batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l16430-l16570
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l16430-l16570
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 16430-16570
start: '16430'
end: '16570'
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 contrasts the chosen servants who inherit the Book and enter
Eden with unbelievers punished in Hell; asserts God's knowledge, sovereignty,
and sustaining power; warns that past peoples were punished after receiving preachers;
begins Sura VII with the sending down of a Book as warning, the destruction and
reckoning of cities, the weighing of deeds, and the creation of Adam followed
by Eblis's refusal to prostrate, expulsion, respite, and vow to ambush humankind
on the straight path.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Book is described as an inheritance given to chosen servants, who are
divided into those who wrong themselves, those who take a middle way, and those
who outstrip in goodness by God's permission.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those entering the gardens of Eden are adorned with gold and pearl bracelets
and silk garments, and they praise God for removing sorrow and placing them in
an abiding mansion without toil or weariness.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Unbelievers are assigned to the fire of Hell, where death is not decreed for
them and torment is not lightened.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The punished cry to be taken out and promise righteousness, but are answered
that they had prolonged days and that a preacher came to them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: God is said to know hidden things in the heavens and earth and the secrets
of the breast.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: God is said to appoint people as vicegerents in the earth, while unbelief
increases the unbelievers' perdition.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage challenges invoked gods besides God to show what part of earth
they created or whether they shared in creating the heavens.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God holds fast the heavens and earth so that they do not pass away, and none
but He could hold them back if they were passing away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: People swore that they would be guided if a preacher came, but when the preacher
came, their estrangement, haughtiness, and plotting increased.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The audience is told to consider the end of earlier peoples who were stronger
than they were.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: If God chastised people according to their deserts, not even a reptile would
remain on the earth, but He grants respite until an appointed time.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: At the beginning of Sura VII, a Book is sent down so the recipient may warn
by it and so it may be a monition to the faithful.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Destroyed cities are described as being reached by wrath at night or during
midday slumber, and their cry was confession of impiety.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Those to whom an Apostle was sent and the sent ones themselves will be called
to account, and deeds will be recounted with knowledge.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: On that day there is weighing with justice; heavy balances correspond to happiness,
while light balances correspond to loss of souls.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: God created and fashioned humans, then commanded the angels to prostrate to
Adam; all did so except Eblis.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:17
text: Eblis explains his refusal by saying he is nobler than Adam because he was
created of fire and Adam of clay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: obs:18
text: Eblis is ordered down from Paradise because it is no place for pride and is
called one of the despised.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: obs:19
text: Eblis asks for respite until the day when mankind will be raised from the
dead and receives respite.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: obs:20
text: Eblis vows to lie in wait on God's straight path and to approach humans from
before, behind, right, and left.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The speaker and divine actor who gives the Book, admits the righteous
to Eden, punishes unbelievers, knows hidden things, sustains heavens and earth,
sends warning, creates and commands prostration to Adam, expels Eblis, and grants
respite.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:12
- ev:16
- ev:18
- ev:19
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Chosen servants
description: Servants chosen to inherit the Book, including wrongdoers, middle-way
people, and those who outstrip in goodness.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those entering the gardens of Eden
description: People who enter Eden, wear gold and pearl bracelets and silk, and
praise God for removing sorrow.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Infidels / unbelievers / unjust
description: People assigned to Hell, denied death and relief, who cry to be removed
and are told they had warning.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Preacher / Apostle / sent ones
description: Warning figure or figures whose coming is invoked in the punishment
dialogue and in the account of reckoning.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:14
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Invoked gods besides God
description: Beings invoked besides God and challenged to show any role in creating
earth or heavens.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Peoples and cities of old
description: Earlier communities and cities destroyed or held up as examples for
the audience to consider.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Faithful
description: Recipients for whom the sent-down Book is a monition.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Angels
description: Beings commanded to prostrate to Adam, who do so except for Eblis.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Adam
description: A created figure before whom the angels are commanded to prostrate;
contrasted with Eblis as created of clay.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Eblis
description: The being who refuses to prostrate to Adam, claims superiority from
being created of fire, is expelled from Paradise, receives respite, and vows to
ambush humans.
