Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l6656-l6879

batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l6656-l6879

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l6656-l6879
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 6656-6879
  start: '6656'
  end: '6879'
  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 several communities rejecting their apostles: the
    Adites and Houd, the Themoudites and Saleh with the she-camel sign, the people
    of Lot, and the dwellers in the forest of Madian with Shoaib. Each episode includes
    admonition, rejection, and divine punishment, followed by a repeated statement
    that the event was a sign and that the Lord is mighty or powerful and merciful.
    The passage then affirms the Book''s descent from the Lord through the faithful
    spirit in clear Arabic, denies that Satans brought it down, instructs the prophet
    to warn his kin and trust God, and contrasts satanic descent upon liars with poets
    followed by the erring.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The Adites are described as treating their apostles as liars after Houd calls
    them to fear God and obey him.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Houd says he asks no reward because his reward is from the Lord of the Worlds
    alone.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Houd criticizes the Adites for building landmarks on heights, raising lasting
    structures, and using power harshly.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: The Adites reject the warning as a tale of the ancients and deny that they
    will be punished.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: After the Adites charge Houd with imposture, they are destroyed; the passage
    calls this a sign.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:6
  text: Saleh tells the Themoudites to fear God, obey him, and not obey those who
    commit excess and disorder on the earth.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:7
  text: The Themoudites are associated with gardens, fountains, corn-fields, palm-trees,
    and dwellings hewn in mountains.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:8
  text: The Themoudites call Saleh bewitched and ask him to produce a sign if he is
    truthful.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:9
  text: Saleh identifies a she-camel and assigns separate drinking days for the camel
    and the people, warning them not to harm her.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:10
  text: The Themoudites hamstring the she-camel, regret it the next day, and are overtaken
    by punishment.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:11
  text: Lot asks God to deliver him and his family from the deeds of his people.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:12
  text: Lot and his whole family are delivered except an aged one who remains among
    those who tarry.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:13
  text: The rest of Lot's people are destroyed by a fatal rain after warning.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:14
  text: Shoaib tells the dwellers in the forest of Madian to fill the measure, weigh
    with exact balance, not defraud people, and not wrong the earth by licentious
    deeds.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:15
  text: The people of Madian ask Shoaib to make a part of heaven fall on them if he
    is truthful.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:16
  text: After the people of Madian treat Shoaib as a liar, the chastisement of the
    day of cloud overtakes them.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:17
  text: The Book is said to have come down from the Lord of the Worlds by the faithful
    spirit upon the prophet's heart in clear Arabic speech.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:18
  text: The passage says the Koran was not sent down by Satans, who are removed from
    hearing it.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: obs:19
  text: The prophet is told not to call on another god, to warn his near kin, to lower
    his wing over faithful followers, and to trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: obs:20
  text: Satans are described as descending on lying, wicked persons and imparting
    what they have heard, while poets are described as followed by the erring.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: The Lord / God / Lord of the Worlds
  description: The divine figure described as mighty or powerful, merciful, the source
    of rewards, punishment, and the Book.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  - ev:12
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Houd
  description: Brother and apostle of the Adites who warns them and asks no reward.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: The Adites
  description: A people who reject their apostle, are criticized for prideful building
    and harshness, and are destroyed.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Saleh
  description: Brother and apostle of the Themoudites who warns them and presents
    the she-camel sign.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: The Themoudites
  description: A people dwelling amid gardens, fountains, fields, palm-trees, and
    mountain-hewn dwellings; they reject Saleh and harm the she-camel.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: The she-camel
  description: A camel identified by Saleh as a sign with an assigned drinking day,
    which the people are warned not to harm.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Lot
  description: Apostle who warns his people and asks God to deliver him and his family.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:5
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: The people of Lot
  description: A people who reject Lot, threaten him with banishment, and are destroyed
    by fatal rain.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Lot's family
  description: Family of Lot delivered from the destruction, except for an aged one
    who tarried.
