13:3
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Dynamic translation
(13:3) And He is the One who solidified The Earth (crust), established on it mountain ranges and rivers, and from every fruit He made on it, a pair of two. He (causes) the night to cover the day. Verily, in that are (solid) ideas for a people who use allegorical thinking.
Arabic text
(13:3) وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَدَّ الأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْهَارًا وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Connected ideas
(15:19) As for the land, We have stretched it, placed stabilizers in it, and We have planted in it everything in balance.
(30:22) From His ideas are the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and your colors. In that are ideas for the world.
(50:7) The land We extended it, and placed in it stabilizers, and We gave growth in it to every kind of healthy pair.
See Also
Earth's crust ...Earth formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago from a disk of dust and gas orbiting the newly formed Sun. It formed via accretion, where planetesimals and other smaller rocky bodies collided and stuck, gradually growing into a planet. This process generated an enormous amount of heat, which caused early Earth to melt completely. As planetary accretion slowed, Earth began to cool, forming its first crust, called a primary or primordial crust...
read more about Earth's crust.
