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==Seven days week in Islam== | ==Seven days week in Islam== | ||
The traditional Jewish and Christian view of the Sabbath relates its existence to creation of the world in six days, with God resting on the seventh. This notion, however, is explicitly rejected in the Quran: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|50|38}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|50|38}}| | ||
And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there '''touched Us no weariness'''. | And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there '''touched Us no weariness'''. | ||
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Furthermore the traditional Islamic commentariat has been even more explicit in its rejection of the idea that God would have need for rest: | |||
From Tafsir Ibn Kathir: | From Tafsir Ibn Kathir: | ||
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Rather than the certainty around the question found in the traditional Jewish and Christian commentariats around the question, to this very day the Islamic clerical community remains undecided on the divine origin of the the seven-day week: | |||
There is a fatwa where Islamic sholars were asked why a week in Islam has 7 days, but they didn't have a clear answer: | There is a fatwa where Islamic sholars were asked why a week in Islam has 7 days, but they didn't have a clear answer: | ||