about the language and the interpretation of the Quran. The word indicates this meaning more clearly than it indicates mastership. For the root s–m–d denotes gathering and joining together, as opposed to dispersal, emptiness, and hollowness. Thus, verbal forms derived from this root are used for collecting wealth and bringing its parts together. Related to it through “greater derivation” are samt (silence) and tasammut (remaining silent), since t and d are closely related consonants with neighboring points of articulation. “Greater derivation” is where two words share consonants of the same class.