سَمَاء heavens in Arabic

فجَاء الْبَرِيد بالْخبر من السَّمَاء

Then the messenger brought news from the heavens.

السَّمَاءِ the heavens

In the genitive after 'from', definite — the sky / heaven. The divine origin of the warning.

From The Night of the Migration

ثم أقسم سبحانه ب ﴿وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ﴾

Then God swore by the heavens with their return and the earth with its cleaving.

وَالسَّمَاءِ the heavens

wa- (and) on a definite noun 'the sky', in the genitive because the oath-'by' governs it. Within the quoted verse it is the first thing sworn by; the al- marks it as the known heavens.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

فأقسم بالسماء ورجعها بالمطر والأرض وصدعها بالنبات

So He swore by the heavens returning with rain and the earth splitting with plants.

بِالسَّمَاءِ by the heavens

A preposition bi- fused onto the definite noun 'the sky', 'by the sky', the oath-'by' marker forcing the genitive; the al- makes the sky definite.

From Preparing for Judgment Day

وأقسم سبحانه ب ﴿وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ﴾

And He, Glory be to Him, swore by 'the sky with its returning rain and the earth with its cracks.'

وَالسَّمَاءِ the sky

The first thing sworn by, 'the sky', carried in the genitive ending that the oath 'by' forces, and definite with its own 'the'. The leading 'and' here is part of the Quranic quotation's own oath-and-sky wording.

From Oaths of Provision

فأقسم بالسماء ورجعها بالمطر والأرض وصدعها بالنبات

So He swore by the sky and its returning rain, and by the earth and its splitting for plants.

بِالسَّمَاءِ by the sky

A preposition 'by' fused to 'the sky', marking the sky as a thing sworn upon. The oath 'by' forces the noun into the genitive ending, and the word holds both the oath-marker and the noun.

From Oaths of Provision

ورجع السماء هو إعطاء الخير الذي يكون من جهتها حالًا بعد حال على مرور الأزمان

The returning of the sky is the provision of good that comes from it from time to time over the ages.

السَّمَاءِ the sky

The owner half of the pairing, 'the sky', so the returning belongs to the sky. As the possessor it takes the genitive ending and keeps its own 'the'.

From Oaths of Provision

والخير كله من قبل السماء يجي لما كان أظهر الخير المشهود بالعيان المطر

And all good comes from the sky because evident good is primarily the rain.

السَّمَاءِ the sky

The owner half of the pairing, 'the sky', the actual source. As the possessor it takes the genitive ending and keeps its own 'the'.

From Oaths of Provision

فأقسم سبحانه بالسماء ذات المطر والأرض ذات النبات

So He, Glory be to Him, swore by the sky with rain and the earth with plants.

بِالسَّمَاءِ by the sky

A preposition 'by' fused to 'the sky', the standard oath-marker introducing what is sworn upon. It forces the genitive ending on the noun, and the word carries both the oath particle and the noun.

From Oaths of Provision

ثم أقسم سبحانه ب ﴿وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ﴾

Then He, the Exalted, swore by "the sky with its returning rain and the earth with its splitting growth."

وَالسَّمَاءِ the sky

The first thing sworn by, 'the sky', held in the genitive by the oath 'by', with its own 'the'. The leading 'and' is part of the quoted verse's wording.

From Signs of Resurrection

فأقسم بالسماء ورجعها بالمطر والأرض وصدعها بالنبات

So He swore by the sky and its rain, and by the earth and its plants.

بِالسَّمَاءِ by the sky

A preposition 'by' fused to 'the sky', the oath-marker introducing what is sworn upon. It forces the genitive ending on the noun.

From Signs of Resurrection

ورجع السماء هو إعطاء الخير الذي يكون من جهتها حالًا بعد حال على مرور الأزمان ترجعه رجعًا أي تعطيه مرة بعد مرة

And the sky's return is the provision of good which comes from it continuously over time, returning repeatedly, meaning it gives repeatedly over and over.

السَّمَاءِ of the sky

The owner half of the pairing, 'the sky', so the returning belongs to the sky. As the possessor it takes the genitive ending and keeps its own 'the'.

From Signs of Resurrection

والخير كله من قبل السماء يجي لما كان أظهر الخير المشهود بالعيان المطر فسر الرجع به ومقابلته بصدع الأرض عن النبات

And all good comes from the sky, and since the most evident visible blessing is rain, the 'return' is interpreted as such, contrasted with the earth's splitting for plant growth.

السَّمَاءِ the sky

The owner half of the pairing, 'the sky', the source. As the possessor it takes the genitive ending and keeps its own 'the'.

From Signs of Resurrection

فأقسم سبحانه بالسماء ذات المطر والأرض ذات النبات وكل من ذلك آية من آيات الله تعالى الدالة على ربوبيته

So He, the Exalted, swore by the sky with its rain and the earth with its plants, and each of these is a sign of Allah's lordship.

بِالسَّمَاءِ by the sky

A preposition 'by' fused to 'the sky', the oath-marker introducing what is sworn upon. It forces the genitive ending on the noun.

From Signs of Resurrection

ثم أقسم سبحانه ب ﴿وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ وَالأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ﴾

Then Allah, the Exalted, swore by 'the sky which returns' and 'the earth which cleaves open.'

وَالسَّمَاءِ the sky

This joins 'and' to 'the sky', the object of the oath, in the genitive that the oath particle imposes. The 'the' makes it definite, and it heads into the descriptive phrase that follows, the sky characterized as 'possessing return'.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

ورجع السماء هو إعطاء الخير الذي يكون من جهتها حالًا بعد حال على مرور الأزمان ترجعه رجعًا أي تعطيه مرة بعد مرة

The return of the sky is the giving of good that comes from it, time after time, as it keeps returning — meaning it gives again and again.

السَّمَاءِ the sky

This is the owner noun 'the sky' closing 'the return of the sky', in the genitive of the possessive pair. Its 'the' makes the whole phrase definite, since the head noun borrowed definiteness from here.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

والخير كله من قبل السماء يجي لما كان أظهر الخير المشهود بالعيان المطر

All goodness comes from the sky, as the most apparent good seen with the eye is rain.

السَّمَاءِ the sky

This is the owner noun 'the sky' closing 'the direction of the sky', in the genitive of the possessive pair, made definite by 'the'. It names the ultimate source from which the good descends.

From Oaths That Seal the Truth

وَرُفِعَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

And was raised up to the heavens.

السَّمَاءِ the heavens

Definite by 'al-' and in the genitive ending under the preceding 'to'. It is the endpoint of the lifting, naming where the subject was raised.

From Seeking Refuge from the Devil