batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l4957-l5183
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l4957-l5183
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 4957-5183
start: '4957'
end: '5183'
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 contrasts mockers who deny resurrection and are driven to judgment
and Hell with sincere servants rewarded in gardens. It describes the infernal
tree Ez-zakkoum, then recounts episodes of Noah’s rescue and the drowning of others,
Abraham’s rejection of idols and deliverance from a pyre, Abraham’s dream-command
to sacrifice his son and the ransom of the son, the announcement of Isaac, and
the rescue and guidance of Moses and Aaron.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Warned people do not heed the warning, mock a sign as sorcery, and question
whether the dead reduced to dust and bones will be raised.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A single blast is followed by people recognizing the day of reckoning and
decision.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Unjust people, their consorts, and the gods they adored beside God are gathered
and guided toward Hell, then questioned.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The condemned submit, reproach one another, and say that they share punishment
because they led others astray while themselves astray.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The wicked are said to have swelled with pride when told that there is no
God but God and to have called the messenger a crazed poet.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Sincere servants of God receive fruits, honor, gardens of delight, couches,
a cup from a fountain, and companions with modest glances.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: One blessed person recalls a former bosom friend who denied judgment, looks,
and sees that friend in Hell.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The tree Ez-zakkoum grows from the bottom of Hell; its fruit is compared to
heads of Satans, and the damned eat it, drink boiling water, and return to Hell.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Noah calls on God, is heard, and is saved with his family from great distress;
his offspring are made survivors and the rest are drowned.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Abraham challenges his father and people about their worship, confronts their
gods, and strikes them with his right hand.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Abraham’s tribesmen propose building a pyre and casting him into a glowing
flame, but their plot is brought low.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Abraham asks for a righteous son; after a meek youth is announced and grows,
Abraham reports a dream of sacrificing him, and the son accepts what is commanded.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: After Abraham and his son surrender to God’s will, Abraham lays him down;
a divine call says the vision has been satisfied, and the son is ransomed with
a costly victim.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Isaac is announced to Abraham as a righteous prophet, and blessing is bestowed
on Abraham and Isaac.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: Moses and Aaron receive favors, are rescued with their people from great distress,
are supported as conquerors, receive a lucid book, and are guided in the right
way.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: warned mockers and wicked resurrection-deniers
description: People who ignore warning, mock signs, deny resurrection, and later
face reckoning and punishment.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God
description: The divine speaker, judge, rescuer, guide, and rewarder in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: gods adored beside God / carved gods
description: Objects or beings worshipped by the wicked and by Abraham’s people
beside God.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: sincere servants of God / the blessed
description: Those excepted from punishment and honored with provisions in gardens
of delight.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: bosom friend in Hell
description: A former friend who denied judgment and is seen in the midst of Hell.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Noah
description: A believing servant who calls on God, is heard, and receives peace
among posterity.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Noah’s family and offspring
description: Noah’s family is saved from great distress, and his offspring are made
survivors.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Abraham
description: A believing servant who challenges idol worship, survives a plot involving
fire, and undergoes a sacrifice test involving his son.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Abraham’s father, people, and tribesmen
description: Those addressed by Abraham about worship and those who seek to cast
him into a glowing flame.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Abraham’s meek youth / son
description: The announced son who accepts Abraham’s dream-command and is ransomed
before sacrifice is completed.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Isaac
description: Announced to Abraham as a righteous prophet and included in a divine
blessing.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Moses and Aaron
description: Favored figures rescued with their people, given the lucid book, guided,
and remembered with peace.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: people of Moses and Aaron
description: The people rescued with Moses and Aaron from great distress.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge, rescuer, guide, and rewarder
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: God gathers the unjust, rewards sincere servants, saves Noah and others,
guides Moses and Aaron, and recompenses the righteous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: warned rejecters judged and punished
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They ignore warning, deny resurrection, and are brought to reckoning, Hell,
and painful punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: false objects of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage mentions gods adored beside God and carved objects worshipped
by Abraham’s people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: rewarded sincere servants
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are excepted from punishment and receive banquet, honor, gardens, and
companions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: condemned companion
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The bosom friend denied judgment and is later seen in Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: favored prophetic servant
