batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l3893-l4118
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l3893-l4118
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 3893-4118
start: '3893'
end: '4118'
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 contrasts the punishment of unbelievers with the recompense
of those who fear God, describes gardens, food, drink, spouses, youths, family
reunion, and preservation from torment, then addresses accusations against the
messenger and challenges the deniers. It continues with a depiction of the inevitable
day: cosmic shaking, mountains reduced to dust, humanity divided into three groups,
rewards for the foremost and the people of the right hand, and punishments for
the people of the left hand, including scalding water and the tree Ez-zakkoum,
alongside an affirmation of resurrection and gathering for judgment.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Some addressed persons are told to burn in a punishment where patience or
impatience will not alter their recompense for their deeds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those who have feared God are described as dwelling in gardens and delights,
rejoicing in what their Lord has given them and preserved from hell-fire.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The rewarded are told to eat and drink in enjoyment as recompense for their
deeds.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The rewarded recline on rows of couches and are wed to damsels with large
dark eyes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Believers whose offspring followed them in faith are to be reunited with their
offspring without diminution of their own reward.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Fruits, desired flesh, and a cup that does not produce sinful or frivolous
speech are provided to the rewarded.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Beautiful youths move among the rewarded and are compared to imbedded pearls.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The messenger is instructed to warn and is told he is neither a soothsayer
nor possessed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Opponents are represented as calling the messenger a poet and alleging that
he forged the Koran.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The opponents are challenged to produce a discourse like it if they speak
the truth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: A series of questions denies that the opponents created themselves, the heavens,
or the earth, possess the Lord's treasures, rule supreme, or have a ladder for
hearing the angels.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: A fragment of heaven falling down is described as something the deniers would
dismiss as a dense cloud.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: A day is announced when the opponents will swoon away and their snares will
not help them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: The messenger is told to wait patiently for the Lord's judgment and to praise
the Lord when rising, at night, and when the stars set.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: The inevitable day is described as suddenly coming, abasing and exalting,
shaking the earth, crumbling the mountains, and scattering them as dust.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: 'Humanity is divided into three bands: the people of the right hand, the people
of the left hand, and the foremost.'
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:17
text: The foremost are brought near to God in gardens of delight, reclining face
to face on inwrought couches.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:18
text: Youths circulate among the foremost with vessels and a cup of wine that does
not cause headache or loss of sense.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:19
text: The foremost receive fruits, bird flesh, and Houris with large dark eyes like
hidden pearls.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:20
text: The people of the right hand are placed amid thornless sidrahs, fruit-clad
talh trees, extended shade, flowing waters, abundant fruits, and lofty couches.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:21
text: The Houris are described as specially created, ever virgins, dear to their
spouses, and of equal age with them.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:22
text: The people of the left hand are placed amid pestilential winds, scalding water,
and the shadow of black smoke.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:23
text: The people of the left hand had persisted in sin and denied that the dead
and their fathers would be raised after becoming dust and bones.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:24
text: The former and latter generations are said to be gathered for a known day.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:25
text: The erring are told they will eat from the tree Ez-zakkoum, fill their bellies
with it, and drink boiling water like thirsty camels.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord
description: The divine figure who gives reward, preserves from torment, is praised,
judges, creates, gathers, and is described as Beneficent, Merciful, Compassionate,
and Merciful.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Those who have feared God / believers
description: Persons who fear God and believe, described as dwelling in gardens
and delights and receiving recompense.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Offspring who followed in faith
description: The offspring of believers who followed them in the faith and are reunited
with them.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Messenger addressed as thou
description: The addressee commanded to warn, to wait patiently for the Lord's judgment,
and to praise the Lord.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Unbelieving opponents / evildoers / deniers
description: Persons who accuse the messenger, disbelieve, set snares, deny resurrection,
and are assigned punishment.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Damsels / Houris
description: Female figures with large dark eyes, compared to hidden pearls in the
Sura LVI section, and described as spouses for the rewarded.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Youths
description: Beautiful or aye-blooming youths who circulate among the rewarded with
cups and vessels.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: People of the right hand
description: One of the three bands on the inevitable day, described as happy and
placed in a paradisal setting.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: People of the left hand
description: One of the three bands on the inevitable day, described as wretched
and placed amid winds, scalding water, and black smoke.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The foremost
description: One of the three bands, described as brought near to God in gardens
of delight.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge, creator, preserver, and reward-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God gives recompense, preserves from hell-fire, judges, creates, and gathers
people for the known day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:2
label: rewarded righteous
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:10
basis: These figures are placed in gardens, given food, drink, couches, companions,
and peace as recompense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: faith-following descendants
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The offspring follow believers in faith and are reunited with them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: warner and patient worshipper
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The addressee is instructed to warn, wait for the Lord's judgment, and praise
the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: deniers subject to punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:9
basis: These figures disbelieve, deny resurrection, are described as erring or gainsaying,
and receive punitive food, drink, smoke, wind, or fire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: spousal companions in paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The damsels or Houris are associated with marriage or spouses and with the
rewarded in paradise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: attendants in paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The youths go round among the rewarded with cups, goblets, and ewers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: eschatological group
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: The inevitable day divides people into three named bands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hell-fire
literal_form: fire of punishment from which the righteous are preserved and in which
others are told to burn
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: gardens of delight
literal_form: gardens, delights, couches, shade, fruits, and paradisal abundance
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: recompense cup
