batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l7860-l8026
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l7860-l8026
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 7860-8026
start: '7860'
end: '8026'
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 describes punishments and disputes among the people of the
fire, then presents a revealed account of God's creation of man from clay, the
angels' prostration, Eblis's proud refusal, his curse and respite until an appointed
day, his vow to seduce humans except sincere servants, and the warning function
of the Koran.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hell is described as a place where people are burned and made to taste boiling
water, gore, and similar things.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A company is said to be thrown headlong with its leaders, and no greeting
or welcome is given to them.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The condemned blame one another and ask God to double the fire-punishment
of the one who brought it upon them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The condemned wonder why they do not see men whom they had counted among the
wicked and treated with scorn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker is instructed to say that he is only a warner and that there is
no God but God, the One and Almighty.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker says he had no knowledge of the dispute among the celestial chiefs
except by revelation, because he is a public preacher.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: God says he is about to make man of clay and commands the angels to fall down
in worship after the man is formed and receives God's spirit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The angels prostrate themselves with one accord, except Eblis.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Eblis is described as swelling with pride and becoming an unbeliever.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Eblis says he is more excellent than the clay-made human because he was created
from fire.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: God tells Eblis to leave, calls him accursed, and places a ban on him until
the day of reckoning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Eblis asks for respite until the day of Resurrection, and God grants him respite
until the appointed time.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Eblis swears that he will seduce all of them except God's sincere servants.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: God says he will fill Hell with Eblis and with those who follow him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: The speaker is instructed to say that he asks no wage and that the Koran is
a warning to all creatures.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: people of the fire
description: Condemned people in Hell who are burned, given boiling water and gore,
and wrangle with one another.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: leaders among the condemned
description: Leaders addressed as being joined by a company thrown in headlong with
them; they are blamed for preparing the abode of punishment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the speaker as warner
description: The speaker is told to declare himself a warner and public preacher
who received revelation.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: God
description: The One, Almighty Lord who creates man, commands the angels, judges
Eblis, grants respite, and declares Hell's filling.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: angels
description: Celestial beings commanded to prostrate before the newly made man;
they prostrate with one accord.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: man made of clay
description: The human figure formed by God from clay and animated by God's spirit.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Eblis
description: The being who refuses to prostrate, claims superiority because he is
created of fire, is cursed, receives respite, and vows to seduce humans.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: sincere servants
description: Those excepted by Eblis from his vow to seduce all of them.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: followers of Eblis
description: Those who follow Eblis and are included with him in the declared filling
of Hell.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: condemned or punished beings
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
basis: These figures are described as burned, punished in Hell, or included in Hell
with Eblis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: warner and public preacher
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The speaker is instructed to say he is a warner, received revelation, asks
no wage, and conveys warning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: creator and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: God makes man, commands prostration, curses Eblis, grants respite, and declares
judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: obedient prostrating beings
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The angels prostrate themselves with one accord after the command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: newly created human figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Man is made from clay, formed, and receives God's spirit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: proud refuser and seducer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Eblis refuses to prostrate, claims superiority, is cursed, and vows to seduce
all except sincere servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: exempt sincere servants
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Eblis excludes God's sincere servants from the scope of his intended seduction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire of Hell and fiery origin
literal_form: fire
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:7
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: punitive boiling fluids
literal_form: boiling water and gore
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: clay of human formation
literal_form: clay
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: divine breath or spirit
literal_form: God breathing his spirit into the formed man
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: prostration before the newly formed man
literal_form: falling down in worship or prostration
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: appointed eschatological day
literal_form: day of reckoning, day of Resurrection, and day of the time appointed
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Punishment and wrangling in the fire
summary: The people of the fire receive burning punishment and punitive substances,
while leaders and followers blame one another and dispute their fate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Proclamation of warning and revelation
summary: The speaker is instructed to proclaim monotheism, identify himself as a
warner, and state that knowledge of the celestial dispute came by revelation.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Creation of man and angelic prostration
summary: God announces the making of man from clay, breathes spirit into him, and
commands the angels to prostrate; the angels obey except Eblis.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Eblis's refusal and curse
summary: God questions Eblis's refusal, Eblis claims superiority through his fiery
origin over clay, and God declares him accursed until the day of reckoning.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Respite, seduction, and final judgment
summary: Eblis receives respite until the appointed time, vows to seduce all except
sincere servants, and God declares that Hell will be filled with Eblis and his
followers.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Closing warning
summary: The speaker asks no wage and presents the Koran as a warning whose message
will be known after a time.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Eschatological punishment and judgment in Hell
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage describes Hell, fire, punitive substances, doubled punishment,
the day of reckoning, and God's declaration that Hell will be filled with Eblis
and followers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes punishment and judgment; no broader afterlife itinerary
is described.
