WEEK

Arabic usbūʿ ( اسبوع‎ ), subūʿ ( سبوع‎ ); Heb. ‏שָׁבוּעַ‎ shāvūaʿ . The Muḥammadan week (as the Jewish and Christian) begins with Sunday and ends with Saturday. In the Qurʾān, Sūrah vii. 52 , it is said “God created the heavens and the earth in six days.” In Sūrah xvi. 125 , it is said, “the Sabbath was only made for those who dispute thereon,” which al-Baiẓāwī says means that the Sabbath was established for the Jews who disputed with Moses regarding it; but there is no injunction in the Qurʾān for the due observance of the Sabbath. [ DAY , FRIDAY .]