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:12
basis: Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Aaron are described as believing or favored servants
who receive rescue, recompense, guidance, or peace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: rescued kin or people
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:13
basis: Noah’s family and the people of Moses and Aaron are rescued from great distress.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: role:8
label: idolater opponents and persecutors
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Abraham’s people worship carved gods and seek to burn him in a pyre.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: obedient son in sacrifice test
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The son accepts the dream-command and is ransomed after Abraham satisfies
the vision.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: announced righteous prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Isaac is announced as a righteous prophet and receives blessing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: single blast
literal_form: one blast preceding the day of reckoning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: road for Hell
literal_form: a road or route to Hell for the unjust and their consorts
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: garden banquet and fountain cup
literal_form: fruits, couches, a cup borne round from a fountain in gardens of delight
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: tree Ez-zakkoum
literal_form: a tree growing from the bottom of Hell, with fruit like heads of Satans
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: boiling water
literal_form: a mixture of boiling water given after the damned eat from Ez-zakkoum
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: drowning of the rest
literal_form: the drowning of those not saved with Noah
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: glowing flame and pyre
literal_form: a pyre built to cast Abraham into a glowing flame
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: costly victim
literal_form: the ransom victim substituted after the sacrifice vision is satisfied
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: lucid book
literal_form: the book given to Moses and Aaron
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Warning, mockery, resurrection denial, and reckoning
summary: Warned people mock signs and deny resurrection; a single blast brings them
to the day of reckoning and decision.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Condemned groups led toward Hell
summary: The unjust, their consorts, and their gods are gathered, guided to Hell,
questioned, and left to mutual reproach and punishment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Reward of sincere servants
summary: Sincere servants receive fruit, honor, garden dwellings, couches, a fountain
cup, and companions.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Blessed observer sees former friend in Hell
summary: A blessed person recalls a friend who denied judgment, looks, and sees
him in Hell, then credits divine favor for escape from torment.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Infernal repast of Ez-zakkoum
summary: The passage asks whether the blessed repast or the tree Ez-zakkoum is better,
then describes the damned eating from the hell-tree and drinking boiling water.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Noah rescued, others drowned
summary: Noah calls on God and is saved with his family; his offspring survive,
peace is left for him, and the rest are drowned.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Abraham confronts idol worship and the fire plot
summary: Abraham challenges his father and people, strikes their gods, and faces
a plot to burn him, but the plotters are brought low.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Abraham’s sacrifice test and ransom
summary: Abraham receives a son, reports a dream that he should sacrifice him, and
both submit; the vision is satisfied and the son is ransomed with a costly victim.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:9
label: Isaac announced and Moses and Aaron guided
summary: Isaac is announced as a righteous prophet, and Moses and Aaron are favored,
rescued with their people, given a book, guided, and remembered with peace.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Resurrection denied and then revealed at reckoning
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Mockers deny that dust and bones will be raised, but a single blast brings
them to the day of reckoning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents resurrection polemically and eschatologically; no
physical process of reanimation is narrated.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine judgment with separation of punished and rewarded
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The unjust are led toward Hell and punished, while sincere servants receive
a banquet in gardens of delight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The extracted motif is broad and should not be collapsed with all afterlife
imagery in the passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Afterlife destinations contrasted
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage names a road for Hell, shows a person in Hell, and contrasts
Hell’s food with garden reward and fountain drink.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives destinations and scenes rather than a continuous itinerary
of an individual journey.
- id: motif:4
label: Infernal tree of punishment
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ez-zakkoum grows from the bottom of Hell and its fruit is eaten by the damned
before boiling water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No available motif-family taxonomy exactly matches an infernal punishment
tree; symbol taxonomy supports only the literal tree.
- id: motif:5
label: Flood rescue and survivor lineage
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
basis: Noah and his family are saved, his offspring are made survivors, and the
rest are drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The flood itself is only summarized through drowning and survival; detailed
flood mechanics are absent in this passage.
- id: motif:6
label: Prophet confronts idols and survives fiery persecution
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Abraham challenges carved worship, strikes the gods, and his opponents propose
burning him, but their plot fails.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy includes fire as a symbol but no exact motif-family
for the idol-breaking and fire-deliverance sequence.
