in the sense of having gained dominion over it. Some people said that rising over it means sitting and settling firmly.

He said that people differed over what the bearers of the Throne carry. Some said that the bearers carry the Creator and that, when He is angry, He weighs heavily upon their shoulders, and when He is pleased, He becomes light; thus they distinguish His anger from His pleasure. They also said that the Throne creaks when He weighs heavily upon it, like the creaking of a saddle.

Others said that the Creator neither becomes heavy nor light, nor do the bearers carry Him. Rather, it is the Throne that becomes light or heavy, and it is the Throne that the bearers carry. Some said that the bearers are eight angels; others said eight classes.

He said that some maintained that He is over the Throne and that He is distinct