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 The word "sutihat" in {{Quran|88|20}} [[Flat Earth and the Quran#Qur.27an 88:20 - sutihat .28spread out flat.29|means "laid out flat"]].
-==Modern perspectives==
+==Modern perspectives and criticisms thereof==
 ===Qur'an 22:61, 31:29, & 39:5 - night and day merging / overlapping===
 {{Main|Geocentrism and the Quran}}{{Quote|{{Quran|22|61}}| ذلك بان الله يولج الليل في النهار ويولج النهار في الليل وان الله سميع بصير
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 '''Literal:''' And the earth/Planet Earth after that He stretched/spread it.<ref name="ia-79-30">[http://islamawakened.org/Quran/3/default.htm#003_054 Islam Awakened - Quran 79:30]</ref>
-'''Word by word:''' ''Waal-arda'' وَٱلْأَرْضَ (''wa'' - وَ - and; ''al'' - ٱلْ - the; ''ard'' - أَرْضَ - Earth, feminine in Arabic) ''baAAda'' بَعْدَ (after) ''thalika'' ذَٰلِكَ (that) ''dahaha'' دَحَىٰهَآ (''dahaa'' - دَحَىٰ - [he] spread, verb; ''ha'' - هَآ - her or "it" in the English translation, referring to the Earth)}}The هَا (''-ha'') suffix pronoun meaning literally "her" is also repeated in the surrounding verses as a literary device, all referring the different acts of creation Allah is imparting upon the Earth:{{Quote|{{Quran|79|27-32}}|
+'''Word by word:''' ''Waal-arda'' وَٱلْأَرْضَ (''wa'' - وَ - and; ''al'' - ٱلْ - the; ''ard'' - أَرْضَ - Earth, feminine in Arabic) ''baAAda'' بَعْدَ (after) ''thalika'' ذَٰلِكَ (that) ''dahaha'' دَحَىٰهَآ (''dahaa'' - دَحَىٰ - [he] spread, verb; ''ha'' - هَآ - her or "it" in the English translation, referring to the Earth)}}The هَا (''-ha'') suffix pronoun meaning literally "her" is also repeated in the surrounding verses as a literary device, all referring the different acts of creation Allah is imparting upon the Earth and "the heaven":{{Quote|{{Quran|79|27-32}}|أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا 79:27 - Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao bana'''ha''' - Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?
-أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا 79:27
-Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao bana'''ha'''
-:28 رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
+:28 رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا  - RafaAAa samka'''ha''' fasawwa'''ha''' - He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
-RafaAAa samka'''ha''' fasawwa'''ha'''
-:29 وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
+:29 وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا - Waaghtasha layla'''ha''' waakhraja duha'''ha''' - And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
-Waaghtasha layla'''ha''' waakhraja duha'''ha'''
-:30 وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
+:30 وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا - Waalarda baAAda thalika daha'''ha''' - And after that He spread the earth,
-Waalarda baAAda thalika daha'''ha'''
-:31 أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
+:31 أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا - Akhraja min'''ha''' maa'''ha''' wamarAAa'''ha''' - And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
-Akhraja min'''ha''' maa'''ha''' wamarAAa'''ha'''
-:32 وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا
+:32 وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا - Waaljibala arsa'''ha''' - And He made fast the hills,}}Authoritative translations of the verse do not incorporate anything to the effect of an ostrich egg
-Waaljibala arsa'''ha'''
-}}
-So the ''-ha'' in 79:30 is a pronoun as well as in other verses and the pronoun is completely missing in the translation "ostrich egg".
 ====Qur'an Translations====