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Four figures tasked with moving this object are so large that journeying from their shoulders to their ears would take 700 years. One passage claims that the Sun goes beneath this object before receiving permission to rise. In many du’as, God is often described as “lord of” seven places and of this “magnificent” object. This object, which is found just above al-Firdaus, was located “upon the waters” before creation (-5[1])according to Surah (-5[1])11. (-5[1])God is “ever-living,” (-5[1])“self-sustaining,” and never overtaken by “drowsiness nor sleep,” while this object “extends over the (10[1])heavens (10[1])and the earth,” according to a passage often recited to grant protection from jinns and devils. That 255th verse of Surah al-Baqarah (“SOO-ruh ahl-BUH-kuh-ruh”) is named after, for 10 points, what object that symbolizes God’s kingly (-5[1])authority? (10[1])■END■ (0[6])

ANSWER: throne of Allah [or the throne of God; or seat of Allah; or chair of Allah; or footstool of Allah; or al-Arsh; accept Throne Verse or Ayat al-Kursi]
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