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|'''Nun'''
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|Nun (read as "noon") refers either to a whale or to the [[Arabic letters and diacritics|Arabic letter]] ن. [[The Islamic Whale|The Islamic whale]] supposedly carries the Earth on its back. Also a whale swallowed Jonah (called ''Dhu'n-Noon'', "man of the whale"), who then prayed inside.
|Nun (read as "noon") refers either to a whale or to the [[Arabic letters and diacritics|Arabic letter]] ن. [[The Islamic Whale|The Islamic whale]] supposedly carries the Earth on its back. Also a whale supposedly swallowed Jonah (called ''Dhu'n-Noon'', "man of the whale"), who then prayed inside.
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