batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l8518-l8693
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l8518-l8693
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 8518-8693
start: '8518'
end: '8693'
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 contrasts the fate of God-fearing believers in Paradise with
the wicked in Hell, emphasizes the sudden coming of the Hour, divine knowledge
and angelic recording of hidden speech, rejects divine offspring, and opens Sura
LXXII with a company of Djinn hearing and believing the Qur'an while describing
blocked access to heavenly listening places guarded by flaming darts.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Different parties are said to have fallen into disputes, and transgressors
are threatened with punishment on an afflictive day.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Hour is described as coming suddenly upon people while they do not expect
it.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: On that day, friends become foes to one another except for the God-fearing.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: God-fearing servants who believed in the signs and became Muslims are told
to enter Paradise with their wives.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Paradise contains gold dishes and bowls, desired delights, permanence, and
abundant fruit.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Paradise is described as a heritage received in recompense for works.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The wicked remain forever in the torment of Hell, where their torment is not
mitigated and they are mute with despair.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The damned cry to Malec asking that his Lord make an end of them, and Malec
answers that they must remain.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: God is said to hear secrets and private talk, while angels at people's sides
write them down.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker denies that the God of Mercy has a son and declares the Lord of
the heavens, earth, and Throne far above what is imputed to Him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: God is described as possessing the kingdom of the heavens and earth, knowing
the Hour, and being the one to whom people are brought back.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Gods called upon beside Him are said not to be able to intercede, except those
who bore witness to the truth and knew it.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: A note identifies the speaker who says the people do not believe as Muhammad.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: At the opening of Sura LXXII, a company of Djinn is reported to have listened
and heard a marvellous discourse identified parenthetically as the Qur'an.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The Djinn say the discourse guides to the truth, so they believed and would
not join any being with their Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: The Djinn declare that their Lord has taken neither spouse nor offspring.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: The Djinn say some people among men sought refuge with people among Djinn,
increasing their folly.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:18
text: The Djinn report that some had thought God would not raise anyone from the
dead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:19
text: The Djinn say they tried the heavens and found them filled with a mighty garrison
and flaming darts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:20
text: The Djinn say that those who sit at heavenly seats to listen find an ambush
of flaming darts ready for them.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:21
text: The Djinn describe themselves as various sorts, including good ones and others
of another kind.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:22
text: The Djinn state that no one can weaken God on earth or escape from Him by
flight.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / Lord / God of Mercy
description: The supreme divine figure described as creator, Lord of heaven and
earth, possessor of the kingdom, knower of the Hour, and without spouse or offspring.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: God-fearing servants and their wives
description: Believers who are promised freedom from fear and grief and are told
to enter Paradise delighted.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The wicked / unjust transgressors
description: Those who transgress or are unjust to themselves and remain in the
torment of Hell.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Malec
description: Named addressee of the damned; the note identifies him as one of the
keepers of Hell who presides over the torments of the damned.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Angels at their sides
description: Angels who are present beside people and write down their secrets and
private talk.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Muhammad
description: The addressee or speaker in commands such as 'SAY'; a note identifies
the one who says the people do not believe as Muhammad.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Gods called upon beside God
description: Other invoked beings who are said not to be able to intercede, except
those who bore witness to the truth and knew it.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Company of Djinn
description: A company of Djinn who listen to the Qur'an, call it guidance to truth,
believe, and refuse to associate any being with their Lord.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: People among men who sought refuge with Djinn
description: Human figures said to have sought refuge with people among Djinn, thereby
increasing their folly.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Mighty heavenly garrison
description: A guarding force found in the heavens, associated with flaming darts
and ambushes against listeners.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Supreme creator, judge, and knower of the Hour
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God is identified as creator, Lord of heaven and earth, holder of the kingdom,
knower of the Hour, and final return point.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: Righteous recipients of Paradise
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They believed, became Muslims, and are told to enter Paradise with delight
and remain there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: Condemned inhabitants of Hell
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The wicked remain forever in Hell and are told they must remain after asking
for an end.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: Keeper or responder in Hell
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The damned address Malec, and the note identifies him as a keeper of Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: Recorders of hidden speech
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Angels at people's sides write down secrets and private talk.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: Prophetic speaker or addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Commands to say and a note identifying Muhammad as the speaker place him
in the prophetic speech role.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: Powerless rival intercessors
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The invoked gods beside God are said not to be able to intercede, except
under the stated condition of truth-bearing knowledge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: Supernatural listeners who believe
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Djinn hear the discourse, identify it as guidance, believe, and reject
associating others with their Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: Misguided refuge-seekers
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Humans seeking refuge among Djinn are said to have increased their folly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:10
label: Celestial guards against forbidden listening
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The heavens are found filled with a mighty garrison and flaming darts, and
listeners meet an ambush.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: The Hour
literal_form: A sudden eschatological time or day of reckoning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: Paradise
literal_form: A blessed afterlife setting entered by believers with their wives
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- afterlife_journey_map
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Gold dishes, bowls, and fruits
literal_form: Golden vessels and abundant fruits circulating among the inhabitants
of Paradise
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Hell
literal_form: The place of torment where the wicked remain forever
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- afterlife_journey_map
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: The Throne
