8 Nisan 2018 Pazar

flat ? or spherical earth

Warning:

long explanation

Earth is a rotating sphere.

The Quran says that when the night and the day overlap, they make a ball (sphere):
[Quran 39.5] [Allah] Created the heavens and the Earth in truth. He overlaps [Yukawer in Arabic يُكَوِّرُ] the night over the day and overlaps [Yukawer يُكَوِّرُ] the day over the night, and enslaved the sun and the moon. ALL MOVE (Kullon Yajree كل يجري) to a prerecorded destiny. Is He not the Exalted, the Forgiver?
The Arabic word "Kura" means ball; its verb "Yukawer يُكَوِّرُ" means to make into a ball. The Quran says that the overlapping of the night and the day makes a ball (sphere).

 Here also the Quran is referring to ALL MOVING, not only the sun and moon but also Earth. In Arabic grammar there is difference between the singular (one), binary (two) and plural (three or more). The reference to binary is "Kulahuma Yajreean كلاهما يجريان" however the Quran said "Kullon yajree كل يجري" referring to the plural (three or more). Since the sun and moon are just two but the Quran refers to three or more then according to the Quran all the three move: sun, moon and Earth.
The Quran says that Earth has a diameter (diameter is simply twice the radius).
[Quran 55,33] O company of Jinn and man, escape the diameters (Aktar in Arabic اقطار) of the Heavens and the Earth if you can, You won't escape without authority.
Diameter in Arabic is Kutr قطر.  Its plural is Aktar اقطار. Radii and diameters are properties of circles or spheres only. This conforms with the previous verse, to make into a ball[Yukawer يُكَوِّرُ].
The rotation of Earth is slowing down, that is, days are getting longer. The Quran says that Allah persistently asks more of the day and more of the night, that is, for the day to get longer:
[Quran 7.54] And your Lord, Allah, who created the Heavens and the Earth in six days and then settled on the Throne. [Allah] Covers the night with the day, asks for it persistently; and the sun and the moon and the stars enslaved by His orders. Is this not His creation and His command? Blessed be Allah the Lord of all the worlds.
If God asks more of the day and more of the night then this means the days are getting longer. Physics wise this means that the rotation of Earth should be slowing down. However this is what it really turned out to be: The rotation of Earth is indeed slowing down.
[Quran 50.7] And the earth We have spread it out (والارض مددناها), and set thereon mountains standing firm, and have produced therein every kind of lovely pairs (of plants).
The Quran says that God spread out the Earth 'والارض مددناها' meaning increase in surface area during formation. 'Madda' in Arabic means 'spread out', however it was mistranslated to 'flat'. Flat in Arabic is "musattah مسطح" and its verb (to make flat) is "sataha سطح" however neither were used in the entire Quran. The Quran says that God spread out Earth, that is, increased the surface area. Our solar system is 4.57 billion years old. Earth started accreting concurrently with the sun and our neighbouring planets 4.57 bln years ago. However during the accretion process the radius of Earth was not spontaneously 6400 km; but rather started a few kilometers long and progressively increased. But the surface area is a function of the radius, that is, as the radius increases the surface area increases (surface area = 4πR2). So the Quran correctly described the surface area as increasing. (This is contrary to the Bible where the creation of Earth was spontaneous.)
 (The Bible says that Earth is a 2 dimensional flat disk and the heaven is like a canopy: Isaiah 40:22. And since Earth is flat then Jesus could see the entire Earth from a single high location Matthew 4:8)
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  vedas and shape of  the earth :

 

 Rig Veda 7.83.3 The ends of the earth are beheld laid waste…

 अंत [Anta]= End

 Atharva Veda 15.7.1 He, having become moving majesty, went to the ends of the earth…

 

 Vedas explicitly states Earth is Four Cornered ( “Four Directions” ??? ) by Sulaiman Razvi
 

 

Rig Veda 10.58.3 Thy spirit, that went far away, away to the four cornered earth.
Word by Word Sansksrit translation,
यते [Yate] = Your
मन [Mann] = Spirit/Mind
जगाम [Jagaam] = Goes
दूरकम् [Durkam] = Far away

 

चतुर्भृष्टि [Chaturbhushti/Caturbhrsti] = Four Cornered
भूमि [Bhumi] = Earth
The word Chaturbhusti (also spelled Caturbhrsti) means Four cornered,
 
http://spokensanskrit.org/index.php?mode=3&script=hk&tran_input=chaturbhristhi&direct=au

Hari Prasad Shastri also writes,
“Four-Cornered The ancient Hindu belief was that the earth was four-cornered.” The Ramayana of Valmiki, Translated by Hari Prasad Shastri, Shanti Sadan 29 Chepstow Villas, London, W.II. 1952. Printed in Great Britain at the Burgleigh Press, Lewins Mead, Bristol.
So this strengthens my argument that earth according to Vedas and some texts is four cornered. And it really refers to the corners not directions as Hindu apologists claim
 Dayanand Saraswati didn’t translate the Rig Veda up to 10th Mandal so whose translation is he referring to? M.N. Dutt’s translation is a reproduction of H.H. Wilson’s translation. He says that the word Chaturbhrishti means four directions but the Hindi translations of Ram Sharma Acharya doesn’t translate it as four directions, Ram Sharma has skipped this word. H.H. Wilson translates it as “Four-quartered earth” which is same as four-cornered earth
Monier-William’s Sanskrit dictionary also gives the same meaning
http://sanskritdictionary.com/caturbh%E1%B9%9B%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADi/78694/1***

*i.e. four-cornered, The Earth, in Hindu cosmogony, is a flat surface having four corners.” The Ramayanna, Edited and Published by Manmatha Nath Dutt, Rector, Keshub Academu. Printed by Girish Chanda Chackravarti, Deva Press, 65/2, Beadon Street, Calcutta. 1892.
So Manmath Nath Dutt also admits that according to Hindu mythology the earth is a flat surface with four corners
Moreover the Brahmanas affirms this verse,

Satapatha Brahman 6.1.2.29 …Now this earth is four-cornered, for the quarters are her corners: hence the bricks are four-cornered; for all the bricks are after the manner of this earth.
Now, still some would argue that Rigved verse is not in literal sense and refers to earth as four cornered symbolically. If it really referred to earth as four cornered ”Symbolically” then the Brahmanas would not have likened the shape of the earth with a brick. This verse from the Brahmanas could have been rejected if it was contradictory to the Vedas but both the Vedas and Brahmana says the same thing that the Earth if Four Cornered. A globe cannot have corners, These verses proves that earth is flat as per the Vedas.

 Brahmanda Purana and Srimad Bhagavatam, one can check Srimad Bhagavatam, http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/5/21/8-9 it now where talks about shape of the earth rather says that the sun moves around the earth.

''  he accept that the sun is revolving around the earth as the Markandeya 78.9 verse he quoted says that the Sun revolves above the world? Coming to the point, the egg described here is the source of creation and here referring to the universe and not describing the shape of the earth as egg,'' 
  He himself quoted the verse which only says that it is highly elevated in the middle. Does that prove that earth is oblate shaped? The irony is that if Purana says the earth is shaped like lotus, leaf of lotus then it doesn’t really describe the shape of earth
( via Sulaiman Razvi )

 (Markandeya Purana 54.12)
I found the part: let me quote it:
All the six Kula mountains enter into the womb of the ocean; and the earth here is sloping towards the south and north, and at the middle it is raised to great heights
Not exactly... "earth is flattened at the poles''

let's see the verse you pointed to in this book which is Chapter 54, verse 12 within its context :

"The two great mountains in the middle of it are each a lac of yojana in extent. Of these two, that which is towards the south and that which is towards the north, of them one is less than the other by ten thousand yojana, their M.N.Dutt - 103 - Markandeya Puranam hight is two thousand yojana and similarly the whole extent of the base is also two thousand yojana. (10-11) All the six Kula mountains enter into the womb of the ocean; and the earth here is sloping towards the south and north, and at the middle it is raised to great heights. (12) Know that on the southern side of this are three continents or Barshas and similarly three on the northern side; and between them the Ilabrata-Barsha stands as a crescent. (13)"

In which way this verse shows that the earth is not complete sphere?!!!! nothing at all, neither the desciption you claimed in your post is right!
It only describes the mountains hights and their distribution in a very primitive way, are you trying to tell me that this text shows that the earth is not a complete sphere?!!! 