  role_refs:
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: An aged one among those who tarried
  description: An aged person excluded from the delivered family group and counted
    among those who remained.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Shoaib
  description: Apostle to the dwellers in the forest of Madian who warns against dishonest
    measure, fraud, and wrongdoing.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Dwellers in the forest of Madian
  description: A people who reject Shoaib, ask for heaven to fall upon them, and are
    overtaken by the chastisement of the day of cloud.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: The faithful spirit
  description: The spirit said to bring down the Book upon the prophet's heart.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: The prophet / recipient of the Book
  description: The addressee upon whose heart the Book comes down and who is instructed
    to warn and trust God.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:12
- id: fig:15
  name_or_label: Satans / Satan
  description: Beings denied as the source of the Koran and described as descending
    on lying, wicked persons.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
- id: fig:16
  name_or_label: Poets
  description: A group described as followed by the erring and as roving distraught
    in every valley.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: fig:17
  name_or_label: Learned among the children of Israel
  description: People said to recognize the Book as a sign.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine source
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The Book and the apostles' rewards are attributed to the Lord of the Worlds.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:10
- id: role:2
  label: judge and punisher
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage repeatedly describes punishment or destruction after rejected
    warnings.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
- id: role:3
  label: merciful mighty deity
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The repeated refrain calls the Lord mighty or powerful and merciful.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
- id: role:4
  label: apostolic warner
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  - fig:11
  - fig:14
  basis: These figures deliver warnings or are instructed to warn.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
  - ev:10
  - ev:12
- id: role:5
  label: rejected messenger
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  - fig:11
  basis: Their peoples treat the apostles as liars or reject their warnings.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
  - ev:9
- id: role:6
  label: rejecting community
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:8
  - fig:12
  basis: Each community rejects an apostle or treats apostles as liars.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
  - ev:6
  - ev:9
- id: role:7
  label: punished community
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  - fig:8
  - fig:12
  basis: Each community is destroyed or overtaken by chastisement after rejection.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
- id: role:8
  label: sign-animal under taboo
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: Saleh names the she-camel as the sign and warns the people not to harm her.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: role:9
  label: petitioner for deliverance
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: Lot asks his Lord to deliver him and his family.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:10
  label: delivered kin group
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  basis: Lot's family is delivered, with one exception.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:11
  label: one who tarried
  assigned_to:
  - fig:10
  basis: The aged one is named as among those who tarried.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:12
  label: revelation bearer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: The faithful spirit brings the Book down upon the prophet's heart.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:13
  label: recipient of revelation
  assigned_to:
  - fig:14
  basis: The Book comes down upon his heart so that he may become a warner.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:14
  label: false or excluded source of revelation
  assigned_to:
  - fig:15
  basis: The passage denies that Satans brought down the Koran and says they lack
    power to hear it.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
- id: role:15
  label: misleading poetic group
  assigned_to:
  - fig:16
  basis: The erring are said to follow poets.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
- id: role:16
  label: recognizers of the sign
  assigned_to:
  - fig:17
  basis: The learned among the children of Israel are said to recognize it.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: heights and landmarks
  literal_form: landmarks on all heights
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: lasting structures
  literal_form: structures raised as lasting abodes
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: gardens and fountains
  literal_form: gardens and fountains
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
- id: sym:4
  label: palm-trees
  literal_form: palm-trees with flower-sheathing branches
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:5
  label: mountain dwellings
  literal_form: dwellings hewn in the mountains
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mountain
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:6
  label: she-camel
  literal_form: the she-camel with alternating drinking days
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: sym:7
  label: drink on separate days
  literal_form: drink apportioned for the she-camel and for the people on separate
    days
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:8
  label: fatal rain
  literal_form: rain sent upon Lot's people
  associated_figures:
  - fig:8
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: sym:9
  label: exact balance
  literal_form: measure and exact balance
