Qaf 50:7
The Letter "Qaf" · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 518
We Spread the Earth
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجࣲ ٧
And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And the earth We spread out, cast in it firm mountains and made grow every lovely pair.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the earth is spread like the carpet of that building; while the sky appears as a sphere, the earth stretches beneath it to the horizon.
Reflect
Look at the beauty of a plant today.
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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