extraction.koran_sale.adam_names_eblis_garden_direction
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record_id: extraction.koran_sale.adam_names_eblis_garden_direction
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: 2. Entitled, The Cow; Adam taught the names, homage, and descent
start: 8850
end: 8931
translation: George Sale, The Koran
notes: Line numbers refer to the repository markdown source. Sale's interleaved
footnotes at lines 8861-8912 are excluded so the extraction stays with the translated
passage itself.
canonical_text:
summary: God teaches Adam the names, has him answer the angels, commands angelic
homage that Eblis refuses, places Adam and his wife in the garden under one prohibition,
sends them down after Satan's deception, promises direction for those who follow
it, and turns to covenantal address.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Adam is taught the names of all things and is asked to declare them before
the angels.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The angels admit that their knowledge is limited to what God teaches them.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The angels are ordered to worship Adam, and all obey except Eblis, who refuses
in pride.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Adam and his wife are told to dwell in the garden and avoid a particular tree.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Satan causes the pair to forfeit paradise, and they are sent down to earth
in mutual enmity with provision for a season.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Adam learns words of prayer from his Lord and receives divine reconciliation.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: After the descent, God promises direction whose followers will be free from
fear and grief.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The passage shifts into an address to the children of Israel to remember favor
and perform covenant.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God / the LORD
description: Speaker who teaches Adam, commands homage, judges the descent, offers
reconciliation, and gives direction and covenant address.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Adam
description: Human figure taught the names, placed in the garden, expelled, and
instructed in prayer.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the angels
description: Heavenly assembly tested on the names and commanded to worship Adam.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Eblis / Satan
description: Refusing figure who does not join the angels' homage and later causes
Adam and his wife to forfeit paradise.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Adam's wife
description: Unnamed companion who dwells with Adam in the garden and shares the
expulsion.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: the children of Israel
description: Audience addressed at the close with favor, covenant, and revelation
language.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine instructor and guide
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: God teaches Adam, accepts his prayer, promises direction, and voices the
covenant reminder.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: taught human exemplar
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Adam receives the names, declares them, dwells in the garden, and learns
words of prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: tested heavenly assembly
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The angels are asked to declare the names and then commanded to worship Adam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: proud refuser
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Eblis alone refuses the commanded homage and is aligned with unbelief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: garden companion
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Adam's wife dwells with him in the garden, shares the prohibition, and is
sent down with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: covenant addressees
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The children of Israel are told to remember divine favor and perform their
covenant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: names of all things
literal_form: the names of all things taught to Adam
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: commanded homage
literal_form: angels worshipping Adam while Eblis refuses
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: garden and forbidden tree
literal_form: the garden and the tree Adam and his wife may not approach
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: direction and covenant
literal_form: a direction from God and the command to perform covenant
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Adam taught before the angels
summary: God teaches Adam the names, challenges the angels, and has Adam declare
what they cannot name.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Homage and refusal
summary: The angels are commanded to worship Adam, and Eblis alone refuses in pride.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Garden descent and covenantal direction
summary: Adam and his wife dwell in the garden under one prohibition, lose paradise
through Satan's action, descend to earth, receive direction, and the passage turns
toward covenant language.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divinely_taught_names
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Adam is taught the names of all things and succeeds where the angels cannot
answer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The extraction follows Sale's English wording and does not analyze the
Arabic naming vocabulary independently.
- id: motif:2
label: refused_homage_to_created_human
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Angelic homage to Adam is commanded, but Eblis refuses and becomes the sole
dissenter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The record keeps to the passage's narrative function and does not treat
later demonological interpretation as part of the evidence.
- id: motif:3
label: garden_fall_with_guidance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Adam and his wife are expelled from the garden after Satan's action, yet
God follows the descent with prayer, reconciliation, and promised direction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The motif joins judgment and mercy in one sequence rather than isolating
the fall as punishment alone.
- id: motif:4
label: post_descent_covenant_reminder
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The close of the window explicitly commands the children of Israel to remember
favor and perform covenant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The covenant address shifts from Adam's story to a communal exhortation,
so it functions as a transition as well as a motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: This passage combines divinely taught naming, refusal of homage, garden expulsion,
and promised direction into a composite fall-and-guidance record.
claim_level: same_function
target: 'pattern atlas: creation-fall, wisdom, and covenant-guidance records'
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
limitations: The claim stays at passage-function level and does not equate Sale's
wording with later doctrinal systems.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 8850-8856
quote_or_summary: God teaches Adam the names of all things, Adam declares them,
and the angels confess they know only what God teaches.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 8857-8859
quote_or_summary: they all worshipped him, except Eblis
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 8915-8917
quote_or_summary: God places Adam and his wife in the garden, permits them to eat
freely, and forbids approach to one tree.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 8918-8923
quote_or_summary: Satan causes the pair to forfeit paradise, they are sent down
to earth in enmity, and Adam learns words of prayer that bring divine reconciliation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 8924-8928
quote_or_summary: God promises direction after the descent and says followers of
that direction need not fear, while unbelievers remain with hell fire.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 8929-8931
quote_or_summary: perform your covenant with me, and I will perform my covenant
with you
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public-domain source text.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The core sequence is explicit, but the requested window is interrupted by
translator footnotes that must be screened out of interpretation.
reviewer_status:
status: draft
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Needs review for best taxonomy placement of naming wisdom, homage refusal,
and post-fall guidance.
extracted_by: Codex
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: Worker Koran extraction focused on Adam's naming knowledge, Eblis's refusal,
garden descent, and covenantal direction in Sale's translation.