Greetings H2O,
Thanks for your reply…
Apple Pie wrote:
Thus, it is beyond any reasonable doubt, that the Koran calls-out for Planet Earth to have ends/edges.
And the Quran defines "ardh" as that which is beneath the mountains and not the Sphere of the whole earth as you are assuming.
Let’s review your very own quote…
الارضَ = al-ardh meaning: That which rotates; earth, land; city; country;ground; terrestrial globe.
Dictionary of the Quran
Abdul Mannan Omar
Pages 19-20
Thus, by your very own admission, “ardh” can indeed mean planet earth. In fact, three of the seven classic Lexicon definitions pertain to a global definition.
Furthermore, you would be pretty hard pressed to put on those muslonium blinders and ignore that these ayahs are dead center in Biblical Eschatological context.
Please tell me why you conveniently forgot to include the context of these ayahs in your pathetic rebuttal, anyway…?
Quote:
Say (Muhammad) ! Do you then disbelieve in Him who created the “ardh” in two days and you make rivals for Him ? That is the Lord of the worlds. He placed on it (the ardh) anchored mountains on top of it and he blessed into it and he ordained into it its nourishment into four days equally for the inquirers. (Quran 9-10)
Allah created the “ardh” which is described by Allah as being under the mountains in which the mountains are anchored on top of it in which the root of a mountain can go hundreds of feet under the surface of the earth it self. Thus the word ardh as defined in the Quran comforms more to its other meaning as "ground" in which there are many layers of ground or ground levels in which the mountains are on top of. In the light of Science this is refering to the earths core which is remotly underneath the mountains in which they are achored on top of.
I have a novel idea…
Why not put that nervous energy of yours into showing me specifically how “ardh” fits into these Eschatological ayahs….?
Can you do that for us….?
Thanks…