This chapter and the following ones are dealing with the mountains, rivers, lands with special notion to India, for example, Markandeya (Markandeya Purana book is a dialogue between the ancient sage Markandeya and Jaimini written by a third person, Marana) mentioned nine divisions of Bharata, and then dealt with India in detail; naming its seven mountain ranges and its scattered hills; and its rivers, distinguishing them according to their sources, in the Himalaya, the Paripatra, the Vindhya, the Rksa, the Sahya, the Malaya, the Mahendra and the Suktimat ranges. That's it.
 This is a false translation cropping up the internet since a few years. The original verse reads: “Know that on the southern side of this are three continents or Barshas and similarly three on the northern side; and between them the Ilabrata-Barsha stands as a crescent.” Where are the poles here???

Rig Veda XXX.IV.V. (30.4.5). Shape of Earth is like an Oblate Spheroid.
There is no such verse in Rig Veda. It is fabricated verse. Also note that the Hindus claim the Earth has been called “bhu-gol” (bhu means ‘land’, and gol means ‘circular or something with roundness (not to be confused with “kanduka/ guda/ gol chhetra” that translates to ‘sphere)’) in the Vedas, the claim is true for the translations only. In our research, we found that the Earth has been called “prithvi (prithviya)“. The term bhugol was coined much later than the time Columbus and refers to the subject of ‘geography’ in today’s world. ( via imanlens )

 

Do Buddhists Believe in a Flat Earth? : Buddhism - Reddit
Imago Mundi Babylonian map, the oldest known world map, 6th century BC Babylonia
In early Egyptian[8] and Mesopotamian thought, the world was portrayed as a disk floating in the ocean. A similar model is found in the Homeric account from the 8th century BC in which "Okeanos, the personified body of water surrounding the circular surface of the Earth, is the begetter of all life and possibly of all gods."[9]
The Israelites also imagined the Earth to be a disc floating on water; an arched firmament separated the Earth from the heavens.[10] Like most ancient peoples, the Hebrews believed the sky was a solid dome with the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars embedded in it.[11]
The Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts of ancient Egypt show a similar cosmography; Nun (the Ocean) encircled nbwt ("dry lands" or "Islands").[12][13][14][full citation needed]

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Poets
Both Homer[15] and Hesiod[16] described a disc cosmography on the Shield of Achilles.[17][18] This poetic tradition of an Earth-encircling (gaiaokhos) sea (Oceanus) and a disc also appears in Stasinus of Cyprus,[19] Mimnermus,[20] Aeschylus,[21] and Apollonius Rhodius.[22]
Homer's description of the disc cosmography on the shield of Achilles with the encircling ocean is repeated far later in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica (4th century AD), which continues the narration of the Trojan War.[23]
Philosophers
Possible rendering of Anaximander's world map[24]
Several pre-Socratic philosophers believed that the world was flat: Thales (c. 550 BC) according to several sources,[25] and Leucippus (c. 440 BC) and Democritus (c. 460–370 BC) according to Aristotle.[26][27][28]
Thales thought the Earth floated in water like a log.[29] It has been argued, however, that Thales actually believed in a round Earth.[30][31] Anaximander (c. 550 BC) believed the Earth was a short cylinder with a flat, circular top that remained stable because it was the same distance from all things.[32][33] Anaximenes of Miletus believed that "the Earth is flat and rides on air; in the same way the sun and the moon and the other heavenly bodies, which are all fiery, ride the air because of their flatness."[34] Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 500 BC) thought that the Earth was flat, with its upper side touching the air, and the lower side extending without limit.[35]


Belief in a flat Earth continued into the 5th century BC. Anaxagoras (c. 450 BC) agreed that the Earth was flat,[36] and his pupil Archelaus believed that the flat Earth was depressed in the middle like a saucer, to allow for the fact that the Sun does not rise and set at the same time for everyone.[37]
Historians
Hecataeus of Miletus believed the Earth was flat and surrounded by water.[38] Herodotus in his Histories ridiculed the belief that water encircled the world,[39] yet most classicists agree he still believed the Earth was flat because of his descriptions of literal "ends" or "edges" of the Earth.[40]

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THE EXPANDING EARTH
"It is He Who stretched out the earth and placed firmly embedded mountains and rivers in it and made two types of every kind of fruit. He covers over day with night. There are Signs in that for people who reflect." [Surat Ar-Ra‘d, 3]
The Arabic term “madda al-arda” translated “as stretched out” in the above verse, means “to be covered, spread out, stretched, pulled out, expanded or opened.” The use of this word in the context of the earth in referring to the formation of mountains and rivers is exceedingly wise. Because looking at the scientific explanation of the formation of the earth, it does appear that mountains and rivers formed through the stretching and expansion of the earth.
Modern science says that the earth had a very different appearance in the very earliest times to that which it has now. In his book Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane (The Origin of the Continents and Oceans) in 1915 the famous German scientist Alfred Lothar Wegener proposed that all the continents had originally been one single land mass. This great land mass later came to be known by the Greek name Pangaea, meaning “all continents.1 According to Alfred Wegener's theory of “continental drift,” put forward in 1912, the continents at the two ends of the Atlantic Ocean are still moving away from one another. This theory assumed its latest, present-day state with the development of the field of science known as the tectonic plates: Continents do not move away from one another by sliding over the ocean floor. The ocean floor and the continents drift together over a layer of liquid magma under great heat and pressure and known as the “astenosphere” or “upper crust.” Therefore, both the land continents on earth visible from the outside and also the crust under the sea are both in motion together.
Because the plates that bear the continents move in a manner described as contraction and expansion, or stretching, the continents are today moving away from one another at a rate of 3 cm a year. The most evident expansion taking place on the sea bed is that between Arabia and Africa, where the continents are moving away from one another three or four times faster. When the expansion takes place on the continent, rather than on the sea bed, the result is constantly widening valleys such as the Great Rift Valley in the East Africa-Arabia regions.
The Great Rift Valley is a geographical and geological formation stretching some 6000 km, from Sudan in North Africa to Mozambique in the east. The valley ranges from 30-100 km in width and is several thousand kilometers deep. This deep valley brought such formations as Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya into being as Africa and the Arabian Peninsula moved away from one another over a process lasting millions of years. The eastern part of valley consists of the River Jordan, the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. It then extends southward along the Red Sea and various lakes in Kenya. Most of these lakes are very deep and below sea-level.
The Book The Expanding Earth describes how it is not only mountains, but also certain river beds that formed due to the “expansion” of the earth:

In statements regarding the continent of America, the Utah Geological Research Center says:
The ranges and basins have been forming for the past 10 to 20 million years in response to east-west stretching of the earth's crust. Stretching creates tension that is released by slow continuous movement or sudden movement along a fault (a break in the earth's crust), which causes earthquakes. During an earthquake, the mountains rise while the valleys drop along the faults. The stretching continues today.
Facts such as the expansion of the earth can only be established by comprehensive research and common data from various contemporary branches of science. For example, photographs taken by satellite, the product of 20th century technology, have confirmed the view that the continents were once complementary to one another. Highly accurate measurements have revealed that the . The presence in thexpansion in the earth’s crust is continuing at a slow but specific ratee Qur’an of such special information at a time when nobody could determine anything about the continents and, what is more, about formations that took millions of years to develop, once again shows that it is the word of Allah. The way that the Qur’an, revealed 1400 years ago, contains such profound information about the formation of the earth, is one of its scientific miracles

 

 

The bringing forth of the earth's waters (oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, etc...) after the expansion of the planet earth.  A new scientific video, from a Western scientist, confirms the stunning Scientific Miracle in Noble Verses 79:30-32 regarding Allah Almighty bringing forth the waters (oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, etc...) after He expanded the earth.  Scientists have proven that our planet earth, indeed, was at one point all covered with land with shallow and limited bodies of water.  The vast bodies of water that we have today, where water today covers more than 70% of the entire globe, happened after the expansion of the earth -- precisely as Allah Almighty mentioned in the Noble Quran.  Scientists have only recently confirmed it!(by osama abdallah )

  Our earth expanded and produced its own water:


The following models show the stages of growth that the earth went through.  They are taken from this 1:30 hours film by Dr. James Maxlow, a renowned geologist.

BEYOND PLATE TECTONICS

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Many non muslims shout that the Earth is not spherical,its oblate or ellipsoid.The answer is that the original shape or the main shape was spherical and which has later on become oblate or ellipsoid,due to gravity and continued revolution.(wikipedia)
Secondly some people are confused about the verses (Surah Taha 53,Surah Zukhruf 10,Surah baqarah 22,Surah Dhariaat 48) which mention that Earth is flattened like a bed.

