وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ٤٧
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
سُمَيَّة
Sumayyah: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Sumayya
Female CompanionAn old diminutive from the root of height and of the sky (s-m-w); name of the first martyr of Islam
Sumayyah in Islam
Sumayya bint Khayyat, wife of Yasir and mother of ʿAmmar, was one of the very first people to embrace Islam in Mecca. Persecuted with her family by Quraysh, she refused to renounce her faith and was killed by Abu Jahl: she is the first martyr of Islam.
Meaning of the name Sumayyah
Sumayya is an old Arabic diminutive formed on the root s-m-w, which expresses elevation and gives samaʾ, “the sky”, and samiyy, “high, eminent”. It is the form taken by the diminutive of samaʾ, and the name is often understood as “exalted, of high rank”, with the affectionate nuance of the diminutive; the dictionaries do not fix its exact meaning. The name owes its popularity to Sumayya, mother of ʿAmmar ibn Yasir. In English it is also written Sumayyah or Sumaya.
- In Arabic
- سُمَيَّة سمية
- Transliteration
- Sumayya
- Root
- س م و · 381 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Sumayyah in the Quran?
The name Sumayyah does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (س م و) occurs 381 times. Examples:
وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٥
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ١
In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
All the words of the root س م و in the Quran (381 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Sumayyah in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Sumayyah in each language
- French
- Soumaya, Soumia, Sumayya, Soumaïa
- English
- Sumayyah, Sumaya, Sumayya
- Spanish
- Sumaya, Sumayya
- Turkish
- Sümeyye, Sumeyye
- Arabic
- سُمَيَّة
Similar names
Same root (س م و)
- Asmaأَسْمَاء “The beautiful one” or “the names”: a meaning debated since the early grammarians
- Samaسَمَا “Sky, height”: what rises