Ithnayn)?' He said: 'The Veil and the Veiled (Al-Hijab wal-Muhtajab).' I said: 'And Tuesday (Al-Thulatha)?' He said: 'The Personification of the [Letter] Fa (Shakhs al-Fa).' I said: 'And Wednesday (Al-Arbi’a)?' He said: 'The First [Letter] Ha (Al-Ha’ al-Awwal).' I said: 'And Thursday (Al-Khamis)?' He said: 'The Second [Letter] Ha (Al-Ha’ al-Thani).' I said: 'And Friday (Al-Jumu’ah)?' He said: 'The call of The Meaning (Al-Ma’na) by Himself unto Himself when He appeared among them and gathered (jama’ahum) them unto Him; thus it was named Jumu’ah.'
It has also been narrated from another perspective that Friday is Fatir, and that the days are attributed to it/her when it is said: 'The days of the week' (Ayyam al-Jumu’ah); and the days are the Line of the Imamate (Satr al-Imamah)."
And what I have narrated from the trustworthy Sheikh Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jali, may God be pleased with him, who said: I asked my Sheikh, my master, and my father, Abu Abdullah al-Husayn ibn Hamdan, may God sanctify his soul, about the persons of the seven days, the persons of the seven