[He] who made for you the earth a bed and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].(Surah Baqarah 22)
And what is meant by making the Earth as a bed is mentioned in Surah Dhariaat.
And the earth, We have laid it out (as) a bedding, so how excellent are the Smoothers! (surah  Dhariyaat 48)
It is smoothing.The Earth has mountains and rivers.There are many different landscapes and thus it is important to mention that even then,the Earth is flattened like a bed,it is smoothed out for our convenience.
The plains on the surface of Earth are flattened portions where living is easy.It is the sign of Allah.
There are plains on Earth.Read the definition of plains.
Merriam Webster
plain
noun
a large area of flat land without trees
Would anyone of you claim against Merriam Webster to label the Earth as flat Earth?No.The reason is that it refers to the flat surfaces on Earth.
According to the website of National geographic,
A plain is a broad area of relatively flat land. Plains are one of the major landforms, or types of land, on Earth. They cover more than one-third of the world’s land area. Plains exist on every continent.
So the word flat does not mean flat Earth everywhere.It could refer to many other facts including the flat surfaces i.e the plains on Earth ( via rabuttalanswringmuslims)

 Geological history of Earth ***
THE EARTH WAS LEVELLED AND SPREAD WIDE TO MAKE IT HABITABLE

The Quran appeals to the reader to ponder on how the earth has been made habitable for the purpose of humankind's needs. This includes travel with the ability to find a way in terms of roads / pathways / access (16:15, 20:53, 21:31, 43:10) [4] and control over certain animals so that they can also be used for transportation in order that more arduous terrain can be traversed (16:7).

Firstly, it is noteworthy that the common Arabic word 'ard' which is often rendered in English as 'earth' not only applies to the planet as a whole, but also signifies the physical land which earthly creatures inhabit.
 Meanings of Ardh: One of the meanings is earth; Another meaning is land: "See you not that Allâh sends down water (rain) from the Sama (clouds), and then the Ardh (Land) becomes green? Verily, Allâh is the Most Kind and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things" (Al-Hajj 22:63)

One of the most indications of Ardh is seven Ardhean (plural of Ardh: The interior and lower part of the Universe)

.Also the word Ardh can mean a field, and a part of the land.  In Arabic, the lower part of anything is called ardh.  For example, the ardh of a vehicle, room and so on is its floor.
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"The Romans have been defeated, in the nearest land (ard)..."

 The Stunning Geological Miracle in Noble Verses 30:2-5 (the place where the Romans were defeated)! 
Therefore, it is not unusual for the Quran to furnish the reader with such analogies as the earth/land being spread out, stretched, expanded, levelled, (sutiha 88:20) or made as a resting place, a couch or a carpet-like for habitation (bisat 71:19, firash 2:22). Other terms such as 'madda' (13.3, 15:19, 50:7, 84:3) have also used by the Quran to imply the action of stretching out, extending or spreading

And at the Earth [land], how it is spread out – موقع فصلت لـ الاعجاز ...


It is also notable how these statements are normally hedged within other narratives that also appeal to the habitable nature of the planet and how it has been designed to cater for civilisation's needs. For example:
071:19-20
"And God has made for you the earth/land  an expanse (bisat), (so) that you may go along therein in wide paths / traverse / find means of access / roads of passage"
From these narratives, one is forced to deduce that if the planet was extremely uneven with insurmountable terrain, this would arguably stunt civilisation's growth in many aspects. One only has to conjure up thoughts of a planet that was completely mountainous as an example, with little or no flat surfaces that could extend beyond a reasonable distance. This begs the question, how uninhabitable, inhospitable and arduous would it become for civilisation as a whole?

However, none of these verses are intended to provide unequivocal evidence as to the shape of the planet, be it flat or otherwise. Hence there is no cogent reason as to why such verses should be hijacked by flat-earth theorists to prove the entire planet as flat.

The Reduction of the Earth's Surface from its ... - Questions on Islam


Similarly, those that argue that the earth is a 'globe' by citing various verses such as verse 79:30 and in particular, the Arabic word 'daha', should also accept that the primary meaning of the verb 'daha' means to spread out or to expand and does not necessarily indicate the shape of an ostrich egg per se. This primary interpretation is repeatedly accepted by the classical Arabic authorities / lexicographers.

The reference of 'daha' is the ground or place in which an egg is laid or 'spread out' enough, in order that the egg (s) can find a suitable resting place. It is the expansion of the ground / space by the ostrich so that the eggs can safely find an abode and hatch which remains the focus of the term 'daha'. In a similar fashion, the Lord also creates a hospitable flatter surface for humans to find a suitable abode so that they can grow and prosper. Therefore, the analogy remains quite apt.

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71:19 And Allah made for you the earth an expanse (bisatan), 71:20 That you may go along therein in wide paths."

(“ba sin ta” is translated as “to extend”, “to stretch”, “abundance”. And some translators translated “bisatan” as “as a carpet” (71:19). On one hand, for example, in regard to provision, “yabsutu” (extends) appears in verse 30:37 as opposed to “restricts”. If it was to be applied to verse 71:19, it would imply that the earth has no borders or there is no end of earth, because you go around the Earth with no limits/edges (this is also supported by verse 34:9). And on the other hand, there is an assumption that “carpet” means that the earth is flat, but a carpet can be placed, for example, on stairs. The context of the verse is “that you may go along therein in wide paths” (71:20), so it is about a surface that you can walk on, rather than speaking about the shape of planet Earth)(There are different words, specifically for “carpet” in the Qur’an (88:16 and 55:76), which are not related to Earth
30:37 Do they not see that Allah extends the provision for whom He wills and straitens/restricts (it). Indeed, in that are surely Signs for a people who believe.


2:22 The One Who made the earth a resting place (firashan) for you, and the sky a canopy, and sent down water from the sky, then brought forth therewith fruits as provision for you. So do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

(In verses 2:22 and 51:48, “fa ra shin” does not indicate the shape of planet Earth, but a comfortable/suitable place to live for people. The context confirms it: “then brought forth therewith fruits as provision for you”)(“Fa-Ra-Shiin” means to spread out, extend, stretch forth and furnish; so the meaning of its root word confirms that the verse refers to “provision”)
20:53 The One Who made for you the earth as a bed (mahdan) and inserted therein ways for you, and sent down water from the sky, then We brought forth with it diverse pairs of plants.

“M-H-D” means the flat place where one can sleep or rest and so forth. It is also used for “flat” and “easy surface of any kind”. There are flat or easy places on Earth, but according to the context, verses 20:53, 28:53, 78:6 and 51:48 do not refer to the shape of planet Earth, but refer to matters for people living on Earth (e.g. “We made your sleep for rest”, “inserted therein ways for you”, “We made the day for livelihood”  .In verses 28:53, 78:6 and 51:48, “mim ha dal” does not refer to the shape of planet Earth, but, according to the word itself and its context, they are matters for people living on Earth (e.g. “We made your sleep for rest”, “inserted therein ways for you”, “We made the day for livelihood”). So, “earth” is the ground, not the shape of the planet. The mention of “ways” is in contrast to “mountains” which are not plain (18:47, 21:31). Notice that Verse 20:53 mentions the word “therein ways”. Verse 21:31 mentions “mountains” and “ways”, so the way is plain and the mountain isn’t, so the context is clearly the ground, not the shape of planet Earth)
51:48 And the earth, We have spread it (farashnaha); how excellent are the Spreaders (l-mahiduna). 51:49 And of everything We have created pairs, so that you may remember.

(“M-H-D” refers to matters for people living on Earth. It is confirmed by the context (51:48), “Fa-Ra-Shiin” means to spread out, extend, stretch forth and furnish; so it is about provision on Earth, not about the shape of the entire planet Earth)
15:19 And the earth, We have spread it (madadnaha) and cast therein firm mountains and caused to grow therein every well-balanced thing. 15:20 And We have made for you therein means of living and for those for whom you are not providers.


(“Miim-Dal-Dal” means “to spread”, “to extend”, “to provide”, “to prolong”, etc. This word, according to its context (15:19-20), could refer to provision on planet Earth. Other verses use that word in that sense, for example, verses 27:36, 74:12, 52:22, etc.)(If the verse was to mean “extended to its full length” (stretched), it would then refer to the formation of planet Earth by accretion: gravity slowly gathered gas and dust together into clumps that became planets. Both interpretation would be in accordance with science. The verse does not refer to a flat-shaped planet Earth)(Allah knows best)

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_(astrophysics)
 
88:17 Then do they not look at the camels, how they are created? … 88:19 And towards the mountains, how they are fixed? 88:20 And towards the earth, how it is spread out (sutihat)?

