The Book of Allah -azwj ...

The Book of Allah -azwj , (Verses) ratify each other, and do not invalidate each other, so ask whatever comes to you’. قال: يا أمير المؤمنين، سمعته يقول: بِرَبِّ الْمَشارِقِ وَ الْمَغارِبِ و قال في آية أخرى: رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَ رَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ، و قال في آية اخرى: رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ He said, ‘O Amir-Al-Momineen -asws ! I heard Him -azwj Saying: I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests [70:40] .

And in another Verse: Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests [55:17] . And in another Verse: ‘Lord of the east and the west [73:9] ’. قال: «ثكلتك أمك يا بن الكواء، هذا المشرق و هذا المغرب، [و أما] قوله: رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَ رَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ فإن مشرق الشتاء على حدة، و مشرق الصيف على حدة، أما تعرف ذلك من قرب الشمس و بعدها؟ He -asws said: ‘May your mother be bereft of you, O Ibn Al- Kawa! This is the east and this is the west.

And as for His -azwj Words: Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests [55:17] , so it is the east of the winter upon a limit, and east of the summer upon a limit. But do you not recognise that from the nearness of the sun and its remoteness?

و أما قوله: بِرَبِّ الْمَشارِقِ وَ الْمَغارِبِ فإن لها ثلاث مائة و ستين برجا، تطلع كل يوم من برج و تغرب في آخر، فلا تعود إليه إلا من قابل في ذلك اليوم And as for His -azwj Words: I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests [70:40] , so it has for it three hundred and sixty constellations, (the sun is) emerging from each constellation and setting in another. So it does not return to it except from the following year in that particular day’.

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