batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l15758-l15890
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l15758-l15890
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 15758-15890
start: '15758'
end: '15890'
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 argues that God alone creates, returns creatures to Himself,
guides to truth, knows and witnesses all deeds, and will gather and judge people.
It defends the divine origin of the Koran, challenges opponents to produce a like
sura, warns transgressors of punishment and resurrection, and promises good tidings
to believers and the friends of God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage identifies God as the true Lord and contrasts truth with error.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to produce a creature and then cause it to return to Him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God is described as the one who guides into the truth, unlike added gods who
cannot guide unless guided.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The Koran is described as not devised by anyone but God, as confirming prior
revelation and clarifying scriptures.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Opponents are challenged to bring a sura like it and call on helpers besides
God if they speak truth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: On a future day God will gather all people together, and those who denied
the meeting with God are said to perish.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Every people is said to have had an apostle, after whose coming a rightful
decision took place among them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Every people is said to have a fixed time that cannot be delayed or advanced
by an hour.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Transgressors are told to taste the punishment of eternity as recompense for
what they have wrought.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: A sinning soul would ransom itself with all that is on earth after seeing
the punishment, but a rightful decision is made without injustice.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: God is said to make alive, cause to die, and receive the return of people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: A warning from the Lord is called a medicine for what is in human breasts,
as well as guidance and mercy to believers.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: God is described as witnessing all affairs, recitations, and works, with nothing
as small as an atom in earth or heaven escaping Him; everything is in the perspicuous
Book.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: The friends of God are described as those on whom no fear shall come and who
shall not be put to grief.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Night is ordained for rest and the lighted day is presented as a sign for
those who hearken.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: The passage rejects the claim that God has begotten children and says all
in the heavens and earth belongs to Him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The true Lord; creator, guide, witness, owner of heaven and earth,
giver of life and death, and judge.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:16
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Addressed prophet or speaker
description: The addressed recipient commanded to say responses to opponents and
not be grieved by their discourse.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:17
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Added gods or joined deities
description: Deities invoked beside God; the passage questions whether they create,
return creatures, or guide into truth.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:18
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Wicked, transgressors, unbelievers, or unjust deniers
description: Those who deny, charge with imposture, challenge the menace, invent
lies concerning God, and are warned of punishment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:19
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Believers and friends of God
description: Those who believe, fear God, receive guidance and mercy, and are promised
good tidings without fear or grief.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:20
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Every people
description: Each people is said to have had an apostle and a fixed appointed time.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Apostle of each people
description: A messenger belonging to each people, whose coming is followed by a
rightful decision.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: true Lord
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls God the true Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: creator and returner
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God produces a creature and causes it to return to Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: guide into truth
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as guiding into the truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: witness and rightful judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God witnesses deeds and makes rightful decisions without injustice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: role:5
label: commanded respondent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker is repeatedly commanded with 'SAY' to answer opponents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:17
- id: role:6
label: ineffective rival deities
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage asks whether the added gods can create, return creatures, or
guide.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: deniers subject to punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Transgressors and deniers are warned of punishment, loss, and return to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:19
- id: role:8
label: believers receiving mercy and good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Believers receive guidance and mercy; those who believe and fear God receive
good tidings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:20
- id: role:9
label: community with appointed time
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Every people has an apostle and a fixed time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: apostle to a people
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Every people is said to have had its apostle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Koran as divine confirmation and clarification
literal_form: The Koran, confirming prior revelation and clearing up the Scriptures
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Sura challenge
literal_form: A sura like the Koran to be brought by opponents if they speak truth
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: meeting with God
literal_form: The future meeting with God denied by some people
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: punishment of eternity
literal_form: Punishment tasted by transgressors
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: ransom of all the earth
literal_form: All that is on earth imagined as ransom by a sinning soul
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: medicine for the breasts
literal_form: Warning from the Lord called medicine for what is in human breasts
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: perspicuous Book
literal_form: A Book in which everything smaller or greater than an atom is contained
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:8
label: night and lighted day
literal_form: Night for rest and lightsome day as signs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Argument for divine uniqueness
summary: The passage asks whether any deities added to God can create, return creatures,
or guide, and answers that God alone does these things.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Defense of the Koran
summary: The passage states that the Koran could not have been devised by anyone
but God and challenges opponents to produce a comparable sura.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Gathering and judgment
summary: God will gather people; deniers of the meeting with God perish, transgressors
taste punishment, and sinful souls cannot ransom themselves from rightful decision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Apostles and appointed times
summary: Every people has had an apostle, and every people has a fixed time that
cannot be advanced or delayed.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Universal witnessing and the Book
summary: God witnesses all works and recitations; nothing in earth or heaven escapes
Him, and everything is in the perspicuous Book.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: scene:6
label: Mercy and good tidings for believers
summary: A warning and guidance come from the Lord as mercy to believers; the friends
of God are promised absence of fear and grief and good tidings in this life and
the next.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:20
- id: scene:7
label: Cosmic ownership and signs
summary: The passage says all in heaven and earth belongs to God, rejects the claim
that God has children, and presents night and day as signs.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Creation and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: God is said to produce a creature, cause it to return to Him, make alive,
cause to die, and receive the return of people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states return and life-death directly, but does not narrate
an extended afterlife journey.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine judgment of deniers and transgressors
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes gathering, rightful decision, punishment of eternity,
and recompense according to deeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is doctrinal and admonitory rather than a narrative trial scene.