role_refs:
- role:14
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:19
- ev:20
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Mankind / humans
description: Those created and fashioned, later to be raised from the dead, and
targeted by Eblis on the straight path.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:19
- ev:20
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God assigns Eden or Hell, calls to account, and weighs with justice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:2
label: creator and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates, fashions, and holds fast the heavens and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:16
- id: role:3
label: revealer of warning Book
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Book is made an inheritance and sent down to warn and admonish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
- id: role:4
label: grantor of respite
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God grants respite to people until an appointed time and to Eblis until resurrection
day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:19
- id: role:5
label: heirs of the Book
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are chosen servants to whom the Book is made an heritage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: blessed afterlife inhabitants
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They enter Eden and dwell without sorrow, toil, or weariness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: punished unbelievers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are assigned to Hell and denied relief after receiving warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: warner
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The preacher or Apostle comes before judgment and warning is associated with
the Book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:12
- ev:14
- id: role:9
label: challenged false creators
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They are challenged to show what part of creation they made or shared in.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: exemplary destroyed predecessors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Earlier peoples and cities are cited as examples of divine destruction and
warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: role:11
label: admonished recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Book is a monition to the faithful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:12
label: obedient prostrators
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The angels prostrate to Adam at the command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: role:13
label: clay-created human exemplar
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Adam is the figure before whom prostration is commanded and is described
by Eblis as created of clay.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: role:14
label: proud refuser
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Eblis refuses prostration and claims superiority.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: role:15
label: adversarial tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Eblis vows to wait on the straight path and approach humans from multiple
directions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
- id: role:16
label: created and tested humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Humans are created and fashioned, will be raised, and become targets of Eblis's
ambush.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:19
- ev:20
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Book
literal_form: A Book made an inheritance and sent down as warning and monition.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: gardens of Eden
literal_form: Gardens and an abiding mansion where sorrow, toil, and weariness are
absent.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: gold, pearl, and silk adornment
literal_form: Bracelets of gold and pearl and raiment of silk worn in Eden.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: fire of Hell
literal_form: The fire of Hell in which unbelievers are tormented without death
or lightening of torment.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: heavens and earth held fast
literal_form: The heavens and earth are held fast so that they do not pass away.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:6
label: balances
literal_form: Balances weighed with justice, heavy or light, on the day of reckoning.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:7
label: fire as substance of Eblis
literal_form: Eblis says he was created of fire.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: sym:8
label: clay as substance of Adam
literal_form: Eblis says Adam was created of clay.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: sym:9
label: straight path
literal_form: The path on which Eblis vows to lie in wait for humans.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Inheritance of the Book and graded servants
summary: God makes the Book an inheritance for chosen servants and describes differing
moral states among them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Eden reward and Hell punishment
summary: The blessed enter Eden in adornment and praise God, while unbelievers remain
in Hell and ask unsuccessfully to be removed after warning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Divine knowledge, vicegerency, and denial of other creators
summary: God's hidden knowledge and appointment of vicegerents are stated, and invoked
gods besides God are challenged about their role in creation.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Cosmic preservation by God
summary: God holds the heavens and earth from passing away, and no other being could
hold them back.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Rejected warning and fate of earlier peoples
summary: People who swore they would accept a preacher instead become more estranged
and are compared with earlier peoples and cities destroyed after warning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: scene:6
label: Respite before appointed time
summary: God does not immediately punish according to deserts but gives respite
until an appointed time.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:12
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Book as warning and final accounting
summary: A Book is sent down for warning, and those who received apostles as well
as the sent ones will be called to account; deeds will be weighed with justice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: scene:8
label: Creation, prostration, and refusal
summary: God creates and fashions humans, commands angels to prostrate to Adam,
and Eblis refuses by claiming fiery superiority over clay-created Adam.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: scene:9
label: Expulsion, respite, and ambush of humanity
summary: Eblis is expelled from Paradise, granted respite until resurrection day,
and vows to ambush humans on the straight path from all sides.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- ev:19
- ev:20
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: final judgment by reward, punishment, and weighing
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes Eden for the blessed, Hell for unbelievers, calling
to account, recounting deeds, and balances weighed with justice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction stays at passage level and does not infer a full eschatological
system beyond the cited statements.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection after respite
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Eblis asks for respite until the day when mankind will be raised from the
dead and is granted respite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states resurrection as a future day but gives few details
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:3
label: revealed wisdom as warning
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Book is inherited by chosen servants and sent down so that warning and
monition may be given.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference 'wisdom' is broad; the passage emphasizes warning
and monition more than speculative wisdom teaching.
- id: motif:4
label: proud adversary refuses divine command
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Eblis refuses to prostrate, claims superiority from fiery creation, is expelled,
and becomes an adversary lying in wait for humanity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- ev:20
confidence: high
cautions: No specific provided taxonomy family directly names this adversary motif.