(The context of Verse 88:20 begins in verse 88:17 “do they not look at”, so it is not speaking about planet Earth seen from the space or its shape, but the ground they walk on. “Sutihat” also means “surfaced” (88:20). Places of the Earth’s surface are flat, in contrast to the previous verse (88:19) which speaks about mountains)(“Sutihat” means “spread out”, “outspread”, “surfaced”, etc. A few translators translated “sutihat” as “flattened”. The Earth is flattened at the poles, according to the article “Spheroid” in wikipedia, “because of the combined effects of gravity and rotation, the Earth’s shape is not quite a sphere but instead is slightly flattened in the direction of its axis of rotation. For that reason, in cartography the Earth is often approximated by an oblate spheroid instead of a sphere”)
18:47 And the Day We will cause the mountains to move and you will see the earth as a leveled plain (barizatan), and We will gather them and We will not leave behind anyone from them. 18:48 And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, "Certainly, you have come to Us as We created you the first time. Nay, you claimed that We had not made for you an appointment."

(This verse is not speaking about the shape of planet Earth or about a flat planet Earth because: 1) The root “ba ra zay” means “wide open space” where one can see clearly without distractions or obstacles; it also means “became apparent/manifest/evident, uncovered, etc. 2) According to the context of the verse, “earth” means “ground / land”, not the whole Earth or “planet Earth”, 3) The plain ground/land is in contrast to “mountains”
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sath which means surface, outer layer, outer cover, roof, deck, plane, etc. Hence sath al-bahr means sea-level, sath ma'il means inclined plane, sathi means external, outward, superficial, etc. Keeping this original meaning of the root-word in view and approaching the Qur'anic statement at 88:20 with our modern knowledge that the interior of the earth is full of gaseous and liquid materials (lava) and that the land-surface is only an outer cover resembling the skin of an egg, and that it is also a plane, it would be seen how very appropriate, scientific and significant is the term sutihat used here in describing the land-surface of the earth, particularly after the description in the previous 'ayah, 88:19, of how the mountains have been affixed. The Qur'anic statement at 88:20 may thus be very appropriately and more correctly rendered as: "(Do they not look) to the earth how it has been surfaced and planed?" The third word in the series is mihad and it may be considered along with the sixth in the series, mahd in 20:53, because they both belong to the same root. The former means resting place, abode, bosom, cradle and, figuratively, fold (in which something rests). And A.J. Arberry has very correctly translated the expression at 78:6 as: "Have We not made the earth as a cradle?" [14] In fact, this very word mihad occurs at six other places in the Qur'an, [15] and at each of these places it clearly bears the meaning of an abode, a habitat, a resting place, etc. In any case, even without regard to what we know of the interior of the earth, to translate the expression as "made an expanse" would be quite remote from the original sense and would be inappropriatehere. Similarly mahd means bed or cradle. It occurs at four other places in the Qur'an, once in connection with 'ard in 43:10 and thrice in connection with 'Isa's speaking to men even while in the cradle. [16] And again, A.J. Arberry very consistently renders the term at both 43:10 and 20:53 as cradle. In fact, he translates the statements at both the places uniformly as: "He who appointed the earth to be a cradle for you." [17]Watt, on the other hand, is not so consistent. He translates the expression at 78:6 as "make an expanse" and at 20:53 as "made a bed". Similarly inconsistent is his translation of the fourth and eighth terms in the series, farashnaha and firasha. The primary meaning of farasha is to spread out as a bed, to pave, to cover, etc.; while firasha means bed, mattress, bedspread, cushion, carpet, etc. Nevertheless, while Watt has translated this last expression at 2:22 as "made a bed", he has rendered the word at 51:48 as "laid flat", though the farthest manoeuvring that could legitimately be done here is to render it as "spread out as a bed" or "laid out as a bed", but not quite as "laid flat". There remain two other words to consider, bisat and madda, the fifth and seventh respectively in the series. The same meaning of laying or spreading as a bed is appropriate for bisat, and Arberry has indeed translated the whole statement at 71:9 as: "And God has laid the earth for you as a carpet." [18]Watt, however, has rendered the expression as "made an expanse". As regards the word madda, its primary meaning is "he extended" or "he expanded". It may even mean "he spread out", as Watt translates it. The term has been used in the Qur'an in several other senses. At 84:3-4 the expression is in its passive form, muddat, and it clearly bears the meaning of "is flattened"-"And when the earth shall be flattened and it will throw off what is in it and shall get emptied". This is a description of what will happen when the earth (world) will be brought to an end and the resurrection will take place. Hence the sense in which muddat is used here cannot be applied to the same term or its derivatives which speak about the normal situations of the earth and which therefore must bear a meaning other than "made flat" or "flattened". Conversely, this passage is a pointer to the fact that prior to the event of the earth's being brought to an end it is as a whole not flat. Leaving aside the differentials in meanings and accepting the renderings as "spread out", "made an expanse", etc., none of the eight statements cited does really say that the earth as a whole is a flat space; for the passages speak of the earth or land as it comes within the immediate view of the observer. Moreover, though the sense of making level or plane may be said to be common to all the terms, this sense does not in fact run counter to the spherical nature of the earth as a whole. The accepted geometrical and mathematical definition of "plane" is "surface such as that the straight line joining any points on it is touching on all points. " [19] Hence, in spite of the earth as a whole being spherical, its surface is nonetheless level, plane, spread out or even flat. The inherent relativity of the expression madda or "spread out" applied to earth in such passages was indeed pointed out some eight centuries ago by Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (544-606 H./1150-1210 A.C.) who was quite conscious of the spherical nature of the earth. Referring to the term madda used at 13:3 and 15:19 he makes two points. He says that the object of these passages is to bring home the theme of the existence of the Creator. The reference has therefore to be to such objects as are visible and obvious to the listener. Hence the term 'art/ in these passages has to be understood in the sense of the part of it which comes to the immediate view of the observer. [20] Second, he points out that the earth "is an extremely large ball; but a part of a gigantic ball, when looked at it, you will see it as a plain surface. This being the case, the difficulty of which you speak ceases to exist. The proof of this [explanation] is the saying of Allah: (We have set the mountains as pegs - 78:7). He calls them pegs notwithstanding the fact that there may be extensive plain surfaces on top of them. So is the case here. ( via quran-errors )
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 Does the Quran teach that the Earth is Flat?

 

[20:54] It is He Who has made the earth for you a cradle, and has caused pathways for you to run through it; and Who sends down rain from the sky, and thereby We bring forth various kinds of vegetation.
[51:49] And the earth We have spread out, and how excellently do We prepare things!
[71:20] ‘And Allah has made the earth for you a wide expanse’
[71:21] ‘That you may traverse the open ways thereof.’
[78:7] Have We not made the earth a bed,
[79:31] And the earth, along with it, He spread forth.

No doubt there are different meanings and interpretations of the above verses but it is very clear that Qur’an did not use any word that is even close to the meaning of “Flat Earth”.
This allegation is based on bad translations and interpretations of the Arabic words used by the Qur’an. Let’s analyze the various meanings of these words attributed to the earth.
Earth Made As Carpet; (Verses, 20:54, and 71:20) The Qur’an only compares the earth’s crust with a carpet. It is wrong to assume that carpet can only be put on an absolute flat surface. Carpet is generally put on a surface that is not very comfortable to walk on. The Qur’an merely mentions the earth’s crust as a carpet, without that we would not be able to survive because of the hot fluid and hostile environment beneath it. Here the Qur’an is not only logical but mentioning a scientific fact that was discovered by geologists centuries later.
Earth Has Been Spread Out; (Verses, 51:49, 78:7 and 79:31) In these verses Qur’an states the fact that the earth is spread out in a very spacious way and does not contain any implication that the earth is flat. Furthermore it means that that the earth is spread out and prepared for human beings and for their benefit, so that they can cultivate it, build dwellings in it and travel through it.

[55:18] The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests!
[55:19] Which, then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny?
[70:41] But nay! I swear by the Lord of the easts and of the wests, that We have the power.
In the verse, Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests, there is sure evidence that the earth is round because two Easts and two Wests can come about only when the earth is round; for when the sun rises over one region it sets in another, and when it sets in one sphere it rises in another. Thus the actuality of two Easts and two Wests can clearly be seen.

