تفسير : (lord of the two easts) the east of winter and the east of summer, (and lord of the two wests) the west of winter and the west of summer! there are two easts and two wests. the east of winter and the east of summer have 180 phases just as the two wests and the moon have 180 phases. it is also said that the easts of summer and winter have 177 phases and the wests of summer and winter as well as the moon have 177 phases. the sun rises throughout the year two days in the same phase and it also sets two days in the same phase.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : lord of the two easts, [the points of] the winter sunrise and the summer sunrise, and lord of the two wests: likewise [the two points of sunset].
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : 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:
