Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l21366-l21498

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l21366-l21498

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l21366-l21498
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 21366-21498
  start: '21366'
  end: '21498'
  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 describes God's covenant with prophets, affirms belief in revelations
    given to multiple earlier figures, warns against disbelief after belief, names
    repentance and almsgiving, identifies the first temple at Becca with signs and
    pilgrimage, exhorts believers to hold fast to God's cord and avoid division, recalls
    rescue from a pit of fire, and contrasts blackened and whitened faces on a Day
    of judgment.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: God enters into covenant with the prophets, gives Book and Wisdom, and requires
    belief in and aid for a later confirming prophet.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The covenant participants answer that they are resolved, and God identifies
    them and himself as witnesses.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Everything in the heavens and the earth is said to submit to God and return
    to him.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The speaker declares belief in God and in revelations sent down to Abraham,
    Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, the tribes, Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, making no difference
    between them.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: A religion other than Islam is said not to be accepted, and its seeker is
    described as among the lost in the next world.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: Those who disbelieve after belief are associated with God's curse, torment,
    and lack of divine regard, except those who repent and amend.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:7
  text: For those who die as infidels, even an earth-filling amount of gold offered
    as ransom is said not to be accepted.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:8
  text: Goodness is said to require giving alms from what one loves.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:9
  text: Food was allowed to the children of Israel except what Jacob forbade himself
    before the law was sent down.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:10
  text: The passage commands following the religion of Abraham, described as sound
    in faith and not one who joined other gods to God.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:11
  text: The first temple founded for mankind is identified as the temple in Becca,
    blessed and a guidance to human beings.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:12
  text: The temple contains evident signs, including the standing-place of Abraham;
    entering it is associated with safety, and pilgrimage to it is described as a
    service due to God for those able to journey there.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:13
  text: Believers are warned that some recipients of Scripture may turn them back
    into infidelity after their faith.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:14
  text: Believers are told to hold fast together by the cord of God and not break
    loose from it.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:15
  text: God is said to have united the hearts of former enemies so that they became
    brethren.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:16
  text: When the addressed group was on the brink of a pit of fire, God is said to
    have drawn them back from it.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:17
  text: A community is called to invite to the Good, enjoin the Just, and forbid the
    Wrong.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:18
  text: On a Day, some faces are said to turn white and others black; blackened faces
    are addressed as having become infidels after belief and told to taste chastisement,
    while whitened faces are placed within God's mercy.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:19
  text: The passage describes the addressed believers as the best folk raised for
    mankind because they enjoin the Just, forbid Evil, and believe in God.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
- id: obs:20
  text: Among the People of the Book, an upright group is described as reciting God's
    signs in the night-season, adoring, believing in God and the latter day, and doing
    good works.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: God
  description: The divine speaker and judge who gives covenant, witnesses, guides,
    commands, rescues, knows deeds, and receives the return of all things.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:8
  - ev:10
  - ev:13
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: the prophets
  description: Recipients of God's covenant, Book, and Wisdom.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: a confirming prophet / apostle
  description: A prophet expected to confirm Scriptures already with the covenant
    recipients; also described as an apostle whose truth was witnessed with clear
    proofs.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: believers / Muslims
  description: Those addressed as believing in God, resigned to him, warned to remain
    Muslims, and exhorted to hold fast together.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:14
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: People of the Book
  description: Recipients of Scripture addressed as disbelieving signs, repelling
    believers from God's way, and also including an upright subgroup.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: infidels / disbelievers after belief / transgressors
  description: Those who turn back, disbelieve after belief, die infidels, or divide
    after clear proofs, and who are threatened with curse, chastisement, or rejection
    of ransom.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:12
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Abraham
  description: Named recipient of revelation; exemplar of sound faith; associated
    with a standing-place in the temple in Becca.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Jacob
  description: Named recipient of revelation and the one who forbade himself certain
    food before the law was sent down.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:6
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: children of Israel
  description: Group for whom all food was allowed except what Jacob forbade himself
    before the law was sent down.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: named recipients of revelation
  description: Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, the tribes, Moses, Jesus, and the prophets
    are listed as recipients of what was sent down or given from their Lord.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: angels and all men
  description: Named together with God as sources of curse on those who disbelieve
    after belief.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: upright folk among the People of the Book
  description: A subgroup who recite God's signs at night, adore, believe in God and
    the latter day, enjoin justice, forbid evil, and hasten in good works.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine covenant giver and witness
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God gives Book and Wisdom, asks for acceptance of covenant terms, and says
    he will be a witness.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: covenant recipients
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The prophets receive the covenant and respond that they are resolved.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:3
  label: confirming prophet to be believed and aided
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: A later prophet is described as confirming existing Scriptures and requiring
    belief and aid.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:4
  label: submitted believers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: The passage says, 'We believe' and 'to Him are we resigned,' and tells believers
    not to die except as Muslims.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:9
- id: role:5
  label: scriptural interlocutors
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The People of the Book are directly addressed about disbelief, repelling
