The Quran

سورة قٓ

Surah Qâf 50:7

Allâh is Almighty · Verse 7 of 45

وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Do they not look at) the earth how We have spread it out and stretched it forth, and set firm mountains in it, and caused to grow in it every beautiful species (of growth).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)-

Ahmed Ali

We stretched the earth and placed upon it firm stabilisers and We made every kind of splendid thing to grow upon it

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And the earth – We have spread it out, and set therein firm mountains, and caused to grow thereon every lovely pair of vegetation.

Daryabadi

And the earth! We have spread it forth, and have cast therein firm mountains, and have caused to grow therein of every beauteous kind of plants:

Faridul Haque

And (how) We have spread the earth, and placed mountains as anchors in it, and have grown all kinds of beautiful pairs in it?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth, We have spread it out, and cast therein mountains, and We have made to grow therein of every beautiful kind --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And the earth - WE have spread it out, and placed therein firm mountains; and WE have made to grow therein every kind of beautiful species,

Muhammad Asad

And the earth - We have spread it wide, and set upon it mountains firm, and caused it to bring forth plants of all beauteous kinds,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And the earth! We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and have produced therein every kind of lovely growth (plants).

Muhammad Pickthall

And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,

Muhammad Sarwar

(Have they not seen) how We have spread out the earth, placed on it firm mountains and have made all kinds of flourishing pairs of plants grow?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the earth, We have made it plain and cast in it mountains and We have made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds,

Rashad Khalifa

And we created the earth, and scattered on it mountains, and grew in it all kinds of beautiful plants.

Shabbir Ahmed

And the earth. We have spread it out, and set mountains standing firm on it, and produced therein every kind of beautiful plants in pairs.

Commentary 50:7 Al-Ardzالْأَرْضَ is the body that appears flat. Madadnâمَدَدْنَا – We expanded, stretched and fertilized. The word is derived from maddaمدٌ meaning to…

وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ

50:7 Al-Ardzالْأَرْضَ is the body that appears flat. Madadnâمَدَدْنَا – We expanded, stretched and fertilized. The word is derived from maddaمدٌ meaning to expand, stretch, spread out, fertilize. Rawâsîرَوَاسِيَ are firm bodies, immovable anchors like the pegs of a tent. This word is derived from Rasâراسا meaning to be firm (Qâmûs, Lane, Lisân). The expression “expanding earth” does not necessarily apply to our planet, but can also include the expanding universe with its planets, stars, galaxies and black holes as modern physics informs us. Therefore our cosmos is a tent-like construction with fixed anchor points to provide stability and includes objects falling on our earth and on other heavenly bodies that help maintain balance and act as fertilizers. All this apparently points to another Divine Law being applied to the universe, besides the Law of Conservation of actions mentioned in verse 4. It appears that in the frequent combination Samawât waAl-Ardz, usually translated as the heavens and the earth, the word Al-Ardzالْأَرْضَ is used in the sense of the three space dimensions in modern language while the “heavens” in plural, of which the Qur’ân mentions seven, refers to another physical domain science has not yet grasped.