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Salam al-Arakato.

Welcome to Amaze by the Quran, a series in which I try to share with you what I find amazing about the Quran.

I'm continuing the subject of plurals and today I'll start off with something pretty basic,

one go up to technical.

Two words I'll compare with you in Arabic are a Samah, Samat means the sky, and a

Samawat means skies. Okay so Samat means sky and Samawat means skies. Obviously

when you hear that and I've asked you which one do you think is more, you would say

Samawat skies is more, but technically that's not true.

The word Samah in Arabic is an infinitive. What that means is whatever lies above.

Whatever lies above.

Now when you say whatever lies above, I mean let's not use the word sky anymore let's use whatever lies above then you haven't

placed a limit you've actually referred to something unlimited but when you say

a samawat the skies then you've made reference to what the Quran calls the seven skies.

And by using the number, you've clearly placed a limit.

Technically, Samah, the singular is unlimited and Samawat is actually limited.

The plural is limited.

So put it, go back to the beginning again.

The Quran's language suggests that Sky, Sky, singular is unlimited and skies is

actually limited. It's counterintuitive when you think about it in English, but it's

the opposite in Arabic, okay? Now,

Allah, Allah,

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