batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l7050-l7238
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l7050-l7238
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 7050-7238
start: '7050'
end: '7238'
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 Eblis refusing to bow to clay-created man, receiving
expulsion and a curse until the day of reckoning, and asking respite in order
to beguile humans except God’s sincere servants. It contrasts Hell with seven
portals and the secure garden-dwelling of the pious. It then tells of Abraham’s
guests announcing a sage son and their mission against a sinful people, the rescue
of Lot’s family except his wife, and the destruction of Lot’s city by tempest,
inversion, and stones of baked clay. It adds examples of judgment on El Aika and
Hedjr, then exhorts Muhammad to proclaim his warning, rely on God against deriders,
praise and worship God, and serve until certainty comes.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Eblis refuses to join those who bow in worship because man was created from
clay and moulded loam.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God commands Eblis to depart, calls him a stoned one, and declares a curse
on him until the day of reckoning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Eblis asks to be respited until the day when man is raised from the dead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Eblis says he will make things fair-seeming on earth and beguile humans, except
God’s sincere servants.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: God says Eblis will have no power over God’s servants except beguiled followers
of Eblis.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Hell is described as promised for the beguiled followers and as having seven
portals with a separate band at each portal.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The pious are described as dwelling among gardens and fountains, entering
in peace and security, sitting as brethren face to face on couches, without weariness
or expulsion.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Abraham’s guests enter with a greeting of peace, and Abraham says he fears
them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The guests tell Abraham not to fear and announce a sage son despite Abraham’s
old age.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The Sent Ones say they are sent to a sinful people and will rescue the family
of Lot except his wife, who is decreed to linger.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The Sent Ones instruct Lot to lead his family away in the dead of night, follow
behind them, and not let anyone turn round.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: The people of Lot’s city come rejoicing at the news of the guests, and Lot
asks them not to disgrace him or shame him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: The sinful city is overtaken by a tempest at sunrise, turned upside down,
and rained upon with stones of baked clay.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:14
text: The inhabitants of El Aika are called sinners and are made an example by vengeance.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: The people of Hedjr treat God’s messengers as liars, draw back from signs,
hew secure abodes in the mountains, and are surprised by a tempest at early morning.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:16
text: Muhammad is told that the hour shall come, to forgive kindly, to proclaim
what he has been bidden, to withdraw from those who join gods to God, to praise
and worship God, and to serve God until certainty overtakes him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: Speaker who questions, expels, curses, respites, judges, rescues, punishes,
creates, gives scripture, and instructs Muhammad.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Eblis
description: Being who refuses to bow to clay-created man, is expelled and cursed,
receives respite, and vows to beguile humans except sincere servants.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Man / humans
description: Humanity is described as created of clay and moulded loam; humans are
the intended targets of Eblis’s beguiling except for sincere servants.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The pious / sincere servants / faithful
description: Those over whom Eblis has no power, or those who dwell in peace among
gardens and fountains; the faithful are also addressed near the end.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Abraham
description: Host who receives guests, fears them at first, hears tidings of a sage
son in old age, and asks their business.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Abraham’s guests / Sent Ones
description: Visitors who greet Abraham with peace, announce a sage son, and state
that they are sent to a sinful people and to rescue Lot’s family except his wife.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lot
description: Person visited by the Sent Ones, instructed to lead his family away
by night, and host who asks the city people not to disgrace him.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Family of Lot
description: Group designated for rescue and instructed to depart by night without
turning round.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Lot’s wife
description: Member of Lot’s family excepted from rescue and decreed to be among
those who linger.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: People of Lot’s city
description: People described as coming rejoicing at the news of the guests and
as bewildered in drunken lust before their city is destroyed.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Inhabitants of El Aika
description: Group called sinners and made an example through vengeance.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: People of Hedjr
description: Group who reject God’s messengers, draw back from signs, make mountain
abodes for security, and are overtaken by a tempest.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Muhammad
description: Addressee told to forgive, lower his wing to the faithful, proclaim
his warning, withdraw from idolaters, praise and worship God, and serve until
certainty comes.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Unbelievers, dividers, deriders, and those who join gods to God
description: Opposing groups described as recipients of warning, punishment, accounting,
or eventual knowledge of folly.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God questions Eblis, declares curse and punishment, promises Hell, removes
rancour from the pious, rescues Lot’s family, punishes peoples, and promises accounting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: creator and revealer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage calls God the Creator and says he has given the seven verses
of repetition and the glorious Koran.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: rebel who refuses worshipful bowing
