وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And the Earth after that He DAHA it.
-Naziat 79:30
دفعه و رمى به - (dafa'aahu wa ramaa bih) =
Caused it toMove, pushed it, Rolled, or Threw it.
i.e.
دُحُورًاۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ-
[the Jinn who spy in the heavens are]Repulsed [Dahoowra], and for them is a constant/painful punishment. [Saffat 37:9]
In Surah Inshiqaq - ayah
84:6 - the word
kaDHan
كَدح ('advancing towards' your Master) comes from the word Dahaa = to Move towards something.
Qirasah (Round) - Synonymous to Dahaa:
In the hadith of Abi Rafiaa':
و في حديث أبي رافع:كنت أُلاعب الحسن و الحسين,رضوان الله عليهما,بالمداحي,هي احجار أمثال القِرصة
"I used to play with Al-Hasan and Al-Hussein, may Allah Almighty be pleased with them, with AL-MADAAHI, which means STONES that look like AL-QIRASAH."
So what does Al-Qirasah mean?According toLisan Al-Arab dictionary [1], Book 4, Page 516:
القِرصة(al-qirasah):قرِّصي العجين أي سوِّيهقِرصة- Cut the dough into small round pieces.
القِرصة(al-qirasah): قرص الشمس اي عينها- The qurs of the sun means the eye of the sun, which is round.
2nd Meaning:Dahaa = Round and Spherical:
The following statements are phrases which have been used in our Islamic history from many centuries ago:
إندحَّ بطنه إندحاحاّ اي إتّسعHis tummy became round and bigger.
In Prophet Muhammad's Hadith: كان لأسامة بطننٌ مُندحٌ اي متسعOsama had a round and big tummy.
و بطنٌ مُنداحُ أي خارخٌ مُدوّرHis tummy is mun-daahun means it is OUT THERE AND ROUND مُدوّر.
و رجلٌّ دحدحُ اي قصير غليظ البطنA man is dahda-hun which means he is short, stocky and has a big and fat tummy.
الدحداح هو المستدير الململمThe dahdaah is the person who is ROUND and STOCKY.
الدِردِحة من النساء التي طولها و عرضها سواءAl-dir-dihati from the women is the one whose height and width look the same! SHE LOOKS ROUND, and the by the way, the distance between the earth's north and south poles is approximately only 45 miles shorter than the earth's width.
Ustadh (Teacher)
Nouman Ali Khan says about this ayah in his Tafseer(35 minutes [
Nazi'at part B]);
The word;
Daha - Dahwa - the egg of an Ostrich.
Ud-hiyyah - the place where the ostrich lays its egg.
So some have said that because there is an implication of
Daha being something similar (like an ostrich's egg) and Allah has used this word - it is possible that it has this implication in it. And Allah knows best.
[then he begins to explain the other meaning of Daha... (mentioned in point 3)]
continue reading:
http://linguisticmiracle.com/naziat.htm
In his book,
The Qur'ân and the Orientalists,
Dr. Muhammad Mohar Ali, former Professor of the History of Islam at the Islamic University of Madinah and Al-Imâm University in Riyadh, provides an extensive and detailed discussion on the Qur'anic view of the earth. Here is a relevant excerpt:
Now, the very first expression in the series, dahâhâ, is noticeably distinctive and different in genre from the rest. Watt, following many other previous translators, renders it as "spread out". But the exact and correct meaning of the term, keeping in view its root, rather provides a very positive Qur'anic evidence in support of the spherical shape of the earth. For dahâ means to "shape like an egg", its noun being dahiyah, which the Arabs still use to mean an egg. [2]
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[2] M. FATHÎ 'UTHMAN, "Al-'ard Fî al-Qur'ân al-Karâm", Proceedings of the First Islamic Geographical Conference", Riyadh, 1404/1984, Vol. IV, 127; A. M. SOLIMAN, Scientific Trends in teh Qur'ân, London (Ta-Ha Publications), 1985, p. 16. (M. Mohar Ali, The Qur'ân and the Orientalists, Jam'iyat 'Ihyaa' Minhaaj Al-Sunnah 2004, p.75)
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Image 1: Ostrich Egg [Arabic:
دحو -
Dahwa].
^Image 2: Earth similar in shape to Ostrich Egg.
3rd meaning:
Dahaa:
- Expanse
- Evened
- Balanced
- Equalled.
- Levelled.
دحا(daha): دحّفي الثّرى بيتاً إذا وسعه- He expandedthe house.
دحا(daha): مدحوحاّأي مُسوّى- maDhoohaa which is similar in meaning to; muSawwa = evened, balanced, equaled, leveled.
4th meaning:
Dihya = Best, extremely powerful, and exalted.
دحا(daha): الدّواح أي العظيم الشديد العلوal-dawwah is something that is great, extremely powerful, and exalted.
دحا(daha): الدِّحْية هو رئيس الجُند,و به سمِّي دِحية الكلبيAl-dihyais the leader of the soldiers, and from this was namedDihya Al-Kalbay, [who was one of Prophet Muhammad's close Companions.]
الدِّحْية هو رئيس القوم و سيدهم-Al-dihya is the chief of the tribe or the group and the BEST AMONG THEM و سيدهم.
Planet earth is indeed the best planet in our Solar System. It is the only planet that has water, life and Paradise-like Scenic Views. The others are dead planets with no life like that of earth's exists on them
Definitions of Daha - according to:
1. Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Pages 215-218.
2. Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Pages 236-238.
3. Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1179.
4. Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Pages 272-274.
5. Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 537.
6. Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 273
Conclusion:
So based on all of these meanings, what do we find?
We find that:
1- The earth is a moving object that was pushed or thrown by Allah Almighty into space.
2- The earth is a qurs and indahhat and is dihdaaha, which means it is a round and a spherical object.
3- The earth is mad-hooha ( مدحوحا), which is balanced and evened.
4- The earth is dihya, which means it is the best among its group. This is true since all of the planets in our solar system are pretty much similar to our moon. They are lifeless and have no life and no water in them. Earth, on the other hand, has (1)ample water, which is why it is called the BLUE PLANET, (2)ample life, and even (3) Paradise-like views and nature in places such as Hawaii, Alaska, the Carribeans, places in Europe, Asia, Africa etc...
5- The earth is also dahdah and dahdaah, which means it is round and compressed.
All these meanings are covered in one word; Daha.
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And the Earth after that He made round/balanced/made best/exalted it.
-Naziat 79:30