- id: motif:3
label: Revelatory wisdom and guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Koran is described as divine clarification, warning, medicine, guidance,
and mercy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label 'wisdom' is broader than the passage's specific language
of guidance, warning, and mercy.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine record and omniscient witnessing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God witnesses all actions and nothing as small as an atom escapes Him; all
is in the perspicuous Book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions a complete record but does not detail how the Book
is used in judgment.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 15758-15760
quote_or_summary: "“This God then is your true Lord: and when the truth is gone,
what remaineth but error?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15764-15767
quote_or_summary: God, not the added gods, produces a creature and causes it to
return to Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15769-15773
quote_or_summary: God guides into truth; the passage contrasts Him with one who
cannot guide unless guided.
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: lines 15778-15781
quote_or_summary: The Koran is said to be from God, confirming prior revelation
and clarifying the Scriptures.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 15783-15785
quote_or_summary: "“Then bring a Sura like it; and call on whom ye can beside God,
if ye speak truth.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15803-15807
quote_or_summary: On that day God gathers all together; deniers of the meeting with
God perish and were not guided aright.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 15811-15813
quote_or_summary: Every people has had its apostle; when the apostle came, a rightful
decision took place without wrong.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 15817-15819
quote_or_summary: "“Every people hath its time: when their time is come, they shall
neither retard nor advance it an hour.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 15825-15826
quote_or_summary: "“Taste ye the punishment of eternity! Shall ye be rewarded but
as ye have wrought?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 15830-15834
quote_or_summary: Every sinning soul would ransom itself with all on earth after
seeing punishment, but a rightful decision is made without injustice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: quote
locator: lines 15839-15840
quote_or_summary: "“He maketh alive and He causeth to die, and to Him shall ye return.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 15842-15844
quote_or_summary: A warning has come from the Lord, described as medicine for what
is in human breasts, and as guidance and mercy to believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 15855-15860
quote_or_summary: God witnesses affairs, Koran recitation, and works; not even an
atom in earth or heaven escapes Him, and all is in the perspicuous Book.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: quote
locator: lines 15862-15863
quote_or_summary: "“Are not the friends of God, those on whom no fear shall come,
nor shall they be put to grief?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 15875-15877
quote_or_summary: God ordained the night for rest and the lightsome day; these are
signs for those who hearken.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 15879-15883
quote_or_summary: The passage rejects the assertion that God has begotten children
and says all in the heavens and earth is His.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 15868-15870
quote_or_summary: The addressed speaker is told not to be grieved by their discourse
because all might is God's, the Hearer and Knower.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: lines 15871-15874
quote_or_summary: Those who call upon deities joined with God are said to follow
conceit and falsehood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:19
type: summary
locator: lines 15885-15890
quote_or_summary: Those who devise a lie concerning God shall fare ill, return to
God, and taste vehement torment because they were unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:20
type: summary
locator: lines 15865-15867
quote_or_summary: Those who believe and fear God receive good tidings in this life
and the next; this is called the great felicity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels use available
taxonomy where directly supported; no external comparison claims are made.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself provide a comparative link to another tradition or corpus.
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