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Allahu ta’ālā is He Who raised up the heavens without visible supports ('amad is the plural of 'imād, which is [the same as] an ustuwāna, 'a column'; and this [statement] is true, since there are no actual supports) then presided upon the Throne, a presiding befitting Him, and disposed, made subservient, the sun and the moon, each one, of them, moving, along its course, until [the conclusion of] an appointed time, that is, [until] the Day of Resurrection. He directs the command, He conducts the affairs of His dominion. He details, He expounds, the signs, the indications of His power, so that you, O people of Mecca, might be certain of the encounter with your Rabb, through resurrection.