In Surah al-Dhariyat (51:48), Allah, Al-Mahiduna (The Spreaders), speaks about His creation of the Earth. Like the previous ayat (see Tapestry #150), it shows Allah’s “Divine Omnipotence, Beneficence, and Creativity.” The Earth is one of Allah’s Divine Favors bestowed upon mankind. The “words farsh and mahd designate spreading something for taking rest…He spread out the Earth like” a carpet beneath our feet and made it an abode for us…Mahd [mahid ] denotes [a] cradle [like that] attested [to] in [the Holy Qur’an] 19:29, when to remove the unfounded accusations, Mary [Lady Maryam the mother of Prophet Isa] (as) was asked to point to baby Jesus (as) so that they may ask him and they replied: ‘How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?’ God Almighty likens the Earth to a cradle since the Earth is in permanent motion like the cradle moving for pacifying the child. Ptolemaic astronomers maintained that the sun circles around the Earth once in twenty-four hours as a result of which a different exegesis was provided for the blessed Verse in question, but it is proved by modern scientists that the earth circles around the sun in twenty-four hours and” so this ayat “is substantiated by modern discoveries and is regarded as one of [the] Qur’anic miracles.’ The first part of the ayat: ‘And the Earth, We have spread it’ “likens the Earth to a carpet prepared and spread for rest.” The second part: ‘How excellent are the Spreaders’ “indicates that the Earth which serves as a carpet on which one may rest is like a cradle moving permanently. The beauty of expression lies in the point that despite its permanent motion, the Earth [is] likened to a carpet on which one may rest and its motion is not tangible. God Almighty glorifies Himself herein and concerning Creation, the Creator and the Provider of the world says that He has created the world in the best manner…The expression” ‘How excellent are the Spreaders’ “is a delicate one reflecting that God Almighty prepared the Earth with all the means of rest for the life of mankind.” It is a place for rest, like a cradle, that moves without being felt. “Such [a] place is supposed to be quiet, safe, and comfortable and all these conditions are applicable to the Earth.” The creation of the Earth shows Allah’s Power. “By Divine Command stones are softened and pulverized and…[the] rigidity of mountains and the crust of the Earth make it resistant against the pressure caused by the ebb and flow…The atmosphere encompassing the Earth preserves the solar heat blanketing the widespread bed shielding it against collision of meteorites burning them into ashes. Thus, all the means of welfare has been Divinely prepared for human comfort on the globe. Subhanallah! (See An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur’an, Vol. 17, compiled by a group of Muslim scholars, under the direction of Ayatullah Allamah Al-Hajj Sayyid Kamal Faqih Imani, Accessed from https://www.al-islam.org/enlightening-commentary-light-holy-quran-vol-17/surah-al-dhariyat-verses-47-60#surah-al-dhariyat-verses-47-48

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Writing in Dark Pistachio Green, Copper and Baby Blue; Design in Light Pistachio Green, Medium Pistachio Green, Dark Pistachio Green, Copper, Plum and Light Straw; Border in Medium Pistachio Green

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4.7” X 4.1”