batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l4514-l4760
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l4514-l4760
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 4514-4760
start: '4514'
end: '4760'
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 describes moral practices of the righteous and their reward
in gardens, contrasts unbelievers and sinners with a threatened day of resurrection
and disgrace, and presents Sura LV as a hymn to divine mercy, creation, cosmic
order, judgment of men and djinn, apocalyptic signs, hell, and multiple paradise
gardens with fruits, fountains, couches, and companions.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A group is described as constant in prayer, giving a stated portion of their
substance, affirming judgment day, fearing the Lord's chastisement, controlling
desires, keeping trusts, witnessing uprightly, and keeping prayer times.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Those described with these practices are said to dwell with honours amid gardens.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Unbelievers are depicted running around the addressed figure in bands on the
right and left and desiring to enter a garden of delights.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says the unbelievers will come face to face with their threatened
day and will flock out of graves in haste with downcast eyes and disgrace covering
them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The God of Mercy is said to have taught the Koran, created man, and taught
articulate speech.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The sun and moon are said to have appointed times, and plants and trees bend
in adoration.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Heaven is described as raised high and furnished with a balance, and people
are instructed not to transgress or scant the balance.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The earth is described as prepared for living tribes and containing fruits,
palms, grain, and fragrant plants.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Man is said to be created from potter-like clay, and the djinn from pure fire.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Two seas are said to meet while a barrier prevents them from overpassing one
another.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Pearls are brought up from the seas, and ships at sea are described as towering
like mountains.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: All on the earth is said to pass away, while the face of the Lord abides with
majesty and glory.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Men and djinn are addressed as subject to divine judgment and told they can
overpass the bounds of the heavens and earth only by divine leave.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: A bright flash of fire and molten brass are said to be hurled at men and djinn,
leaving them unable to defend themselves.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The heaven is described as being cleft asunder and becoming rose red like
stained leather.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: Sinners are said to be known by their tokens, seized by forelocks and feet,
and made to pass between Hell and boiling water.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: Those who dread the majesty of their Lord are promised two gardens with branching
trees, fruits, couches, and untouched damsels.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:18
text: Two further gardens are described as dark green, with gushing fountains, fruits,
palms, pomegranates, fair ones in pavilions, and reclining spouses on cushions
and carpets.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:19
text: A repeated refrain asks which of the Lord's bounties the two addressees will
deny; the footnote identifies the twain as men and djinn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord / God of Mercy
description: The divine figure who teaches the Koran, creates man, appoints cosmic
order, judges men and djinn, and possesses majesty and glory.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Righteous worshippers
description: Those constant in prayer, charitable, truthful to trusts and engagements,
and fearful of the Lord's chastisement; they are promised gardens.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Unbelievers / sinners
description: Those described as unbelievers or sinners, associated with denial,
disgrace on the threatened day, Hell, and boiling water.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Men
description: Human beings addressed with the djinn and identified in a note as one
of the two addressees of the repeated refrain.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Djinn
description: Beings created from pure fire and addressed alongside men in the judgment
and refrain.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Paradise companions / spouses
description: Damsels or fair beauteous ones in the gardens, described as untouched,
with retiring glances or large dark eyes, and associated with pavilions and reclining
spouses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Addressed figure, “thee”
description: An addressed figure around whom unbelievers are said to run in bands.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Divine creator, teacher, sustainer, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes teaching, creation, cosmic ordering, daily action,
and judgment to God or the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:2
label: Righteous recipients of garden reward
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage lists practices of the righteous and says they dwell amid gardens
or receive gardens for dreading the Lord's majesty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: Condemned deniers or sinners
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Unbelievers and sinners are linked with denial, disgrace, Hell, and boiling
water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: Created and judged addressees
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: Men and djinn are described as created beings and addressed together in warnings
and the repeated refrain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: Companions within paradise gardens
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Female companions or spouses are described as present in the gardens with
couches, pavilions, cushions, and carpets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: Directly addressed recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The text asks why unbelievers run around “thee” on the right and left.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Gardens of reward
literal_form: Gardens, garden of delights, two gardens, and two other gardens
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: sym:2
label: Balance
literal_form: A balance appointed with the raised heaven, linked to fair weighing
and non-transgression
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: Clay of man
literal_form: Clay like that of the potter
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Fire of the djinn and judgment-fire
literal_form: Pure fire; bright flash of fire; molten brass
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: Two seas with barrier
literal_form: Two seas that meet but do not overpass the barrier between them
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: Pearls
literal_form: Pearls both great and small brought up from the seas
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: Ships like mountains
literal_form: Ships towering up at sea like mountains
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: Graves
literal_form: Graves from which the threatened group flock up in haste
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:9
label: Cleft rose-red heaven
literal_form: Heaven cleft asunder and rose red like stained leather
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: Hell and boiling water
literal_form: Hell and boiling water between which sinners pass to and fro
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:11
label: Paradise trees, fruits, and fountains
literal_form: O'erbranching trees, fruits, palms, pomegranates, and gushing fountains
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Virtuous conduct and garden reward
summary: The passage lists practices of the righteous and concludes that they will
dwell with honours amid gardens.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Unbelievers and the threatened day
summary: Unbelievers are shown gathering around the addressed figure, hoping for
a garden of delights, but are warned of a day when they rise hastily from graves
in disgrace.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Divine mercy, creation, and cosmic balance
summary: God teaches the Koran and speech, creates man, orders sun and moon, receives
adoration from plants and trees, raises heaven, appoints the balance, and prepares
the earth with produce.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Creation of man and djinn
summary: Man is created from potter-like clay, while the djinn are created from
pure fire, and the Lord is associated with east and west.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: The two seas and sea-gifts
summary: Two seas meet without crossing their barrier, pearls are brought up, and
ships tower at sea like mountains.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Judgment of men and djinn
summary: Men and djinn are told that divine judgment will come and that they can
overpass the bounds of heaven and earth only by divine leave; fire and molten
brass are hurled at them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Apocalyptic sign and punishment of sinners
summary: Heaven is split and turns rose-red; sinners are recognized by signs, seized,
and made to pass between Hell and boiling water.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Paradise gardens
summary: Those who dread the Lord are promised two gardens and two additional gardens,
with trees, fruits, fountains, couches, pavilions, cushions, carpets, and companions.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Moral judgment separating righteous and sinners
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage contrasts righteous people rewarded with gardens against unbelievers
or sinners threatened with disgrace, Hell, and boiling water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is doctrinal and eschatological; no extra narrative episode
beyond the stated judgment scenes is supplied.
