batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l2975-l3208
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l2975-l3208
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 2975-3208
start: '2975'
end: '3208'
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 an imminent Day of Severing or Severance, cosmic
disruption, divine judgment, the assembly of people and ancestors, punishment
of deniers in Hell, and reward of the God-fearing in gardens, shade, fountains,
fruits, and drink. It also presents created order—earth, mountains, heavens, rain,
crops, night, day, and human sexes—as signs, and describes the trumpet blast,
opened heavens, moving mountains, written deeds, the Spirit and Angels arrayed,
and the unbeliever wishing to be dust.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage states that what is promised is imminent and connects it with
stars being blotted out, heaven being cleft, mountains being scattered in dust,
and a time assigned to the Apostles.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The day is repeatedly called the day of severing or Severance, and deniers
are addressed with repeated woes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: obs:3
text: The divine speaker says earlier peoples were destroyed and that later evildoers
will follow them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Human creation is described as from a small germ placed in a secure place
until a decreed birth term.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The earth is described as holding the living and the dead, with tall firm
mountains and sweet water provided for drinking.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Deniers are commanded to go to Hell and to triple shadows that do not protect
against flame; sparks from the fire are compared to towers and tawny camels.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: On that day the condemned do not speak and are not permitted to offer excuses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The divine speaker says people and ancestors will be assembled on the day
of severing.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The God-fearing are placed among shades, fountains, desired fruits, and are
told to eat and drink in health as recompense for their toils.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Sura LXXVIII describes the earth as a couch, mountains as tent-stakes, humans
as created in two sexes, sleep as rest, night as a mantle, day for livelihood,
seven solid heavens, a burning lamp, rainwater, crops, herbs, and wooded gardens.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: At the day of Severance, a trumpet blast occurs, people come in crowds, heaven
is opened with portals, and mountains move and become thin vapour.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Hell is described as a place of snares and the home of transgressors, where
they taste no coolness or drink except boiling water and running sores.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: The passage says the deeds or signs were recorded and written down, and that
a person will see what his hands have sent before him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: For the God-fearing, the passage describes a blissful abode with enclosed
gardens, vineyards, companions of equal age, a full cup, and no vain or false
speech.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The Spirit and the Angels stand ranged in order, and speech is allowed only
to one permitted by the God of Mercy who says what is right.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: The unbeliever is described as saying that he wishes he were dust.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Divine speaker / God of Mercy / Lord
description: The speaker who creates, warns, assembles, recompenses, records, and
permits speech on the final day.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Those who charged with imposture / transgressors / unbeliever
description: The deniers and evildoers addressed with woes and assigned punishment
in Hell; one unbeliever wishes to be dust.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God-fearing / good
description: The righteous group rewarded with shade, fountains, fruits, gardens,
vineyards, and drink.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Apostles
description: Apostles for whom a time is assigned amid the signs of the final day.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Spirit and Angels
description: Heavenly beings ranged in order on the day; the translator note identifies
the Spirit as Gabriel.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: People and ancestors
description: Those assembled on the day of severing; in Sura LXXVIII people come
in crowds after the trumpet blast.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Damsels / companions in the blissful abode
description: Figures in the paradise scene, described as peers in age.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Creator and sustainer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes human creation, earth, mountains, sweet water, heavens,
rain, crops, and gardens to the divine speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: Judge and recompensing authority
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The divine speaker assembles people, recompenses the good, gives torment
to deniers, records all, and permits speech on the day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: Condemned deniers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are repeatedly addressed with woe, sent to Hell, silenced from excuses,
and associated with falsehood and unbelief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: Rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They are placed in shade, fountains, gardens, vineyards, and receive food
and drink as recompense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: Messengers with appointed time
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Apostles are mentioned as having a time assigned them during the final
sequence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: Heavenly order on the final day
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Spirit and Angels are ranged in order and do not speak except by divine
permission.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: Assembled humanity
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: People and ancestors are assembled on the day of severing, and crowds arrive
after the trumpet blast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: Paradise companions
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: They are listed among the features of the blissful abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Fire and flame of punishment
literal_form: Hell, flame, sparks like towers and tawny camels, boiling heat, and
a burning lamp in heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: Water in contrasting forms
literal_form: Sweet drinking water, rainwater, fountains, boiling water, and running
sores
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Mountains as stability and final dissolution
literal_form: Tall firm mountains, mountains as tent-stakes, mountains scattered
in dust, and mountains moving and becoming thin vapour
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: Trumpet blast
literal_form: A blast on the trumpet before people come in crowds
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: Opened heaven and portals
literal_form: Heaven cleft and opened, full of portals
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: Written record of deeds
literal_form: All is noted and written down; a person sees the deeds his hands sent
before him
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: Gardens, fruits, and cup of bliss
literal_form: Shades, fountains, desired fruits, enclosed gardens, vineyards, and
a full cup
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: Dust as desired nonexistence or abasement
literal_form: The unbeliever says, 'Oh! would I were dust!'