- id: motif:2
label: Creation of man from clay and divine spirit
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: God states that he will make man from clay, form him, and breathe his spirit
into him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly names this creation pattern.
- id: motif:3
label: Angelic prostration before a newly created human
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The angels are commanded to fall down before the formed man and prostrate,
while Eblis refuses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction treats prostration as a narrative motif without assigning
an unsupported taxonomy family.
- id: motif:4
label: Proud rebel refuses divine command
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: Eblis refuses to prostrate, becomes proud and unbelieving, and contrasts
his fiery origin with the human's clay origin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The duality reference is limited to the explicit fire/clay and obedience/refusal
contrasts.
- id: motif:5
label: Tempter granted respite until the appointed day
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- trickster_boundary
basis: Eblis asks for delay until the day of Resurrection, receives respite until
the appointed time, and vows to seduce all except sincere servants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The trickster-boundary classification is tentative because the passage
presents Eblis primarily as a seducing adversary rather than as an ambiguous trickster.
- id: motif:6
label: Warning revelation without payment
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker identifies the Koran as a warning to all creatures and says he
asks no wage for it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: low
cautions: The wisdom taxonomy reference is broad; the passage frames the message
as warning rather than explicitly as wisdom teaching.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: A translator footnote explicitly directs comparison between Eblis's statement
that he was created of fire and Psalm civ.4.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Ps. civ.4, as cited in Rodwell's footnote 22
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The footnote gives only a brief 'Comp.' citation and does not demonstrate
dependence, shared origin, or a full motif equivalence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7860-7866
quote_or_summary: Hell is described as a burning bed; the condemned taste boiling
water, gore, and related punishments, and a company is thrown headlong with its
leaders into the fire.
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 7867-7875
quote_or_summary: The condemned deny welcome to each other, blame those who prepared
the abode, ask for doubled punishment, and wonder why they cannot see men they
once scorned; this is called the wrangling of the people of the fire.
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 7876-7884
quote_or_summary: The speaker proclaims himself a warner, declares God as the one
almighty Lord, calls the message weighty, and says knowledge of the celestial
chiefs' dispute came by revelation because he is a public preacher.
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 7885-7891
quote_or_summary: God says he will make man of clay, form him, breathe his spirit
into him, and command worshipful prostration; the angels prostrate, except Eblis,
who is proud and unbelieving.
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 7892-7898
quote_or_summary: God asks Eblis why he did not prostrate before the one made by
God's hands; Eblis claims superiority because he was created of fire and man of
clay; God expels and curses 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:6
type: summary
locator: lines 7899-7906
quote_or_summary: Eblis asks for respite until the day of Resurrection; God grants
respite until the appointed time; Eblis vows to seduce all except sincere servants,
and God declares Hell will be filled with Eblis and followers.
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 7907-7909
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he asks no wage, is not an intermeddler, and
that the Koran is a warning to all creatures whose message will be known after
a time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: note
locator: lines 8017-8024, translator notes 20-23
quote_or_summary: Translator notes identify the celestial dispute as concerning
creation of man, compare the statement about creation from fire with Ps. civ.4,
and gloss the curse as literally 'stoned.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized translator note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: Narrative extraction is strong for the provided passage. Taxonomy mapping
is conservative where the available motif families do not directly name creation
from clay, prostration, or Eblis's rebellion. The comparison claim is based only
on a brief translator footnote.
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: |-
Translator footnotes were treated as secondary evidence and not merged with the Qur'anic narrative except where explicitly cited in evidence and comparison.
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