The meaning of His saying: The Lord of the two east and the Lord of the two west And His saying: That is the Decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
Question :
What is the meaning of the noble verse:
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter)
And the other verse:
"That is the Decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing."
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and exalted be He, speaks in the first verse about Himself that He is the Lord of the two east and the two west which refer to sun rising during the winter and sunrising during the summer. During the summer, the sunrises from the remotest point in its Axis towards the North and in thwinter the sun rises from the remotest point in its axis towards the South. And Allah Has made this for the benefit of mankind.
This also reflects Allah's Wisdom and Mercy upon His creatures. At the same time, it shows that no one else except Allah Most Glorified and Exalted can make these changes in sun rising and sun setting, the way it is.
Allah said in another verse:
So, I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west.
Referring to the different places from which the sun rises and sets on people every day.
Allah said in another verse:
"(He Alone is) the Lord of the east and the west; La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). So take Him Alone as Wakil (Disposer of your affairs)."
Referring to the different places of sunrise and sunset and the benefits that this variation brings to the created mankind and Jinn.
"Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
"(He Alone is) the Lord of the east and the west."
What is meant here is the direction meaning that, He is the owner of everything and the Lord of everything, whether that thing is in the east or in the west.
And to know that Allah's Book and the correct Sunnah of His Messenger will never contradict each other regarding statements.
Regarding His saying:
"And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed)."
Is the second part of the question meaning this magnificent sun which Allah, Most glorified and Exalted made as a shining lamp with tremendous heat and tremendous light, this sun runs with the permission of Allah to a designated place, that is why He said:
"That is the Decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing."
Allah the All-Mighty, the Exalted, created this magnificent sun and subject it to run according to His will and His Knowing to a certain destination.
It was also reported that Abu Dharr said: I asked the messenger of Allah about the Verse:
"And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (appointed)."
He said:
"Its Fixed course is beneath the Throne."
The second view is that this refers to when the sun's appointed time comes to an end, which will be the Day of resurrection, when its fixed course will be abolished, it will come to a halt and it will be rolled up. This world will come to an end, and that will be the end of its appointed time. It was also said that this means, it keeps moving in its summer orbit for a certain time, and it does not exceed that, then it moves to its winter orbit for a certain time, and it does not exceed that. This was narrated from Abdullah bin Amr, may Allah be plessed with them.
Source:
Ibn Uthaimeen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7 Pages 148-149-150
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