  associated_figures:
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:10
  label: day of cloud
  literal_form: the chastisement of the day of cloud
  associated_figures:
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:11
  label: the Book
  literal_form: the Book come down from the Lord of the Worlds
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:12
  label: heart as reception place
  literal_form: the Book comes down upon the prophet's heart
  associated_figures:
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:13
  label: lowered wing
  literal_form: kindly lower thy wing over the faithful
  associated_figures:
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:12
- id: sym:14
  label: valley wandering
  literal_form: poets rove distraught in every valley
  associated_figures:
  - fig:16
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Houd warns the Adites and they are destroyed
  summary: Houd calls the Adites to fear God, reject reward, abandon prideful building
    and harshness, but they reject the warning and are destroyed.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Saleh, the Themoudites, and the she-camel
  summary: Saleh warns the Themoudites, presents the she-camel with a drinking arrangement,
    warns them not to harm her, and after they hamstring her the punishment overtakes
    them.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: scene:3
  label: Lot's family delivered and his people destroyed
  summary: Lot warns his people, asks God for deliverance, his family is saved except
    an aged one who remains, and the rest are destroyed by fatal rain.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
- id: scene:4
  label: Shoaib and the dwellers in the forest of Madian
  summary: Shoaib warns the Madian dwellers to use honest measure and avoid wrongdoing;
    they reject him and ask for heaven to fall, after which the day of cloud overtakes
    them.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  - sym:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: scene:5
  label: Descent of the Book
  summary: The Book is said to come down from the Lord through the faithful spirit
    upon the prophet's heart in clear Arabic, and to be recognized by learned Israelites.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  - fig:17
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:11
  - sym:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: scene:6
  label: Denial of satanic source and warning command
  summary: The passage denies that Satans brought down the Koran, commands exclusive
    devotion to God, instructs the prophet to warn kin and trust God, and describes
    Satans descending on lying persons while poets are followed by the erring.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:14
  - fig:15
  - fig:16
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:13
  - sym:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
  - ev:12
  - ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Rejected messenger followed by divine punishment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Multiple episodes repeat a sequence in which an apostle warns a community,
    the community rejects him as a liar, and destruction or chastisement follows.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  confidence: high
  cautions: The extraction identifies a repeated narrative pattern within the passage;
    it does not infer historical relation beyond the passage.
- id: motif:2
  label: Sign given before judgment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The she-camel is presented after the Themoudites demand a sign; harming her
    precedes punishment, and the passage repeatedly labels punishments as signs.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: Only the she-camel episode explicitly presents an object or animal as
    a requested sign in this line range.
- id: motif:3
  label: Righteous family delivered before communal destruction
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Lot asks for deliverance; his family is delivered except an aged one, while
    the remaining people are destroyed by rain.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage states deliverance and destruction but gives limited details
    about the family members.
- id: motif:4
  label: Transgression of just measure and punitive cloud
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Shoaib warns against dishonest measuring and fraud; after rejection, the
    chastisement of the day of cloud overtakes the people.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  confidence: high
  cautions: The nature of the cloud chastisement is not described beyond the passage
    wording.
- id: motif:5
  label: Descent of revelation through a spirit
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The Book comes down from the Lord through the faithful spirit upon the prophet's
    heart in clear Arabic speech.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact 'revelation descent' family; 'wisdom'
    is used only as a broad supported category for revealed instruction.
- id: motif:6
  label: True revelation distinguished from satanic and poetic speech
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  - duality
  basis: The passage contrasts the Book's divine descent with Satans descending on
    lying wicked persons and poets followed by the erring.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The dual contrast is explicit, but the taxonomy references are broad rather
    than exact.
- id: motif:7
  label: Water as provision and punishment
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage uses fountains and drink as provisions, apportioned water for
    the she-camel and people, and fatal rain as punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:7
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a symbolic pattern across selected details, not a single stated
    motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: 'The Adites, Themoudites, people of Lot, and dwellers in the forest of Madian
    are presented with the same broad narrative function: prophetic warning rejected
    by a community, followed by divine destruction or chastisement, and then identified
    as a sign.'