literal_form: a cup passed among the rewarded that does not engender sinful speech;
a flowing wine cup that does not impair sense
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: pearl-like companions
literal_form: youths or Houris compared to pearls
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: ladder for hearing angels
literal_form: a ladder by which someone might claim to hear the angels
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: falling fragment of heaven
literal_form: a fragment of the heaven falling down, dismissed as a dense cloud
by deniers
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: crumbling mountains
literal_form: mountains crumbled and scattered as dust on the inevitable day
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: right hand and left hand bands
literal_form: humanity divided into people of the right hand and people of the left
hand, along with the foremost
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: flowing waters and scalding water
literal_form: flowing waters in the reward setting and scalding or boiling water
in punishment
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:10
label: paradisal trees
literal_form: thornless sidrahs and talh trees clothed with fruit
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:11
label: tree Ez-zakkoum
literal_form: a tree from which the erring must eat in the day of reckoning
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:12
label: black smoke
literal_form: the shadow of a black smoke, not cool and horrid to behold
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Punishment and reward contrasted
summary: The passage contrasts burning punishment for some with gardens, delights,
eating, drinking, couches, spouses, family reunion, fruits, flesh, cups, and youths
for those who feared God and believed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Warning and challenge to deniers
summary: The messenger is instructed to warn, while opponents are depicted as calling
him a poet or forger; they are challenged to produce a like discourse and questioned
about creation, heavenly access, hidden knowledge, and rival divinities.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Awaited day and praise
summary: The deniers are left until the day when they swoon and their snares fail;
the messenger is told to wait patiently for judgment and praise the Lord at appointed
times.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: The inevitable day and threefold division
summary: The day comes suddenly, earth and mountains are violently transformed,
and people are divided into the people of the right hand, the people of the left
hand, and the foremost.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Paradise of the foremost and right hand
summary: The foremost and the people of the right hand are described near God or
in abundant paradisal settings with couches, youths, vessels, fruit, bird flesh,
Houris, trees, shade, water, and peace.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Punishment of the left hand and affirmation of resurrection
summary: The people of the left hand are placed amid destructive wind, scalding
water, black smoke, and denial of resurrection; the erring are told that former
and latter generations will be gathered and that they will consume Ez-zakkoum
and boiling water.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:11
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment with recompense according to deeds
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage repeatedly states that people receive recompense or punishment
for deeds and are gathered for a known day of reckoning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction uses the provided motif-family label only at a broad level.
- id: motif:2
label: resurrection and gathering after death
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The deniers ask whether the dead who became dust and bones will be raised;
the response affirms that former and latter generations will be gathered for a
known day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes judgmental gathering rather than narrating an individual
resurrection event.
- id: motif:3
label: afterlife geography of reward and punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage distinguishes paradisal gardens, couches, food, drink, companions,
and peace from hell-fire, scalding water, black smoke, and punitive food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents afterlife locations and states but does not narrate
a journey through them.
- id: motif:4
label: cosmic upheaval at the eschaton
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The inevitable day includes the earth being shaken, mountains crumbling,
and mountains becoming scattered dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage frames the upheaval as ordered
judgment, not undifferentiated chaos.
- id: motif:5
label: world-destroying fire and punitive heat
taxonomy_refs:
- world_destroying_fire
basis: The passage includes hell-fire, pestilential winds, scalding water, black
smoke, and boiling water as punitive elements.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: low
cautions: The passage presents infernal punishment rather than explicitly describing
a fire that destroys the world.
- id: motif:6
label: sacred or eschatological trees
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_tree_axis
basis: The passage names paradisal sidrah and talh trees and the punitive tree Ez-zakkoum
in eschatological settings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: low
cautions: The passage does not identify these trees as an axis or world-center;
the taxonomy fit is limited to sacred-tree imagery.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3893-3897
quote_or_summary: The addressed are told to burn in punishment; patience or impatience
will be the same, for they will receive the reward of their doings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3898-3908
quote_or_summary: Those who feared God dwell in gardens and delights, are preserved
from hell-fire, are told to eat and drink in recompense, recline on couches, and
are wed to damsels with large dark eyes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3909-3926
quote_or_summary: Believers are reunited with offspring who followed in faith; they
receive fruits, flesh, a sinless cup, pearl-like youths, and speak of God's kindness
in preserving them from torment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3927-3940
quote_or_summary: The addressee is instructed to warn and is denied to be a soothsayer
or possessed; opponents call him a poet or accuse him of forging the Koran, and
they are challenged to produce a like discourse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 3941-3964
quote_or_summary: Rhetorical questions ask whether the opponents created themselves,
the heavens, or the earth, possess divine treasures, have a ladder for hearing
angels, know secret things, or have any god beside God; a falling fragment of
heaven would be dismissed as cloud.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3965-3978
quote_or_summary: The deniers are left until a day when they swoon and their snares
fail; the addressee is told to wait for the Lord's judgment and praise the Lord
when rising, at night, and when the stars set.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3989-4008
quote_or_summary: At the inevitable day, the earth is shaken, mountains crumble
into scattered dust, and people are divided into the right hand, left hand, and
foremost groups.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 4009-4034
quote_or_summary: The foremost are brought near to God in gardens of delight, reclining
on couches while youths bring vessels and wine; they receive fruits, bird flesh,
Houris like hidden pearls, and hear peace rather than vain speech.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 4035-4060
quote_or_summary: The people of the right hand are amid thornless sidrahs, fruit-clad
talh trees, shade, flowing waters, abundant fruits, lofty couches, and specially
created Houris.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 4061-4082
quote_or_summary: The people of the left hand are amid pestilential winds, scalding
water, and black smoke; they had persisted in sin and questioned whether dust
and bones and their ancestors would be raised.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 4083-4118
quote_or_summary: The former and latter generations are to be gathered for a known
day; the erring and gainsaying will eat from Ez-zakkoum, fill their bellies, drink
boiling water like thirsty camels, and receive this repast on the day of reckoning;
God states that he created them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif candidates are broad
taxonomy alignments and require human review, especially where the available taxonomy
label only partially fits the passage.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these scenes to another tradition or corpus.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l3893-l4118
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