batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l22112-l22232
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l22112-l22232
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 22112-22232
start: '22112'
end: '22232'
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 exhorts believers to faith, striving, almsgiving, and support
of God and the apostle. It promises forgiveness, gardens with rivers, divine help,
conquest, and reward. It invokes Jesus son of Mary and his apostles as helpers
of God. Sura LVII opens with praise of God as creator, sovereign, knower, life-giver
and death-bringer, then describes God bringing people from darkness into light,
recompensing believers, and a judgment scene in which believers have light while
hypocrites are separated by a wall and face fire. The passage closes by urging
humility and noting that God revives the earth after its death.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God sends his apostle with guidance and the religion of truth so that it may
prevail over every other religion despite opposition from those who join other
gods with God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Believers are exhorted to believe in God and his apostle and to strive in
God's cause with wealth and persons.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The promised results for believers include forgiveness of sins, gardens of
Eden with rivers flowing beneath their shades, divine help, and speedy conquest.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Jesus son of Mary asks his apostles who will help God, and the apostles answer
that they will be helpers of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A part of the children of Israel believes and a part does not; those who believe
are given the upper hand over their foes and become victorious.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: All that is in the heavens and the earth praises God, whose kingdom includes
the heavens and the earth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: God makes alive and kills, created the heavens and earth in six days, ascended
his throne, and knows what enters and leaves the earth and what descends from
and ascends to heaven.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: God causes night to pass into day and day to pass into night and knows the
secrets of the bosom.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: God sends clear tokens on his servant to bring people out of darkness into
light.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Those who believe and give alms are promised a great recompense; a generous
loan to God will be doubled and rewarded.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: On a day of judgment, believing men and women have light running before them
and on their right hand, and angels announce gardens with rivers where they will
abide forever.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: On that day hypocritical men and women ask believers to wait so they may kindle
their light from the believers' light; they are told to go back and seek light
for themselves.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: A wall with a gateway separates the groups; mercy is within, while torment
is outside in front of it.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: No ransom is taken from hypocrites or unbelievers on that day, and their abode
is fire.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: God quickens the earth after its death as a clear sign for understanding.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: 'The divine speaker and actor: sender of the apostle, forgiver, rewarder,
creator, sovereign of heavens and earth, giver of life and death, knower of all
things, and judge.'
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:15
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God's apostle
description: The apostle sent with guidance and the religion of truth and the one
who exhorts people to believe in their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Believers
description: Those addressed to believe, strive, give alms, help God, receive forgiveness
and gardens, and appear on judgment day with light.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Jesus son of Mary
description: A figure who asks his apostles who will come to the help of God.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Apostles of Jesus
description: They answer Jesus that they will be helpers of God.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: A group divided between belief and unbelief; the believing part is
given the upper hand over foes.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Angels
description: They announce good tidings to believers on the day when believers have
light.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hypocrites
description: Hypocritical men and women who ask believers for light, are separated
by a wall, and face torment and fire.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Those who believe not
description: Unbelievers associated with no ransom being accepted and an abode in
fire.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine sovereign
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to possess the kingdom of the heavens and earth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: creator and cosmic knower
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates the heavens and earth, ascends the throne, and knows movements
between earth and heaven.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: judge and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God forgives, brings believers into gardens, doubles the generous loan, and
assigns fire as the abode of the condemned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:14
- id: role:4
label: life-giver and death-bringer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is described as making alive and killing and quickening the earth after
its death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:15
- id: role:5
label: messenger or exhorting figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: God's apostle exhorts belief, while Jesus son of Mary calls for helpers of
God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: helpers of God
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: Believers are told to be helpers of God; Jesus' apostles declare themselves
helpers of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: rewarded faithful
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Believers are promised forgiveness, gardens, recompense, and light on judgment
day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: divided community
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The children of Israel are described as partly believing and partly not believing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: announcers of good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Angels announce gardens and eternal abiding to the believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: condemned outsiders
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Hypocrites and unbelievers are associated with exclusion, no ransom, torment,
and fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: gardens with flowing rivers
literal_form: Gardens of Eden or gardens beneath whose shades rivers flow.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: sym:2
label: fire as abode
literal_form: Fire described as the abode and master of the condemned.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:3
label: light of believers
literal_form: Light running before believers and on their right hand; hypocrites
seek to kindle their light from it.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:4
label: darkness into light
literal_form: A movement from darkness into light by means of clear tokens sent
by God.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: wall with gateway
literal_form: A wall with a gateway between believers and hypocrites; mercy is within
and torment outside.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:6
label: generous loan to God
literal_form: A loan to God that is doubled and rewarded.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:7
label: revived earth
literal_form: The earth quickened after its death.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: sym:8
label: night and day alternation
literal_form: Night passing into day and day passing into night.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:9
label: divine throne
literal_form: God ascends his throne after creating the heavens and the earth in
six days.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Exhortation to belief and striving
summary: Believers are urged to believe in God and his apostle and to strive in
God's cause with wealth and persons, with deliverance from torment presented as
the outcome.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Promise of forgiveness, gardens, and victory
summary: Believers are promised forgiveness, entry into gardens with rivers, divine
help, and speedy conquest.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Jesus and the helpers of God
summary: Jesus son of Mary asks his apostles who will help God; the apostles answer
that they will be helpers of God, and believers among the children of Israel are
made victorious over foes.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Cosmic sovereignty and creation
summary: God is praised by all in heaven and earth, holds their kingdom, gives life
and death, creates in six days, ascends the throne, and knows all movement between
earth and heaven.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Moral exchange and recompense
summary: People are urged to believe, give alms, expend in God's cause, and lend
a generous loan to God, with promised recompense and doubled reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Judgment-day separation by light and wall
summary: Believers appear with light and receive angelic good tidings of gardens
with rivers. Hypocrites seek light from them but are told to return; a wall with
a gateway separates mercy within from torment outside.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: scene:7
label: No ransom and fire
summary: On that day no ransom is accepted from hypocrites or unbelievers, and their
abode is fire.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: scene:8
label: Reviving the dead earth
summary: God quickens the earth after its death, presented as a clear sign for understanding.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts believers receiving gardens, rivers, light, and good
tidings with hypocrites and unbelievers facing separation, no ransom, torment,
and fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction is limited to this passage and does not classify the wider
eschatological system beyond the cited judgment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: afterlife topography of light, wall, mercy, torment, gardens, and fire
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: 'The judgment scene includes spatial features: believers'' light, gardens
with rivers, a wall with a gateway, mercy inside, torment outside, and fire as
the abode of the condemned.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives a compact spatial image rather than a full narrated
journey.
