Video | Al-Zaqqaq reveals the reason why Arabs call the days of the week by their current names

Weather of Arabia - The researcher in astronomy affairs, Dr. Khaled bin Saleh Al-Zaqaq, explained the reasons for naming the days of the week with their current names among the Arabs

Al-Zaqqaq said that the Arabs used the language of numbers in their calculations; Because it is the most honest, and the closest convincing in the world of cosmology, indicating that the week is taken from the number 7, and Sunday is from the first, and Monday is from the number 2, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, they all refer to numbers.

Al-Zaaq showed that Friday was called by this name because people used to gather on it, after the hardship and fatigue of the week, and Saturday is from the Sabbath, so it is a day off.

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The astronomer researcher stated that the names of the days of the week and others among foreigners are based on the sanctification of the heavenly bodies, and of ancient worship. Saturday, for example, is called Saturday, which is derived from the word “Stor”, which is the god of agriculture, as well as Monday, which is the day of sanctifying the moon, and Sunday, which is the day Sanctifying the sun, according to their beliefs.