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Imminent day and cosmic disruption
summary: The promised event is declared imminent; stars are blotted out, heaven
is cleft, mountains are scattered, and the day of severing is announced with woes
to deniers.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Creation and provision as signs
summary: Human birth, the earth holding living and dead, mountains, sweet water,
cosmic structure, rain, crops, and gardens are presented as works of the divine
speaker.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Punishment of deniers
summary: Deniers are sent to Hell, encounter ineffective shadows, flame, sparks,
inability to speak or excuse themselves, boiling water, sores, and increased torment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Reward of the God-fearing
summary: The God-fearing are placed in shade, fountains, fruits, gardens, vineyards,
companionship, and drink, with the reward described as recompense or a sufficing
gift.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Trumpet, assembly, and opened heaven
summary: At the fixed day of Severance, the trumpet sounds, people come in crowds,
heaven opens with portals, and the mountains become vapour.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Final accounting and permitted speech
summary: The Spirit and Angels stand ordered; speech is restricted by divine permission;
each person sees his deeds, and the unbeliever wishes to be dust.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Day of divine judgment and severance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly names a day of severing or Severance, assembles people
and ancestors, distinguishes deniers from the God-fearing, and assigns punishment
or reward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy label captures the judgment structure; the passage itself
uses the wording 'severing' and 'Severance' rather than a generic comparative
term.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection and assembly after trumpet
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The text refers to people and ancestors being assembled, a trumpet blast,
people coming in crowds, and a person seeing deeds sent before him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses assembly and final accounting language; the translator
note also glosses 'the great News' as Resurrection.
- id: motif:3
label: Cosmic dissolution before judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: Stars are blotted out, heaven is cleft or opened, mountains are scattered,
set in motion, and dissolved into vapour before the final judgment scene.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference 'chaos' is approximate; the passage presents ordered
eschatological dissolution rather than a primordial chaos myth.
- id: motif:4
label: Contrasted afterlife abodes of punishment and bliss
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hell is described with flame, boiling water, snares, and torment for deniers,
while the God-fearing receive gardens, shade, fountains, fruit, and drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: This is an afterlife reward-punishment contrast rather than an explicit
journey map.
- id: motif:5
label: Creation order as proof of divine power
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage lists human conception, earth, mountains, water, sleep, night,
day, heavens, lamp, rain, and vegetation as divine works preceding the judgment
announcement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference precisely names this motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: A translator note explicitly compares the passage's paradise eating and drinking
after resurrection with a Jewish expectation attributed to Maimonides.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Jewish/Maimonidean expectation of the dead raised and gathered into Paradise
to eat and drink in health
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the translator's note within the passage,
not by the Qur'anic verse itself; it does not establish historical contact or
direction of influence.
- id: claim:2
claim: A translator note links the passage's 'seven solid heavens' with Talmudic
terminology for one of the seven heavens.
claim_level: linguistic_similarity
target: Talmudic terminology concerning seven heavens
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The note identifies a terminological parallel only; it does not by
itself support a broader shared narrative motif or historical derivation.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2975-3035, Sura LXXVII
quote_or_summary: The promised event is imminent; stars are blotted out, heaven
cleft, mountains scattered in dust, Apostles assigned a time, and the day is called
the day of severing with woes to deniers and destruction of evildoers.
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 3036-3057, Sura LXXVII
quote_or_summary: Humans are created from a small germ kept securely until birth;
the earth holds living and dead, tall mountains are placed on it, and sweet water
is given for drinking.
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 3058-3088, Sura LXXVII
quote_or_summary: Deniers are told to go to Hell and to triple shadows that do not
shield from flame; sparks are compared to towers and tawny camels; on that day
they do not speak or make excuses.
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: lines 3089-3129, Sura LXXVII
quote_or_summary: The day of severing assembles people and ancestors; the God-fearing
are placed among shades, fountains, and desired fruits and are told to eat and
drink in health as recompense.
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: lines 3145-3180, Sura LXXVIII
quote_or_summary: The earth is made a couch, mountains tent-stakes, humans in two
sexes, sleep rest, night a mantle, day for livelihood, seven solid heavens, a
burning lamp, abundant rainwater, corn, herbs, and gardens.
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: lines 3181-3190, Sura LXXVIII
quote_or_summary: The day of Severance is fixed; the trumpet sounds, people come
in crowds, heaven opens with portals, and mountains move and melt into thin vapour.
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: lines 3191-3210, Sura LXXVIII
quote_or_summary: Hell is a place of snares and home of transgressors; they taste
no coolness or drink except boiling water and running sores; their falsehood is
recorded and torment is increased.
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: lines 3211-3245, Sura LXXVIII
quote_or_summary: The God-fearing receive gardens, vineyards, companions, and a
full cup; the Spirit and Angels stand ordered and speak only by permission; a
person sees his deeds, and the unbeliever wishes to be dust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: note
locator: translator note 3 to Sura LXXVII within passage
quote_or_summary: The note reports Maimonides' statement that many Jews hope Messiah
will raise the dead, gather them into Paradise, and that they will eat and drink
in health forever.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: note
locator: translator notes 2 and 4 to Sura LXXVIII within passage
quote_or_summary: The notes connect 'seven solid heavens' with Talmudic terminology
and identify the Spirit as Gabriel.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The extraction is based only on the supplied English passage. Line locators
for sub-passages are approximate within the provided range because the passage
excerpt does not preserve exact per-line numbering beyond the overall locator.
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: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No external sources were used. Translator footnotes are treated as part of the supplied passage and are separated from verse-level observations where relevant.
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