- id: motif:2
label: Rising from graves on a threatened day
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The condemned are said to flock up out of their graves in haste on the threatened
day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a compressed image rather than a detailed resurrection
narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine teaching and ordering wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: God is said to teach the Koran and articulate speech, order celestial times,
raise heaven, appoint the balance, and instruct fair weighing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broader than the literal wording; the text does
not use the English word “wisdom.”
- id: motif:4
label: Dual addressees and paired cosmic forms
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage repeatedly addresses the two addressees, identified in a note
as men and djinn, and presents paired forms such as east and west, two seas, and
pairs of gardens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The dual pattern is structural and rhetorical rather than a single plotted
episode.
- id: motif:5
label: Attempted crossing of cosmic bounds by divine leave only
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Men and djinn are challenged to overpass the bounds of the heavens and earth,
but only by divine permission, with fire and molten brass as threat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: No successful ascent or journey is narrated; the passage frames boundary
crossing as a warning.
- id: motif:6
label: Afterlife zones of punishment and garden reward
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The text describes Hell and boiling water for sinners and multiple richly
furnished gardens for the God-fearing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes destinations rather than a guided journey through
them.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage fits the divine judgment motif family insofar as it separates
moral groups into rewarded righteous and punished sinners under divine authority.
claim_level: same_motif
target: divine_judgment motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is a taxonomy-level comparison only; the passage does not establish
historical relationship to any other text.
- id: claim:2
claim: The grave-rising image supports comparison with the resurrection motif family.
claim_level: same_motif
target: resurrection motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The resurrection image is brief and focused on the condemned group’s
threatened day.
- id: claim:3
claim: The repeated pairing of men and djinn, two seas, and multiple paired gardens
supports comparison with a duality pattern.
claim_level: same_function
target: duality motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The pairings serve several functions in the passage and should not
be reduced to a single symbolic meaning without further review.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4514-4539
quote_or_summary: The passage lists prayer, charity, belief in judgment day, fear
of chastisement, sexual restraint, trustworthiness, upright witness, and prayer
hours, then says such people will dwell honoured amid gardens.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4540-4553
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers run around the addressed figure on right and left
in bands, wanting to enter a garden of delights; the text rejects this and says
they can be replaced by better ones.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 4554-4560
quote_or_summary: "“they shall flock up out of their graves in haste”; their eyes
are downcast and disgrace covers them on the threatened day."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: Sura LV opening, lines 4580-4608
quote_or_summary: The God of Mercy teaches the Koran, creates man, teaches articulate
speech, sets times for sun and moon, receives adoration from plants and trees,
raises heaven, appoints the balance, and prepares earth with fruits, palms, grain,
and fragrant plants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, creation of man and djinn
quote_or_summary: Man is created of potter-like clay, the djinn of pure fire, and
God is called Lord of the East and Lord of the West.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, two seas and ships
quote_or_summary: Two seas are let loose and meet, but a barrier prevents them from
overpassing; pearls are brought up from them, and ships at sea tower like mountains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, impermanence and divine abiding
quote_or_summary: All on earth will pass away, but the face of the Lord abides in
majesty and glory; all in heaven and earth make suit to Him, and every day some
new work employs Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, judgment of men and djinn
quote_or_summary: Men and djinn are told that divine judgment will find them; they
may overpass the bounds of heaven and earth only by divine leave, and fire and
molten brass will be hurled at them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, apocalyptic sign and Hell
quote_or_summary: Heaven is cleft and becomes rose red like stained leather; sinners
are known by tokens, seized by forelocks and feet, and pass between Hell and boiling
water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, first two gardens
quote_or_summary: Those who dread the Lord’s majesty receive two gardens with overbranching
trees, two kinds of every fruit, couches with brocade lining, reachable fruit,
and untouched damsels likened to jacynths and pearls.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: Sura LV, two other gardens
quote_or_summary: Two other dark-green gardens contain gushing fountains, fruits,
palm and pomegranate, fair beauteous ones with large dark eyes in pavilions, and
spouses reclining on green cushions and carpets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
type: note
locator: Sura LV repeated refrain and note 1
quote_or_summary: The refrain repeatedly asks which bounties of the Lord the twain
will deny; the note identifies the dual addressees as men and djinn.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized from supplied passage and note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif and comparison
assignments are taxonomy-level and should be checked by a human reviewer, especially
broader labels such as wisdom, duality, ascent, and afterlife_journey_map.
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: |-
Only supplied passage text and metadata were used. Taxonomy references are limited to the provided motif families and symbols.
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