batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l18733-l18863
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l18733-l18863
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 18733-18863
start: '18733'
end: '18863'
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 guided, unbelievers, and hypocritical speakers;
gives parables of lost light and storm-darkness; calls people to worship the Creator;
describes punishment by fire and reward in gardens with rivers; mentions divine
parables, covenant violation, death and restoration to life, creation of earth
and seven heavens; and narrates Adam’s appointment, naming knowledge, angelic
prostration, Eblis’s refusal, the Garden prohibition, Satan’s causing of Adam
and his wife to slip, descent to earth, repentance, and future guidance or punishment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Those guided by their Lord are said to fare well, while infidels are described
as not believing whether warned or not.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God is said to have sealed the hearts and ears of the infidels and placed
a covering over their eyes, with severe chastisement assigned to them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Some people claim belief in God and the latter day but are described as not
believers and as attempting deception.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The hypocritical speakers are accused of disorder on earth, mocking the faithful,
and privately siding with their Satans.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A parable compares them to someone whose kindled fire gives light before God
removes the light and leaves them in darkness.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A second parable compares them to people under a storm-cloud with darkness,
thunder, and lightning, stopping when darkness closes on them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: People of Mecca are told to adore the Lord who created them and those before
them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The earth is described as a bed, heaven as a covering, and water from heaven
as producing fruits for sustenance.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Those in doubt are challenged to produce a Sura like what has been sent down
and to summon witnesses beside God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: A fire prepared for infidels is described as having men and stones for fuel.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Believers who do right are promised gardens beneath which rivers flow, fruit,
pure wives, and everlasting dwelling.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: God is said not to be ashamed to use a gnat or nobler object as an instance;
such parables guide many and mislead the wicked.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The wicked are described as violating God’s covenant, severing what God ordered
joined, and acting disorderly on earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: The passage states that God gave life after death, will cause death, will
restore life, and that people will return to Him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: God is described as creating what is on earth and fashioning the heaven into
seven heavens.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: God tells the angels He is about to place one in His stead on earth; the angels
ask about one who will do ill and shed blood.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:17
text: God teaches Adam the names of all things and asks the angels to tell the names
if they have wisdom.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:18
text: The angels acknowledge they know only what God has given them to know, and
Adam informs them of the names.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:19
text: The angels are commanded to bow down and worship Adam; all do so except Eblis,
who refuses, is proud, and becomes one of the unbelievers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:20
text: Adam and his wife are told to dwell in the Garden and eat freely, but not
to come near a specific tree.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:21
text: Satan makes them slip from the Garden condition, leading to banishment and
descent to earth with enmity and temporary provision.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:22
text: Adam learns words of prayer from his Lord, and God turns to him mercifully.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:23
text: Future guidance is promised; those who follow it will have no fear or grief,
while those who deny signs will remain inmates of the fire.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine speaker and actor who guides, seals, chastises, creates,
provides, judges, teaches Adam, commands angels, and turns mercifully to Adam.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: guided believers / faithful
description: Those guided by their Lord and those who believe and do right; they
receive security and garden reward.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: infidels / unbelievers / deniers of signs
description: Those who will not believe, are warned of chastisement and fire, and
are contrasted with believers.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: hypocritical speakers
description: People who say they believe but are not believers, deceive themselves,
cause disorder, and mock the faithful.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: their Satans
description: Figures with whom the hypocritical speakers privately say they side.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: men of Mecca
description: The addressed human audience told to adore their Lord and not give
peers to God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: angels
description: Heavenly beings who speak with God, acknowledge limited knowledge,
and bow to Adam when commanded.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Adam
description: The one taught the names of all things, asked to inform the angels,
placed in the Garden, warned about the tree, made to slip, and later taught words
of prayer.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Adam’s wife
description: Adam’s companion in the Garden, included in the command to dwell, eat,
avoid the tree, and descend after the slip.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Eblis
description: The exception among those commanded to bow to Adam; he refuses, becomes
proud, and is counted among unbelievers.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Satan
description: The figure who makes Adam and his wife slip from the Garden condition
