ALMIGHTY ALLAH MAKES AN ALMIGHTLY COMPARISON IN THE QURAN...ALLAH COMPARES THE ENTIRE EARTH, TO A CARPET SPREAD OUT. >>
Quran 20:53 "He (Allah) Who has, made for you the EARTH LIKE A CARPET spread out" http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/020.qmt.html#020.053
CAN ANY HUMAN BEING or MONKEY MAKE A BETTER COMPARISON TO THE EARTH?
IF A INFANT COMPARED THE EARTH TO A "CARPET SPREAD OUT" ON A KINDERGARDEN TEST, WOULD YOU FLUNK HIM AND SPANK HIM OR, IF YOU WERE IN AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY, GIVE HIM AN "A"?
2006-08-01 11:16:03 · 24 answers · asked by Pisslams Queeran 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The question refers to a verse from the Qur’an in Surah Nuh:
"And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out)."
[Al-Qur’an 71:19]
But the sentence in the above verse is not complete. It continues in the next verse, explaining the previous verse. It says:
"That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads."
[Al-Qur’an 71:20]
A similar message is repeated in Surah TaHa:
"He Who has made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels)...."
[Al-Qur’an 20:53]
The surface of the earth i.e. earth’s crust is less than 30 miles in thickness and is very thin as compared to the radius of the earth which is about 3750 miles. The deeper layers of the earth are very hot, fluid and hostile to any form of life. The earth’s crust is a solidified shell on which we can live. The Qur’an rightly refers to it like a carpet spread out, so that we can travel along its roads and paths.
2. Carpet can also be spread on other than an absolute flat surface Not a single verse of the Qur’an says that the earth is flat. The Qur’an only compares the earth’s crust with a carpet. Some people seem to think that carpet can only be put on an absolute flat surface. It is possible to spread a carpet on a large sphere such as the earth. It can easily be demonstrated by taking a huge model of the earth’s globe covering it with a carpet.
Carpet is generally put on a surface, which is not very comfortable to walk on. The Qur’an describes the earth crust as a carpet, without which human beings would not be able to survive because of the hot, fluid and hostile environment beneath it. The Qur’an is thus not only logical, it is mentioning a scientific fact that was discovered by geologists centuries later.
3. Earth has been spread out
Similarly, the Qur’an says in several verses that the earth has been spread out.
"And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: how excellently We do spread out!"
[Al-Qur’an 51:48]
Similarly the Qur’an also mentions in several other verses that the earth is an expanse:
"Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse"
"And the mountains as pegs?"
[Al-Qur’an 78:6-7]
None of these verses of the Qur’an contain even the slightest implication that the earth is flat. It only indicates that the earth is spacious and the reason for this spaciousness of the earth is mentioned. The Glorious Qur’an says:
"O My servants who believe! truly. spacious is My Earth: therefore serve ye Me –(And Me alone)!"
[Al-Qur’an 29:56]
Therefore none can give the excuse, that he could not do good and was forced to do evil because of the surroundings and circumstances.
4. Earth is geospherical in shape
The Qur’an mentions the actual shape of the earth in the following verse:
"And we have made the earth egg shaped".
[Al-Qur’an 79:30]
The Arabic word Dahaha means egg shaped. It also means an expanse. Dahaha is derived from Duhiya which specifically refers to the egg of an ostrich which is geospherical in shape, exactly like the shape of the earth.
Thus the Qur’an and modern established science are in perfect harmony.
2006-08-01 11:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by Darkness_to_Light 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
[44.29] So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited....
Darn Allah thinks the Earth is a person as well as a carpet..lol....
How silly can you get man.
Besides, in a way the Earth's crust is afloat on the magma and in a way is like a carpet that is spread out. There are other instances where the Quran says the Earth is like an egg... how do you explain THAT? In another place the Quran says the Earth is afloat..
There are many allegories in the Quran... Please know that anyone knows that when you say the Earth weeps, it does not mean the Earth is a human being with eyes. Similarly when there is mention that the Earth is spread out like a carpet, it does not mean it is not round or a planet. When you travel, you do travel horizontally.
Read "The Bible, The Quran and Science"... you will be amazed how many things are mentioned in the Quran that most human beings did not know. Such as the creation of plants in pairs. An Indian man got a Nobel prize for "discovering" this fact that was mentioned in the Quran 1400 years ago.
Open your mind and see the difference!!
2006-08-01 11:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by NQV 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Can't do better than the Almighty God of Abraham. And for everyone Christian or Jew or Muslim, its kinda stupid to crack on, get mad at or kill each other, as the God of Abraham is Allah. In case you hadn't noticed, that's also the SAME God of the Jews and Christians. The Quran, Torah, and Old Testament are all extremely similar, and every relgion has fanatics, and those who would mislead and/or use a good person who is trying to uphold what they think is good, and fight evil. Examples? The Sicarri- Jewish assassin/terrorists. The knights of the Middle Ages, along with the Pope and Cardinals- Christian terrorists that even terrorized other Christians. Al Qiada, today. Aryan Brotherhood types, today- Christians that kill Jews and anyone not white Protestant.
Back to the questions. I would do neither, but ask him what gave him/her (if it were an equal opportunity school) the idea, as it might show truly that the minds of innocents are closer to the Creator.
Finally, all you that are Jewish, Muslim, or Christian: why do you truly worry if you believe you are going to a promised land? And if Muslims are right and they kill you, according to Islamic Beliefs, all "people of the Book" (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) are going to Heaven. According to Jewish and Christian belief, if you are wrong you die and are eternally dead, so you'll be past caring about going to Heaven.
P.S. You know your turban is a bomb? :D
2006-08-01 11:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-16 10:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is like a basektball, round and goes around and around. Copernicus and Galileo have already proved the earth was round. A carpet spread out would have edges where you can fall off.
These fanatics are too outdated, they should update what they know.
2006-08-01 11:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by Shangri-La 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What this verse carpet spread out has anything to do with Terrorism? Are you all guys lost all your sanity due to your hatred?
The carpet when rolled on the day of judgement you will be biggest losers.
2006-08-01 11:24:48 · answer #6 · answered by A K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah is about as intelligent as those people who worship cows... Oh wait, aren't those the same idiots???
I know, we should learn to operate flying people transporters into buildings, that will be make us smarterer. F'in retards still live in huts but have more money than the rest of the world combined.
2006-08-01 11:21:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These things suggest that Islam is full of crap.. Carpet Spread Out? it is impossible man... no wonder why Muslims are terrorists.
2006-08-01 11:18:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously Allah has been viewing the earth from the ground... someone should tell him to look at it from, say, SPACE? You muslims must have weird looking carpets.
2006-08-01 11:20:37 · answer #9 · answered by figaro1912 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is a living being. Everything being made from spirit. And spirit coming from Allah.
2006-08-01 11:20:31 · answer #10 · answered by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