Approaching the West — Page 170
A pproaching the West—170 slumber overtakes Him, nor does He fall sleep… (2:256) He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things. He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He settled Himself on the Throne. He knows what enters the earth and what comes out of it, and what comes down from heaven and what goes up into it. And He is with you wherever you may be. And All ā h sees all that you do. (57:4-5) Therefore, there is no Sabbath day in Isl ā m in the sense of God resting on the seventh day. On every Friday, however, there is a special congregational prayer in the early afternoon The Arabic name for the day is ‘Jumu‘ah’ which means the day of gathering. O ye who believe! when the call is made for Prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of All ā h, and leave off all business. That is best for you, if you only knew. And when the Prayer is over then disperse in the land and seek of All ā h’s grace, and remember much that you may prosper. (62:10-11) Thus, before and after the Jumu‘ah prayer, the Muslims are allowed to work and earn their livelihood, keeping God in their hearts all the time. Creation of the heavens and the earth in ‘six days’ is not a reference to our ‘days’ caused by the planet earth's revolving on its axis. The Holy Qur’ ā n makes it clear that God's ‘days’