‘to overlap’ or ‘to coil’– the way a turban is wound

around the head. The overlapping or coiling of the

day and night can only take place if the earth is

spherical.

The earth is not exactly round like a ball, but

geo-spherical, i.e. it is flattened at the poles. The

following verse contains a description of the earth’s

shape:

means an ostrich-egg. The shape of an ostrich-egg

resembles the geo-spherical shape of the earth.

Thus the Qur’an correctly describes the shape of the

earth, though the prevalent notion when the Qur’an

was revealed was that the earth was flat.

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