extraction.koran_rodwell.recitation_created_man
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record_id: extraction.koran_rodwell.recitation_created_man
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
passage_locator:
label: SURA XCVI, Thick Blood, or Clots of Blood
start: SURA1 XCVI.THICK BLOOD, OR CLOTS OF BLOOD [I.]
end: Nay! obey him not; but adore, and draw nigh to God.
translation: The Koran, translated by J. M. Rodwell
notes: Early Meccan sura; Rodwell's notes identify the opening verses as among the
earliest revelations in Muslim commentary traditions.
canonical_text:
summary: The speaker commands recitation in the name of the creating Lord, links
divine beneficence with teaching by the pen, warns against human insolence, and
directs the servant not to obey an opponent but to adore and draw near to God.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The addressee is commanded to recite in the name of the Lord who created.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says God created man from clots of blood and taught humanity what
it did not know.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Human insolence is connected with self-sufficiency and wealth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage states that return is to the Lord and that God sees the one who
restrains a servant at prayer.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The closing command tells the addressee not to obey the opponent but to adore
and draw near to God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the Lord
description: Creator, teacher, seer, and final destination named in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the commanded reciter
description: The addressed servant-reciter, identified cautiously from the passage's
imperatives rather than by later biography.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: a resisting opponent
description: A figure who restrains a servant when he prays and is threatened with
divine seizure.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine revealer and teacher
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Lord is named as creator and as the one who teaches by the pen and teaches
humanity what it did not know.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: summoned reciter
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage opens with repeated imperatives to recite and ends with the command
to adore and draw near.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: prayer-opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The opponent is described as holding back a servant of God when he prays
and as treating truth as a lie.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: recitation
literal_form: The repeated command "Recite thou"
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: pen
literal_form: the pen by which humanity is taught
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: forelock
literal_form: the lying sinful forelock
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Command to recite
summary: The addressed figure is told to recite in the name of the creating Lord,
who teaches by the pen and teaches humanity what it did not know.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Warning against the opponent
summary: The passage contrasts human insolence and opposition to prayer with divine
sight, judgment, and the command to adore and draw near.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: revelation_as_recitation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage begins with repeated commands to recite in the name of the creating
Lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The record treats the English translation as evidence for an atlas motif
and does not analyze the Arabic term independently.
- id: motif:2
label: divine_teaching_by_writing
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Lord is said to teach by the pen and to teach humanity what it did not
know.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: Wisdom is a broad taxonomy family here; the local motif remains more specifically
revelatory and scribal.
- id: motif:3
label: prophet_call_under_opposition
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressee receives a command to recite and to resist an opponent who
restrains prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage itself is imperative and polemical; fuller prophet-call framing
depends partly on surrounding tradition and Rodwell's notes.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: This passage is a candidate revelation-call scene in which sacred speech,
creation, writing, and opposition to prayer are brought together.
claim_level: same_function
target: pattern atlas revelation and prophet-call records
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: Corpus-internal comparison only; no historical-contact, equivalence,
or source-dependence claim is made.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: SURA XCVI
quote_or_summary: Recite thou, in the name of thy Lord who created.
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 XCVI
quote_or_summary: Who hath taught the use of the pen; Hath taught Man that which
he knoweth not.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: SURA XCVI
quote_or_summary: The passage says man is insolent when he sees himself possessed
of riches, and that return is to the Lord.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: SURA XCVI
quote_or_summary: The passage asks about one who restrains a servant of God at prayer
and says God sees him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: SURA XCVI
quote_or_summary: The closing warning threatens seizure by the forelock, summons
the guards of Hell, and tells the addressee to adore and draw near to God.
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: Passage-level extraction from Rodwell's public-domain English translation;
needs Islamic studies review.
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).