The flat earth and the word Dahaaha

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Apr 16, 2021 at 16:10

You wrote:

> I still think that no one should "spread" the earth as they would spread a bed-sheet even if the earth were completely flat. Earth is not a carpet or bed-sheet afterall and spreading it makes no sense.

I suspect you never worked as a gardener. Imagine you are fixing your backyard. You bought some top soil and you placed the top soil on the ground. There is a machine that you can rent from a hardware store. This machine will do three things: Flatten, press and spread the top soil. And this is indeed what Dahaaha (verb, Past tense) means. The author of the Qur'an is saying that: The earth of flat! What can I tell you?

And in my next post, Ibn Manzur in his dictionary explains the word Dahaaha as: The ostrich lays her eggs by: Flattening, pressing and spreading the sand to create a flat surface where she can lay her eggs. And this is what the word Dahaaha really means.

Oops, I spoiled the surprise!

BTW: Mohamed Hegab 's last name is Hegab not Hijab (the Arabic letter G is a G as in "go" in Egypt and it is not a J or Dj) and he (in the case of Allah) and Mr. Khattab (in the case of the angles) ,who is also Egyptian, seem to agree that the word Yuslai/Yusalun means he/they pray

So I invite any Muslim or non Muslim to prove them wrong

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