Discover the meaning of the word Smk (سمك) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 1 min readAs-samk: the roof of the house.
Samakahu: he raised it.
The Almighty says: 'He raised its ceiling' (An-Nazi'at 28).
As-samak: fish, plural asmak.
Fish is so named because it rises in water as the roof rises over the house.
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