batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l7396-l7552
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l7396-l7552
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
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label: PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. /
PREFACE; lines 7396-7552
start: '7396'
end: '7552'
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 denies divine begetting in relation to Jesus, warns of judgment,
recounts Abraham's dispute with his father and separation from idolatry, commemorates
Moses, Aaron, Ismael, and Edris, describes guided prophets and later erring successors,
promises the Garden to righteous servants, and depicts resurrection, gathering
around Hell, deliverance of the God-fearing, and the failure of false gods to
help unbelievers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Jesus is identified as the son of Mary, and the passage states that it does
not befit God to beget a son.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: God's creative decree is described as saying to a thing, "Be," after which
it is.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Groups are said to have differed about Jesus, and unbelievers are warned about
a great day and a day of sighing.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Abraham asks his father why he worships what neither sees, hears, nor benefits
him, and says that knowledge has come to him so that he can guide his father to
an even path.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Abraham warns his father not to worship Satan and fears that chastisement
may make his father Satan's vassal.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Abraham's father threatens to stone Abraham if he does not desist, and Abraham
responds with peace, prayer for forgiveness, and separation from his father and
the gods worshipped beside God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: After Abraham separates from them and from what they worship, Isaac and Jacob
are bestowed on him and are made prophets.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Moses is called from the right side of the mountain and brought near for secret
converse; Aaron is bestowed on him as a prophet.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Ismael is described as true to his promise and as enjoining prayer and almsgiving;
Edris is described as truthful and is uplifted to a high place.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The prophets are described as descendants or associated lineages of Adam,
Noah, Abraham, and Israel, guided and chosen by God, responding to signs by bowing,
worshipping, and weeping.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Later successors are said to abandon prayer and follow lusts, while those
who turn, believe, and do right will enter the Garden.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The Garden of Eden is promised to servants of the God of Mercy; in it they
hear peace and receive food morning and evening.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: The passage answers skepticism about being brought forth alive after death
by recalling that humanity was first made when it was nothing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: God swears that people and the Satans will be gathered, set on their knees
around Hell, and sorted so that the God-fearing are delivered while the wicked
remain there on their knees.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: Unbelievers boast of wealth, children, and party status, but the passage says
their claims will be written down, their chastisement lengthened, and that they
will come alone before God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: Other gods taken beside God as helpers are said to disavow their worshippers
and become their enemies.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / God of Mercy / Lord
description: The divine speaker and judge who creates by decree, guides, promises,
gathers, delivers, and chastises.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jesus, son of Mary
description: Named as Jesus, son of Mary, concerning whom there is dispute and doubt.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mary
description: Named as the mother of Jesus in the expression "son of Mary."
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Abraham
description: A truthful prophet who addresses his father against idolatry, promises
prayer, and separates from his people and their gods.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Abraham's father
description: Abraham's father worships gods rejected by Abraham and threatens to
stone him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Isaac
description: Bestowed on Abraham after his separation and made a prophet.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Jacob
description: Bestowed on Abraham after his separation and made a prophet.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Moses
description: A pure man, apostle, and prophet called from the right side of the
mountain for secret converse.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Aaron
description: Moses' brother, bestowed in mercy as a prophet.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Ismael
description: True to his promise, an apostle and prophet who enjoins prayer and
almsgiving.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Edris
description: A truthful prophet uplifted to a high place.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Satan / Satans
description: Satan is called a rebel against the God of Mercy; Satans are gathered
with people and are sent against infidels to urge them into sin.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Guided prophets and righteous servants
description: Those guided and chosen among the posterity and associated lineages
of Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Israel, and servants who fear God.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Offenders, infidels, wicked, and unbelievers
description: Human groups who reject signs, boast of their condition, abandon prayer
or follow error, and are threatened with judgment.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Other gods taken beside God
description: Gods invoked beside God as helpers; they are said to disavow their
worshippers and become their enemies.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Divine creator, guide, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God creates by decree, promises paradise, gathers beings for judgment, delivers
the God-fearing, and chastises the wicked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: Prophet or apostle
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: The passage explicitly names Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Ismael,