    believers, and witness status.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:6
  label: disbelievers under judgment
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Those who disbelieve after belief or die infidels are assigned curse, torment,
    rejected ransom, or chastisement.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:12
- id: role:7
  label: exemplar of sound faith and sanctuary-associated ancestor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Abraham's religion is to be followed, and the temple contains his standing-place.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: role:8
  label: community exhorted to unity and moral command
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: Believers are told to hold fast by God's cord and form a people who enjoin
    good and forbid wrong.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: role:9
  label: self-restricting ancestor in food law
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Jacob is said to have forbidden something to himself before the law was sent
    down.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:10
  label: food-law community
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: The children of Israel are named in relation to what food was allowed or
    excepted.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:11
  label: recipients of revelation
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: The listed figures and groups are named as receiving what was sent down or
    given from their Lord.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:12
  label: divine judge and rescuer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: God judges disbelievers, accepts repentance, knows alms, and draws the addressed
    group back from the pit of fire.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:10
- id: role:13
  label: participants in curse formula
  assigned_to:
  - fig:11
  basis: Angels and all men are named with God in the curse on those who disbelieve
    after belief.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:14
  label: righteous subgroup
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: The subgroup among the People of the Book is described as upright, worshipful,
    believing, and active in good works.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:15
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Book and Wisdom
  literal_form: Book and Wisdom given by God in the covenant scene
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: covenant
  literal_form: Covenant with prophets, accepted by verbal resolution and witnessed
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs:
  - covenant
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: earth-filling gold ransom
  literal_form: Gold as much as the earth could contain, offered in ransom but not
    accepted
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:4
  label: beloved goods given as alms
  literal_form: That which one loves, given as alms
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:5
  label: first temple in Becca
  literal_form: The first temple founded for mankind, blessed, a guidance, containing
    signs and Abraham's standing-place
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:7
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs:
  - world_center
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:6
  label: standing-place of Abraham
  literal_form: A named sign within the temple in Becca
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:7
  label: cord of God
  literal_form: Cord by which believers are told to hold fast together and not break
    loose
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:8
  label: pit of fire
  literal_form: A pit of fire from whose brink God drew the addressed group back
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:9
  label: white and black faces
  literal_form: Faces turning white or black on the Day, associated respectively with
    mercy or chastisement
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:10
  label: straight path
  literal_form: A straight path associated with holding fast by God
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Covenant with the prophets
  summary: God gives Book and Wisdom to the prophets, sets terms requiring belief
    in and aid to a confirming prophet, and the recipients accept with God as witness.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Profession of unified revelation
  summary: The speaker affirms belief in God and in revelations associated with earlier
    figures, without distinguishing among them, and identifies resignation to God.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  - fig:10
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: scene:3
  label: Warnings after belief and rejected ransom
  summary: Those who disbelieve after belief are threatened with curse and punishment,
    while repentance and amendment are excepted; for those who die infidels, an immense
    gold ransom is rejected.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:3
  - fig:6
  - fig:11
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:4
  label: Almsgiving from what is loved
  summary: The addressed audience is told that goodness is not reached until they
    give alms from what they love, and that God knows what they give.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: scene:5
  label: Food law and Abrahamic religion
  summary: The passage discusses food allowed to the children of Israel, Jacob's self-forbiddance
    before the law, and commands following Abraham's sound faith.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: scene:6
  label: Temple in Becca and pilgrimage
  summary: The first temple for mankind is identified at Becca, containing signs including
    Abraham's standing-place; entry is safe and pilgrimage is due from those able
    to journey there.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: scene:7
  label: Exhortation to believers and rescue from fire
  summary: Believers are warned against being turned from faith, told to hold fast
    by God's cord, reminded of unity after enmity, and recalled as rescued from the
    brink of a pit of fire.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:7
  - sym:8
  - sym:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: scene:8
  label: Community command and division warning
  summary: A community is called to invite to good, enjoin justice, and forbid wrong,
    while those who divide after clear proofs are warned of chastisement.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: scene:9
  label: Day of whitened and blackened faces
  summary: On the Day, faces turn black or white; blackened faces are linked to unbelief
    after belief and chastisement, while whitened faces remain in God's mercy.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: scene:10
  label: Best folk and upright People of the Book
  summary: The believers are described as the best folk for enjoining just conduct
    and believing in God; the People of the Book are described as mixed, with an upright
    worshipful subgroup.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:14
  - ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Divine covenant with prophets
  taxonomy_refs:
  - covenant
  basis: God establishes covenant terms with prophets around Book, Wisdom, a confirming
    prophet, witness, belief, and aid.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage gives covenant speech but does not narrate a broader mythic
    episode beyond the covenant formula.
- id: motif:2
  label: Wisdom and scripture transmitted through prophetic succession
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: Book and Wisdom are given to prophets, and later revelation is framed as
    confirming previous Scriptures.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  confidence: high
  cautions: The motif is textual-theological rather than a developed narrative quest
    for wisdom.
- id: motif:3
  label: Divine judgment of belief and unbelief
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The passage links disbelief after belief with curse, torment, rejected ransom,
    and a Day when faces turn black or white with chastisement or mercy.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:12
  confidence: high
  cautions: Judgment is asserted didactically; details of an afterlife journey are
    not narrated.
