فَإِذَا كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُ الْعِبَادِ وَ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَسْتَعْتِبَهُمْ بِآيَةٍ مِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَمَرَ الْمَلَكَ الْمُوَكَّلَ بِالْفَلَكِ أَنْ يُزِيلَ الْفَلَكَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ مَجَارِي الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ وَ النُّجُومِ وَ الْكَوَاكِبِ فَيَأْمُرُ الْمَلَكُ أُولَئِكَ السَّبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ أَنْ يُزِيلُوهُ عَنْ مَجَارِيهِ So when the sins of the servants become numerous and Allah -azwj Blessed and High Intends to Reproach them with a Sign from His -azwj Signs, He -azwj Orders the Angel in charge of the orbit to remove the orbit upon which the sun and the moon, and the stars, and the planets flow upon.
So that Angel orders the seventy thousand Angels (which are under him) to remove these from their flows’.
قَالَ فَيُزِيلُونَهُ فَتَصِيرُ الشَّمْسُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي يَجْرِي فِي الْفَلَكِ قَالَ فَيَطْمِسُ ضَوْؤُهَا وَ يَتَغَيَّرُ لَوْنُهَا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُعَظِّمَ الْآيَةَ طَمَسَتِ الشَّمْسُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَلَى مَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُخَوِّفَ خَلْقَهُ بِالْآيَةِ قَالَ وَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ انْكِسَافِ الشَّمْسِ He -asws said: ‘So they remove it and the sun becomes in that sea (atmosphere) in which flows in the orbit’.
He -asws said: ‘So its light gets obliterated and its colour changes. So, if Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Intends to maximise the Sign, He -azwj Obliterates the sun in the sea (atmosphere) upon what Allah -azwj Loves that His -azwj creatures should fear His -azwj Signs’. He -asws said: ‘And that is during the eclipse of the sun’.
قَالَ وَ كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُ بِالْقَمَرِ قَالَ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُجَلِّيَهَا أَوْ يَرُدَّهَا إِلَى مَجْرَاهَا أَمَرَ الْمَلَكَ الْمُوَكَّلَ بِالْفَلَكِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ الْفَلَكَ إِلَى مَجْرَاهُ فَيَرُدُّ الْفَلَكَ فَتَرْجِعُ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى مَجْرَاهَا قَالَ فَتَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَ هِيَ كَدِرَةٌ قَالَ وَ الْقَمَرُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ He -asws said: ‘And that is similar to what He -azwj Does with the moon’.
He -asws said: ‘So if Allah -azwj Intends to End it or Return it back to normal, He -azwj Orders the Angel in charge of the orbit that he should return the orbit back to its normality. So he returns the orbit and the sun goes back to its normality’. He -asws said: ‘So he takes it out from the water (fluid) and it is brownish (dim)’. He -asws said: ‘And the (matter of) the moon is similar to that’.