Much of the Islamic world is flat land, but not at:
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It seems common these days for people with no understanding of Islam or indeed science, to pontificate about both simultaneously. Nowhere is this better seen than the Islamophobic website “WikiIslam” devoted, it seems, to the most absurd allegations against the Quran, the religion of Islam, and the person of the Prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace.
A recent one in their arsenal is their allegation that the Quran represents the world as being “flat”. The Quran is a religious text that claims to be word-for-word revealed from the All-Knowing God, so if the Quran did state quite clearly that the world was flat, then that would indeed be a serious problem for Muslims.
That is not the case, however. In fact, as we shall soon see, the very verses used to allege that the Quran presents a flat-earth worldview in reality are extraordinary prophecies, detailing an astounding geological feature of the earth that remained unknown until the 20th century. The failure of this allegation reminds me of the following statement of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas:
“I have seen people who make objections against Islam and I have collected these objections; and I say this truly that the point on which those who are unfamiliar with these matters have raised an objection, is precisely the point where a treasure of wisdom, truth and deep knowledge is buried and the person who objects has nothing but foolishness and blindness. With their objections they prove that they are narrow-minded and possess an unprincipled nature, otherwise they would not have raised objections against what is, in fact, a mine of deep and true knowledge. It is for this reason that I advise you to pursue your search for the truth with gentleness and patience.“
WIKI-ISLAM AND FLAT EARTH CLAIMS
Wiki-Islam claims that the Quran presents the world as flat on account of the following words used in the following verses:
Firash/Farashna
“Who made the earth a bed [firash] for you, and the heaven a roof, and caused water to come down from the clouds and therewith brought forth fruits for your sustenance. Set not up, therefore, equals to Allah, while you know.” [2:23]
“And the earth We have spread out [farashna], and how excellently do We prepare things!” [51:49]
Madadna
“And the earth have We spread out [madadna], and set therein firm mountains and caused everything to grow therein in proper proportion.” [15:20]
“And the earth — We have spread it out [madadna-ha], and placed therein firm mountains; and We have made to grow therein every kind of beautiful species.” [50:8]
Mahd
“He, Who has made the earth for you a cradle [mahd], and has made pathways, for you therein, that you may follow the right way” [43:11]
“It is He Who has made the earth for you a cradle [mahd], and has caused pathways for you to run through it; and Who sends down rain from the sky, and thereby We bring forth various kinds of vegetation.” [20:54]
Bisaat
“And Allah has made the earth for you a wide expanse [bisaat]” [71:20]
Dahaa
“And the earth, along with it, He spread forth [dahaa].” [79:31]
The authors of WikiIslam allege that because the Quran uses such terms as “bed” or “cradle” and such words as “spread out”, the Quran is painting a picture for us of a land-mass in which the earth was rolled out like a carpet or a rug for humans to sleep on, like a bed.
There is, however, another interpretation to these verses which fits perfectly reasonably with the verses too.
REFUTATION OF WIKIISLAM
IS THE EARTH SPREAD-OUT?
In 1912 a geophysicist and meteorologist by the name of Alfred Wegener, looking at the shape of the continents and how they fit together, developed the theory of “contintental drift”. This is the idea that all continents were once one land mass, and slowly drifted apart to their present-day positions. His view at the time was dismissed and regarded as outlandish. Sadly, he died in 1930, before the evidence supporting his view came to light.
In 1953, one of the largest structures on the planet was discovered by two geologists – Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen: the mid-Atlantic ridge. The mid-Atlantic is the largest mountain range in the world, running a huge course on the seafloor of the Atlantic ocean. These mountain ranges are volcanic, continually emitting magma. The significance of this was not realised until, in 1962, Admiral Harry Hess published a groundbreaking paper in the History of Ocean Basins in which he demonstrated, through his sonar analysis of the ocean floor, that the further laterally you moved from the mid-ocean volcanoes (such as the mid-Atlantic ridge), the older the land became. Interestingly however, he found that the land closest to the volcanoes, was younger. He surmised from this that new molten magma was bubbling up from the volcanoes, setting on the seafloor surface and pushing the land laterally. This he termed “seafloor spreading”.
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