A whale that holds up the Earth?!

Discussion in 'Refutation' started by Unbeknown, Mar 5, 2021.

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    I was just googling and I came across this preposterous thing about the verse:

    Noon. By the pen and what the (angels) write.

    According to the tafsir by Ibn Abbas:

    Are we supposed to believe that there is a whale which is holding up the Earth etc? I thought Ibn Abbas :ra: was the most reliable tafsir and it contains this?

    and Qurtubi says in his tafsir:

    The same (Muslim) site suggests that these are Israeeliyat which have crept into the Islamic books and are weak hadith but seriously, what are we to make of this?
    It's completely irrational and visibly false. There is no whale holding up the earth!

    I'm being serious --I hope a learned brother like aH can provide some kind of explanation!

    My problem is this:

    1. On their apparent meaning these hadith (and hence the tafaseer) are obviously wrong.
    2. It is my firm aqida that it is impossible for the Prophet to be wrong.
    3. Either these are hadith or
    4. they are not.
    5. If (4) then there is no problem.
    6. If (3) then how can we explain this?
     
    Last edited: Sep 5, 2012

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