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Ibn Abbas (ابن عباس) said: The first thing Allah created (خلق) was the pen (القلم). He ordered it to write. It said: What shall I write? He said: Write the fate (القدر). So it wrote what will happen from that day (اليوم) until the Day of judgement, then he created '''the Nun''' (النون, ''al-noon''), then he raised the water and created the heavens with it and laid the earth (الأرض) on (على) the back (ظهر) of the Nun, the Nun moved and so did the earth, so it was fixed down with mountains (بالجبال). | Ibn Abbas (ابن عباس) said: The first thing Allah created (خلق) was the pen (القلم). He ordered it to write. It said: What shall I write? He said: Write the fate (القدر). So it wrote what will happen from that day (اليوم) until the Day of judgement, then he created '''the Nun''' (النون, ''al-noon''), then he raised the water and created the heavens with it and laid the earth (الأرض) on (على) the back (ظهر) of the Nun, the Nun moved and so did the earth, so it was fixed down with mountains (بالجبال). | ||
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The hadith (narration) by Ibn Abbas (collected by At-Tabari) is considered صحيح (sahih)<ref>http://hdith.com/?s=%D8%AB%D9%85+%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86+%D9%81%D9%88%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%8C+%D8%AB%D9%85+%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B3+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6+%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87</ref>, that means authentic. All Muslims should believe in sahih hadiths. The existence of the Islamic whale is an Islamic fact and any doubt about the existence of the Islamic whale means ''kufr'' (disbelief in Islam). | |||
His narration also explains why mountains are [[The Quran and Mountains|described as pegs]] in the Qur'an. It is because otherwise the earth would move on the back of the whale: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|78|6-7}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|78|6-7}}| | ||
78:6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?<br> | 78:6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?<br> | ||
78:7 And the mountains as pegs? | 78:7 And the mountains as pegs? | ||
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It also explains why Allah's throne is "on water" (because Allah created the heavens out of water): | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|11|7}}|And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and '''His Throne had been upon water'''}} | |||
==At-Tabari== | ==At-Tabari== | ||
{{Quote|At-Tabari tafsir on 68:1|}} | {{Quote|At-Tabari tafsir on 68:1|}} | ||