- id: motif:7
label: Sacrifice test and substitutionary ransom
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Abraham reports a dream to sacrifice his son; both submit, the vision is
satisfied, and the son is ransomed with a costly victim.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The son in the sacrifice scene is not named in this passage; the later
announcement of Isaac should not be used to identify him without external interpretation.
- id: motif:8
label: Guiding book given to chosen leaders
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Moses and Aaron are given the lucid book and guided into the right way.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage stresses guidance and
scripture more than an abstract wisdom quest.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage presents repeated prophetic exempla in which warning or divine
truth is rejected by opponents, while believing servants are rescued or rewarded
and rejecters are punished.
claim_level: same_function
target: prophetic warning-and-vindication cycle within the passage’s sequence of
Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Aaron
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an internal functional comparison across episodes in the same
passage, not evidence of historical contact or a claim about external traditions.
- id: claim:2
claim: The Noah summary fits a flood-and-renewal pattern through the saving of a
family lineage and the drowning of others.
claim_level: same_motif
target: flood_and_renewal motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage gives a compressed allusion and does not narrate the flood’s
onset, vessel, animals, or post-flood covenant details.
- id: claim:3
claim: The Abraham sacrifice episode fits a sacrifice-test pattern in which obedience
is tested and the intended victim is replaced by a ransom victim.
claim_level: same_motif
target: sacrifice motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is to a motif family only; the passage does not name
the son in the sacrifice scene or provide external comparative details.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 4957-5183, opening warning and resurrection denial
quote_or_summary: "“When they are warned, no warning do they take”; they mock a
sign as sorcery and ask whether, after becoming “dust and bones,” they shall be
raised."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 4957-5183, reckoning and road to Hell
quote_or_summary: "“For, one blast only,” they recognize “the day of reckoning”;
the unjust, their consorts, and gods adored beside God are gathered and guided
“to the road for Hell.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 4957-5183, mutual reproach and punishment
quote_or_summary: The condemned submit to God, reproach one another, say they had
no power over each other except shared error, and are partners in punishment;
the proud reject the formula that there is no God but God.
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: 4957-5183, reward of sincere servants
quote_or_summary: Sincere servants receive a stated banquet of fruits, honor in
gardens of delight, couches, a limpid cup from a fountain, and large-eyed companions
with modest glances.
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: 4957-5183, blessed speaker and friend in Hell
quote_or_summary: A blessed person remembers a bosom friend who denied judgment,
looks, sees him in Hell, and says divine favor saved him from being brought into
torment.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 4957-5183, tree Ez-zakkoum
quote_or_summary: Ez-zakkoum is “a tree which cometh up from the bottom of hell”;
its fruit is “as it were the heads of Satans,” and the damned eat it, drink boiling
water, and return to Hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 4957-5183, Noah episode
quote_or_summary: Noah calls on God and is heard; he and his family are saved from
great distress, his offspring are made survivors, peace is left for him among
posterity, and the rest are drowned.
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: 4957-5183, Abraham and carved gods
quote_or_summary: Abraham questions his father and people about worship, asks the
carved gods why they do not eat or speak, strikes them with his right hand, and
asks whether the people worship what they carve.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 4957-5183, Abraham and pyre
quote_or_summary: The tribesmen say, “Build up a pyre for him and cast him into
the glowing flame,” but their plot is brought low.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 4957-5183, Abraham’s son and sacrifice vision
quote_or_summary: Abraham asks for a righteous son; a meek youth is announced. Abraham
tells him of a dream that he should sacrifice him; the son accepts. After they
submit and the son is laid down, a divine call says the vision is satisfied and
the son is ransomed with a costly victim.
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: 4957-5183, Isaac announced
quote_or_summary: Isaac is announced to Abraham as a righteous prophet, and blessing
is bestowed on Abraham and Isaac, with some offspring well-doers and others sinners.
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: 4957-5183, Moses and Aaron
quote_or_summary: Moses and Aaron receive favors; they and their people are rescued
from great distress, are succored and become conquerors, receive the lucid book,
are guided, and are remembered with peace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: 4957-5183, prophetic continuity statements
quote_or_summary: The messenger “cometh with truth and confirmeth the Sent Ones
of old”; the passage also says warners had been sent among earlier peoples.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Motif taxonomy
assignments are strongest for resurrection, judgment, flood-and-renewal, and sacrifice;
broader afterlife-map and wisdom assignments are more approximate.
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: |-
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