- id: motif:4
  label: Repentance after transgression
  taxonomy_refs:
  - return
  basis: After warning of punishment for disbelief after belief, the passage excepts
    those who repent and amend.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: 'The taxonomy reference is only approximate: the passage concerns religious
    repentance rather than a physical return journey.'
- id: motif:5
  label: Sacred exchange through alms and rejected ransom
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: The passage contrasts alms from beloved possessions, known by God, with an
    immense gold ransom that is not accepted from those dying as infidels.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage presents moral giving and rejected ransom, not a reciprocal
    bargain with a deity.
- id: motif:6
  label: Sacred sanctuary and pilgrimage at the first temple
  taxonomy_refs:
  - world_center
  basis: The temple in Becca is described as the first founded for mankind, blessed,
    guiding, containing signs, safe to enter, and the object of obligatory pilgrimage
    for those able.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the temple the center of the world;
    the taxonomy link rests on its first, blessed, guiding, and pilgrimage functions.
- id: motif:7
  label: Rescue from the brink of fire
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  basis: God is said to have drawn the addressed group back when they were on the
    brink of a pit of fire.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: The fire image functions as a remembered danger or warning; the passage
    does not elaborate a full underworld or destruction narrative.
- id: motif:8
  label: Communal unity through a divine bond
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Believers are commanded to hold fast together by God's cord and remember
    that God united their hearts after enmity.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: high
  cautions: No supplied taxonomy family exactly matches this bond-of-unity image.
- id: motif:9
  label: Moral community enjoining good and forbidding wrong
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage defines a successful community by inviting to the Good, enjoining
    the Just, forbidding the Wrong, and believing in God.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:14
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is a normative communal pattern rather than a narrative myth motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21366-21374
  quote_or_summary: God makes a covenant with the prophets, gives Book and Wisdom,
    requires belief in and aid for a later confirming prophet, receives their resolution,
    and names witnesses.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21376-21380
  quote_or_summary: The passage says all in the heavens and earth submit to God, willingly
    or by force, and return to him.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21382-21390
  quote_or_summary: The speaker professes belief in God and in revelations given to
    Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, the tribes, Moses, Jesus, and the prophets; other
    religion than Islam is said not to be accepted.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21392-21414
  quote_or_summary: The passage warns against disbelief after belief, assigns curse,
    torment, and lack of aid, excepts those who repent and amend, and rejects an earth-filling
    gold ransom from those dying as infidels.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21416-21417
  quote_or_summary: Goodness is tied to giving alms from what one loves, and God is
    said to know whatever is given.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21419-21422
  quote_or_summary: Food was allowed to the children of Israel except what Jacob forbade
    himself before the law was sent down; opponents are asked to bring and read the
    law.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21424-21428
  quote_or_summary: Those inventing lies about God are called evil doers; the passage
    commands following Abraham's religion, described as sound in faith and not polytheistic.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21430-21437
  quote_or_summary: The first temple founded for mankind is located in Becca, blessed
    and guiding; it contains signs including Abraham's standing-place, grants safety
    to entrants, and is the object of pilgrimage for those able.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21439-21451
  quote_or_summary: The People of the Book are addressed about disbelieving signs
    and repelling believers; believers are warned that some scripture recipients could
    make them infidels, and holding fast by God is linked to guidance on a straight
    path.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21453-21461
  quote_or_summary: Believers are told to fear God, die as Muslims, hold fast by God's
    cord without breaking loose, remember former enmity changed into brotherhood,
    and recall being drawn back from the brink of a pit of fire.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21463-21469
  quote_or_summary: A people should invite to the Good, enjoin the Just, and forbid
    the Wrong; those who form divisions after clear proofs are warned of terrible
    chastisement.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21471-21478
  quote_or_summary: On the Day, faces turn white or black; blackened faces are linked
    to unbelief after belief and chastisement, while whitened faces are in God's mercy
    forever.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21480-21484
  quote_or_summary: The signs of God are recited in truth, God wills no injustice,
    all in heavens and earth belongs to God, and all things return to God.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:14
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21486-21494
  quote_or_summary: The addressed group is called the best folk raised for mankind
    because they enjoin the Just, forbid Evil, and believe in God; the People of the
    Book are described as including believers but mostly perverse, and hostile opponents
    are threatened with defeat, shame, wrath, poverty, and blame for rejecting signs
    and slaying prophets.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:15
  type: summary
  locator: lines 21496-21498
  quote_or_summary: An upright group among the People of the Book recites God's signs
    at night, adores, believes in God and the latter day, enjoins justice, forbids
    evil, hastens in good works, and will not be denied reward.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: Extraction is based entirely on the supplied English passage. Motif taxonomy
    assignments are strongest for covenant, wisdom, divine judgment, fire, and sacred
    exchange; world_center is more tentative. No cross-text comparison claims were
    added.
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: |-
  All observations, figures, roles, symbols, scenes, and motif candidates cite evidence from the supplied passage only.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l21366-l21498
  passage_sha256=d9ed45aa11e28946b4e60a4ce627d4fc929f51cf279c9d864bae1e9d09987225