batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l24460-l24582
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l24460-l24582
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 24460-24582
start: '24460'
end: '24582'
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 instructs worshippers to complete pilgrimage rites at the ancient
House, avoid idols and falsehood, sacrifice cattle and camels while naming God,
and understand that piety rather than flesh or blood reaches God. It grants sanction
to wronged believers who have been driven from their homes, recalls earlier peoples
who rejected prophets and were destroyed, warns of divine chastisement and final
judgment, describes Satan’s attempted interference with prophetic desire as a
trial, and promises provision and aid to believers, emigrants, and the wronged.
It closes by affirming God’s control over night and day and His truth over false
objects of worship.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Worshippers are told to end neglect of their persons, pay vows, and circuit
the ancient House.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage commands respect for sacred ordinances and rites of God, avoidance
of idols and falsehood, and exclusive devotion to God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A person who joins other gods with God is compared to something falling from
on high, carried off by birds or wind.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Cattle are permitted until a set time for slaying, and the appointed place
for sacrifice is the ancient House.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Every people is said to have appointed rites for commemorating God’s name
over provided animals.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Camels are appointed for sacrifice; God’s name is to be mentioned over them
as they stand in a row, and after they fall, people may eat and feed both those
who ask and those who do not ask.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The flesh and blood of sacrificed animals are said not to reach God, while
piety reaches Him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:8
text: Those who have suffered outrages and have taken up arms receive sanction,
and those driven from homes are described as expelled because they said their
Lord is God.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The passage says that without God repelling some people by means of others,
cloisters, churches, oratories, and mosques where God’s name is commemorated would
have been destroyed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: Earlier peoples, including those of Noah, Ad, Themoud, Abraham, Lot, Madian,
and Moses, are named as having charged prophets with imposture.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Destroyed ungodly cities are described with roofs laid low, abandoned wells,
and lofty castles.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:12
text: The passage distinguishes physical sight from hearts that are blind in the
breasts.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:13
text: Those who seek to hasten chastisement are told that God cannot fail His threat
and that a day with the Lord is as a thousand years by human reckoning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:14
text: The speaker is instructed to say that he is only an open warner; believers
are promised forgiveness and provision, while those opposing the signs are assigned
to Hell.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:15
text: Satan is said to have injected wrong desire among the desires of previous
apostles or prophets, but God brings Satan’s suggestion to nothing and affirms
His revelations.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:16
text: Satan’s injection is described as a trial for people with diseased or hardened
hearts and as a means by which those given Knowledge may know the Koran is truth
from the Lord.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:17
text: The Infidels are said to continue doubting until the Hour comes suddenly or
a day of desolation brings chastisement.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:18
text: On the day of judgment, the Kingdom is God’s; believers who do right enter
gardens of delight, while Infidels who deny signs receive shameful chastisement.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:19
text: Those who fled their country for God’s cause and were slain or died are promised
good provision and a pleasing in-bringing.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:20
text: God is said to cause night to enter upon day and day to enter upon night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The one God, Lord, judge, provider, helper, and controller of night
and day.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Worshippers / believers
description: Those commanded to perform rites, sacrifice animals, surrender to God,
pray, give alms, and do right.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Camels and cattle
description: Animals provided for people and appointed for sacrifice at the ancient
House.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those driven from their homes
description: People wrongfully expelled because they say their Lord is God, and
associated with sanctioned defense after suffering outrages.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Earlier peoples who rejected prophets
description: The people of Noah, Ad, Themoud, Abraham, Lot, the dwellers in Madian,
and those who charged Moses with imposture.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: The speaker addressed as thee
description: The addressee who is told to announce good tidings and to say he is
an open warner.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Satan
description: A being said to inject wrong desire among the desires of apostles or
prophets.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Infidels / deniers of signs
description: Those who doubt, strive to invalidate signs, treat signs as lies, and
receive chastisement.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Those who fled for God’s cause
description: People who fled their country for God’s cause and were later slain
or died.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sole deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that the God of the addressed people is the one God and
rejects associating partners with Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: receiver of piety rather than sacrificial flesh
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says neither flesh nor blood reaches God, but piety reaches Him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: protector and helper of the wronged
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is said to succour those who took up arms after outrage and to aid those
who help Him or are wronged again.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: final judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: On the judgment day the Kingdom is God’s and He judges between people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: ritual performers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are instructed to complete vows, circuit the ancient House, observe
prayer, give alms, and perform sacrificial rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: sacrificial animals
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Cattle and camels are described as provided by God and appointed for sacrifice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: wrongfully expelled believers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are described as driven from homes wrongfully only for saying their
Lord is God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: former rejecters of prophets
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Several past peoples are listed as having charged their prophets with imposture
before divine seizure or destruction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: open warner and announcer
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The addressee is told to announce good tidings and to say he is only an open
warner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: tempter or interferer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Satan is said to inject wrong desire, which God nullifies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: doubters and deniers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: They strive against signs, doubt until the Hour, and are assigned shameful
chastisement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: emigrants for God’s cause
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: They fled their country for God’s cause and are promised provision after
