batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l19459-l19571
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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 19459-19571
start: '19459'
end: '19571'
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 gives regulations for fasting, marital relations, wealth, pilgrimage
timing and rites, fighting and restraint, remembrance of God, contrasting worldly
and afterlife petitions, examples of a destructive hypocritical opponent and a
self-offering servant, warnings against Satan, and images of divine judgment,
return to God, punishment, and resurrection.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: During the night of the fast, the addressees are allowed to approach their
wives; wives and husbands are described as garments for one another.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Eating and drinking are permitted until the distinction between a white thread
and a black thread can be discerned at daybreak, after which strict fasting continues
until night.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage instructs the addressees not to approach their wives while passing
time in the mosques and calls these limits bounds set by God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The passage forbids consuming wealth vainly among one another and presenting
it to judges in order to consume part of other men's wealth unjustly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: New moons are described as fixed periods for human service and pilgrimage.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The passage says piety is not entering houses at the back, but entering houses
by their doors and fearing God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The addressees are commanded to fight those who fight against them, but not
to attack first.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The passage restricts attack at the sacred Mosque unless the addressees are
attacked there, and says hostility should cease if opponents desist, except against
the wicked.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The sacred month and sacred precincts are described as under safeguards of
reprisals, with reciprocal response to violence commanded.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The addressees are told to give freely for God's cause, not throw themselves
into ruin, and do good.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Pilgrimage and visitation rites include offerings, delaying head-shaving until
the offering reaches the place of sacrifice, and substitutions by fasting, alms,
or offering for illness or head ailment.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: For those unable to offer, fasting is prescribed for three days during pilgrimage
and seven days after return, making ten days total.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: Pilgrimage is to occur in known months, without sexual relations, transgression,
or wrangling; provision is urged, with fear of God called the best provision.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:14
text: The passage describes movement from Arafat, remembrance of God near the holy
monument, and asking God's pardon after passing on with the people.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: After holy rites, remembrance of God is compared to remembrance of one's fathers
or to a stronger remembrance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:16
text: One prayer asks only for a portion in this world; another asks for good in
this world, good in the next, and protection from the torment of the fire.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:17
text: A man is described as impressive in speech about present life and invoking
God as witness, while being zealous in opposition.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:18
text: When that man turns away, he runs through the land causing disorders and wasting
fields and flocks; when told to fear God, pride of sin seizes him, and Hell is
assigned as his couch.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:19
text: Another man is described as selling his very self out of desire to please
God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:20
text: Believers are told to enter completely into the true religion and not follow
the steps of Satan, who is called their declared enemy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:21
text: The passage says God may come down overshadowed with clouds, with the angels
also, and that doom will be sealed; all things return to God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:22
text: The children of Israel are cited as recipients of many clear signs, and altering
God's boon after receiving it is linked to vehement punishment.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: obs:23
text: The present life is described as prepared for unbelievers who mock the faithful,
while those who fear God will be above them on the day of resurrection.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker/source of bounds, signs, forgiveness, guidance,
command, punishment, mercy, reckoning, and resurrection judgment.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Believers / addressees
description: The addressed community receiving instructions about fasting, wealth,
fighting, pilgrimage, religion, and fear of God.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:14
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Wives
description: The wives of the addressees, described as their garment as they are
the wives' garment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Judges
description: Judges to whom wealth must not be presented for unjust consumption
of other men's wealth.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Opponents / infidels who fight
description: Those who fight against the addressees, eject them, attack at the sacred
Mosque, or desist from hostilities.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Pilgrims
description: Those undertaking the pilgrimage or visitation, performing offerings,
fasting substitutions, movement from Arafat, and remembrance.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Man whose discourse surprises
description: A man whose speech about present life impresses, who takes God as witness
but opposes, causes disorder, and is assigned Hell.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Man who sells his self to please God
description: A man described as selling his very self out of desire to please God.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Satan
description: Called the declared enemy whose steps believers must not follow.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Angels
description: Angels mentioned as accompanying God's cloud-overshadowed coming when
doom is sealed.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: A people asked about as having received many clear signs.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Those who fear God
description: Those associated with God's presence, avoidance of fault, and elevation
above unbelievers on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:17
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Unbelievers who mock the faithful
description: Those for whom the present life is prepared and who mock the faithful.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine lawgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sets bounds, makes signs clear, and gives commands and prohibitions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:14
- id: role:2
label: merciful forgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God turns to the addressees, forgives, and is called Forgiving and Merciful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: divine judge and punisher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as terrible or vehement in punishing, swift to reckon, and
connected with sealed doom and resurrection order.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:15
- ev:16
- ev:17
- id: role:4
label: regulated community
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressees receive regulations on fasting, wealth, fighting, pilgrimage,
and religion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:14
- id: role:5
label: ritual participants
