batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l36977-l37065
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l36977-l37065
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXI. / ENTITLED, NOAH; REVEALED
AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 36977-37065
start: '36977'
end: '37065'
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: Noah is sent to warn his people to serve God, fear him, and obey Noah before
punishment comes. Noah reports that he has called them publicly and privately,
but they reject him. He urges them to seek forgiveness and points to divine gifts
and creation. The people follow leaders and cling to named gods or idols. Because
of their sins they are drowned and cast into the fire of hell. Noah asks God not
to leave unbelieving families on earth and prays for forgiveness for himself,
his parents, true believers entering his house, and male and female believers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: God sends Noah to warn his people before a grievous punishment overtakes them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Noah identifies himself as a public warner and commands his people to serve
God, fear him, and obey Noah.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Noah says that he called his people night and day, openly, publicly, and privately.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The people respond to Noah's call by putting fingers in their ears, covering
themselves with garments, persisting in infidelity, and disdaining his counsel.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Noah says God will send plentiful rain, increase wealth and children, provide
gardens and rivers, if they seek pardon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Noah points to creation of seven heavens, the moon as a light, the sun as
a taper, human emergence from earth, return to earth, and future emergence from
graves.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Noah says his people disobey him and follow one whose riches and children
increase perdition.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Chief men tell others not to abandon their gods, naming Wadd, Sowa, Yaghuth,
Yauk, and Nesr.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The people are drowned because of their sins and are cast into the fire of
hell, with none to protect them against God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Noah asks God not to leave families of unbelievers on earth and says they
would seduce God's servants and beget wicked unbelieving offspring.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Noah asks forgiveness for himself, his parents, everyone who enters his house
as a true believer, and true believers of both sexes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: A note reports uncertainty whether Noah's house means his dwelling, a temple
for worship of God, or the ark.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The sender of Noah, source of forgiveness and punishment, creator of
heavens, earth, humans, rain, gardens, and rivers.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Noah
description: Sent to his people; calls himself a public warner; petitions the Lord
concerning his people and believers.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Noah's people
description: The people warned by Noah; they reject his call and are described as
disobedient and unbelieving.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: chief men
description: Leaders who tell others not to leave their gods and not to forsake
the named deities or idols.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Wadd, Sowa, Yaghuth, Yauk, and Nesr
description: Named gods in the main passage; a note identifies them as five idols
worshipped by the Antediluvians and later ancient Arabs.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: true believers
description: Those for whom Noah asks forgiveness, including believers entering
his house and believers of both sexes.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Noah's parents
description: Noah includes his parents in his prayer for forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine sender, creator, forgiver, and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God sends Noah, offers forgiveness and respite, creates cosmic and earthly
order, drowns sinners, and leaves them without protection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: public warner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Noah explicitly calls himself a public warner to his people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: intercessory petitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Noah petitions God for destruction of unbelievers and forgiveness for believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:4
label: disobedient warned people
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They reject Noah's calls, persist in infidelity, and are punished for sins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: idolatrous leaders
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The chief men urge others not to leave their gods or forsake named figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: named gods or idols
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are named as gods in the speech of the chief men; a note identifies
them as idols.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: recipients of Noah's prayer for forgiveness
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Noah asks forgiveness for his parents and true believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water as rain, rivers, and drowning
literal_form: rain from heaven, rivers, and drowning
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: fire of hell
literal_form: fire of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: seven heavens
literal_form: seven heavens, one above another
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: moon and sun lights
literal_form: moon as a light and sun as a taper
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: earth as origin and return-place
literal_form: humans spring forth from earth, return into it, and are brought forth
from graves
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:6
label: house of Noah
literal_form: Noah's house entered by a true believer
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: named gods or idols
literal_form: Wadd, Sowa, Yaghuth, Yauk, and Nesr
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Noah sent as warner
summary: God sends Noah to warn his people before punishment, and Noah tells them
to serve God, fear him, and obey him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Rejected preaching
summary: Noah reports that he called his people night and day, publicly and privately,
but they block their ears, cover themselves, and reject his counsel.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Appeal through forgiveness, abundance, and creation
summary: Noah urges pardon from God and invokes promised rain, wealth, children,
gardens, rivers, the layered heavens, celestial lights, human creation from earth,
and resurrection from graves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Idolatrous resistance
summary: Noah says the people disobey him, follow a ruinous wealthy figure, and
are influenced by chief men who tell them not to abandon their gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:13
- id: scene:5
label: Drowning and hell-fire
summary: Because of their sins, the people are drowned and cast into the fire of
hell, finding no protector against God.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Noah's final prayer
summary: Noah asks God to leave no unbelieving families on earth, to forgive himself,
his parents, and true believers, and to increase destruction for unjust doers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prophetic warning before punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: God sends Noah to warn his people before a grievous punishment; the later
drowning and hell-fire are explicitly tied to their sins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage emphasizes warning and judgment more than a detailed narrative
of trial or adjudication.
