physically affected by the recited
Book, associated with truth, belief, desire fulfilled, and reward.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Evil-doers / infidels / wicked
description: People associated with lying against God, rejecting truth, Hell, attempts
to ransom themselves from punishment, and being encircled by fire.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:17
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Muhammad
description: The addressed messenger told that he will die, that the Book has been
sent down to him, and that others are not entrusted to his keeping.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Idols / deities adored beside God
description: Objects or beings called upon beside God, said not to be able to remove
affliction, withhold mercy, or act as intercessors without power or understanding.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Earlier peoples
description: People before the present audience who rejected the message as a lie,
received unexpected punishment, and whose deeds did not profit them.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:18
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: A transgressing soul
description: A soul that may lament failures in duty toward God, scoffing, or absence
from the God-fearing.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine promiser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God promises pavilions and rivers to those who fear their Lord and is said
not to fail in His promise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator and provider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends water, produces crops, creates heaven and earth, and gives supplies
as He wills.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
- ev:19
- id: role:3
label: giver of scripture and guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends down the Book and guides whom He pleases by it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: role:4
label: judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God judges disputes, punishes wrongdoers, and makes deeds appear to the wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: role:5
label: holder of souls and intercession
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God takes souls at death and sleep and intercession is said to belong wholly
to Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:6
label: righteous recipients of reward
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Those who fear God receive promised dwellings, desired things, removal of
guilt, and reward for best actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: role:7
label: wrongdoers receiving punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Evil-doers, infidels, and the wicked are associated with Hell, punishment,
and encircling fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:17
- id: role:8
label: addressed messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Muhammad is directly addressed and told that the Book has been sent down
to him for humankind and truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:9
label: powerless rival objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The idols or deities beside God are said to lack power to remove affliction,
withhold mercy, or intercede.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:14
- id: role:10
label: precedent community of rejection
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Earlier people rejected the message and their deeds did not save them from
punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:18
- id: role:11
label: late penitent or regretful speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: A soul speaks regretfully about failures, scoffing, and missed guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water from heaven
literal_form: Water sent down from heaven, guided into springs, producing crops
that later wither.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: rivers beneath pavilions
literal_form: Rivers flowing beneath storied pavilions promised to those who fear
their Lord.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: the Book / Koran
literal_form: A sent-down Arabic Book, internally concordant, iterative in teaching,
containing parables for warning.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: sym:4
label: light from the Lord
literal_form: Light associated with the one whose breast God has opened to Islam.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: hardened or softened heart
literal_form: Hearts hardened against remembrance, or hearts softened at remembrance.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: fire of punishment
literal_form: Fire at which the wicked mocked, surrounding them on every side.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: sym:7
label: idols or deities beside God
literal_form: Objects or deities called upon beside God and named by unbelievers
with joy.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:15
- id: sym:8
label: sleep and death as soul-taking
literal_form: Souls taken by God at death and during sleep, with some retained and
others returned.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Reward for those who fear the Lord
summary: The God-fearing are promised elevated dwellings with rivers beneath them
as a divine promise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Water, springs, crops, and withering
summary: God sends heavenly water into the earth, produces varied crops, then causes
them to yellow, wither, and crumble as teaching for people of insight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Reactions to divine remembrance and scripture
summary: The passage contrasts opened breasts and light with hardened hearts, and
describes the Book causing fear, trembling, and softening among those who fear
their Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Resurrection dispute and judgment
summary: Muhammad and others are told they will die, dispute before their Lord at
resurrection, and face judgment according to truth, rejection, belief, and deeds.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:16
- id: scene:5
label: God contrasted with idols and other deities
summary: The passage argues that God alone suffices, while idols and deities beside
God lack power to alter affliction, mercy, or intercession.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: scene:6
label: Souls in death and sleep
summary: God takes souls at death and sleep, retaining those decreed for death while
returning others until a fixed term.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: scene:7
label: Wicked confronted by deeds and fire
summary: The wicked would ransom themselves from resurrection punishment, but their
deeds become clear and the fire they mocked surrounds them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: scene:8
label: Call to repentance before sudden punishment
summary: Transgressors are told not to despair of God's mercy, to return and submit
before punishment comes suddenly, lest a soul speak regretfully afterward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- ev:20
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment of deeds at resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The passage repeatedly refers to the day of resurrection, dispute before
the Lord, judgment between servants, reward for the righteous, punishment for
wrongdoers, and deeds becoming apparent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:16
- ev:17
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction identifies a broad motif family rather than a single narrative
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: scripture as guidance and warning
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Book is described as sent down, internally concordant, iterative in teaching,
filled with parables for warning, and beneficial to those guided by it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is didactic and theological rather than a mythic plot sequence.