and Edris as prophets or apostles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: Idol-worshipping familial opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Abraham's father worships gods that Abraham rejects and threatens to stone
Abraham.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: Rebel and tempter
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Satan is called a rebel against the God of Mercy, and Satans are associated
with unbelievers and sin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: Righteous worshipper or servant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:10
- fig:13
basis: Abraham prays and calls on his Lord, Ismael enjoins prayer and almsgiving,
and the chosen prophets and God-fearing servants worship and receive deliverance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: Unbeliever or wicked judged group
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: These groups are warned, gathered around Hell, left in it if wicked, or described
as boasting against the signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: Figure of disputed sonship
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jesus is identified as son of Mary, and the passage states that people doubt
and differ concerning him while denying that God begets a son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: False helper that becomes enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Other gods taken beside God as helpers are said to disavow their worship
and become enemies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:9
label: Named maternal lineage figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Mary is named only through the designation of Jesus as her son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Mountain of divine calling
literal_form: The right side of the mountain from which Moses is called
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: The Book of commemoration
literal_form: '"the Book" in which Abraham, Moses, Ismael, and Edris are commemorated'
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: Garden of Eden / Paradise
literal_form: The promised Garden or Paradise inherited by servants who fear God
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: Hell and burning
literal_form: Hell, its burning, and the scene of beings on their knees around or
within it
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:12
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: Right or even path
literal_form: The right way and even path of worship and guidance
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: High place
literal_form: The high place to which Edris is uplifted
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: Other gods beside God
literal_form: Gods called on or taken beside God as helpers
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Jesus, divine begetting, and warning of the day
summary: The passage identifies Jesus as son of Mary, denies that God begets a son,
affirms God's command of creation, and warns disputing or unbelieving groups about
a great day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Abraham disputes with his father and separates from idolatry
summary: Abraham challenges his father's worship, warns against Satan, is threatened
with stoning, answers with peace and prayer, and separates from his people and
their gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:12
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Abraham receives prophetic descendants
summary: After Abraham's separation, Isaac and Jacob are bestowed on him and made
prophets, with gifts of mercy and a lofty tongue of truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Moses, Aaron, Ismael, and Edris are commemorated
summary: Moses is called from the mountain for secret converse and receives Aaron
as prophet; Ismael is praised for promise, prayer, and almsgiving; Edris is uplifted
to a high place.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Chosen prophets and later successors
summary: Guided prophets from the lines of Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Israel respond
to God's signs with worship and weeping, while later people abandon prayer and
follow lusts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Promise of the Garden
summary: Those who turn, believe, and do right enter the Garden of Eden, where peace
is heard and food is provided morning and evening.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Resurrection, gathering, Hell, and deliverance
summary: Skepticism about life after death is answered by reference to creation
from nothing; people and Satans are gathered around Hell, rebels are singled out,
and the God-fearing are delivered while the wicked remain.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Worldly boasting and false helpers fail
summary: Unbelievers compare their worldly status with believers, recall ruined
generations, expect riches and children, and rely on other gods, but their claims
are recorded and the false gods disavow them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Denied divine begetting and disputed sonship
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage identifies Jesus as son of Mary, reports doubt and variance concerning
him, and explicitly denies that God begets a son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy label is approximate because the passage rejects
divine parent-child begetting rather than affirming it.
- id: motif:2
label: Prophetic wisdom correcting ancestral idolatry
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Abraham tells his father that knowledge has come to him, offers guidance
to an even path, and challenges worship of powerless objects or gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is expressed as prophetic instruction rather than as a separate
wisdom tale.
- id: motif:3
label: Departure from idolatrous kin and community
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Abraham separates himself from his father, people, and gods worshipped beside
God after conflict and threat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is a religious separation rather than a travel narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Blessing after separation through prophetic descendants
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Abraham separates from idolaters, Isaac and Jacob are bestowed on him
and each is made a prophet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No specific taxonomy reference was provided for prophetic descendants
or lineage blessing.
- id: motif:5
label: Mountain encounter and secret divine converse
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Moses is called from the right side of the mountain and brought near for
secret converse with God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The mountain is explicit, but the taxonomy list provides a symbol for
mountain rather than a specific mountain-theophany motif family.