- id: motif:2
label: flood punishment of sinful people
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
- divine_judgment
basis: The people are drowned because of their sins after rejecting Noah's warnings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage includes drowning but gives little detail about flood mechanics
or post-flood renewal.
- id: motif:3
label: resurrection from earth and graves
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
basis: Noah says God causes humans to spring from earth, return into it, and later
be brought forth from graves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal statement within Noah's speech rather than an enacted
narrative episode.
- id: motif:4
label: idolatrous refusal of a divine messenger
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Chief men urge the people not to leave their named gods or idols, and the
people are subsequently punished.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific idolatry motif family, so the taxonomy
reference is limited to judgment.
- id: motif:5
label: intercessory prayer separating believers and unbelievers
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Noah asks for destruction of unbelievers and forgiveness for his parents
and true believers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The prayer is explicit, but the passage does not narrate the separate
rescue of believers.
- id: motif:6
label: possible ark or sacred house refuge
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
basis: Noah prays for those who enter his house as true believers; a note says commentators
are uncertain whether the house means a dwelling, temple, or ark.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: uncertain
cautions: The main passage says house, not ark; the ark identification appears only
as one uncertain commentarial option in a note.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: '"we sent Noah unto his people, saying, Warn thy people, before
a grievous punishment overtake them."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: '"Noah said, O my people, verily I am a public warner unto you;
wherefore serve GOD, and fear him, and obey me"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: Noah says he called his people night and day, invited them openly,
spoke in public, and secretly admonished them in private.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: When Noah calls them to the true faith, the people put fingers
in their ears, cover themselves with garments, persist in infidelity, and proudly
disdain his counsel.
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 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: Noah tells the people to beg pardon of their Lord, who will send
plentiful rain, increase wealth and children, and provide gardens and rivers.
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 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: Noah invokes God's creation of seven heavens, the moon and sun,
human springing from earth, return into earth, future emergence from graves, and
the earth spread for paths.
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 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: Noah says his people are disobedient and follow one whose riches
and children increase his perdition.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: '"Ye shall by no means leave your gods; neither shall ye forsake
Wadd, nor Sowa, nor Yaghuth, and Yauk, and Nesr."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: '"because of their sins they were drowned, and cast into the fire
of hell; and they found none to protect them against GOD."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: Noah asks the Lord not to leave any families of unbelievers on
earth, because they will seduce God's servants and beget wicked unbelieving offspring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: Noah asks forgiveness for himself, his parents, everyone who enters
his house as a true believer, and true believers of both sexes, and asks destruction
for unjust doers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: note
locator: note t, lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: The note says commentators are uncertain whether Noah's house
means his dwelling-house, the temple he built for worship of God, or the ark.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
- id: ev:13
type: note
locator: note q, lines 36977-37065
quote_or_summary: The note identifies Wadd, Sowa, Yaghuth, Yauk, and Nesr as five
idols worshipped by the Antediluvians and later by ancient Arabs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized note.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction relies only on the supplied passage and notes. Motif confidence
is reduced where the taxonomy label includes renewal or ark elements not directly
narrated in the main passage.
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: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make an explicit comparison to another text or tradition.
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