which the creation knows by their names. Friday leads them with a brilliant light, followed by the rest of the days like a noble, beautiful bride being gifted to whoever preserved it and hastened to it. Then the believers enter Paradise according to the degree of their precedence to Friday."

Our Luminous Sheikh—may Allah sanctify his person—indicated this meaning in one of his poems, saying:

O Maker of the Sabbath and Assembler of Friday

By drinking the wine of the sun-like appearance.

Just as Abu Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hani (AS) indicated this meaning by mentioning the seven days and their cycles in a number of poems from his famous Divan, including his saying (peace be upon him) regarding Friday:

And a gazelle of beautiful appearance

Lofty-souled and possessor of strength

We were enriched by his radiance

Beyond the lamp and the candle

He served us wine mingled

With water resembling a tear

And we sang with voices