Qur’an Mentions Sun and Moon in Orbits: Another proof that the Qur’an did not believe that earth was flat. Allah says in the following verses;
[21:34] And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each gliding along in its orbit.
[31:30] Hast thou not seen that Allah makes the night pass into the day, and makes the day pass into the night, and He has pressed the sun and the moon into service; each pursuing its course till an appointed term, and that Allah is well aware of what you do?
Merging here means that the night slowly and gradually changes to day and vice versa. This phenomenon can only take place if the earth is spherical. If the earth was flat, there would have been a sudden change from night to day and from day to night.( via quran is right )
Allāh reveals: “And the earth—We have spread it out and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing”–(Qur’an 15:19. See also 20:53; 43:10; 50:7; 51:48; 71:19; 78:6; 79:30).
   Answer: Allāh spreading out the earth does not refer to its shape; but the earth being so huge it appears flat with furnishings for our benefit. A person looking over his country as far as the eye could see will see his land as “flat.” Even people living at the east and west who are standing sideways and those at the extreme south who are standing downside up see their lands as flat like a “carpet.”
   That Allāh says He spread out the earth like a “carpet.” So what! A carpet or fabric can be spread around a spherical object. Besides a carpet is something that beautifies and gives comfort. Thus, Allāh spreading the earth like a “carpet” simply conveys that He has made the earth attractive and comfortable.
 That the earth is spherical: Allāh tells us: “(He is) Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests”–(Qur’an 55:17).Muhammad Ali explains: “The two Easts and the two Wests signify the different points of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets at the summer and winter solstice.” And these two different points can only occur if the earth is spherical.  Allāh tells us in His Qur’an 70:40 that He is“Lord of the Easts and Wests.” Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din explains:
 “No one knew of the roundness of the earth in pre-Islamic days, but the Qur’an clearly hints at this when it speaks ofnumberless Easts and Wests***. No one, in those days, could imagine a thing like that, seeing that they thought of one East and one West. Even certain religious scriptures gives ridiculous explanations of the setting of the sun in the West and its rising again from the East. The present division of the hemisphere into east and the West is a man-made barrier. But as in the course of the progress of Islam it had to assume a certain political importance, the Qur’an speaks of many Easts and many Wests. But if the earth be round, every inch of it is a new East and a new West. If, for instance, “B” is distant two hundred miles from “A” which, let us suppose, is situated to the West of “A” the sun will rise there some three minutes before it will rise at “B.” Similarly, it will set at “B” three minutes after it has set at “A.” If, therefore, we take two places on the hemisphere two hundred miles apart as rising and setting places for the sun, there will be thousands of Easts and Wests on the earth, thus confirming the truth of the Qur’an.” And establishing that the earth is not “flat” but ROUND/SPHERICAL. (Introduction To The Study Of The Holy Qur’an, p. 45). 

 Allāh also says in Qur’an 37:5 that He is “Lord of every point at the rising of the sun.” This is a universal fact considering that the sun, being ever-shining, never sets. Thus as objects rotate there is an ongoing rising and setting of the sun at “every point.”( no god but allah )

Rebuttal to Sam Shamoun's Article "The Qur'an and The Shape of The ...

the earth (ground) being spread over the lava so we can travel over it without being harmed shows that this Quranic verse is true. It does not mean it is flat. It is also correct to say Allah spread out the earthen the sense of vastnesses.
Again spreading out does not mean flat. Even the Encyclopaedia at FreeDictionary uses the term “spread over” concerning the lava covering a wide distance [1]. Thus we realise it is a term that refers to vastness and not a term which refers to flatness. Would the sceptics claim that the Encyclopaedia people were claiming a flat earth? Of course not, therefore it would be equally unfair to claim that the Quran is teaching a flat earth!(by yahya snow )
End of Times Volcanoes will be caused by the stretching of the earth's crust - Mentioned in the Glorious Quran and confirmed
The "two Easts" and "two Wests" on earth in the Noble Quran and the roundness of the earth:
The earth literally has two sun rising points and two sun setting points! Noble Quran and Science agree on this:
Before we look at the Noble Verses, it is important to know when the sun rises on one half of the earth, it is at the same time setting on the other half, and when it sets on one half of the earth, it is at the same time rising on the other half. This clearly means that the earth literally has two sun rising points (mashriqayn) and two sun setting points (maghribayn)!Noble verses 13:3, 20:53 and 15:19 in which God Almighty says that He has spread out the Earth could very well be referring to the spreading out of the continents. Geologists and archaeologists believe that the Earth's land-masses were once a single land mass they call Pangea, the super-continent. Over time, the land was stretched apart into different continents.
This gradual movement of tectonic plates is also the cause of many mountain ranges. Is it any surprise that God mentions the mountains right after He mentions the "stretching" or "spreading out" of the land?
 As for the "flattening" of the Earth, it should be noted that the fact that the Earth's diameter is longer at the equator than between the poles is caused by Earth's rotation (At least that appears to be conventional wisdom at this time). If the Earth were to start spinning faster, it would theoretically get "flatter" or in other words, its ellipsoid properties would be more pronounced.When God Almighty created the alternation between night and day, He basically caused the Earth to start rotating on its axis, which would have "flattened" the planet due to the centrifugal force. The degree to which the Earth now appears "flattened" at the poles is barely noticeable. However this does nothing to change the fact that at some point, when rotation was initiated, there was indeed a "flattening". And this flattening (as well as the stretching mentioned above) both occurred AFTER the Earth was created.
 Another possible interpretation of the earth's "flattening" is erosion, which has smoothed and flattened many of the early Earth's jagged and rugged features.
 I base the above on nothing more than my own layman's understanding and some cursory research into the question. Allah Almighty knows best. The Truth is His alone, and my errors are my own.
  (mahaad): bed. 
Is the bed here a rocking bed or a fixed one? The following pictures about the cosmos will clearly prove that the earth's axial tilt and rotation around the sun indeed resemble a rocking bed:
  The Earth is like a Cradle - Mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science!

The formation of continents and spherical expansion of earth in the Glorious Quran. 


"In addition to 18:86, they claim that 71:19, which says that God made the earth an expanse (wallahu ja'ala lakumu l-arda bisatan), implies a flat earth. However, the word bisatan means expanse, not flat. They apparently were asleep in kindergarten when the teacher went over shapes and sizes. Flat is a shape. Expansive is a size. For example, a piece of paper is flat, but not expansive. The earth is expansive, but not flat. They make the same mistake in translating and interpreting 51:48, which says that God made the earth expansive (farashnaha).
 Curiously, they even cite 79:30 as evidence that the Quran says the earth is flat, even though it says the exact opposite (that the earth is shperical). 79:30 says, according to them, "and the earth, after that, He flattened it, and/or, and the earth, after that, He made it flat" (wa l-arda ba'da dhalika dahaha). They claim the word daha comes from the root for an Arabian ostrich's nest (madahy). According to them, the (now extinct) Arabian ostrich would flatten the ground before it layed it's eggs. Thus, they claim that dahaha means that He (God) flattened the earth like an Arabian ostrich flattens the ground before laying its eggs. However, the linguist, Prof. Martha Schulte-Nafeh, points out in her translation that the word daha also comes from the same root for the ostrich egg itself (dahyah). She points out that in the Libyan dialect, they still sometimes use the word dahyah for egg in addition to the more frequently used word baydah. Thus, she translates dahaha as "He made it egg-shaped". Now, take a look at this painting of an Arabian ostrich's nest from al-Jahiz's 9th century book on animals, "kitab al-hayawan" The key word in the above verse is “dahaha”. In Arabic, there is a phrase, “iza dahaha” which means “when he throws the stones over the ground to the hole”. The hole is called “Udhiyatun”. “Almadahi” signify round stones according to the size of which a hole is dug in the ground in which the stones are thrown in a game. “Almadahi” also signify a round thing made of lead by the throwing of which persons contendtogether. So there is a signification of ROUNDNESS in the root of the word “dahaha”. According to some etymologists, the word for the “egg of an ostrich” also has the same root as “dahaha”. They also take from this that the earth is of the shape of the egg of an ostrich. Latest science findings confirm that the earth is not exactly spherical but the earth is an ellipsoid, i.e. flattened by its poles,[ just like the shape of an egg of an ostrich].

