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* Nun definitely means "whale", because Jonah (who was eaten by a whale) was called "man of the Nun". | * Nun definitely means "whale", because Jonah (who was eaten by a whale) was called "man of the Nun". | ||
* The ''turjuman al-Qur'an'' Ibn Abbas, along with the most respected Islamic scholars, both sunni and shia, agree that Nun in the verse 68:1 refers to the whale which carries the Earth on its back. | * The ''turjuman al-Qur'an'' Ibn Abbas, along with the most respected Islamic scholars, both sunni and shia, agree that Nun in the verse 68:1 refers to the whale which carries the Earth on its back. | ||
* The Earth is attached to the whale with mountains. | * The Earth is supossedly attached to the whale with mountains. The mountains function as pegs. | ||
** So the Islamic whale also helps to explain the verse 78:7 about mountains being "pegs". | ** So the Islamic whale also helps to explain the verse 78:7 about mountains being "pegs". | ||