Ash-Shams 91:6
The Sun · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 595
The One Who Spread the Earth
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦
And the earth and Him Who spread it.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And by the earth and the One who spread it.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, Allah spread the earth beneath us like a bed, so that life and settlement are possible on it.
Reflect
Today, think about how the ground you walk on was spread for you like a bed.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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