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{{Quote|{{Quran|2|22}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|2|22}}| | ||
Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your | Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth).}} | ||
Ibn-Kathir in his Tafsir agrees with this interpretation that the earth is flat and comfortable like a bed. | Ibn-Kathir in his Tafsir agrees with this interpretation that the earth is flat and comfortable like a bed. | ||
{{Quote|Ibn-Kathir |who has made the earth as flat and comfortable as a bed and placed upon it mountains standing firm... (Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Part 1) }} | {{Quote|Ibn-Kathir |who has made the earth as flat and comfortable as a bed and placed upon it mountains standing firm... (Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Part 1) }} | ||
The same root word for couch in 2:22 is used as a verb in 51.48 in the sense of spreading. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|51|48}}|And the earth, We have spread it; how excellent (are) the Spreaders!}} | |||
====Earth is Like a Carpet==== | ====Earth is Like a Carpet==== | ||