and causes their banishment.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine creator, judge, teacher, and guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates, provides, judges with reward and fire, teaches Adam, commands
angels, and gives guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: guided righteous recipients of reward
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The guided fare well; those who believe and do right receive gardens and
security from fear and grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: role:3
label: unbelieving recipients of punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Infidels are sealed, warned of chastisement, and associated with the fire
prepared for unbelievers and deniers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: role:4
label: false believers and disorder-makers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They profess belief without believing, deceive, cause disorder, and mock
the faithful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: private allies of hypocritical speakers
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The hypocritical speakers say privately to their Satans that they hold with
them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: human addressees called to worship
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They are directly commanded to adore the Lord who created and sustains them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: angelic interlocutors and obedient worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They question God about the earthly appointee, confess limited knowledge,
and bow to Adam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: name-knower, garden inhabitant, penitent human figure
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Adam is taught names, demonstrates them to angels, dwells in the Garden,
slips, descends, and learns prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: role:9
label: garden companion of Adam
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: She dwells with Adam in the Garden, is included in the food permission and
tree prohibition, and descends with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: proud refuser of divine command
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Eblis refuses to bow, swells with pride, and becomes one of the unbelievers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: tempter or slip-causer
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Satan makes Adam and his wife slip, causing banishment from their place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire
literal_form: Kindled fire in a parable; punitive fire prepared for infidels and
deniers.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:12
- id: sym:2
label: lost light and darkness
literal_form: Light from a fire removed by God, leaving people unable to see in
darkness.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: storm-cloud, thunder, and lightning
literal_form: A storm-cloud from heaven with darkness, thunder, and lightning, producing
fear and intermittent movement.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: water from heaven and rivers
literal_form: Water sent down from heaven producing fruits; rivers flowing beneath
gardens.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: garden
literal_form: Reward gardens with rivers and the Garden where Adam and his wife
dwell.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
- id: sym:6
label: tree
literal_form: The tree Adam and his wife are commanded not to approach.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:7
label: covenant
literal_form: The covenant of God that the wicked violate after its establishment.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: names of all things
literal_form: Names taught by God to Adam and then declared by Adam before the angels.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: seven heavens
literal_form: The heaven fashioned into seven heavens.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: gnat parable-object
literal_form: A gnat used as an allowable divine instance in parable.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Guidance, unbelief, and hypocrisy
summary: The passage contrasts the guided with infidels whose senses are sealed
and with speakers who falsely claim belief, cause disorder, and mock the faithful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Parables of lost light and storm-darkness
summary: The hypocritical or unbelieving condition is illustrated through a fire
whose light is removed and a storm in which thunder, lightning, and darkness terrify
and halt people.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Call to worship and eschatological alternatives
summary: The addressed people are told to worship the Creator and warned of fire
if they cannot meet the challenge of producing a like Sura, while righteous believers
are promised gardens with rivers and fruit.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Parable, covenant violation, death-life sequence, and cosmic creation
summary: God’s use of parable is defended; the wicked are described as covenant-breakers;
the passage states a sequence of death, life, death, restoration, and return to
God, and describes creation of earth and seven heavens.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Appointment of Adam and teaching of names
summary: God announces to the angels an earthly appointee, teaches Adam the names
of all things, and has Adam demonstrate knowledge the angels lack.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Angelic bowing and Eblis’s refusal
summary: The angels are commanded to bow to Adam; all comply except Eblis, who refuses
in pride and becomes one of the unbelievers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Garden prohibition, slip, descent, repentance, and guidance
summary: Adam and his wife are placed in the Garden with a tree prohibition; Satan
makes them slip, they descend to earth, Adam learns prayer, and later guidance
distinguishes those without fear from inmates of the fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment separating guided believers from unbelievers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly contrasts guided believers with infidels or deniers
assigned chastisement and fire, and promises gardens and security to those who
believe and follow guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: This is a broad theological pattern rather than a single narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: covenant violation and loss
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The wicked are explicitly described as violating God’s covenant after its
establishment and as suffering loss.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the original establishment of the covenant
in detail.
