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{{Quote|{{Quron|72|8}}|Albatta bizlar osmonga taqilgan edik, uning kuchli qöriqchilar va yulduzlar bilan töla ekanligini kördik.}} | {{Quote|{{Quron|72|8}}|Albatta bizlar osmonga taqilgan edik, uning kuchli qöriqchilar va yulduzlar bilan töla ekanligini kördik.}} | ||
===Yer va unda yashovchilar=== | |||
The authors of the Qur'an felt a lesser need to describe the nature of the earth than the heavens, since much of the earth’s nature was obvious to the people that lived upon it. There was simply much less to explain. But the descriptions that do exist provide us with unassailable conclusions. | |||
First and foremost, the earth is flat. Repeatedly, the authors of the Qur'an use the same word to describe the “spreading out” of the earth that Arabs used to discuss the spreading out of a “carpet,” a usage that translators often make use of. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|15|19}}|And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|20|53}}|"He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|43|10}}|(Yea, the same that) has made for you the earth (like a carpet) spread out, and has made for you roads (and channels) therein, in order that ye may find guidance (on the way);}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|50|7}}|And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)-}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|51|48}}|And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do spread out!}} | |||
In fact, at one point the Qur'an even emphasizes how much flatter the earth would be were it not for the mountains that disrupt the view. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|18|47}}|One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, nor shall We leave out any one of them.}} | |||
And in the same way one would stake down a tent or a carpet to keep it from shifting or blowing away, the mountains are described as serving [[The Qur'an and Mountains|this same purpose]]. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|16|15}}|And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide yourselves;}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|78|7}}|And the mountains as pegs?}} | |||
Perhaps the one unclear facet of Islamic cosmology is the fact that the Qur'an mentions without explanation that there are (like the heavens), [[Earth Made of Seven Layers|seven earths]]: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|65|12}}|Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge.}} | |||
The seven concentric domes of the heavens are fairly straightforward. The seven different earths are a bit more difficult to picture. One hint is given by the Qur'ans mention that in the same way “things” can “come down from” or “mount up to” the heavens, there are also things that can “come forth out of” or “enter within” the earth. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quron|57|4}}|He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is moreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah sees well all that ye do.}} | |||
This leads to the conclusion that the seven earths are stacked one atop the other, similar to a stack of coins. This conclusion would certainly help us solve the one great remaining cosmological puzzle. | |||
==Qarang== | ==Qarang== | ||