batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l5185-l5401
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l5185-l5401
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 5185-5401
start: '5185'
end: '5401'
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 recounts Elias as a sent servant who rebukes Baal worship and
is rejected; Lot as a sent one whose family is rescued except an aged woman while
others are destroyed; Jonas as an apostle who flees to a laden ship, is selected
by lots, swallowed by a fish, rescued after praise, sheltered by a gourd-plant,
and sent to a large believing people. It then rejects claims that God has daughters,
offspring, or kinship with the Djinn; describes ordered praising servants; promises
victory to the apostles and doom to unbelievers. The opening of Sura Noah presents
Noah as sent to warn his people, urging service, fear, obedience, forgiveness,
and promising rain, wealth, children, gardens, and watercourses, while describing
the people's refusal to listen.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Elias is called one of God's sent ones and tells his people to fear God rather
than invoke Baal.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Elias's people treat him as a liar, and punishment is announced except for
God's faithful servants.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Lot is called one of God's sent ones; he and all his family are rescued except
an aged woman who tarried.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The others in Lot's episode are destroyed, and their ruined dwellings are
said to be passed by morning and night.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Jonas flees to a laden ship; lots are cast; he is doomed and swallowed by
a fish.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Jonas is described as blameworthy but also as one of those who praised God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Jonas is cast onto a bare shore while sick, and a gourd-plant grows over him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Jonas is sent to a hundred thousand persons or more, they believe, and their
enjoyments are continued for a season.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The passage challenges claims that God has daughters, has begotten, or is
kin with the Djinn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: A speaking group says each has an appointed place, ranges in order, and celebrates
God's praises.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The passage says God's apostles were promised support and victory, while unbelievers
will eventually behold doom and vengeance.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Noah is sent to warn his people before an afflictive punishment and calls
them to serve God, fear Him, and obey him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Noah says he cried to his people night and day, but they fled, put fingers
in their ears, wrapped themselves in garments, and persisted in error.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Noah tells his people to seek forgiveness and says God will send plentiful
rains, increase wealth and children, and give gardens and watercourses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Named as Lord, Creator, sender of apostles, rescuer, punisher, forgiver,
and giver of rain and abundance.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Elias
description: A sent servant who exhorts his people to fear God and not invoke Baal.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: People of Elias
description: The people addressed by Elias; they treat him as a liar.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Baal
description: The name invoked by Elias's people in contrast to God the Creator.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Lot
description: A sent one rescued with his family.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lot's family
description: Those rescued with Lot, except for an aged woman who tarried.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Aged woman who tarried
description: An aged woman excluded from the rescue of Lot's family.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Jonas
description: An apostle who flees to a laden ship, is swallowed by a fish, praises
God, is cast ashore sick, and is later sent to a large people.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Fish
description: The fish that swallows Jonas.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: People sent to by Jonas
description: A hundred thousand persons or more to whom Jonas is sent; they believe.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Meccans, idolaters, or infidels
description: Those challenged for claims about God's daughters, begetting, kinship
with Djinn, or unbelief in the Koran.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Djinn
description: Beings with whom idolaters are said to make God kin; they know the
idolaters shall be brought before God.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Ordered praising speakers
description: A group that says each has an appointed place, ranges in order, and
celebrates God's praises; a note identifies these words as the Angel's.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Apostles collectively
description: God's servants the apostles, upon whom peace is invoked and to whom
support and victory are promised.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:13
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Noah
description: Sent to warn his people; calls them to serve God, seek forgiveness,
and obey.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Noah's people
description: The people warned by Noah; they flee from his cry, cover their ears,
wrap themselves in garments, and persist in error.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Divine Lord, creator, judge, rescuer, and giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage names God as Lord and Creator, sender and rescuer of apostles,
source of punishment and forgiveness, and giver of rain and abundance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: Sent one or apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:14
- fig:15
basis: Elias, Lot, and Jonas are called sent ones or apostles; Noah is explicitly
sent; apostles collectively are named as God's servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: Warner or admonisher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:15
basis: Elias admonishes his people to fear God, while Noah is sent to warn and calls
his people to serve and fear God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: Rejecting or unbelieving audience
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:16