- id: motif:3
label: death, restoration to life, and return to God
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- resurrection
- return
basis: 'The passage states a sequence: dead, given life, caused to die, restored
to life, and returned to God.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The language is doctrinal and sequential, not an extended journey narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: divine wisdom shown through Adam’s knowledge of names
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God teaches Adam the names of all things; the angels confess limited knowledge;
Adam informs them of the names.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes God-given knowledge rather than autonomous human
discovery.
- id: motif:5
label: prohibited tree and transgression boundary
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: Adam and his wife may eat freely in the Garden but are forbidden to approach
a particular tree; Satan then causes them to slip.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The tree is prohibited, but the passage does not explicitly call it a
tree of knowledge; the taxonomy match is therefore approximate.
- id: motif:6
label: descent or departure from paradise to earth
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: After the slip, Adam and his wife are banished from the Garden condition
and told to get down to earth, where there will be dwelling and provision for
a time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the movement as divine command and banishment rather
than a voluntary quest departure.
- id: motif:7
label: tempter crossing a sacred boundary
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Satan causes Adam and his wife to slip in relation to the prohibited tree,
resulting in their banishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: Satan functions as a tempter here; the passage does not present a full
trickster profile.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 18733-18740
quote_or_summary: The guided are said to fare well; infidels will not believe whether
warned or not, and God seals their hearts and ears and covers their eyes, with
severe chastisement for them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 18741-18765
quote_or_summary: Some say they believe but are not believers; they deceive themselves,
have diseased hearts, cause disorder while claiming to set things right, mock
the faithful, and privately say to their Satans that they side with them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 18766-18783
quote_or_summary: Parables describe one who kindles a fire before God removes the
light, and people in a storm-cloud with darkness, thunder, and lightning who fear
death and halt when darkness closes on them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 18784-18791
quote_or_summary: The men of Mecca are called to adore the Creator, who made earth
a bed, heaven a covering, and sent water from heaven to bring forth fruits for
sustenance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 18792-18806
quote_or_summary: Doubters are challenged to produce a Sura like the revelation;
if they cannot, they are to fear the fire prepared for infidels, while believers
who do right are promised gardens with rivers, fruit, pure wives, and eternal
abiding.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 18807-18817
quote_or_summary: God may set forth the instance of a gnat or nobler object; parables
guide many and mislead the wicked, who violate God’s covenant, cut what God commanded
joined, and act disorderly on earth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 18818-18823
quote_or_summary: The passage asks how people can withhold faith when they were
dead and God gave life, will cause death, restore life, and receive their return;
God created all on earth and fashioned heaven into seven heavens.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 18824-18829
quote_or_summary: God tells the angels He will place one in His stead on earth;
they ask whether He will place there one who will do ill and shed blood while
they praise and extol Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 18830-18842
quote_or_summary: God teaches Adam the names of all things, asks the angels to name
them if wise, the angels confess knowledge only from God, and Adam informs them
of the names.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 18843-18846
quote_or_summary: God commands the angels to bow down and worship Adam; all do so
except Eblis, who refuses, swells with pride, and becomes one of the unbelievers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 18847-18858
quote_or_summary: Adam and his wife are told to dwell in the Garden and eat freely
but not approach a tree; Satan makes them slip, they are banished and told to
descend to earth with enmity and provision for a time; Adam learns words of prayer
and God turns to him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 18859-18863
quote_or_summary: God says guidance will come; whoever follows it will have no fear
or grief, while those who disbelieve and treat signs as falsehoods will be inmates
of the fire forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary supplied.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied passage. Motif candidates are
limited to taxonomy items directly or closely supported by the text; 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: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata. Eblis and Satan are recorded separately because the passage names them in separate clauses and their identity is not explicitly explained within the passage.
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