He said: “This interpretation is rejected by scholars of Arabic. Ibn al-Aʿrābī said: ‘We do not know istawā (“rose over”) to mean istawlā (“gained dominion”). Whoever says this has uttered a monstrous falsehood.’ He said: ‘One only says that someone gained dominion over something when it had been beyond his reach and outside his control, and he then gained control of it. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has always had dominion over all things.’ The author of this verse is unknown.” This was stated by