In early times, people believed that the earth was

flat. For centuries, men were afraid to venture out

too far, for fear of falling off the edge! Sir Francis

Drake was the first person who proved that the

earth is spherical when he sailed around it in 1597.

Consider the following Qur’anic verse regarding the

alternation of day and night:

Merging here means that the night slowly and

gradually changes to day and vice versa. This

phenomenon can only take place if the earth is

spherical. If the earth was flat, there would have

been a sudden change from night to day and from

day to night.

The following verse also alludes to the spherical

shape of the earth:

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