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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|92|375}}|Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas (raa): The Prophet (saws) embraced me and said, “O Allah! Teach him (the knowledge of) the Book (Quran).”}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|9|92|375}}|Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas (raa): The Prophet (saws) embraced me and said, “O Allah! Teach him (the knowledge of) the Book (Quran).”}}


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:
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 <ref>That is also supported by the tafsir Al-Jalalayn on the verse 78:7 "and the mountains pegs? with which the earth is tied down like tents are tied down with pegs the interrogative is meant as an affirmative."
 
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{{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>
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