basis: Elias's people call him a liar, the infidels do not believe the Koran, and
Noah's people flee from his cry and persist in error.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: role:5
label: Rescued or delivered figure
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
basis: Lot and his family are rescued; Jonas is removed from the fish and cast ashore.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: Excluded tarrier
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The aged woman is specifically excepted from the rescue as one among those
who tarried.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: Invoked rival object of worship
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Elias asks why his people invoke Baal and forsake the Creator.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: Ordered praising heavenly speakers
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The speakers say they have appointed places, range themselves in order, and
celebrate God's praises; the note identifies the speech as angelic.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: Believing recipient community
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The large group to whom Jonas is sent believes and receives continued enjoyment
for a season.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Baal invocation
literal_form: The named being Baal, invoked by Elias's people
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Ruined dwellings
literal_form: Ruined dwellings passed by at morning and night
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Laden ship
literal_form: A laden ship to which Jonas flees
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
- departure
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Lots
literal_form: Lots cast in connection with Jonas on the ship
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Fish belly
literal_form: The fish that swallows Jonas and the belly in which he would have
remained
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- hero_descent
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Bare shore
literal_form: The bare shore where Jonas is cast while sick
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Gourd-plant
literal_form: A gourd-plant caused to grow over Jonas
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Hell-burning
literal_form: The phrase that one shall burn in Hell
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: Revelation or Book
literal_form: A revelation transmitted from those of old and the Koran as Book/truth
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: Rain and watercourses
literal_form: Plenteous rains and watercourses promised after seeking forgiveness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:15
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:11
label: Gardens, wealth, and children
literal_form: Gardens, wealth, and children promised to Noah's people
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:15
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Elias rebukes Baal worship and is rejected
summary: Elias, identified as a sent one, calls his people to fear God and not invoke
Baal; they treat him as a liar, with punishment announced except for faithful
servants.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Lot's rescue and the destruction of others
summary: Lot is identified as a sent one; he and his family are rescued except an
aged woman, while the others are destroyed and their ruins remain visible to passersby.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Jonas, the ship, the fish, and the shore
summary: Jonas flees to a laden ship, is selected by lots, swallowed by a fish,
spared because he praises God, cast sick onto a bare shore, and shaded by a gourd-plant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Jonas sent to a believing multitude
summary: Jonas is sent to a hundred thousand or more; they believe, and their enjoyments
continue for a season.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Rebuttal of divine offspring and kinship claims
summary: The passage questions claims that God has daughters, has begotten, or is
kin with the Djinn, and states that idolaters and their objects of worship cannot
prevail against God except one destined for Hell.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Ordered praising servants and promise to apostles
summary: A group describes appointed places, ordered ranks, and praise of God; the
passage then says apostles were promised aid and victory and that unbelievers
will see doom.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:13
- id: scene:7
label: Noah warns his people and is resisted
summary: Noah is sent to warn his people before punishment and urges service, fear,
obedience, and forgiveness, but reports that they flee, cover their ears, wrap
their garments, and persist in error.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: Noah promises forgiveness and abundance
summary: Noah says that if his people seek forgiveness, God will send abundant rain
and grant wealth, children, gardens, and watercourses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Prophetic warning, rejection, and divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Elias, Noah, and the general apostle passage all involve divine messengers
or servants warning or addressing people, followed by rejection, disbelief, or
threatened punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents several examples, but it does not give full narrative
detail for every apostle named.
- id: motif:2
label: Rescue of faithful or chosen figures before destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Lot and his family are rescued before others are destroyed; Elias's faithful
servants are excepted from punishment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not elaborate the mechanism of Lot's destruction or the
identity of all faithful servants.
- id: motif:3
label: Swallowed hero, confinement, praise, and return to shore
taxonomy_refs:
- hero_descent
- death_rebirth
- resurrection
basis: Jonas is swallowed by a fish, would have remained in its belly until resurrection
had he not praised God, and is cast sick onto a bare shore.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes confinement and release but does not explicitly
call the fish episode an underworld descent or rebirth.
- id: motif:4
label: Ship departure and lot-casting crisis
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- ark_vessel
basis: Jonas flees to a laden ship, and lots are cast before he is swallowed by
the fish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The ship is not described as an ark of salvation; the vessel taxonomy
is only a loose formal match.
