Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth: Difference between revisions

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Almadhuwwath and almad’hiyyath see Dahin.<ref name="LanesLexiconDaHaWa"></ref>}}
Almadhuwwath and almad’hiyyath see Dahin.<ref name="LanesLexiconDaHaWa"></ref>}}
Note above that Lane also translates duhiyya to mean the place in the sand where the ostrich lays its eggs, and not the eggs themselves.
Note above that Lane also translates duhiyya to mean the place in the sand where the ostrich lays its eggs, and not the eggs themselves.
====Tafsirs on the verse 79:30====
The tafsirs explain that this verse describes the Earth to be flat.
Al-Jalalayn:
{{Quote|Al-Jalalayn <ref>http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=79&tAyahNo=30&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2</ref>|and after that He spread out the earth '''He made it flat''' for it had been created before the heaven but without having been spread out;
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Tanwir Al-Miqbas:
{{Quote|Tanwir Al-Miqbas <ref>http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=73&tSoraNo=79&tAyahNo=30&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2</ref>|
(And after that He spread the earth) even then '''He spread it on the water'''; it is also said: 2,000 years after that He spread it on the water,
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===="Ostrich egg" mentioned in a hadith====
===="Ostrich egg" mentioned in a hadith====
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