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Ibn Kathir recorded that Mujahid said that the seven heavens and the seven Earths are on top of one another. This belief is also apparent in some of the hadiths quoted in the Relevant Quotations section below. | Ibn Kathir recorded that Mujahid said that the seven heavens and the seven Earths are on top of one another. This belief is also apparent in some of the hadiths quoted in the Relevant Quotations section below. | ||
{{Quote|1=[http://m.qtafsir.com/Surah- | {{Quote|1=[http://m.qtafsir.com/Surah-Al-Baqara/The-Earth-was-created-before-H--- Tafsir ibn Kathir for Qur'an 2:29 (41:11)]|2=(And made them seven heavens) means, one above the other, while the `seven earths' means, one below the other.''}} | ||
===The Earth on the back of a whale=== | ===The Earth on the back of a whale=== | ||
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The Prophet said, "Whoever takes a piece of the land of others unjustly, he will sink down the seven earths on the Day of Resurrection."}} | The Prophet said, "Whoever takes a piece of the land of others unjustly, he will sink down the seven earths on the Day of Resurrection."}} | ||
These are seven flat earths, not spherical layers (طوّقه means put on a neck-ring<ref>طوق tawwaqa [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume5/00000179.pdf Lane's Lexicon] p. 1894</ref>): | |||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|43|632}}|Narrated Sa`id bin Zaid: | |||
Allah's Messenger said, "Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, '''his neck will be encircled with it''' down the seven earths (on the Day of Resurrection). " | |||
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{{Quote|{{Muslim|10|3923}}|Sa'id b. Zaid reported: | |||
I heard Allah's Apostle say: He who took a span of earth wrongly '''would be made to wear around his neck''' seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.}} | |||
This next hadith is on the same topic. It is graded daif (weak), but shows what some early Muslims (if not actually Muhammad) thought about the world: | This next hadith is on the same topic. It is graded daif (weak), but shows what some early Muslims (if not actually Muhammad) thought about the world: | ||