Comparative mythology corpus
extraction.koran_rodwell.earthquake_works_judgment
extraction.koran_rodwell.earthquake_works_judgment
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record_id: extraction.koran_rodwell.earthquake_works_judgment
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
passage_locator:
label: SURA XCIX, The Earthquake
start: SURA XCIX.THE EARTHQUAKE [XXX.]
end: And whosoever shall have wrought an atom's weight of evil shall behold it.
translation: The Koran, translated by J. M. Rodwell
notes: Short Meccan judgment passage centered on cosmic upheaval, testimony, and
recompense for works.
canonical_text:
summary: At the earthquake, the earth casts forth its burdens, tells its tidings
by divine inspiration, and people come forth in throngs to behold the good or
evil they have done.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The earth quakes and casts forth its burdens.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Humanity asks what is wrong with the earth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The earth tells its tidings because the Lord has inspired it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Men come forward in throngs to behold their works.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Both an atom's weight of good and an atom's weight of evil are brought into
view.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: The divine source who inspires the earth to testify.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the earth
description: The quake-stricken earth that casts out burdens and tells its tidings.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: humanity
description: People who ask what has happened and then behold their works.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord inspires the earth to reveal its tidings in a scene of final accountability.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: cosmic witness
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The earth tells its tidings after quaking and casting forth its burdens.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: judged humans
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: People come forward in throngs to behold their works, whether good or evil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: earthquake
literal_form: the earth quaking
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: earth's burdens
literal_form: burdens cast forth by the earth
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: atom's weight
literal_form: an atom's weight of good or evil
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Earthquake and testimony
summary: The earth quakes, casts forth its burdens, and tells its tidings because
the Lord has inspired it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Works made visible
summary: People come forward in throngs to behold their works, down to an atom's
weight of good or evil.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine_judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage stages universal accountability in which deeds are revealed under
divine authority.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate a trial court; judgment is inferred from
disclosure and recompense imagery.
- id: motif:2
label: cosmic_witness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The earth itself tells its tidings after being inspired by the Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: Local descriptive label; no matching taxonomy entry was found.
- id: motif:3
label: deeds_weighed_or_measured
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Good and evil are made visible even at an atom's weight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: This record uses "measured" descriptively and does not claim the same
imagery as scale-weighing scenes.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage is a compact candidate for divine-judgment comparison because
cosmic upheaval, nonhuman testimony, and exact moral accounting converge in one
scene.
claim_level: same_function
target: pattern atlas divine judgment and moral-accounting records
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: Corpus-internal comparison only; it does not imply shared origin with
other judgment or weighing traditions.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: SURA XCIX
quote_or_summary: The earth quakes, casts forth her burdens, and man asks what ails
her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: SURA XCIX
quote_or_summary: On that day shall she tell out her tidings, Because thy Lord shall
have inspired her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: SURA XCIX
quote_or_summary: On that day shall men come forward in throngs to behold their
works.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: SURA XCIX
quote_or_summary: Whosoever shall have wrought an atom's weight of good shall behold
it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: Short sura gives strong passage anchoring, but interpretation remains draft-level.
reviewer_status:
status: draft
notes: Draft extraction for cross-cultural motif indexing.
extracted_by: Codex
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: Created under Worker B scope for The Koran (Rodwell).