The Lord of the East and the Lord of the West, the Lord of the Two Easts and the Lord of the Two Wests
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The questioner:
And I would like to say, by the command of Allah the Exalted and His saying the Exalted, and from this pulpit.
The Shaykh:
The singular encompasses the dual. "Lord of the East" is a generic term, and "Lord of the West" is a generic term that includes the easts and the wests. In the verse[Ar-Rahman 55:17], it means the rising of the sun and the rising of the moon, and the setting of the sun and the setting of the moon. The easts, the wests, the two easts, the two wests, the east, and the west all refer to one thing.
The questioner:
O my brothers.
The Shaykh:
It was said that "Lord of the Easts" refers to the East of winter and the East of summer, and "Lord of the Wests" likewise refers to the West of winter and the West of summer.
And I would like to say, by the command of Allah the Exalted and His saying the Exalted, and from this pulpit.
The Shaykh:
The singular encompasses the dual. "Lord of the East" is a generic term, and "Lord of the West" is a generic term that includes the easts and the wests. In the verse
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِThe questioner:
O my brothers.
The Shaykh:
It was said that "Lord of the Easts" refers to the East of winter and the East of summer, and "Lord of the Wests" likewise refers to the West of winter and the West of summer.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4 من 12/ شرح الأصول الثلاثة / بم عرفت ربك؟ قل: بآياته ومخلوقاته/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:38)
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