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And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)! }} | And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)! }} | ||
فَرَشَْ = farasha ( | فَرَشَْ = farasha ([[Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth#Qur.27an 2:22 - firashan .28thing spread to sit or lie upon.29|verse 2:22]] uses this word in the noun form) = spread or expand, spread a bed or carpet<ref>فرش farasha - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume6/00000153.pdf Lane's Lexicon] page 2369</ref> | ||
الْمَهِدُونَ = mahidoon from مهد = make plain, even, smooth, spread a bed<ref>مهد mahada - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume7/00000267.pdf Lane's Lexicon] page 2739</ref> | الْمَهِدُونَ = mahidoon from مهد = make plain, even, smooth, spread a bed<ref>مهد mahada - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume7/00000267.pdf Lane's Lexicon] page 2739</ref> | ||
There | There exists a hadith in which the plural noun ''furushaat'' is used, meaning "beds": | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|{{Ibn Majah||5|37|4190}}| | ||
It was narrated from Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: | It was narrated from Abu Dharr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: | ||
“I see what you do not see, and I hear what you do not hear. The heaven is creaking and it should creak, for there is no space in it the width of four fingers but there is an angel there, prostrating to Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, and you would never enjoy women in your '''beds''' (الْفُرُشَاتِ, ''al-furushaat''), and you would go out in the streets, beseeching Allah.’” | “I see what you do not see, and I hear what you do not hear. The heaven is creaking and it should creak, for there is no space in it the width of four fingers but there is an angel there, prostrating to Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, and you would never enjoy women in your '''beds''' (الْفُرُشَاتِ, ''al-furushaat''), and you would go out in the streets, beseeching Allah.’” | ||