batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l15351-l15479
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l15351-l15479
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 15351-15479
start: '15351'
end: '15479'
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 contains translator notes followed by the opening portion of
Sura XLII, Counsel. It presents God as revealer, creator, owner of heaven and
earth, merciful judge, provider, and sender of the Book and Balance. The prophet
is told to warn the mother city and surrounding people of the Day of Gathering,
when some will be in Paradise and some in the flame. The passage affirms continuity
with commands given to Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, criticizes sectarian division
and disputation, and contrasts the harvest of the life to come with the harvest
of this life.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God reveals to the addressed prophet as He revealed to those who preceded
him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: All that is in the heavens and earth is said to belong to God.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The heavens are described as nearly cleaving asunder from awe, while angels
praise their Lord and ask forgiveness for earth's dwellers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The Arabic Koran is revealed so that the addressed prophet may warn the mother
city and surrounding people of the Day of Gathering.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: On the Day of Gathering, one part is said to be in Paradise and one part in
the flame.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: God is described as quickening the dead and being mighty over all things.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: God is called creator of the heavens and earth, hearer, and beholder.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: God is said to possess the keys of the heavens and earth and to give openly
or sparingly to whom He wills.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The same faith is said to have been prescribed to the audience and commanded
to Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, with the instruction not to divide into sects.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Disputants about God after pledges of obedience are said to be condemned,
under wrath, and subject to sore torment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: God is said to have sent down the Book with truth and the Balance.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: 'The Hour is described as near or disputed: unbelievers challenge its speedy
coming, while believers fear it and know it to be true.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: The passage contrasts choosing the harvest field of the life to come with
choosing the harvest field of this life.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: The impious are described as alarmed at their own works on that day, while
believers and righteous doers dwell in the meadows of paradise.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: The addressed speaker says he asks no wage except love of his kin.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The revealer, owner of heavens and earth, creator, judge, provider,
and merciful lord described throughout the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed prophet
description: The recipient of revelation who is told to warn the mother city and
surrounding people and to summon them to the faith.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:15
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings who celebrate the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for
dwellers on earth.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Dwellers on earth
description: Those for whom the angels ask forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Those who take aught beside God as lords
description: People described as taking other lords or patrons besides God.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Doers of evil / impious
description: People said to lack patron or helper, to undergo painful torment, and
to be alarmed at their own works on the day of judgment.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:13
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Believers and righteous doers
description: People who believe, do right, and are promised meadows of paradise
and desired things with their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Noah
description: Named as one to whom God commanded the faith.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Named as one to whom God commanded the faith.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Moses
description: Named as one to whom God commanded the faith.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Jesus
description: Named as one to whom God commanded the faith.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God reveals to the addressed prophet and to those before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: cosmic owner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: All in the heavens and earth is said to be His.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: life-giver of the dead
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to quicken the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: creator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is called creator of the heavens and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: judge and dispenser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Decision rests with God; He sends down the Book and Balance and assigns reward
or torment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- ev:15
- id: role:6
label: recipient of revelation
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that God reveals to the addressed prophet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: warner and summoner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The prophet is told to warn the mother city and summon people to the faith.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:15
- id: role:8
label: heavenly intercessors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The angels praise God and ask forgiveness for earth's dwellers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: objects of angelic forgiveness-prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The angels ask forgiveness for the dwellers on earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: misdirected worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They take something beside God as lords or patrons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: role:11
label: condemned wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They are described as without helper, subject to torment, and alarmed at
their own works.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- ev:13
- id: role:12
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They believe and do right, and are promised meadows of paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:13
label: prior recipients of commanded faith
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus are named in the chain of commanded faith.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Arabic Koran
literal_form: revealed Arabic Koran
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Day of Gathering
literal_form: day when people are gathered and divided between Paradise and flame
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
- id: sym:3
label: Paradise
literal_form: Paradise and meadows of paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
- id: sym:4
label: Flame
literal_form: the flame
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Keys of the heavens and earth
literal_form: keys of the Heavens and of the Earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: Book
literal_form: the Book sent down with truth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: Balance
literal_form: the Balance sent down with the Book
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: Hour
literal_form: the Hour whose coming is disputed or feared
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:9
label: Harvest field
literal_form: harvest field of the life to come and harvest field of this life
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Revelation and cosmic lordship
summary: God reveals to the addressed prophet as to earlier figures, while ownership
of the heavens and earth is attributed to Him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Heavenly awe and angelic intercession
summary: The heavens are nearly split by awe, and angels praise God and ask forgiveness
for dwellers on earth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Warning of the Day of Gathering
summary: The Arabic Koran is revealed so the prophet may warn the mother city and
surrounding people of a day when some are in Paradise and some in the flame.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Continuity of prescribed faith
summary: The passage names Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus as figures connected
with the same commanded faith and commands against division into sects.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Book, Balance, and the Hour
summary: God sends down the Book with truth and the Balance, while believers and
unbelievers differ over the Hour.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Contrasted harvests and final outcomes
summary: The passage contrasts those who choose the life to come with those who
choose this life, and describes impious alarm and righteous dwelling in paradise.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Final divine judgment and division of destinies
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage warns of the Day of Gathering, division between Paradise and
flame, condemnation of disputants, and different outcomes for the impious and
righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to the Rodwell English passage and its phrasing.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection or revivification of the dead
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: God is explicitly described as quickening the dead, in a context of the Day
of Gathering and the Hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:4
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a concise doctrinal statement rather than a narrative
resurrection scene.