- id: motif:3
label: sacred exchange through giving and loan to God
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Believers are urged to give alms, expend in God's cause, and lend a generous
loan to God, with the promise that it will be doubled and rewarded.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the exchange ethically and devotionally; it should
not be reduced to a commercial transaction despite the metaphor of loan.
- id: motif:4
label: divine victory granted to faithful helpers
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Believers are told to be helpers of God; Jesus' apostles are cited as helpers
of God; believing Israelites are given the upper hand over foes and become victorious.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate, since the passage emphasizes divine
support and communal victory rather than royal succession.
- id: motif:5
label: movement from darkness into light
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God sends clear tokens on his servant to bring people out of darkness into
light, and believers later bear light in the judgment scene.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses light imagery for guidance and judgment; the wisdom classification
is interpretive and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:6
label: revival after death as sign
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The earth is said to be quickened after its death, presented as a clear sign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage mentions revived earth briefly and does not explicitly develop
a seasonal myth narrative.
- id: motif:7
label: covenantal alliance and obligation
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The passage says God has accepted the believers' alliance and urges belief,
expenditure, and striving in God's cause.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The wording is from the translation; the exact covenantal terminology
would need review against the source language.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself sets the believers' role as helpers of God alongside the
apostles of Jesus, presenting a parallel pattern of faithful assistants answering
a divine cause.
claim_level: same_function
target: Jesus' apostles as helpers of God within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an intra-passage comparison only; it does not establish historical
contact beyond what the passage states.
- id: claim:2
claim: The translator's note connects the passage's reference to an announced apostle
with Christian scriptural traditions about the Paraclete and other biblical passages
interpreted by Muslims as referring to Muhammad.
claim_level: historical_contact
target: Christian scriptural interpretation mentioned in the translator note
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim depends on the translator's note included in the passage,
not on the translated Qur'anic verses alone, and requires human review.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 22112-22114
quote_or_summary: God sends his apostle with guidance and the religion of truth
so it may be victorious over every other religion despite opposition from those
who join other gods with God.
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: lines 22116-22122
quote_or_summary: Believers are asked about a merchandise that will deliver them
from sore torment and are told to believe and strive in God's cause with wealth
and persons.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 22124-22131
quote_or_summary: God will forgive sins, bring believers into gardens of Eden with
rivers flowing beneath their shades, and bestow help from God and speedy conquest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 22133-22136
quote_or_summary: Jesus son of Mary asks, "Who will come to the help of God?" and
the apostles answer, "We ... will be helpers of God."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 22136-22139
quote_or_summary: Part of the children of Israel believed and part did not; believers
were given the upper hand over their foes and proved victorious.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22167-22172
quote_or_summary: All in the heavens and earth praises God; his is the kingdom of
the heavens and the earth.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22170-22178
quote_or_summary: God makes alive and kills, created the heavens and earth in six
days, ascended his throne, and knows what enters and exits earth and what descends
from and ascends to heaven.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22182-22184
quote_or_summary: God causes night to pass into day and day into night and knows
the secrets of the bosom.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22194-22196
quote_or_summary: God sends clear tokens on his servant to bring people out of darkness
into light.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22186-22208
quote_or_summary: Believers are urged to give alms and expend for God's cause; a
generous loan to God will be doubled and receive a noble reward.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22210-22214
quote_or_summary: Believing men and women have light running before them and on
their right hand; angels announce gardens with rivers where they will abide forever.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22216-22219
quote_or_summary: Hypocritical men and women ask believers to wait so they may kindle
light from theirs; they are told to return and seek light for themselves.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22219-22224
quote_or_summary: A wall with a gateway is set between the groups, with mercy inside
and torment outside; the separated groups speak to each other.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22226-22228
quote_or_summary: On that day no ransom is taken from hypocrites or unbelievers;
their abode is fire and the journey there is wretched.
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: Sura LVII opening, lines 22230-22232
quote_or_summary: God quickens the earth after its death and makes the signs clear
for understanding.
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: translator note 2, lines 22145-22158
quote_or_summary: The translator notes that Muhammad may have understood the Paraclete
as equivalent to Periclytos and lists other biblical passages interpreted by Muslims
as referring to their Prophet.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized translator note.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage spans two textual units and includes translator notes; motifs
tied to the translated verses are stronger than those relying on notes or approximate
taxonomy matches.
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: |-
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