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: The addressees and pilgrims perform fasting, pilgrimage, offerings, movement,
and remembrance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: spousal counterpart
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Wives and husbands are described mutually as garments for one another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: possible agents in unjust wealth transfer
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Judges are mentioned in connection with a prohibited presentation of wealth
to consume others' wealth unjustly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: hostile opponents
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They fight, eject, may attack at the sacred Mosque, and may desist.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: pilgrimage performers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: They undertake pilgrimage and visitation, make offerings, fast, move from
Arafat, and remember God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: deceptive destructive opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: His discourse surprises, he invokes God, opposes, causes disorder, wastes
fields and flocks, and is assigned Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:11
label: self-offering servant
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: He sells his very self to please God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: role:12
label: declared enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Satan is called the declared enemy whose steps must not be followed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: role:13
label: attendants in judgment scene
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Angels are mentioned with God's cloud-overshadowed coming and sealed doom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: role:14
label: recipients of signs
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The children of Israel are said to have received many clear signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: role:15
label: pious elevated group
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Those who fear God are associated with divine favor and elevation on the
day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:17
- id: role:16
label: mockers of the faithful
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Unbelievers are described as mocking the faithful and being linked with present
life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mutual garment
literal_form: garment
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: white thread and black thread at daybreak
literal_form: white thread; black thread; daybreak
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: bounds set by God
literal_form: bounds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: new moons
literal_form: new moons
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: doors and back of houses
literal_form: houses; back; doors
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: sacred Mosque
literal_form: sacred Mosque
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: sacred month and precincts
literal_form: sacred month; sacred precincts
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: offering and place of sacrifice
literal_form: offering; place of sacrifice
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: shaved heads
literal_form: heads to be shaved after the offering reaches the place of sacrifice
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:10
label: Arafat and holy monument
literal_form: Arafat; holy monument
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:11
label: torment of the fire
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:12
label: fields and flocks laid waste
literal_form: fields; flocks
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:13
label: steps of Satan
literal_form: steps
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:14
label: cloud-overshadowed divine coming
literal_form: clouds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:15
label: day of resurrection
literal_form: day of resurrection
associated_figures:
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Fasting-night permissions and limits
summary: The passage permits marital approach, eating, and drinking during the night
of the fast until daybreak, then requires fasting until night and avoidance of
marital relations in mosques.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Economic and judicial prohibition
summary: The passage forbids vain consumption of wealth and use of judges to consume
others' wealth unjustly.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Calendar and proper entry
summary: New moons are identified as fixed periods for service and pilgrimage, and
the addressees are told to enter houses by doors rather than backs.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Regulated conflict and sacred boundaries
summary: The passage commands fighting those who fight, forbids initiating attack,
restricts violence at the sacred Mosque, allows reciprocal reprisal, and calls
for cessation if enemies desist.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Pilgrimage rites and substitutions
summary: Pilgrimage and visitation are to be completed with offerings, head-shaving
after sacrifice, substitute acts for illness, fasting when offerings are unavailable,
and fear of God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Movement from Arafat and ritual remembrance
summary: Pilgrims move from Arafat, remember God near the holy monument, seek pardon,
and remember God after completing rites.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Contrasting prayers and recompense
summary: The passage contrasts a request for this-worldly portion with a request
for good in this world and the next and protection from fire, followed by merited
lot and swift reckoning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: Deceptive speech and destructive action
summary: A man impresses with speech and invokes God, but turns away to cause disorder
and waste fields and flocks; Hell is assigned to him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: scene:9
label: Self-sale to please God
summary: A man is described as selling his self out of desire to please God, and
God is good to his servants.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: scene:10
label: Warning against Satan
summary: Believers are told to enter completely into the true religion and not follow
Satan's steps.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: scene:11
label: Clouded divine coming and final return
summary: The passage asks whether people expect God to come overshadowed with clouds,
with angels also, and their doom sealed; all things return to God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: scene:12
label: Signs, punishment, and resurrection reversal
summary: The children of Israel are cited as having received clear signs; altering
God's boon is linked with punishment, while those who fear God are above unbelieving
mockers on the day of resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- ev:17
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divinely bounded ritual discipline
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage sets divine bounds for fasting, mosque conduct, pilgrimage timing,
offerings, substitutions, and fear of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents legal-religious instructions rather than a narrative
covenant scene; taxonomy alignment is thematic.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred calendar governing ritual action
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: New moons and known pilgrimage months are identified as fixed periods for
service and pilgrimage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No specific taxonomy reference is available for lunar calendar regulation.
- id: motif:3
label: protected sacred place with conditional violence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The sacred Mosque, sacred month, and sacred precincts are treated as protected
contexts where violence is restricted or governed by reprisal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is an extracted legal-sacred pattern rather than a listed taxonomy
motif.
