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===Al-Kafi===
===Al-Kafi===
We can also read about the Islamic whale from the Shia hadiths. This narration explains the connection between the whale and earthquakes:
We can also read about the Islamic whale from the Shia hadiths. This narration explains the connection between the whale and earthquakes:
{{Quote|Al-Kafi, vol. 8, part 6|H 14813  –  From  him,  from  Salih,  from  one  of  his  companions,  from Abdul Samad Bin Basheer, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that: ‘The whale which is carrying the earth secretly said to itself that it is carrying the earth by its own strength. So Allah (azwj) the High  Sent to it a fish smaller than a palm’s length, and larger than a finger. So it entered in its gills  
{{Quote|Al-Kafi, vol. 8, part 6|H 14813  –  From  him,  from  Salih,  from  one  of  his  companions,  from Abdul Samad Bin Basheer, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that: ‘The whale which is carrying the earth secretly said to itself that it is carrying the earth by its own strength. So Allah (azwj) the High  Sent to it a fish smaller than a palm’s length, and larger than a finger. So it entered in its gills and shocked it. It remained like that for forty days. Then Allah (azwj) Raised it and was Merciful to it, and Took it out. So whenever Allah (azwj) Intends the earth  to be in a quake, He (azwj) Sends that (small) fish to that (big) fish. So when it sees it, it becomes restless, so the earth gets engulfed by the earthquake’. }}
and shocked it. It remained like that for forty days. Then Allah (azwj) Raised it and was Merciful to it, and Took it out. So whenever Allah (azwj) Intends the earth  to be in a quake, He
azwj Sends that (small) fish to that (big) fish. So when it sees it, it becomes restless, so the earth gets engulfed by the earthquake’. }}


==At-Tabari==
==At-Tabari==


{{Quote|At-Tabari tafsir on 68:1|}}
{{Quote|At-Tabari tafsir on 68:1|}}
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