- id: motif:3
label: divine provision through water and seasonal decay
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Heavenly water becomes springs and produces varied crops, which then wither,
yellow, and crumble as a lesson for people of insight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes instruction from a natural process; it does not
narrate a full seasonal myth.
- id: motif:4
label: rejection of powerless rival deities
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts God as creator, guide, sufficient protector, and holder
of intercession with idols or deities that cannot remove affliction, withhold
mercy, or intercede.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific monotheism-versus-idols category;
the listed reference is approximate because judgment and divine sovereignty are
implicated.
- id: motif:5
label: sleep and death under divine custody of souls
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: God takes souls at death and during sleep, retains some under a decree of
death, and returns others until a fixed time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a theological statement about souls rather than a mapped
journey through afterlife regions.
- id: motif:6
label: repentance before sudden punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Transgressors are urged not to despair of mercy, to return and submit before
sudden punishment arrives, followed by imagined speeches of regret.
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- ev:20
confidence: high
cautions: This is an admonitory motif rather than a developed narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: Those who fear their Lord are promised storied pavilions beneath
which rivers flow; God will not fail in His promise.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God sends water from heaven, forms springs in the earth, brings
forth varied corn, then makes it wither, yellow, and crumble as teaching for people
of insight.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: The passage contrasts one whose breast God has opened to Islam
and who has light from the Lord with those whose hearts are hardened against God's
remembrance.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God sends down the best recital as a self-consistent Book teaching
by iteration; the skins of those who fear their Lord creep, then skins and hearts
soften at remembrance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: 'On the day of resurrection, evil-doers are told: "Taste what
ye have earned."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: People before them called it a lie; punishment came unexpectedly,
and God made them taste humiliation in this life, with greater punishment in the
life to come.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: The Koran is said to set forth every kind of parable for warning
and to be Arabic and free from tortuous wording so that people may fear God.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God presents a comparison of a man with discordant associates
and a man wholly devoted to one man, asking whether they are alike.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: Muhammad and others are told they will die and then wrangle with
one another before their Lord on the day of resurrection.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether Hell is a dwelling-place for infidels,
while those who bring and believe the truth are God-fearing and receive desired
reward and removal of guilt.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God is sufficient for His servant; idols cannot remove an affliction
or withhold mercy if God chooses otherwise; God created heaven and earth.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: The Book is sent down to Muhammad for humankind and truth; guidance
benefits the guided, while error harms only the one who errs; they are not entrusted
to Muhammad's keeping.
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 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God takes souls at death and during sleep, retaining those decreed
for death and returning others until a fixed time as signs for reflection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: Those taken beside God as intercessors are questioned because
they have no power or understanding; intercession is wholly with God, to whom
people will be brought back.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: When the One God is named, unbelievers in the life to come shrink
inwardly; when deities adored beside Him are named, they rejoice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God is addressed as creator of heaven and earth, knower of hidden
and manifest, and judge between servants concerning their disputes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: The wicked would ransom themselves with all the earth and more
from resurrection punishment; their ill deeds become clear, and the fire they
mocked surrounds them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: A person in trouble calls to God, then after favor says it was
deserved; the passage calls this a trial and notes that earlier people said similarly
and their deeds did not profit them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:19
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: God gives supplies as He wills; transgressing servants are told
not to despair of God's mercy, to return and resign themselves before punishment
comes, and to follow what has been sent down.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:20
type: summary
locator: lines 14660-14794
quote_or_summary: A soul is imagined lamenting failures in duty toward God and scoffing,
or saying that if God had guided it, it would have been among those who feared
Him.
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 clear for reward, punishment, resurrection, scripture, repentance,
water, and soul-taking themes. Motif taxonomy assignment is partly approximate
where the available taxonomy lacks specific categories for monotheistic polemic
or repentance.
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. Comparison claims left empty because no explicit cross-tradition comparison is made in the passage.
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