Zakir Naik – The Quran Speaks about the Spherical Shape of the Earth

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Previously, we human beings, we thought that the

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world was flat.

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It was in 15/77

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when Sir Francis Drake sailed around the Earth

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that he first time proved that the Earth

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on which we live, it is spherical in

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shape. The Quran mentions 1400 years ago.

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Chapter number 79, verse number 30.

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And thereafter,

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we have made the Earth egg shape. One

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of the meaning of daha is an expanse,

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and the earth is an expanse. The other

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meaning is derived from the Arabic word duya,

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which means an egg. And today, we know

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the earth is not completely round like a

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ball. It is flattened from the pole. It

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is geospherical in shape. And if we analyze,

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the Arabic word,

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doesn't refer to a normal egg. It specifically

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refers to the egg of an ostrich. And

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if we analyze,

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the egg of an ostrich is too

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geospherical in shape. Imagine the glorious Quran 1400

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years ago says that the Earth is geospherical

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in shape.