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Whereas "AAiwajan" and "amtan " may refer to individual portions of land being flat, "qaAAan safsafan" appears to characterize the Earth as a whole as a "level, barren plain" | Whereas "AAiwajan" and "amtan " may refer to individual portions of land being flat, "qaAAan safsafan" appears to characterize the Earth as a whole as a "level, barren plain" | ||
===Qur'an 66:14 - The Earth and mountains will be lifted=== | |||
In a verse about the last day, the {{Quran|69|14}} states that the earth and mountains will be lifted and crushed. The context makes clear that this is a statement concerning the earth as a whole. Such imagery is fully in line with a flat earth worldview, but harder to reconcile with a spherical surface. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|69|13|16}}|Then when the Horn is blown with one blast '''And the earth and the mountains are lifted''' and leveled with one blow - Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur, And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.}} | |||
The verb used to say the earth and mountains "are lifted" is ḥumilati ٱلْجِبَالُ which is used in the sense of taking up or carrying a load.<ref>hamala حمل - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume2/00000282.pdf Lane's Lexicon] page 646</ref> | |||
===Qur'an 55:17 - the two easts and two wests=== | ===Qur'an 55:17 - the two easts and two wests=== | ||