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Internal repeated warning-and-judgment pattern across the four community
    episodes in this passage
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: This is an internal comparison within the passage, not a claim of historical
    contact or independent recurrence.
- id: claim:2
  claim: The passage supports classification of the repeated community-destruction
    episodes under a divine judgment motif family.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: divine_judgment
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:7
  - ev:9
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: 'The specific form of judgment differs by episode: destruction, punishment
    after the she-camel, fatal rain, and day of cloud.'
- id: claim:3
  claim: 'The passage contrasts two kinds of descent: the Book descends through the
    faithful spirit, while Satans descend on lying and wicked persons.'
  claim_level: same_function
  target: Contrasted descent of true revelation and false or corrupt speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
  - ev:13
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage gives a conceptual contrast but does not elaborate a full
    mythic narrative for the Satans or poets.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6656-6684
  quote_or_summary: Houd warns the Adites, says he asks no reward, criticizes landmarks
    on heights, lasting structures, harsh use of power, and notes divine gifts of
    flocks, children, gardens, and fountains.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6685-6695
  quote_or_summary: The Adites say it is the same whether warned or not, call the
    warning an ancient tale, deny punishment, charge Houd with imposture, and are
    destroyed; the event is called a sign.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6696-6723
  quote_or_summary: Saleh warns the Themoudites, asks no reward, names their secure
    setting of gardens, fountains, fields, palm-trees, and mountain dwellings, and
    tells them not to follow those who commit excess and disorder.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6724-6733
  quote_or_summary: The Themoudites call Saleh bewitched and demand a sign; Saleh
    names the she-camel, assigns separate drinking days for her and the people, and
    warns them not to harm her.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6734-6741
  quote_or_summary: The Themoudites hamstring the she-camel, regret it the next day,
    and are overtaken by punishment; the event is called a sign and the Lord powerful
    and merciful.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6742-6766
  quote_or_summary: Lot warns his people, is threatened with banishment, abhors their
    deeds, prays for deliverance, and his family is delivered except an aged one among
    those who tarried.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6767-6775
  quote_or_summary: The rest of Lot's people are destroyed, and rain is rained upon
    them; the rain is called fatal for those warned, and the event is called a sign.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6776-6797
  quote_or_summary: Shoaib warns the dwellers in the forest of Madian, asks no reward,
    instructs them to fill the measure, weigh exactly, avoid defrauding people, and
    fear the maker of them and former races.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6798-6814
  quote_or_summary: The people call Shoaib bewitched and a liar, ask him to make part
    of heaven fall on them, and after rejecting him are overtaken by the chastisement
    of the day of cloud; the event is called a sign.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6815-6833
  quote_or_summary: The Book is said to have come down from the Lord of the Worlds;
    the faithful spirit brings it down upon the prophet's heart in clear Arabic, and
    learned Israelites are said to recognize it.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6834-6851
  quote_or_summary: The passage says the threatened chastisement comes suddenly, that
    no city was destroyed without warners, and that Satans did not bring down the
    Koran because they lack power and are removed from hearing it.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6852-6866
  quote_or_summary: The prophet is told not to call on any god but God, to warn near
    kin, lower his wing over faithful followers, disclaim responsibility if disobeyed,
    and trust the Mighty and Merciful who sees and hears.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
  type: summary
  locator: lines 6867-6879
  quote_or_summary: The passage asks upon whom Satan descends, answers that they descend
    on lying wicked persons, says most are liars, and states that poets are followed
    by the erring and rove in every valley.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: medium
  notes: Literal narrative elements are explicit. Motif classifications are cautious
    and limited to the supplied taxonomy and internal repetition in 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: |-
  All observations and motifs are based only on the supplied passage and metadata; line subranges are approximate within the provided stable range.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg__l6656-l6879
  passage_sha256=23a6c6c608257237beb19b48fd9065acb9077eff718115b72912bc00545708ca