- id: motif:5
label: warning before punishment of communities
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says a preacher came before punishment, recalls destroyed cities,
and notes the recurring divine way of dealing with peoples of old.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The pattern is explicit in the passage and note, but no external comparison
is inferred.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage presents a recurring pattern in which warning or preaching precedes
punishment, and earlier peoples serve as examples for the current audience.
claim_level: same_function
target: warning-before-punishment pattern within divine judgment traditions
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
- ev:21
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal functional comparison to a pattern named from the
passage itself; it does not establish historical contact or comparison with an
external corpus.
- id: claim:2
claim: The heavy and light balances function as an image of just assessment at the
day of reckoning.
claim_level: same_function
target: weighing-of-deeds judgment pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage supports the functional pattern but provides no external
comparative details.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16430-16434
quote_or_summary: 'The Book is made an inheritance to chosen servants, who are described
in three moral categories: self-injuring, midway, and outstripping in goodness
by God''s permission.'
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 16435-16443
quote_or_summary: Those entering the gardens of Eden wear bracelets of gold and
pearl and silk raiment, praise God for removing sorrow, and dwell permanently
without toil or weariness.
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 16444-16447
quote_or_summary: For unbelievers is the fire of Hell; death is not decreed for
them and torment is not lightened.
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 16448-16453
quote_or_summary: Those in punishment cry to be taken out and promise righteousness;
they are answered that their days were prolonged and a preacher came to them,
and they are told to taste it.
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 16454-16456
quote_or_summary: God knows the hidden things of the heavens and earth and the secrets
of the breast.
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 16457-16461
quote_or_summary: God appoints people as vicegerents in the earth; unbelief increases
hatred from the Lord and perdition for unbelievers.
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 16462-16467
quote_or_summary: The invoked gods besides God are challenged to show what part
of earth they created, whether they shared in creating the heavens, or whether
they have a Book giving proofs.
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 16468-16471
quote_or_summary: God holds fast the heavens and earth so they do not pass away;
if they were passing away none could hold them back but He.
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 16472-16478
quote_or_summary: People swore they would accept guidance if a preacher came, but
the preacher's arrival increased estrangement, haughtiness, and evil plotting.
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 16479-16484
quote_or_summary: The audience is asked whether they have journeyed and seen the
end of those before them, though those earlier peoples were mightier in strength.
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 16485-16490
quote_or_summary: If God chastised humans according to deserts, He would not leave
even a reptile on earth, but He respires them to an appointed time and sees His
servants when their time comes.
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 16513-16518
quote_or_summary: At the beginning of Sura VII, a Book is sent down so the recipient
may warn by it and so it may admonish the faithful; people are told to follow
what is sent down from their Lord.
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 16519-16524
quote_or_summary: Many cities are destroyed; divine wrath reaches them by night
or during midday slumber, and their cry is a confession of impiety.
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 16525-16529
quote_or_summary: Those to whom an Apostle was sent and the sent ones themselves
will be called to account, and their deeds will be told with knowledge.
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 16530-16534
quote_or_summary: On that day, weighing is done with justice; heavy balances mark
happiness, while light balances mark those who have lost their souls.
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 16535-16541
quote_or_summary: Humans are created and fashioned; angels are commanded to prostrate
to Adam, and all prostrate except Eblis.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: quote
locator: lines 16542-16545
quote_or_summary: 'Eblis says he is nobler than Adam: he was created of fire, while
Adam was created of clay.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized from public domain text.
- id: ev:18
type: summary
locator: lines 16546-16548
quote_or_summary: Eblis is ordered down because Paradise is no place for pride,
and he is told he will be among the despised.
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 16549-16553
quote_or_summary: Eblis asks for respite until the day when mankind is raised from
the dead, and he is told he is among the respited.
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 16554-16560
quote_or_summary: Eblis says he will lie in wait on God's straight path and come
upon humans from before, behind, right, and left, so that most will not be thankful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:21
type: note
locator: footnote 6 within lines 16491-16510
quote_or_summary: 'The translator''s note glosses God''s way as a method of dealing:
first warning, then punishing.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear for judgment, warning, resurrection, and Eblis materials.
Motif labels are limited to the supplied taxonomy where possible; some motifs
have no supplied taxonomy reference.
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 provided passage and metadata were used; literal observations are separated from motif interpretation.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l16430-l16570
passage_sha256=9c11f228546304067d6cc643b1397885649a2c1ffdad515c77f6e69b8fc26deb