sabbath

Arabic translation: السَـبت

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English term or phrase:	sabbath
Arabic translation:	السَـبت
Entered by:	Fuad Yahya

16:51 Jan 12, 2002

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English term or phrase: sabbath

As in 'day of rest', regular weekly holy day of worship, equivalent of 'sabbath' of jewish practice

H. G. Bare

السَـبت

Explanation:
Pronounced SABT (or ASSABT with the definite article).

The word is used for "Saturday," apart from its sabbatical significance, but is also used in reference to the ordained holy rest.

The Arabic version of Exodus 20:10 reads:

وأَمّا اليَومُ السـابعُ ففيه سَـبتٌ للرَبّ إلهك

The root S-B-T also connotes rest in Arabic, as in the Qur'anic verse 78:9:

وجَعَلنا نَومَكم سُـباتا

Fuad

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When I entered the request I was apparently not clear enough in
my description of what I was looking for, so the translator was,
in all truth, somewhat handicapped. I was trying to find out
if Muslim practice has a particular word for the concept of our
Western Friday being a special day of worship.

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السَـبت

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السَـبت

Fuad Yahya
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Not to worry. We have been intoning the litany of "context, context, context" since ProZ.com was started. By my reckonning, about 20% of the questions are posted with about 20% of the required contextual information. The rest have none at all. After answers are posted (mostly heroic guesses), the asker goes through the familiar "oh, shucks, that is not really what I meant, but thanks anyway."

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There was nothing in your question about Muslim practice or Friday. In Arabic, Friday is called YOWM AL-JUMU"A, which means "the day of assembly" or "the congregational day." It is not called the day of rest, although cessation of commercial activities is ordained in the Qur'an (62:9-10).

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