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Eblis refuses to bow to man and is expelled and cursed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: tempter under divine limit
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Eblis vows to beguile humans, but God says he will lack power over God’s
servants except beguiled followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: clay-created target of temptation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Man is described as created of clay and moulded loam and as the target of
Eblis’s intended beguiling.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: protected or rewarded faithful
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sincere servants are excepted from Eblis’s beguiling, and the pious dwell
securely in gardens and fountains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: host
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Abraham receives guests; Lot calls the visitors his guests and asks the city
people not to disgrace him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: truthful envoys
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The visitors identify their mission to sinners and call themselves truthful
envoys.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: rescued household leader
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Lot is instructed to lead his family out by night and follow behind them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: rescued remnant
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The family of Lot is designated for rescue and commanded to depart before
the city is cut off.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: excluded lingering member
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Lot’s wife is expressly excepted from rescue and decreed to linger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: sinful or rejecting community under judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: Lot’s people, El Aika, and Hedjr are described in connection with sin, rejection,
and punitive destruction or vengeance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: plain-spoken warner
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Muhammad is instructed to say he is the only plain-spoken warner and to proclaim
what he has been bidden.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:14
label: opponents of the warning
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The passage mentions unbelievers, those who foster divisions, those who break
up the Koran, deriders, and those who set up gods with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: clay-created human form
literal_form: man created of clay and moulded loam
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: curse until reckoning
literal_form: curse lasting until the day of reckoning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: respite until resurrection
literal_form: respite until the day when man shall be raised from the dead
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: seven portals of Hell
literal_form: Hell with seven portals, each with a separate band
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: gardens and fountains of the pious
literal_form: gardens, fountains, couches, peace, security, and no weariness
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- afterlife_journey_map
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: announced sage son in old age
literal_form: tidings of a sage son to Abraham after old age has come upon him
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: night departure without turning
literal_form: family led out in the dead of night with instruction that no one turn
round
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: tempest, inversion, and baked-clay stones
literal_form: tempest at sunrise, city turned upside down, stones of baked clay
rained upon it
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: mountain abodes that fail to secure
literal_form: abodes hewn in the mountains to secure them, followed by a morning
tempest
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:10
label: seven verses and glorious Koran
literal_form: the seven verses of repetition and the glorious Koran
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Eblis refuses to bow and is cursed
summary: Eblis refuses to bow to man on the ground that man is made from clay; God
expels him and places a curse on him until reckoning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Eblis receives respite and vows beguilement
summary: Eblis asks for respite until resurrection, receives it until a predestined
time, and vows to beguile humans except sincere servants; God limits his power
to those who follow him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Contrasted destinations of Hell and secure gardens
summary: Hell is assigned to beguiled followers and described with seven portals,
while the pious are described in peaceful gardens and fountains with rancour removed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Abraham’s guests announce a son and a mission of judgment
summary: Guests greet Abraham, announce a sage son despite his old age, and identify
themselves as envoys sent to sinful people while promising the rescue of Lot’s
family except his wife.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Lot’s family departs and the city is destroyed
summary: The envoys instruct Lot to lead his family out by night and not turn back;
the city people come with hostile desire, and at sunrise the city is destroyed
by tempest, inversion, and stones.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Judgments on El Aika and Hedjr
summary: El Aika is called sinful and made an example; Hedjr rejects messengers
and signs, relies on mountain dwellings, and is overtaken by a morning tempest.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Instruction and reassurance to Muhammad
summary: Muhammad is told the hour will come, to forgive, to proclaim openly, to
withdraw from idolaters, to rely on God against deriders, and to continue praise
and worship until certainty comes.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Rebel tempter refused subordination to clay-created humanity
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
- divine_judgment
basis: Eblis refuses to bow to man, is expelled and cursed, and then seeks to beguile
humans under a limit set by God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage itself frames Eblis primarily as a cursed rebel and beguiler;
a broader trickster classification is interpretive and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: Resurrection and delayed reckoning
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: Eblis requests respite until the day when man is raised from the dead, and
the passage repeatedly invokes reckoning, chastisement, Hell, and accounting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate resurrection itself; it references it as
a future appointed event.
