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Saturday 3 September 2011

Science in fixed EARTH

In this post we will see what Allah teaches in his Qur'an regarding shape and size of earth . throughout this post I'll quote authentic English translation of Noble Qur'an and some commentaries of Ibn Kathir, which you can access online from here .

Ch 2.22
Sahih International
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

Source

Now, how can we interpret this verse .
1) Either surface of earth is like a bed or the structure is like a bed , in both case Allah is wrong cause we know that neither earth surface is completely flat like bed nor surface is flat ..


Ch 13.3
Sahih International
And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

Shakir
And He it is Who spread the earth and made in it firm mountains and rivers, and of all fruits He has made in it two kinds; He makes the night cover the day; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.

source

Ch 15.19
Sahih International
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

Shakir
And the earth-- We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.

Source

Allah nowhere clearly states that he has made earth spherical rather he used words like flat, spread , like a bed , flattened to prove structure of earth .


Ch 16.15

Sahih International
And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

Shakir
And He has cast great mountains in the earth lest it might be convulsed with you, and rivers and roads that you may go aright,

Source

Here Allah shows his ignorance towards true science being a creator of this world and heaven . Allah states that he has cast mountains in earth, lest earth will move with people who live on this earth . It seems Allah thought earth as a paper and mountains as a paper weight .


Ch 20.53

Sahih International
[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

Shakir
Who made the earth for you an expanse and made for you therein paths and sent down water from the cloud; then thereby We have brought forth many species of various herbs.

Source


Ch 31.10
Sahih International
He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

Shakir
He created the heavens without pillars as you see them, and put mountains upon the earth lest it might convulse with you, and He spread in it animals of every kind; and We sent down water from the cloud, then caused to grow therein (vegetation) of every noble kind.
As I said nowhere Allah uses word spherical to show structure of Earth .

Source

Repeatedly Allah states Earth as an immovable object because he has placed firm mountains to keep it immovable ..

This is not all , rather Allah keep repeating his pseudoscience in many more verses, for ex Q. 35:41, Q. 40:64 , Q. 43:10, Q. 50:6-7

Now its up to the readers that they want to blindly believe such book or will move and live a independent life with established science ..