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There is also a verse, where Jonah is called "man of the Nun", because he was eaten by a whale<ref>http://biblehub.com/library/marshall/the_wonder_book_of_bible_stories/the_story_of_jonah_and.htm</ref>:
There is also a verse, where Jonah is called "man of the Nun", because he was eaten by a whale<ref>http://biblehub.com/library/marshall/the_wonder_book_of_bible_stories/the_story_of_jonah_and.htm</ref>:
{{Quote|{{Quran|21|87}}|And [mention] the man of '''the fish''' (ٱلنُّونِ, ''al-noon''), when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."}}
{{Quote|{{Quran|21|87}}|And [mention] the man of '''the fish''' (ٱلنُّونِ, ''al-noon''), when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."}}
So the Nun refers to a whale <ref>Al-Jalalayn:
Nun refers to a whale, according to Al-Jalalayn. <ref>Al-Jalalayn:
* ذَا ٱلنُّونِ } صاحب الحوت}
* ذَا ٱلنُّونِ } صاحب الحوت}
* {Man of the fish} companion of the whale (الحوت, ''al-hoot'')</ref>.
* {Man of the fish} companion of the whale (الحوت, ''al-hoot'')</ref>.
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