death or being slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ancient House
literal_form: The ancient House, named as the place to circuit and as the place
for sacrifice.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: sacrificial animals
literal_form: Cattle and camels over which God’s name is commemorated and which
are slain for sacrifice.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: idols and falsehood
literal_form: Pollutions of idols and the word of falsehood, which are to be shunned.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: falling from on high, birds, and wind
literal_form: An image of something falling from above, snatched by birds or wafted
by wind to a distant place.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: protected sanctuaries
literal_form: Cloisters, churches, oratories, and mosques where God’s name is commemorated.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: ruined cities
literal_form: Ungodly cities destroyed with roofs laid low, abandoned wells, and
lofty castles.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: blind hearts
literal_form: Hearts in the breasts described as blind, contrasted with eyes that
are not blind to sights.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: the Hour and day of desolation
literal_form: A sudden Hour and a day of desolation associated with chastisement.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: gardens of delight and Hell
literal_form: Gardens of delight for believers and Hell or shameful chastisement
for deniers.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: night and day
literal_form: Night entering upon day and day entering upon night.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Pilgrimage completion and monotheistic warning
summary: Worshippers are instructed to complete personal neglect, pay vows, circuit
the ancient House, respect ordinances, avoid idols and falsehood, and worship
God without partners.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Sacrifice of cattle and camels
summary: Cattle and camels are appointed for sacrifice; God’s name is commemorated
over them, meat is eaten and shared, and the passage states that piety rather
than flesh or blood reaches God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Defense of expelled believers and sanctuaries
summary: Those wronged and expelled for acknowledging God are permitted armed response,
and God’s repelling of some people by others is linked to the preservation of
places of worship.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Former rejections and ruined cities
summary: Earlier peoples who rejected prophets are recalled, followed by descriptions
of destroyed ungodly cities and a warning about hearts that fail to understand.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Warning, forgiveness, and Hell
summary: The addressee is told to declare himself an open warner; believers receive
forgiveness and provision, while those opposing signs become inmates of Hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Satanic injection and divine affirmation
summary: Satan’s injected wrong desire is nullified by God and becomes a trial for
diseased or hardened hearts, while those given Knowledge recognize the Koran as
truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: The Hour and final judgment
summary: Doubters continue until the Hour or a desolating chastisement; on that
day the Kingdom belongs to God, who judges between believers and Infidels.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Provision for emigrants and cosmic alternation
summary: Those who fled for God’s cause and died or were slain receive good provision,
the wronged are promised aid, and God is said to make night and day enter into
one another.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Ritual animal sacrifice oriented toward inward piety
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The passage gives detailed sacrificial instructions for cattle and camels
while explicitly stating that animal flesh and blood do not reach God but piety
does.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label is broad; the passage emphasizes monotheistic devotion
and piety rather than sacrifice as divine nourishment.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine judgment after rejection of prophets
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Earlier peoples are listed as rejecting prophets, after which God seizes
or destroys them; the passage also warns of chastisement, Hell, and final judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents several judgment scenes rather than a single narrative
episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Protection and vindication of persecuted believers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Those driven from homes for affirming God receive sanction and divine aid,
and those who fled for God’s cause are promised good provision after death or
being slain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: Available taxonomy has no exact persecution-vindication label; divine_judgment
is only a partial fit.
- id: motif:4
label: Trial by satanic interference and divine correction
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
- wisdom
basis: Satan’s injected wrong desire is made a trial for diseased or hardened hearts,
while God nullifies it and those given Knowledge recognize truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage concerns revelation, trial, and recognition of truth; the
taxonomy references are approximate and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:5
label: Cosmic alternation under divine sovereignty
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: God is said to cause night to enter upon day and day to enter upon night,
immediately linked with His truth and power.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a brief theological assertion rather than a developed mythic episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 24460-24475
quote_or_summary: Instructions to complete vows and circuit the ancient House; respect
sacred ordinances; avoid idols and falsehood; worship God without partners; the
one who joins gods with God is compared to something falling from above and carried
away by birds or wind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 24476-24496
quote_or_summary: Cattle and camels are appointed for sacrifice; God’s name is commemorated
over them; meat is eaten and shared; flesh and blood do not reach God, but piety
reaches Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 24497-24512
quote_or_summary: Those wronged and driven from homes for saying their Lord is God
are sanctioned and promised divine aid; repelling some people by others protects
cloisters, churches, oratories, and mosques where God’s name is commemorated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 24513-24528
quote_or_summary: Earlier peoples named with Noah, Ad, Themoud, Abraham, Lot, Madian,
and Moses rejected prophets; ungodly cities are destroyed with roofs laid low,
wells abandoned, and castles deserted; the passage says hearts in breasts may
be blind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 24529-24542
quote_or_summary: Those demanding hastened chastisement are warned that God’s threat
does not fail and that a day with the Lord equals a thousand years; the speaker
is told to say he is an open warner; believers receive forgiveness, while opponents
of signs are inmates of Hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 24543-24557
quote_or_summary: No apostle or prophet is said to have been sent without Satan
injecting wrong desire; God nullifies Satan’s suggestion and affirms revelations,
making the injection a trial for diseased or hardened hearts and a confirmation
for those given Knowledge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 24558-24570
quote_or_summary: Infidels continue in doubt until the sudden Hour or desolating
chastisement; on that day the Kingdom is God’s and He judges, placing believers
in gardens of delight and deniers under shameful chastisement.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 24571-24582
quote_or_summary: Those who fled for God’s cause and were slain or died are promised
good provision and a pleasing in-bringing; God aids the wronged, causes night
to enter day and day to enter night, and is affirmed as truth over what is called
on beside Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif candidates using
broad taxonomy labels should be reviewed for fit, especially where available taxonomy
lacks exact labels.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support a comparison to another tradition or motif family beyond internal references to earlier prophetic peoples.
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