literal_form: The Throne associated with the Lord of the heavens and earth
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: Angelic writing of secrets
literal_form: Angels at people's sides writing down secrets and private talk
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: Flaming darts
literal_form: Fiery projectiles or ambushes guarding the heavens against listeners
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
- forbidden_knowledge
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: Heavenly listening seats
literal_form: Seats in the heavens where Djinn sat to listen before encountering
ambushes
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:9
label: Raising from the dead
literal_form: The expectation or denial that God will raise people from the dead
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Sudden Hour and separation of destinies
summary: The passage announces the sudden Hour, the reversal of friendships, and
the safety of the God-fearing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Entrance into Paradise
summary: Believing servants and their wives are invited into Paradise, where gold
vessels, desired delights, permanence, and abundant fruit are described as recompense.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: The wicked in Hell appeal to Malec
summary: The wicked remain in unmitigated Hell, confessing the result of their own
injustice; they ask Malec for annihilation, but are told they must remain.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Hidden speech recorded
summary: The passage denies that secret plotting escapes divine hearing and says
angels at people's sides write it down.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Denial of divine offspring and return to God
summary: The speaker rejects the claim that the God of Mercy has a son, praises
God as Lord of heavens, earth, and Throne, and states that knowledge of the Hour
and final return belong to Him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: The Djinn hear and believe
summary: A company of Djinn listen to the Qur'an, describe it as guidance to truth,
believe in it, and reject associating another being with their Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Djinn speech on divine uniqueness, refuge, and resurrection
summary: The Djinn deny that God has spouse or offspring, criticize false speech
about God, mention humans seeking refuge in Djinn, and refer to denial of resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Heaven guarded by flaming darts
summary: The Djinn say they tried to reach or examine the heavens but found a garrison
and flaming darts; listeners at heavenly seats encounter ambushes.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:9
label: Djinn acknowledge diversity and God's inescapability
summary: The Djinn describe themselves as morally diverse, affirm that no one can
weaken or escape God, and say believers in the Lord need not fear loss or wrong.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Sudden divine judgment and separated afterlife destinies
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The Hour comes suddenly; the God-fearing are reassured and enter Paradise,
while the wicked remain in Hell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is theological and eschatological rather than narrative in
a journey sequence.
- id: motif:2
label: Paradise as recompense and inheritance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- sacred_exchange
basis: Paradise is called a heritage received in recompense for works and is described
with delights and fruits.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is moral recompense, not a ritualized bargain or gift exchange.
- id: motif:3
label: Eternal hell with named keeper
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The wicked remain forever in Hell and address Malec, identified in the note
as a keeper of Hell, who tells them to remain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: Only Malec's response is given; no extended underworld geography is described.
- id: motif:4
label: Angelic recording of hidden deeds and speech
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Secrets and private talk are heard by God and written down by angels at people's
sides.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage mentions private talk specifically, not a full book-of-life
scene.
- id: motif:5
label: Rejection of divine spouse or offspring
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage repeatedly denies that God has a son, spouse, or offspring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a negation of divine parent-child claims rather than an affirmative
divine-parent narrative.
- id: motif:6
label: Supernatural beings converted by hearing revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Djinn listen to the Qur'an, call it guidance to truth, believe, and reject
associating others with the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage frames the event as reception
of guidance rather than a wisdom quest.
- id: motif:7
label: Blocked celestial eavesdropping by fiery missiles
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
- fire
basis: The Djinn say they sat in heavenly seats to listen but found the heavens
guarded by a garrison and flaming darts ready in ambush.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the listening theft; the connection
to forbidden knowledge rests on the guarded listening-place pattern.
- id: motif:8
label: Resurrection affirmed against denial
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: The Djinn report that some thought God would not raise anyone from the dead,
while their own speech turns toward belief in divine guidance and accountability.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the denial and surrounding correction but does not
narrate an actual resurrection event.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 8518-8527
quote_or_summary: Different parties dispute; transgressors are warned of punishment
on an afflictive day; the Hour comes suddenly; friends become foes except the
God-fearing.
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 8528-8536
quote_or_summary: God-fearing servants who believed and became Muslims are told
to enter Paradise with their wives without fear or grief.
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 8537-8546
quote_or_summary: Paradise is described with gold dishes and bowls, fulfilled desires,
permanence, recompense for works, and abundant fruits.
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 8547-8562 and note 19
quote_or_summary: The wicked remain in Hell forever with unmitigated torment; they
cry to Malec for an end, and he says they must remain; the note identifies Malec
as a keeper of Hell.
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 8563-8571
quote_or_summary: God hears secrets and private talk, and angels at people's sides
write them down.
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 8572-8594 and note 21
quote_or_summary: The passage rejects the idea that the God of Mercy has a son,
praises God as Lord of the heavens, earth, and Throne, states that He knows the
Hour and is the final return point, and comments on intercession.
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 8595-8605 and note 22
quote_or_summary: The passage says one complains that the people do not believe
and is told to turn from them and say peace; the note identifies the speaker as
Muhammad.
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 8650-8661
quote_or_summary: At the beginning of Sura LXXII, it is revealed that a company
of Djinn listened, heard a marvellous discourse identified as the Qur'an, believed,
and refused to join any being with their Lord.
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 8662-8677
quote_or_summary: The Djinn say God has neither spouse nor offspring, condemn false
speech about God, mention humans seeking refuge with Djinn, and report the belief
that God would not raise any from the dead.
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 8678-8686
quote_or_summary: The Djinn report trying the heavens and finding a mighty garrison
and flaming darts; anyone sitting at listening seats finds an ambush of flaming
darts.
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 8687-8693
quote_or_summary: The Djinn say they do not know whether evil or guidance is intended
for earth, describe themselves as morally varied, affirm that none can weaken
or escape God, and say believers need not fear loss or wrong.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The extraction uses only the supplied passage and notes. Some locators are
approximate within the provided stable line range because the excerpt includes
prose, notes, and a new sura heading. No comparison claims were added beyond taxonomy-level
motif candidates.
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 interpretive motif labels are candidate labels grounded in cited passage evidence; no external comparison claims were asserted.
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