- id: motif:5
label: Repentance or forgiveness bringing rain and abundance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Noah tells his people to beg forgiveness, after which God will send plentiful
rains, increase wealth and children, and give gardens and watercourses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage frames the sequence as exhortation and promise, not as a completed
ritual exchange.
- id: motif:6
label: Denial of divine offspring or divine kinship
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage directly rejects claims that God has daughters, has begotten,
or is kin with the Djinn.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a polemical negation of divine parent-child language rather than
an affirmative divine parent-child myth.
- id: motif:7
label: Ordered celestial praise
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A speaking group describes appointed places, ordered ranks, and celebration
of God's praises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: low
cautions: The passage gives a brief liturgical or angelic statement; the available
taxonomy has no exact celestial-order motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Within the passage, the Elias and Noah episodes share the same narrative
function of a sent figure warning a community to serve or fear God and encountering
rejection or refusal.
claim_level: same_function
target: Intra-passage prophetic warning-and-rejection pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: 'The two episodes are not identical: Elias''s section highlights Baal
worship and punishment, while Noah''s section includes repeated public and private
appeals and promised rains and abundance.'
- id: claim:2
claim: 'The Lot and Jonas episodes both function as rescue narratives for named
sent figures, but the dangers differ: communal destruction in Lot''s case and
fish-confinement in Jonas''s case.'
claim_level: same_function
target: Intra-passage rescue-of-sent-figure pattern
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: Lot's family is rescued with an exception, whereas Jonas is individually
swallowed and restored; the passage does not present them as a single named motif.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Elias section
quote_or_summary: Elias is one of the sent ones and asks his people why they invoke
Baal and forsake the Creator, affirming God as their Lord and the Lord of their
sires.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Elias rejection and salutation
quote_or_summary: Elias's people treat him as a liar; punishment is announced except
for God's faithful servants, and peace is left for Elias among posterity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Lot section
quote_or_summary: Lot is one of the sent ones; God rescues him and all his family
except an aged woman among those who tarried, destroys the others, and mentions
their ruined dwellings passed at morning and night.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Jonas ship and fish section
quote_or_summary: Jonas is an apostle who flees to a laden ship; lots are cast,
he is doomed, and the fish swallows him because he is blameworthy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Jonas rescue and gourd section
quote_or_summary: Had Jonas not been among those who praise God, he would have remained
in the fish's belly until resurrection; he is cast sick onto the bare shore, and
a gourd-plant grows over him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Jonas mission section
quote_or_summary: Jonas is sent to a hundred thousand persons or more; they believe,
and their enjoyments are continued for a season.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, polemic against divine offspring and kinship
quote_or_summary: The passage asks whether God has daughters, whether angels are
female, rejects 'God hath begotten,' and denies claims making God kin with the
Djinn; it also mentions burning in Hell.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 5185-5401, ordered speakers passage and note 18
quote_or_summary: '"each one of us hath his appointed place," and "we range ourselves
in order" and "celebrate His praises"; the note says this verse and six preceding
are the words of the Angel.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, apostles promised victory and unbelievers threatened
quote_or_summary: Unbelievers say they would have been faithful if they had an old
revelation, but they do not believe the Koran; God's word to the apostles promises
support and victory, while doom and vengeance are threatened.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Sura LXXI Noah opening
quote_or_summary: God sends Noah to warn his people before an afflictive punishment;
Noah says he is a plain-spoken warner and tells them to serve God, fear Him, and
obey him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Noah's complaint
quote_or_summary: Noah says he cried to his people night and day, but they fled
more, put fingers in their ears, wrapped themselves in garments, persisted in
error, and were disdainful; he addressed them aloud, plainly, and secretly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 5185-5401, Noah's promise of forgiveness and abundance
quote_or_summary: Noah calls his people to beg forgiveness; he says God will send
plentiful rains, increase wealth and children, and give gardens and watercourses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: lines 5185-5401, closing doxology
quote_or_summary: '"peace be on his Apostles" and praise is given to God, Lord of
the worlds.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based entirely on the supplied passage. Motif candidates are
cautious where taxonomy labels only approximate the passage's literal wording,
especially for vessel, descent, and divine parent-child categories.
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'
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