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What Does As-samawat (السَّمَاوَات) Mean in the Quran?

السَّمَاوَات
as-samawat
the heavens
Word type
plural noun

This page studies السَّمَاوَات as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
182 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

السَّمَاوَات (as-samawat) means the heavens. It often appears with the earth to describe the full created order under Allah’s (SWT) authority.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

إِنَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.

قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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