17رَبُّ المَشرِقَينِ وَرَبُّ المَغرِبَينِMuhammad Asad[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.1I.e., of the extreme points of sunrise and sunset in summer and in winter (see 37:5 and 70:40), including "all that is between them": a metonym for God's being the Ultimate Cause of the orbital movement within the universe.