- id: motif:4
label: pilgrimage journey and rite sequence
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The passage describes pilgrimage and visitation, offerings, fasting substitutions,
provision for the journey, movement from Arafat, remembrance, and pardon-seeking.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is prescriptive rather than a narrative quest; 'mystical_quest'
is only a broad thematic fit.
- id: motif:5
label: sacred offering and substitute observance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- sacred_exchange
basis: Offerings at the place of sacrifice, alms, and fasting are prescribed as
ritual satisfactions or substitutes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes regulated offerings, not a mythic sacrifice narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: 'two prayers: worldly portion and this-world/next-world good'
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
- wisdom
basis: The passage contrasts a request only for this-worldly portion with a request
for good in both this world and the next and protection from fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The duality is ethical and eschatological rather than a cosmological dualism.
- id: motif:7
label: deceptive speaker as destroyer of land
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A man impresses with speech and invokes God but then causes disorders and
lays waste fields and flocks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: No taxonomy reference is directly available for this pattern.
- id: motif:8
label: self-offering for divine pleasure
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
- sacrifice
basis: A man is said to sell his very self out of desire to please God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The text gives a brief ethical example rather than describing a ritual
sacrifice.
- id: motif:9
label: enemy path temptation
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Believers are warned not to follow the steps of Satan, identified as a declared
enemy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate deception by Satan; it uses a warning formula.
- id: motif:10
label: clouded divine descent with angels and sealed doom
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God is imagined coming overshadowed with clouds, accompanied by angels, with
doom sealed and all things returning to God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is admonitory and rhetorical rather than a full judgment narrative.
- id: motif:11
label: resurrection reversal of mockers and pious
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: Unbelievers who mock the faithful are contrasted with those who fear God,
who will be above them on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
confidence: high
cautions: The statement is brief and does not elaborate the full resurrection scene.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 19459-19466
quote_or_summary: Nighttime approach to wives, eating, and drinking are allowed
until daybreak; fasting resumes until night; mosque conduct and divine bounds
are stated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 19468-19470
quote_or_summary: The passage forbids consuming wealth vainly or presenting it to
judges to take others' wealth unjustly.
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: 19472-19476
quote_or_summary: New moons are fixed periods for service and pilgrimage; piety
is linked with fear of God and entering houses by doors rather than backs.
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: 19478-19480
quote_or_summary: The addressees are told to fight those who fight them but not
to commit the injustice of attacking first.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 19482-19491
quote_or_summary: Opponents are to be fought and ejected in relation to prior ejection;
attack at the sacred Mosque is barred unless opponents attack there; desistance
leads to mercy and an end of hostility except against the wicked.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 19493-19496
quote_or_summary: The sacred month and sacred precincts are under safeguard of reprisals;
reciprocal response to violence is commanded with fear of God.
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: 19498-19500
quote_or_summary: The passage commands giving for God's cause, avoiding self-ruin,
and doing good.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 19502-19514
quote_or_summary: Pilgrimage and visitation are to be completed; offerings, head-shaving
after sacrifice, substitutions by fasting, alms, or offering, and ten days of
fasting when no offering is available are prescribed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 19516-19520
quote_or_summary: Pilgrimage is to be made in known months without sexual relations,
transgression, or wrangling; provision is urged and fear of God is called the
best provision.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 19522-19528
quote_or_summary: The passage describes seeking increase from the Lord, moving from
Arafat, remembering God near the holy monument, passing with the people, and seeking
pardon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 19530-19538
quote_or_summary: After holy rites, the addressees are told to remember God; prayers
for this world alone and for good in this world and the next with protection from
fire are contrasted; God is swift to reckon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 19544-19552
quote_or_summary: A man surprises with speech about present life and invokes God,
yet opposes, causes disorder in the land, wastes fields and flocks, rejects fear
of God through pride, and is assigned Hell.
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: 19554-19555
quote_or_summary: A man sells his very self out of desire to please God, and God
is good to his servants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 19557-19561
quote_or_summary: Believers are told to enter completely into the true religion,
not follow Satan's steps, and recognize Satan as their declared enemy; lapse after
clear signs is warned against.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: 19563-19565
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether people expect God to come overshadowed
with clouds, with angels also, and their doom sealed; all things return to God.
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: 19567-19569
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel are cited as having received many clear
signs; altering God's boon after receiving it brings vehement punishment.
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: 19570-19571
quote_or_summary: Present life is prepared for unbelievers who mock the faithful,
while those who fear God are above them on the day of resurrection and God gives
bounty without measure.
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: high
notes: The passage is primarily legal and exhortative rather than narrative; motif
candidates are therefore thematic and should be reviewed for taxonomy fit. No
comparison claims were made because the passage itself does not explicitly support
cross-tradition comparison.
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, metadata, and available taxonomy references. Line locators are approximate within the provided stable range.
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