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Glossary Entry

Tannur

تنور
Definition

The oven — the sign Allah gave Nuh that the flood was imminent. When the tannur overflowed with water, Nuh knew to begin loading the ark. Scholars differ on whether this was a literal oven or a metaphor for the earth's surface bursting with water.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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