- id: motif:3
label: Mapped afterlife contrast of Hell and paradise
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: Hell is described as having seven portals and assigned bands, while the pious
dwell in secure gardens and fountains.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives limited topography and does not describe a journey through
the afterlife.
- id: motif:4
label: Announced child to an aged patriarch
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
- sacred_birth
- wisdom
basis: The guests announce to Abraham a sage son after Abraham notes that old age
has come upon him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage announces the birth but does not narrate conception or birth
details.
- id: motif:5
label: Rescue of a righteous household before city destruction
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- divine_judgment
basis: Lot is instructed to lead his family away at night without turning, while
the sinful city is to be cut off and is destroyed at sunrise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not state all moral qualifications of the rescued family;
it emphasizes divine decree and instruction.
- id: motif:6
label: Divine destruction by storm, inversion, and stones
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Lot’s city is overtaken by a tempest, turned upside down, and rained on with
stones of baked clay; Hedjr is also overtaken by a tempest after rejecting signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The destructive mechanisms vary by episode and should not be conflated
without review.
- id: motif:7
label: Secure mountain refuge that fails before divine judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- divine_judgment
basis: The people of Hedjr hew abodes in mountains for security, but a tempest surprises
them and their labours avail nothing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents mountains as failed security rather than as a sacred
mountain or world-center motif.
- id: motif:8
label: Prophetic public warning amid opposition
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- divine_judgment
basis: Muhammad is told to say he is a plain-spoken warner, to proclaim publicly,
and to rely on God against deriders and idolaters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific prophetic-warning family; the wisdom
and judgment references are approximate.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The translator’s note states that the dialogue between Eblis and Allah recalls
the dialogue between Jehovah and Satan at the opening of the Book of Job.
claim_level: same_function
target: Dialogue between Jehovah and Satan in the opening of the Book of Job
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is a translator’s comparative note, not a claim made by the Qur'anic
passage itself; it supports cautious functional comparison only, not historical
contact or dependence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7050-7062
quote_or_summary: Eblis refuses to bow to man created of clay and moulded loam;
God tells him to depart as a stoned one and places a curse on him until the day
of reckoning.
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 7064-7082
quote_or_summary: Eblis asks for respite until humans are raised from the dead,
vows to beguile humans on earth except sincere servants, and is told he will have
no power over God’s servants except those who follow him; Hell has seven portals
with separate bands.
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 7084-7096
quote_or_summary: The pious dwell amid gardens and fountains, enter in peace and
security, have rancour removed, sit as brethren face to face on couches, and are
not cast out.
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 7100-7130
quote_or_summary: Abraham’s guests greet him with peace, announce a sage son despite
his old age, and say they are sent to sinful people while rescuing Lot’s family
except his wife, who will linger.
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 7132-7172
quote_or_summary: The Sent Ones instruct Lot to lead his family out by night without
turning back; the city people come; a tempest overtakes them at sunrise, the city
is turned upside down, and stones of baked clay are rained on them.
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 7178-7198
quote_or_summary: El Aika’s inhabitants are called sinners and made an example;
Hedjr rejects God’s messengers and signs, makes secure mountain abodes, and is
surprised by an early-morning tempest.
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 7200-7238
quote_or_summary: The passage says the hour will come; Muhammad is told to forgive,
lower his wing to the faithful, proclaim himself a plain-spoken warner, speak
publicly, withdraw from those joining gods to God, praise and bow in worship,
and serve until certainty overtakes him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: footnote 9 within lines 7050-7238
quote_or_summary: "“There is much in this dialogue between Eblis and Allah which
reminds of the dialogue between Jehovah and Satan in the opening of the Book of
Job.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal extraction is strong for named figures, actions, and settings. Motif
labels are candidate classifications and need human review, especially where taxonomy
terms are approximate. The single comparison claim is based on a translator’s
footnote rather than the sacred text itself.
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: |-
Used only the provided passage and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to the supplied motif families and symbols.
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