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The Edges of the Earth

  • philhoraia
  • May 23, 2023
  • 1 min read

S 13:41 Have they not seen that we come to the Earth reducing it from its edges? And Allah judges. There is no returner for his judgment. And he is quick in account.


S 21:44 Rather, we amused these and their fathers until age finally overcame them. So do they not see that we come to the Earth, we reduce it from its edges? So are they the victors?


طَرَف (ṭaraf) m (plural أَطْرَاف‎ (ʔaṭrāf))

  1. end, tip, point, edge, border

  2. side

  3. area, section

  4. part, bit, some (مِن‎ (min) something)

  5. limb

  6. participant, party, player, team https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%81#Arabic


 
 
 

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