سَمَاوَاتheavens

Example sentences

• فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قوموا إلى جنة عرضها السماوات والأرض

  The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'Rise to a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth.'

  السَّمَاوَاتِ — the heavens. This is the plural 'heavens' carrying 'the', standing as the predicate of the describing clause, equated with 'its breadth' without any word for 'is'. The plural and the definite article are both in the noun's shape; it is the first of the paired measure 'heavens and earth'.

  From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →

• قال يقول عمير بن الحمام الأنصاري رضي الله عنه يا رسول الله جنة عرضها السماوات والأرض؟

  Umayr bin Al-Humam Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth?'

  السَّمَاوَاتُ — the heavens. This is the plural 'heavens' carrying 'the', the predicate of the describing clause, equated with 'its breadth' with no word for 'is'. Here it appears in the subject-style form as the bare predicate; it is the first of the paired measure 'heavens and earth'.

  From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →

• وهو الذي خلقه من العدم وأنعم عليه بالنعم، وسخر له ما في السماوات والأرض

  He is the one who created him from nonexistence, bestowed blessings upon him, and subjugated for him what is in the heavens and the earth.

  السَّمَاوَاتِ — the heavens. The noun governed by 'in', in that form, its 'the' marking the heavens as a known whole. It is plural in form and names the celestial realm.

  From: A Path to Mercy →