- id: motif:6
label: Ascent or uplift to a high place
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Edris is said to be uplifted to a place on high.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a brief statement without narrative details of
the ascent.
- id: motif:7
label: Resurrection after death
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The passage quotes a question about being brought forth alive after death
and answers by recalling God's first creation of humanity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes divine power and judgment rather than a developed
individual resurrection story.
- id: motif:8
label: Divine judgment with Hell and deliverance of the righteous
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: People and Satans are gathered around Hell, rebels are identified, the God-fearing
are delivered, and the wicked remain in Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The judgment imagery is explicit; procedural details remain compressed.
- id: motif:9
label: 'Afterlife allotment: Garden for the righteous and Hell for the wicked'
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage promises the Garden of Eden to those who turn, believe, and do
right, and depicts descent to Hell with deliverance only for the God-fearing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives destinations and judgment scenes but not a detailed
itinerary or map.
- id: motif:10
label: False gods fail their worshippers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Gods taken beside God as helpers are said to disavow their worship and become
enemies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: No specific provided taxonomy family matches this motif exactly.
- id: motif:11
label: Prophetic lineage and chosen succession
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage groups prophets among the posterity of Adam and those borne with
Noah, and among the posterity of Abraham and Israel, as guided and chosen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is a cataloguing and lineage motif rather than a single narrated
episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7396-7407
quote_or_summary: Jesus is named as son of Mary; God is said not to beget a son;
God's decree is expressed as saying "Be"; God is declared Lord to be worshipped.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7408-7421
quote_or_summary: Sects differ about Jesus; unbelievers are warned of the assembly
of a great day and the day of sighing; God will inherit the earth and all return
to Him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 7422-7451
quote_or_summary: Abraham, a truthful prophet, addresses his father against worshipping
powerless beings and Satan; his father threatens stoning; Abraham answers with
peace, prayer, and separation from those who worship gods beside God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 7452-7458
quote_or_summary: After Abraham separates from them and what they worship, God bestows
Isaac and Jacob on him, makes each a prophet, gives merciful gifts, and grants
a lofty tongue of truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7459-7468
quote_or_summary: Moses is commemorated as pure, apostle, and prophet; God calls
him from the right side of the mountain for secret converse and bestows Aaron
as a prophet.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 7469-7480
quote_or_summary: Ismael is commemorated as true to his promise, apostle, prophet,
and teacher of prayer and almsgiving; Edris is a truthful prophet uplifted to
a high place.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 7481-7492
quote_or_summary: The prophets are among the posterity of Adam, Noah's companions,
Abraham, and Israel; they are guided and chosen, bowing in worship and weeping
when God's signs are rehearsed; later successors abandon prayer and follow lusts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 7493-7505
quote_or_summary: Those who turn, believe, and do right enter the promised Garden
of Eden; they hear peace, receive food morning and evening, and Paradise becomes
the heritage of God-fearing servants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 7506-7514
quote_or_summary: A heavenly descent is said to occur only by the Lord's command;
the Lord owns what is before, behind, and between, and is Lord of the heavens,
earth, and all between them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 7515-7534
quote_or_summary: Man questions whether he will be brought forth alive after death;
God recalls making him from nothing, gathers people and Satans, sets them on their
knees around Hell, identifies rebels, decrees descent to it, delivers the God-fearing,
and leaves the wicked on their knees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 7535-7547
quote_or_summary: Infidels compare the two parties' condition; ruined earlier generations
are recalled; those in error are given length of days until chastisement or the
Hour, while God increases guidance and good works are better than worldly good.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 7548-7552
quote_or_summary: An unbeliever claims future riches and children; the passage denies
that he has mounted to divine secrets or made a compact, says his words and chastisement
will be recorded, says he will come alone, and says other gods will disavow worshippers
while Satans urge infidels into sin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit. Some motif
taxonomy assignments are approximate, especially divine_parent_child as a rejected
relation and afterlife_journey_map as a compressed judgment-and-destination pattern.
No external comparison claims were made because the passage alone does not establish
historical or cross-traditional comparison.
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 supplied passage and metadata. Public-domain passage was summarized rather than extensively quoted.
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