like ▁fish ▁that ▁bed azz led ▁and ▁capt iv ated ▁the ▁giant ▁fish . ▁This ▁account ▁is ▁also ▁found ▁in ▁al - Th a ' lab i ' s ▁Q i ṣ a ṣ ▁al - an b ī y ā ʾ , ▁but ▁in ▁that ▁version ▁God ▁forces ▁the ▁wh ale ▁( L ut ī y ā ) ▁into ▁submission ▁by ▁sending ▁a ▁creature ▁that ▁inv aded ▁through ▁its ▁nose ▁and ▁reached ▁its ▁brain ; ▁it ▁also ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁an ec d ote ▁on ▁authority ▁of ▁Ka ʿ b ▁al - A ḥ b ā r ▁( d . ▁ 6 5 0 s ▁A . D .), ▁a ▁convert ▁considered ▁the ▁earliest ▁inform ant ▁of ▁Jewish - Mus lim ▁tradition ▁to ▁Arab ▁writers . ▁ ▁Although ▁this ▁is ▁an ▁instance ▁of ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁tale ▁that ▁as cri bes ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁earth qu akes ▁to ▁the ▁cos mic ▁wh ale / fish ▁supporting ▁the ▁earth , ▁more ▁familiar ▁belief s ▁in ▁medieval ▁Arab ▁associate ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁with ▁the ▁b ull , ▁or ▁with ▁Mount ▁Q af . ▁ ▁Jorge ▁Luis ▁Borg es ▁has ▁drawn ▁par alle ls ▁between ▁Bah am ut ▁and ▁the ▁myth ical ▁Japanese ▁fish ▁" J in sh in - U wo ", ▁although ▁the ▁correct ▁term ▁is ▁. ▁ ▁Japanese ▁folk lor ist ▁ ▁has ▁explained ▁that ▁the ▁traditional ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁earth qu ake - ca using ▁b ull ▁is ▁heavily ▁concentr ated ▁in ▁Arab ▁regions ▁( S ah aran