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quran:79:30

And after that He spread the earth.  

and after that He spread out the earth: He made it flat, for it had been created before the heaven, but without having been spread out;
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وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا  

{والأرض بعد ذلك دحاها} بسطها وكانت مخلوقة قبل السماء من غير دحو.