The earth
He cast in the earth anchors lest it shake with you, rivers and paths that you may be guided; He spread it, levelled it, laid it out with mountains, fruits and springs — and it is a mosque and a means of purification.
In the Qur'an · 17
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَدَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنْهَـٰرًا ۖ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
And He it is Who spread out the earth and placed therein firm hills and flowing streams, and of all fruits He placed therein two spouses (male and female). He covereth the night with the day. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ
And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.
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وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ
And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not.
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ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ
Who hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you therein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have brought forth divers kinds of vegetation,
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ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way;
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ
And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَـٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَـٰهِدُونَ
And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
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وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
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لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِهَـٰدًا
Have We not made the earth an expanse,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا
And the high hills bulwarks?
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And after that He spread the earth,
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أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرْعَىٰهَا
And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
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وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا
And He made fast the hills,
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مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَـٰمِكُمْ
A provision for you and for your cattle.
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وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
And the earth, how it is spread?