Meaning: the heavens · Also translated as: the sky, the heaven, and the sky, heavens
Forms in the Quran
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ×182
ٱلسَّمَآءِ×109
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ×9
سَمَٰوَٰتٍ×4
وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ×3
وَيَٰسَمَآءُ×1
سَمَٰوَاتٍ×1
سَمَآءٍ×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
سماء كل شيء: أعلاه، قال الشاعر في وصف فرس:244-وأحمر كالديباج أما سماؤه ... فريا وأما أرضه فمحول
قوله تعالى: ﴿ثم استوى إلى السماء﴾ [البقرة: 29]. السماء كل ما علاك فأظلك من سقف ونحوه. وعليه قوله تعالى: ﴿وجعلنا السماء سقفا محفوظا﴾ [الأنبياء: 32] ولفظها مفرد والمراد به جمع بدليل قوله: ﴿فسواهن﴾ [البقرة: 29]. وهمزتها عن واو لأنها من سما يسموا أي ارتفع. ويجمع تكسيرا على أسمية نحو كساء وأكسية. وقيل: للسحاب سماء…
He it is Who created
The heavens and the earth
In six Days, and is moreover
Firmly established on the Throne
(Of authority). He knows
What enters within the earth
And what comes forth out
Of it, what comes down
From heaven and what mounts
Up to it. And He is
With you wheresoever ye
May be. And God sees
Well all that ye do.
And what cause have ye
Why ye should not spend
In the cause of God?—
For to God belongs
The heritage of the heavens
And the earth.
Not equal among you
Are those who spent (freely)
And fought, before the Victory,
(With those who did so later).
Those are higher in rank
Than those who spent (freely)
And fought afterwards.
But to all has God promised
A goodly (reward). And God
Is well acquainted
With all that ye do.
Be ye foremost (in seeking)
Forgiveness from your Lord,
And a Garden (of Bliss),
The width whereof is
As the width of
Heaven and earth,
Prepared for those who believe
In God and His apostles:
That is the Grace of God,
Which He bestows on whom
He pleases: and God is
The Lord of Grace abounding.
Seest thou not that
God doth know (all) that is
In the heavens and
On earth? There is not
A secret consultation
Between three, but He
Makes the fourth among them,—
Nor between five but
He makes the sixth,—
Nor between fewer nor more,
But He is in their midst,
Wheresoever they be:
In the end will He
Tell them the truth
Of their conduct, on the Day
Of Judgment. For God
Has full knowledge
Of all things.
He is God, the Creator,
The Evolver,
The Bestower of Forms
(Or Colours).
To Him belongs
The Most Beautiful Names:
Whatever is in
The heavens and on earth,
Doth declare
His Praises and Glory:
And He is the Exalted
In Might, the Wise.
They are the ones who say,
"Spend nothing on those
Who are with God's Apostle,
To the end that they
May disperse (and quit Medina)."
But to God belong
The treasures of the heavens
And the earth; but
The Hypocrites understand not.
Whatever is
In the heavens and
On earth, doth declare
The Praises and Glory
Of God: to Him belongs
Dominion, and to Him belongs
Praise: and He has power
Over all things.
God is He Who
Created seven Firmaments
And of the earth
A similar number.
Through the midst
Of them (all) descends
His Command: that ye may
Know that God has power
Over all things, and that
God comprehends all things
In (His) Knowledge.
He Who created
The seven heavens
One above another:
No want of proportion
Wilt thou see
In the Creation
Of (God) Most Gracious.
So turn thy vision again:
Seest thou any flaw?
And We have,
(From of old),
Adorned the lowest heaven
With Lamps, and We
Have made such (Lamps)
(As) missiles to drive
Away the Evil Ones,
And have prepared for them
The Penalty
Of the Blazing Fire.
Or do ye feel secure
That He Who is in Heaven
Will not send against you
A violent tornado
(With showers of stones),
So that ye shall
Know how (terrible)
Was My warning?