 The Arabic words for “flat” or “level” or “straight shaped” are “sawi” and “almustavi”. There is not a single place in Quran where there is any indication of the earth being “flat” or “straight shaped”. The word “faraash” in 2:22, 51:48; the word “wasia” in 4:97, 29:56, 30:10; the word “mahd” in 20:53, 43:10, 78:6; the word “basaat” in 71:19; the word “suttihat” in 88:20; and the word “tahaaha” in 91:6, all may mean, “to spread”, “to expand” or “to extend” with slight differences in their connotations but none signify the earth being straight-shaped or flat.
As for the seven earths A-I objected to, it is indeed a scientific fact, our earth got 7 layers (7 Ard's), the word "Ard" got 2 meanings, one is the entire earth, the other meaning is Land(s)***   ( by sami zaatari )
The word daḥāhā ( دَحَاهَا ) comes from the following root ( د ح و ) with the following derivative meanings.


 bothدحاها DAHAHA and كالادحى KAL-ADHA ( which means "like an egg")both are derived from دحى DAHA, and they are sister words that are derived from the same root word دحى or دحا.  And your word has كال KAL added to it, which are the words "LIKE" and the "THE" article.  So really, your raw word is ادحى ADHA.  The هاin the Holy Quran's Word دحاها is an addition that references the Word to earth.  So the raw Word is دحى or دحا.  Arabic is read from right to left, and the ALIF letter at the end, can either be written as a straight line ا or as a curved one ى .  Both would be correct spellings.  The ALIF letter has these two variant writings.
 KAL-ADHA or KAL-UDHI كالادحي is the word that should've been used??
  DAHA means:
1-  To push.
2-  To throw.
دحا   (daha):  دفعه و رمى به (dafa'aahu wa ramaa bih) Caused it to move, pushed it, or threw it.
دحا الصبي المِدحاةَََ أي دفع الصبي المِدحاةَََ   Daha the boy the rolling toy, means the boy pushed the rolling toy.

3-  To make something roll, as in DAHA the barrel from the top of the hill, which means he rolled it down from the top of the hill.  Also, this is where the Arabic word DAHRAJA is derived from, which means to make something roll down.
4-  To make something round.  I used several examples for ROUND AND BULGED TUMMY, and making round objects.  I even used a Hadith from Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, when he said:
 In Prophet Muhammad's Hadith: كان لأسامة بطننٌ مُندحٌ اي متسع   Osama had a round and big tummy.
Also the dictionary says:
 الدحداح هو المستدير الململم    The dahdaah is the person who is ROUND and STOCKY.
و بطنٌ مُنداحُ أي خارخٌ مُدوّر  His tummy is mun-daahun means it is OUT THERE AND ROUND مُدوّر.


So when Allah Almighty DAHA THE EARTH, it means that Allah Almighty EXPANDED IT SPHERICALLY through rotating it around itself and moving it in its orbit in space.  And this is why Allah Almighty Said after that (after He DAHAHA), He brought forth from it its water and pasture.  Science has proven this to be 100% accurate and True:  (  by osama abdallah )

  • Daha دحا means:
     دحا   (daha):  دفعه و رمى به (dafa'aahu wa ramaa bih) Caused it to move, pushed it, or threw it.
     ويقذفون من كل جانب دحورا ولهم عذاب واصب  (The Noble Quran, 37:8-9)   And they're cast away from every side, repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty.
  • دحا الصبي المِدحاةَََ أي دفع الصبي المِدحاةَََ   Daha the boy the rolling toy, means the boy pushedthe rolling toy.
     
  • دحرجَ  (dahraja):  to roll, roll along, to roll down.
  •  كادح and كدحا are derived from دحا, and they mean to move!  O man, you are moving - you are advancing - towards your LORD.
  •  دحا   (daha):  و في حديث أبي رافع: كنت أُلاعب الحسن و الحسين, رضوان الله عليهما, بالمداحي, هي احجار أمثال القِرصة 
    In the Hadith of Abi Rafiaa':  I used to play with Al-Hasan and Al-Hussein, may Allah Almighty be pleased with them, with AL-MADAAHI, which means STONES that look like AL-QIRASAH.
     دحا   (daha):  المداحي هي احجار أمثال القِرصة   Al-madaahi are stones that resemble AL-QIRASAH.
    So what does Al-Qirasah mean?
    According to Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1], Book 4, Page 516
  • القِرصة (al-qirasah):  قرِّصي العجين أي سوِّيه قِرصة  Cut the dough into small round pieces.
     
  • القِرصة (al-qirasah):  قرص الشمس اي عينها    The qurs of the sun means the eye of the sun, which is round.
  •  المدحرج (al-mudahraj):  المُدوَّر  what is round or circular.
  •  daha" is still used by the Libyans today in reference to the egg. They call one egg "dahia," which is derived from the root words Daha, Yadhu, Dahwa, which all mean that the object is made or has become like an egg. And in another meaning, the earth is not shaped like a ball, but rather like an egg, instead.
  •  
    The earth's orbit around the sun is shaped like an egg (elliptical):
    elliptical
    adjective
    1. rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped] 
    The elliptial orbits of the moon around the Earth and the Earth around the sun have a substantial effect on the Earth’s tides. Once a month, at perigee, when the moon is closest to the Earth, tide-generating forces are higher than usual, producing above average ranges in the tides. About two weeks later, at apogee, when the moon is farthest from the Earth, the lunar tide-raising force is smaller, and the tidal ranges are less than average. When the Earth is closest to the sun (perihelion), around January 2 of the calendar year, tidal ranges are enhanced. At aphelion, when the Earth is furthest from the sun, around July 2, tidal ranges are reduced (Sumich, J.L., 1996; Thurman, H.V., 1994)
  •  (http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/media/supp_tide06b.html)
  •  دحا   (daha):  دحّ في الثّرى بيتاً إذا وسعه  He expanded the house
  •  دحا   (daha):  مدحوحاّ أي مُسوّى    evened, balanced, equaled, leveled.
  •  دحى  (daha):   الدُّحُحْ (al-duhuh), which is plural of  دحى  daha, which means: الارضون الممتدّة   expanded earths.
  •  دحا   (daha):  الدّواح أي العظيم الشديد العلو   al-dawwah is something that is great, extremely powerful, and exalted.
  •  It is the best in its group.  Example DAHYA AL-KALBI - Dihya Al-Kalbay,(one of the Prophet's companions).  His first name means LEADER, BEST OF THE GROUP, and it is derived from DAHA.
  •  الدِّحْية هو رئيس القوم و سيدهم  Al-dihya is the chief of the tribe or the group and the BEST AMONG THEM و سيدهم.
    Planet earth is indeed the best planet in our Solar System.  It is the only planet that has water, life and Paradise-like Scenic Views.  The others are dead planets with no life like that of earth's exists on them.  See my notes about this below.
  •  دحا   (daha): الدوحة أي المظلة العظيمة  Al-Doha, as in Qatar's capital,  means a big umbrella. 
  •  Encompassing and has plenty - DOHA (Qatar's capital) is also derived from DAHA, 
  •  It also means that Allah Almighty Made a protective ceiling or umbrella for the earth, which without it, NO WATER COULD POSSIBLY EXIST ON EARTH!

  • و بطنٌ مُنداحُ أي خارخٌ مُدوّر  His tummy is mun-daahun means it is OUT THERE AND ROUND مُدوّر. 
  • و رجلٌّ دحدحُ اي قصير غليظ البطن    A man is dahda-hun which means he is short, stocky and has a big and fat tummy.
     
  • الدحداح هو المستدير الململم    The dahdaah is the person who is ROUND and STOCKY.
     
  • الدِردِحة من النساء التي طولها و عرضها سواء  Al-dir-dihati from the women is the one whose height and width look the same!  SHE LOOKS ROUND, and the by the way, the distance between the earth's north and south poles is approximately only 45 miles shorter than the earth's width.
  •  Dahaha (دحاها) doesn't just mean egg.  It more accurately means making something spherical, among other meanings such as pushing something, or causing it to roll.  It also means to expand
  •  Dahaha (دحاها) means expanded, made spherical, balanced, and caused to move.
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    Earth is spherical and in motion according to the Glorious Quran.

     

      Arabic is a root driven language, and you can base your understanding of a word using its root. You can also understand what message is being conveyed using the root of a single word or a combination of words. You can also get a visual representation of the word using the root. Why? That is the nature and power of the language. That is one reason why it is revealed, and preservation of the recitation is in the Arabic language.

