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The word was used to describe making the flat top or roof of a house or chamber and making a top surface flat. | The word was used to describe making the flat top or roof of a house or chamber and making a top surface flat. | ||
Words from the same root mean the flat top surface or roof of a house or chamber, a flat plane in geometry, a level place upon which dates can be spread, a rolling pin (which expands the dough), plane or flat.<ref>سطَح | Words from the same root mean the flat top surface or roof of a house or chamber, a flat plane in geometry, a level place upon which dates can be spread, a rolling pin (which expands the dough), plane or flat.<ref>سطَح sataha - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume4/00000081.pdf Lanes Lexicon] page 1357</ref> | ||
=== Qur'an 91:6 - taha (spread out)=== | === Qur'an 91:6 - taha (spread out)=== | ||