221. When the water overflowed.
In these verses (11.40, 23:27) of the Quran the Arabic word “Tannur” is translated by us as water.
This is a non Arabic word and most of the scholars give its meaning as an oven, and in Farsi and Urdu it is used to mean the same.
Some comrades of Prophet Muhammad have explained the meaning of this word as water. This meaning best suits the word. Water swelling is the sign of destruction that suits the best, and we have translated it accordingly.
