بِسَمَاءby sky

Example sentences

• فأقسم بالسماء ورجعها بالمطر والأرض وصدعها بالنبات

  He swore by the sky and its returning of rain, and the earth and its cleaving with plants.

  بِالسَّمَاءِ — by the sky. This fuses the oath particle 'by' with 'the sky'. The particle governs the noun in the genitive and marks it as the thing sworn by. The 'the' makes it definite, and it stands as the first of several objects of this oath.

  From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →

• فأقسم سبحانه بالسماء ذات المطر والأرض ذات النبات

  Thus, He, the Exalted, swore by the sky with its rain and the earth with its vegetation.

  بِالسَّمَاءِ — by the sky. This fuses the oath particle 'by' with 'the sky', genitive after the particle. It marks the sky as the thing sworn by and leads into the 'possessing rain' description that follows.

  From: Oaths That Seal the Truth →