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A great whale swimming through engraved waves on deep indigo, with smaller fish below and a crescent above the water.
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Creatures of the Quran

The Great Fish

No. 25 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA great whale swimming through engraved waves on deep indigo, with smaller fish below and a crescent above the water.

What it meansAs-Saffat (37:139-144) tells that Yunus was swallowed by the great fish, and that had he not been of those who glorify God he would have remained in its belly; al-Qalam (68:48) calls him the companion of the fish.

Where it worksDeep and calm; suits a bathroom, a bedroom or a study.

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A broad-leaved gourd vine spreading over an empty shore, its pale gourds hanging above the sand, a calm sea beyond.Gourd VineNo. 26
A single fish slipping into the sea, its path traced as a fine arc that runs down through the engraved water.Into the SeaNo. 27
Rows of fish swimming openly at the surface of a green sea, drawn in jewel colours over fine engraved waves.Sabbath FishNo. 28
Two bodies of water side by side, one pale and fresh, one deep and salt, divided by a fine ornamental line, with fish in each and pearls and coral below.Two SeasNo. 29
A crow standing beside a small mound of freshly turned earth, drawn in ink and blue-black on a wide pale ground.The CrowNo. 30
A grey wolf standing alert on a moonlit rise, dark hills and a great crescent behind it on deep indigo.The WolfNo. 31
A slender hound lying with its forelegs stretched out at the mouth of a rock cave, the dark interior behind it and the rock face drawn in fine line.At the ThresholdNo. 32
A rocky hillside with a small cave mouth and a resting dog, while the sun is shown at intervals along its arc, rising on one side and setting on the other.The Sun's PathNo. 33

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