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In
31:29, Allah says,
"Have
you not seen how God merges the night into the day and merges
the day into the night?" [31:29] [also see 3:27, 22:61,
35:13, 57:6]
The
key word in 31:29 is “yooliju”. The root
of the word “yooliju” is W-L-J. From the same root
there is a word, “WOLUJUN”, which means a bend,
or a place of bending, of a valley. When you walk on a place
of bending of a valley, you see the horizon changing steadily,
in front of your eyes. According to 31:29, the night changes
into the day steadily as you see horizon changing steadily
in front of your eyes, when you walk upon a place of bending
of a valley. So, the change of day and night according to
31:29 give the idea of earth being NOT FLAT.
In
39:5, Allah says,
"…He
coils the night upon the day and He coils the day upon the
night…" 39:5
The
key word in 39:5 is “yukawwiru”. The primary
signification of the root of the word “yukawwiru”
is “to wind a thing in a round form”, like e.g.
a turban is wound round a head. This verse 39:5, again gives
the idea of the earth being roundish and not FLAT.
In
79:30, Allah says,
[Transliteration]
Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha [79:30]
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”.
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.
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