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Yaumu ʾl-aḥad, first-day, Sunday.

Yaumu ʾl-is̤nain, second day, Monday.

Yaumu ʾs̤-s̤alās̤āʾ, third day, Tuesday.

Yaumu ʾl-arbāʿ, fourth day, Wednesday.

Yaumu ʾl-k͟hamīs, Thursday.

Yaumu ʾl-jumʿah, Day of Assembly, Friday.

Yaumu ʾs-sabt, Sabbath-day, Saturday.

Of the days of the week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, are esteemed good and auspicious; the others evil. (Qānūn-i-Islām, p. 403.) Friday is the special day appointed by Muḥammad for meeting in the chief mosque for public worship. [FRIDAY.]

DAY OF JUDGMENT. [RESURRECTION.]

DEATH. Arabic Maut; Wafāt. It is distinctly taught in the Qurʾān that the hour of death is fixed for every living creature.

Sūrah xvi. 63: “If God were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not leave on the earth a single living creature; but He respites them until a stated time; and when their time comes they cannot delay it an hour, nor can they hasten it.”

Sūrah iii. 182: “Every soul must taste death, and ye shall only be paid your hire on the day of resurrection.”