- id: motif:3
label: Continuity of revealed command across prophetic figures
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The faith prescribed to the audience is identified with commands given to
Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, including the command not to divide into sects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The word 'covenant' is not used in this passage; the taxonomy link is
based on shared commanded faith and continuity.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine book and balance as standards of truth and judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- divine_judgment
basis: God sends down the Book with truth and the Balance, immediately followed
by reference to the nearness of the Hour.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explain the Balance in detail within this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: Otherworldly reward in paradise
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage contrasts paradise and flame and later places believers in the
meadows of paradise with desired things before their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes final destinations but not a detailed journey map.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Within the passage, the revelation to the addressed prophet is presented
as continuous in function with revelation or commanded faith given to earlier
named prophetic figures.
claim_level: same_function
target: revelation and prescribed faith associated with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and
Jesus
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an internal comparison made by the passage itself; it does
not establish external historical contact beyond the passage's own claim.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage's division of final destinies between Paradise and flame fits
the broad motif family of final divine judgment.
claim_level: same_motif
target: divine_judgment motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim identifies a motif family, not a detailed comparison with
another specific text.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15372-15374
quote_or_summary: God reveals to the addressed prophet as to those who preceded
him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15376-15377
quote_or_summary: All in the heavens and earth is God's; He is high and great.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15379-15382
quote_or_summary: The heavens are ready to cleave from awe; angels praise their
Lord and ask forgiveness for dwellers on earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15386-15389
quote_or_summary: An Arabic Koran is revealed so the prophet may warn the mother
city and its surroundings of the Day of Gathering, when part will be in Paradise
and part in the flame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 15394-15396
quote_or_summary: '"He quickeneth the dead; and He is mighty over all things."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quote used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15402-15405
quote_or_summary: God is described as creator of the heavens and earth, unlike anything
else, and as hearer and beholder.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 15407-15408
quote_or_summary: God has the keys of the heavens and earth and gives openly or
sparingly as He wills.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 15410-15414
quote_or_summary: God prescribed the faith commanded to Noah, Abraham, Moses, and
Jesus, with the instruction to observe it and not divide into sects.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 15427-15429
quote_or_summary: Those who dispute about God after pledges of obedience are condemned
by their Lord, under wrath, and assigned sore torment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: lines 15431-15432
quote_or_summary: '"It is God who hath sent down the Book with truth, and the Balance"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quote used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 15434-15436
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers challenge the speedy coming of the Hour, while believers
fear it and know it to be true.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 15440-15443
quote_or_summary: Those who choose the harvest field of the life to come receive
increase, while those choosing this life receive from it but have no portion in
the life to come.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 15449-15453
quote_or_summary: On that day the impious are alarmed at their works, while believers
and righteous doers dwell in the meadows of paradise and receive what they desire
with their Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 15455-15458
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks no wage except love of his kin, and God increases
good for whoever gains merit by a good deed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 15421-15425
quote_or_summary: The prophet is told to summon people to the faith, go straight
as bidden, not follow their desires, believe in God's Books, and decide justly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 15384-15385 and 15394
quote_or_summary: Some take others beside God as lords or patrons, though God is
described as the only Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 15390-15392 and 15445-15448
quote_or_summary: Doers of evil have no patron or helper; the impious are assigned
painful torment after a respite until the day of severance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is a partial Rodwell translation excerpt with translator notes
and the beginning of Sura XLII. Core judgment, resurrection, revelation, and continuity
motifs are explicit; some taxonomy mappings are broader than the local wording.
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 supplied passage text and metadata were used. Footnote references to Psalms, Talmud, Josephus, and commentators were not developed as independent comparison claims because the excerpt gives insufficient motif-level context for those comparisons.
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