     

    Udhiya and Udhuwa are not root words. Udhiya is simply a singular of Dahyyaat. Udhuwa is the same word as Udhiya. Also, Deheya or Deheyya also means Udhiya. In the Arabic grammar, depending on the position of the word in the sentence, we sometimes substitute the pronunciation of the "y" with a "w". Udhiya and Udhuwa are not two different words. They are the same word. The Arabic word "dahaha" is derived from the root word "dahya" which literally means "egg". Udhuwa is the reference to "dahya". In Arabic, words that are referenced are sometimes written differently. Udhuwa and "dahya" are written differently, but they mean the same word.
    The same grammar principle applies to "dahya" and "Udhiya" or "Udhuwa"

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    Quoted from Wikipedia - “Plate Tectonics”

    [One of the main points the theory proposes is that the amount of surface of the (continental and oceanic) plates that disappear in the mantle along the convergent boundaries by subduction is more or less in equilibrium with the new (oceanic) crust that is formed along the divergent margins by seafloor spreading.This is also referred to as the "conveyor belt" principle. In this way, the total surface of the Globe remains the same. This is in contrast with earlier theories advocated before the Plate Tectonics "paradigm", as it is sometimes called, became the main scientific model, theories that proposed gradual shrinking (contraction) or gradual expansion of the Globe, and that still exist in science as alternative models (Scalera & Lavecchia 2006) [2]
    3-   Earth as a Carpet   ( by )

    [Science]

    Quoted from - Topography of the Terrestrial Surface
    The following figure [classifies the Earth's terrestrial surface in to six different categories based on topography. Most of the Earth's terrestrial surface is dominated by relatively flat low and high plains. The low plains tend to be areas of sediment deposition because of their low elevation. The high plains can have elevations as high as 600 meters and are more strongly influenced by erosion.] [5]


    Comparing with Moon surface:

    [84 percent heavily-cratered highlands. 16 percent basalt-covered maria. Numerous impact craters - some with bright rays, crater chains, and rilles.] [6]


    Comparing with Venus Surface:
    [About 10 percent of the surface is highland terrain, 70 percent rolling uplands, and 20 percent lowland plains.] Ref: The New York Times Almanac 2002 By John Wright. Google books.



    [Quran]

    ALLAH mentions that he created the Earth of wide plains to simplify for Mankind to walk and transport over it with less difficulty, and this is shown that majority of Earth surface is wide plain.


    وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا  19 لِتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلا فِجَاجًا 20
    And Allâh has made for you the earth a wide expanse [as a carpet]. (19) That you may go about therein in broad roads. (20) [71:19-20]

    وَإِلَى الأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
    And at the earth, how it is outspread? (88:20)


    4-   Earth Geology of “Beds and Mattresses”

    It’s well known in Earth Geology that it’s formed of layers called “Beds”.

    Quoted From Wikipedia - Bed (geology)
    [In geology a bed is the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
    Beds can be differentiated in various ways, including rock or mineral type and particle size. The term is generally applied to sedimentary strata, but may also be used for volcanic flows or ash layers. [7]

    [Quran]

    Allah says the following about Earth formation:
    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الأَرْضَ مِهَادًا
    Have We not made the earth an expanse [Mehada, Bed], [78:6]

    الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلاً لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    Who made the earth a resting-place [Mahdan] for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way; [34:10]

    الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ فِرَاشاً وَالسَّمَاء بِنَاء وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاء مَاء فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلاَ تَجْعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place [“Ferashan” Mattress] for you, and the sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you. And do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know (better). [2:22]

    The word “Mahed” which is translated as resting-place in the above verses, is the same word used by the people of Mary when they described that Jesus was so young to talk in the following verse:

    فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

    Then she [Mary] pointed to him [Jesus]. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle [Mahed], a young boy? [20:53]

    And the Arabic translation of this word is the Bed or the Cradle.

    والمِهادُ: الفِراش. وقد مَهَدْتُ الفِراشَ مَهْداً: بَسَطْتُه ووَطَّأْتُه. يقال للفِراشِ: مِهاد لِوِثارَتِه.

    As shown in the below figure that layer of mattresses is the same used in Earth geological layers, one over one.
    But, the Quranic expression differentiates between 2 expressions the Mattresses and Beds, as saying that the one that carry what is benefit for us is the Bed and normal Earth layers are the mattresses, which also can be used to estimate Earth age, as shown in the below figure: 


    The following verse explains the process done by God which is laying one layer over another (mattresses) forming the magnificent paralleled layers of Earth bedding:

    The following verse explains the process done by God which is laying one layer over another (mattresses) forming the magnificent paralleled layers of Earth bedding:

    والارض فرشناها فنعم الماهدون  (48)

    And We have spread out [Farshnaha] the earth, how Excellent Spreader [Mahedoun] (thereof) are We! (51:48)

    The verb “Frashnaha” in Arabic was not translated exactly in English translations (spread out), it comes from the noun “Ferasha” which means “Mattress” literally, that means laying mattresses one over another as shown in the below figure:



    5-   Earth being Stable for Human

    It’s mentioned that God had made Earth as stable place for human living:

    امن جعل الارض قرارا وجعل خلالها انهارا وجعل لها رواسي وجعل بين البحرين حاجزا االه مع الله بل اكثرهم لا يعلمون  [النمل: 61]

    Is not He (best) Who made the earth a fixed abode (Qarara), and placed rivers in the folds thereof, and placed firm hills therein, and hath set a barrier between the two seas? Is there any Allah beside Allah? Nay, but most of them know not!  [27-61]

    And the word used here is “Qarara”: means being stable and rest in its place, and such information will not be new for any reader, but there is an indication to other planets.
    Let’s see if they are stable like Earth or not, such as:
    The gravity on Pluto is so weak and equal to 0.06 of Earth’s gravity, that a man, who can jump 3 feet on Earth, will jump 18 m up in the air on Pluto. Imagine how life will be there, if everyone wants to walk, run, jump or throw something there, then he will never catch it again, or if 2 cars hit each other by accident, both will fly into the near buildings !!

    The Storms of Saturn speed can reach 1800 KM/ hour, knowing that Hurricane Katrina was 280 Km/ hour only and did all such destruction, so imagine what a 1800 KM/ hour storm can do, not only that, but the storm can be of Earth size and it may stay for complete 2 years long !! [8]


    Then now we understand what the meaning of Earth being stable for us, by God mercy.

    6-   Earth being reciprocal (gravity)

    Allah says in the Quran:
    الم نجعل الارض كفاتا (77) أحياءً وامواتاً (78)  [المرسلات]

    Have We not made the earth a receptacle [kefata] (77), Of the living and the dead? (78) [77-25]

    And the word Kefata, means literally to hug or to join:
     كفت (الصّحّاح في اللغة(كفتُّ الشيء أَكْفِتُهُ كَفْتاً، إذا ضممتَه إلى نفسك
    But old scholars interpreted these verses that Earth hugs the living humans on its back or inside it when they die, but after Sir Isaac Newton had discovered the gravity, then real explanation can be known which means that Earth is holding by its gravity everything on it, whether living or dead (e.g. human, animal or thing).


    7-   Earth Great Trench:

    We know about the Great Trench beneath Ocean surface that circles the whole land all over the Earth as shown below:

     
    It’s also mentioned in Quran in the following verse:
    والارض ذات الصدع   [الطارق:12]
    And by the Earth of the Rift (Crack, trench). [86:12]

    In old English translation, they wrote it as “Earth which splits” but they missed the real meaning which indicates the main trench all over Oceans floor, which also one of Quran miracles.

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    pray towards to mecca



    According to the holy Qur’an, (Surah al-Baqarah: 115):

    > وَلِلَّـهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ

    > وَجْهُ اللَّـهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

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    > And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might]

    > turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing

    > and Knowing.

    We can pay attention to the mentioned issue according to the issue of Unity. In truth, Muslims must pay attention that there must be an aim behind the issue. In fact, there must be a goal if Allah order us to prayer toward a specific place. Accordingly it could be rational that the significant point of the praying toward the Kaaba is related to the unity of the Muslims. Since as you are aware, as a rule, have the unity will be the cause of the power between different Muslims of the world (in different country).

