﴿ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ﴾

“[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.”

He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings.He said:Its inner meaning refers to the rising of the heart and its setting, the rising of the tongue and its setting, and the rising of the profession of His oneness, [whose] setting is the witnessing (mushāhada) of Him. And He also says, [I swear] by the Lord of the risings and the settings [70:40], meaning the risings of the bodily members through sincerity (ikhlāṣ), and their settingsthrough subservience to people (ṭāʿa li�l-nās) inwardly and outwardly.His words, Exalted is He: