batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16058-l16128
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l16058-l16128
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 16058-16128
start: '16058'
end: '16128'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage includes notes on rain and Noah, then narrates that Noah was
accused of imposture but was delivered with his companions in the ark while those
who rejected the signs were drowned. It then recounts Hud being sent to the tribe
of Ad, calling them to worship God alone, being rejected as foolish and a liar,
and warning them of divine vengeance and indignation.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Noah is described in the notes as a principal prophet and as associated with
building the ark and warning of the Deluge.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Noah is accused of imposture, but he and those with him are delivered in the
ark.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Those who charged divine signs with falsehood are drowned and described as
a blind people.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hud is sent to the tribe of Ad and addresses them as his people, calling them
to worship God alone.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Unbelieving chiefs among Hud's people say they perceive him as guided by folly
and esteem him one of the liars.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Hud replies that he is a messenger from the Lord and a faithful counsellor
bringing messages.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Hud reminds the people of Ad that God appointed them successors to the people
of Noah and increased them in stature.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Hud's people ask him to bring the threatened judgment if he is truthful.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Hud answers that vengeance and indignation from the Lord will suddenly fall
upon them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Noah
description: A prophet associated with warning his people, building the ark, and
being delivered in it with companions.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Those with Noah in the ark
description: The group delivered along with Noah in the ark.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Those who charged the signs with falsehood
description: The people who rejected the signs and were drowned; described as blind.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hud
description: A messenger and faithful counsellor sent to the tribe of Ad, warning
them to worship God alone and of coming vengeance.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Tribe of Ad
description: The people to whom Hud is sent; they are reminded of their succession
after Noah's people and increased stature.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Unbelieving chiefs among Hud's people
description: Chiefs who reject Hud's message, calling him foolish and a liar.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: God
description: The deity whom Noah and Hud serve; sends prophets, delivers Noah's
party, drowns rejecters, and is invoked as the source of vengeance and indignation.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: prophetic messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:4
basis: Noah is described in the notes as a principal prophet; Hud calls himself
a messenger from the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: ark survivor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Noah is delivered in the ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: saved companions
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Those with Noah are delivered in the ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: rejecters of warning
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:6
basis: Noah's opponents reject the signs; Hud's opposing chiefs call him foolish
and a liar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: warning counsellor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Hud says he brings messages, is a faithful counsellor, and warns his people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: warned community
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The tribe of Ad is addressed by Hud and warned to worship God alone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: divine judge and deliverer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: God delivers Noah's party, drowns rejecters, and is the source of threatened
vengeance and indignation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ark
literal_form: ark
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: flood waters / drowning
literal_form: drowning of those who rejected the signs
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: divine signs
literal_form: signs charged with falsehood
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: judgment from the Lord
literal_form: vengeance and indignation falling suddenly
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: ancestral deities' names
literal_form: names named by the people and their fathers without revealed authority
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Noah delivered in the ark
summary: After being accused of imposture, Noah and those with him are delivered
in the ark, while those who rejected the signs are drowned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Hud's mission to Ad
summary: Hud is sent to the tribe of Ad and calls them to worship God alone rather
than other deities.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Rejection of Hud
summary: Unbelieving chiefs reject Hud by calling him foolish and a liar; Hud answers
that he is a messenger and faithful counsellor.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Warning of divine vengeance
summary: Hud reminds Ad of God's benefits after Noah's people, then responds to
their demand for proof by announcing imminent vengeance and indignation from the
Lord.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: deliverance in an ark while rejecters drown
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
- flood_and_renewal
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah and those with him are delivered in the ark, while those who reject
the signs are drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes deliverance and drowning; renewal after the flood
is not described in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: prophet rejected as impostor or liar
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah is accused of imposture, and Hud is called foolish and one of the liars
by unbelieving chiefs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a recurring prophetic-conflict pattern, but the excerpt gives
only two examples.
- id: motif:3
label: warning before divine punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Hud warns the tribe of Ad to worship God alone; when they demand the threatened
judgment, he announces vengeance and indignation from the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The actual punishment of Ad is only announced here, not narrated within
the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: succession after a destroyed people
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- return
basis: Hud tells Ad that God appointed them successors to the people of Noah and
increased them in stature.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states succession but does not elaborate a full rebirth or
return cycle.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage itself links Noah's warning and ark episode with broader scriptural
and Eastern Christian Noah traditions by noting scriptural testimony to Noah as
a preacher and reporting an Eastern Christian account of daily warnings before
the Deluge.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Noah flood-and-ark tradition in scriptural and Eastern Christian references
noted by Sale
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is based on translator's notes within the provided passage,
not on a direct side-by-side primary text comparison.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16068-16088
quote_or_summary: Notes identify Noah as a principal prophet, associate him with
building the ark, and describe traditions in which he warns people of the impending
Deluge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 16101-16103
quote_or_summary: '"we delivered him and those who were with him in the ark ...
we drowned those who charged our signs with falsehood"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 16104-16106
quote_or_summary: '"And unto the tribe of Ad we sent their brother Hd. He said,
O my people, worship GOD"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 16107-16109
quote_or_summary: The unbelieving chiefs of Hud's people say they perceive him to
be guided by folly and esteem him a liar.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 16110-16113
quote_or_summary: Hud denies folly and says he is a messenger from the Lord of all
creatures, bringing messages and acting as a faithful counsellor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 16114-16117
quote_or_summary: Hud says the admonition comes through a man from among them, reminds
them they were appointed successors to Noah's people, and says their stature was
enlarged.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 16118-16128
quote_or_summary: The people ask Hud to bring the threatened judgment; Hud answers
that vengeance and indignation from the Lord will suddenly fall and questions
their ancestral divine names.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 16076-16084
quote_or_summary: The note says scripture testifies that Noah preached righteousness
and reports an Eastern Christian tradition of a wooden instrument used to summon
workers and create occasions for warning people of the Deluge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Core figures and events are explicit in the passage. Some motif-family assignments
are broader than the excerpt and should be reviewed.
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: |-
The source passage combines translator notes and translated Qur'anic narrative; extraction separates literal episode content from broader motif interpretation.
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