Transliteration:( Wa ilal ardi kaifa sutihat )
🔹 And the earth—how it has been spread out?
This verse invites us to contemplate the vastness and structure of the earth 🌍 as one of the great signs of اللَّهُ’s creation.
✅ A Stable Surface for Life:
✅ Diverse Landscapes:
✅ Self-Sustaining System:
✅ Perfectly Designed for Life:
✅ Ongoing Renewal:
✅ A Unique Balance:
📖 The earth reflects human nature.
🔹 Different Lands, Different Hearts:
🔹 Humility from the Earth:
🔹 Good Deeds Are Like Seeds:
The tafsir of Surah Ghashiyah 20 verse by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Ghashiyah ayat 17 which provides the complete commentary from verse 17 through 26.
(88:20) And the earth: how it was spread out?[7]
7. That is, if they deny the possibility of the Hereafter, have they never looked around themselves and considered how the camels were created, how the heaven was raised high, how the mountains were firmly set and how the earth was spread out? When all these things could be created, and exist before them in their finished form, why can the Resurrection not take place? Why cannot a new world come about, and why cannot Hell and Heaven be possible? Only a foolish and thoughtless person would think that the coming into existence of only those things which he has found existing, on opening his eyes in the world, is possible, because they already exist. As for the things, which he has not yet observed and experienced, he should thoughtlessly pass the judgment that their coming into being is impossible. If he has any common sense, he should think as to how the things, which already exist, came into being? How did the camel possessing precisely the same characteristics as needed for the beast required by the desert dwellers of Arabia come into being? How did the sky whose atmosphere is filled with air to breathe in, whose clouds bring rain, whose sun provides light and warmth in the day, whose moon and stars shine at night, come into being? How did the earth spread out on which man lives and passes his life, whose products fulfill all his needs and requirements on whose springs and wells his life depends? How did the mountains rise up from the surface of the earth, which stand fixed with earth and stones of different colors and a variety of minerals in them? Has all this happened without the artistic skill of an All-Powerful, All- Wise Designer. No thinking and intelligent mind can answer this question in the negative. Unless it is stubborn and obstinate, it will have to acknowledge that each one of these things was impossible, had not an Omnipotent, Wise Being made it possible. And when an All-Powerful, Wise Being created these things, there is no reason why the Hereafter should be regarded as remote from reason and impossible.
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