    So, I assume you inquired a very significant issue, since it could remind us not to forget the significance of the unity (Wahdah) between Muslims. by mohamma ali






    If the Qiblah was just drawing a straight line from where you're standing, you would have 2 possible directions to pray in. The rule is that you pray in such a direction, such that if you draw a straight line from where you stand to the Ka'aba, you should be praying in the direction of the line which would meet the Ka'aba the earliest (out of the two possible directions). So you have to be praying in the direction that would be called as the shortest distance from the Ka'aba.
    Look at this picture:
     
    Where all the green lines meet is the Holy Ka'aba. If you're standing on the red dot, you would face the direction which is nearest to the Ka'aba (that is, facing the point where all the green lines meet) and not the other way around!
    Source: You Can Pray In Two Different Directions ?! :0
     The basic idea behind the direction is more about obedience, discipline and unity. It is only natural to find the shortest distance. When a Muslim makes an effort to find the most accurate direction, that act itself is a reflection of his faith, whether he/she actually finds the correct direction is a mere technicality, as this Quranic verse suggests:
     It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the Allah-fearing. (2:177)
    According to most historians, the original Qibla (direction of Muslim prayer) was towards the Temple Mount in Jerusalem for the first 13 years of prophet-hood. The change happened  one day during the noon prayer in Medina, in a mosque now known as Masjid al-Qiblatain (Mosque of the Two Qiblahs). Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was leading the prayer when he received revelations from God instructing him to take the Kaaba as the Qiblah. The Quranic verse for this instruction actually suggests that this something the Muslims wanted:
     We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do. (2:144)
    Does the Qur’an say the earth is flat? How can a Muslim face the Qibla/Mecca/Kaaba?

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      Figure of the Earth

    “He Who has made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels)….” The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 20, Verse 53
    Does carpet mean ‘flat’ ? Carpet takes the shape of the surface below. If the carpet is put on a spherical surface then it takes the shape of the sphere, it doesn’t stay flat, does it.

    Refuting lies about Islam: Allegation that the Quran says the earth is flat

       

     

     

     

    The Earth "Sutihat" (formed after a splat, is pressed and expanded), and the Bulging Miracle - Mentioned in the Glorious Quran and confirmed by Science.

     

      

     

    The shape of our earth is not perfectly spherical. So when we try to approximate the shape of it, we have to find a appropriate model. We've seen earlier on that such a model can be an ellipsoid. The geoid is a more advanced reference surface which is used to approximate the shape of the Earth and to measure elevations (see orthometric elevation).

    Any point on the geoid is subject to the same level of gravity and the earth's geoid is set at the mean sea level.


    To compare the difference between geoid and ellipsoid. The deviation between the Geoid and a reference ellipsoid is called geoid separation (N).See figure below.

     

     by: Tom Op 't Eyndt

     

     What The Earth would look like without Waterand atmosphere


     


    earth shape without water look like spherical  stones ( pebbles )and egg shaped


    The key word in the above verse is “dahaha”. In Arabic, there is a phrase, “iza dahaha” which means “when he throws the stones over the ground to the hole”. The hole is called“Udhiyatun”

    “Almadahi” signify round stones according to the size of which a hole is dug in the ground in which the stones are thrown in a game. “Almadahi” also signify a round thing made of lead by the throwing of which persons contend together. So there is a signification of ROUNDNESS in the root of the word “dahaha”.

    دحاها:

    والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها
    (Cor. 79:30) "As to the Earth after that we have filled [stone-throwing] (or momentum)"
    * The term of this verse is still very explicit about the idea of ​​throwing stones at a target. Or throw the Earth into space, with the resulting distortion of the space goshawks its own mass and goshawks sun ... Idea and joined the phylologique étymlogique مهدا meaning of words and verses below الماهدون usités it evokes the idea of ​​rocking, orientation. The term means the same time the idea of ​​launching the Earth like a stone ... 
     "Then he formed the Earth as we put a pebble in a hole ..." strangely design very similar to the formation of the planet by the accretion of objects falling in the space-time folds formed by its own weight. 
     "And a torrent we say "dhaha bilbat'hai" It starts (on the soft earth and pebbles in its course, or circulated with him) "

    The key word in the above verse is "دحاها". In Arabic, there is an expression: "izha dahaha" meaning "when sending the stones to a hole." The hole is called "Udhiyatun". "Almadahi" refers to round stones by size of hole in the ground where the stones are sent, in this game. "Almadahi" also means something round through work a group of people. According to several etymologists, the word means "ostrich egg" has the same root as "دحاها".


    Ib and Daha Duhiya:
    In Lisan Al 'Arab section دح is expanded here an overview about the meaning of the Qur'anic term.
    Ib-1. DAHW: 1. Daha first person. Dahout, yad'hoo inf. N. DAHOO He extended; extend outward or away; expand or extend one thing; and when you mention God and the earth; daha also reads. At first it gives dahaitu. yaad'hae inf. . nDahae: and He (God) made ​​the wide Earth, or large; as explained by an Arab of the desert also mentions an ostrich when it is understood that it extends or expands with his paw or leg, the place where it lays its eggs ... yad'hoo, RN. n. dahwu and also daja; under the authority of 1Abr. (You say, dahaha He compressa, as you also said, dhajaha.) Also hegave or threw and pushed, pushed, remove from its place-a stone, with his hand. It is also said to the one who plays with nuts, "abidil maddha adhhuhu wa", meaning "Take a great distance, and) [the] start". (See also midh'hat in two places. And a torrent we say "dhaha bilbat'hai" It starts (on the soft earth and pebbles in its course; or circulates with it.) And the rain, they say, "Al dhaha hoisted year waj'hil Ardhi": "She circulated the pebbles on the earth's surface", or made ​​them move "(See also daha, in the following article.). And "aldhahwu bilhijarathi" also means the rival, [against its rival], to throw stones, trying to surpass it (by doing so), and also al-Midahath (n- inf. Dahee) ("TA marra yad '. hoo "inf.n. dahow said of a horse: He came rushing with its front legs without much raise the ground hooves." daha'l beats h year "The belly was, or became, wide, and during ; and Indahae (belly) was, or wide soothsayer, or distended: the two mean (belly) swelled and swelled, or bigger, and hung because fat or illness; as also Dhau and Indah (see art dooh..) Ib-2 Mad'han see ud'hiyy. Mid'hat: A wooden thing with which a child walks (yudu'ha) and which, in the past ground sweeps everything that comes against it. A auqeul game Meccans were playing "El-Asadi describe this: Almadahiyy and Almasadiyy signify stones like (small round bread cake called)qursath, depending on the size of the hole is punctured, and expanded a little bit They then throw the stones (yad'hoona biha) to the hole, and if the stone falls on it, the person wins, but otherwise she is overcome: it is said yad'hu and yasdu when it launches the stones ( Iza dhahaha) from the soil to the hole: and the hole is called ud'hiyyath (According to Freytag, the authority of. Diwan El-Hudhaliyin a round thing made ​​of lead, the launch of which people work together to achieve a hole .) .. For Almadhuwwath and almad'hiyyath see Article Dahin.
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    Critical study of the Qur'ān: IV. Genesis of Earth According to the Qur'an***


    The Qur’ān is a timeless, multi-layered and multi-levelled book.1 The Qur’ān’s verses pertaining to natural phenomena can have a multiplicity of readings. These verses have many layers of meaning that can be understood by people with different levels of understanding.2 Each layer of meaning can be made sense of by people of varying ages, at different stages of intellectual advancement. The layers of meaning are not just restricted to scientific truths, rather they can refer to spiritual, existential, and moral truths. Mustansir Mir similarly reasons:

    “From a linguistic standpoint, it is quite possible for a word, phrase or statement to have more than one layer of meaning, such that one layer would make sense to one audience in one age and another layer of meaning would, without negating the first, be meaningful to another audience in a subsequent age.”3

    The multiplicity of readings approach makes sense of the Qur’ānic objectives of the verses that refer to natural phenomena. Their main objectives are to engage the reader to reflect on the natural world and to realise the maximal perfection of God’s creative power and wisdom; leading to the conclusion that God is one and that He alone is worthy of worship.4 The meanings of the verses can make sense to people across every era whilst fulfilling the main objectives of these verses, irrespective of their level of understanding. by sapience institute >>>

    Does the Qur'an say the earth is flat? Islamic scholarship & ...


      He created the heavens and the earth in [the] truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night…” (Quran 39:5)

    The word “he wraps” (in Arabic “yukawwiru”) means wrapping in a round form like a turban is wrapped around head. It means, day and night wraps around the round earth.



    The world has three different shapes: with atmosphere, with oceans without atmosphere, and without atmosphere and oceans. These three shapes can be expressed with different concepts: oblate spheroid. Pear shape, egg shape, potato shape, pebble shape, head-like shape.

    with atmosphere : oblate sphreoid ( ostrich egg shaped )
    with oceans without  atmosphere pear shape ,egg saped 
    without oceans pebble shape, head -like shape 

    The explicit(obvious) , implicit(hidden ) and possible meanings of words may vary depending on people's different evaluations.


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