YAʿSŪB (يعسوب). Lit. “A prince or chief.” The King of the Bees. A title given to ʿAlī. (Majmaʿu ʾl-Biḥār, vol. iii. p. 502.) A name of one of Muḥammad’s horses. (Richardson’s Dictionary.)
YATHRIB. [[YASRIB].]
YATĪM (يتيم). [[ORPHAN].]
YAUM (يوم). A day of twenty-four hours; pl. aiyām. In contradiction to lail wa nahār, “night and day.”
The seven days of the week are known as:
- Yaumu ʾl-aḥad, first day, Sunday.
- Yaumu ʾl-is̤nain, second day, Monday.
- Yaumu ʾl-s̤alās̤āʾ, third day, Tuesday.
- Yaumu ʾl-arbaʿāʾ, fourth day, Wednesday.
- Yaumu ʾl-k͟hamīs, fifth day, Thursday.
- Yaumu ʾl-jumʿah, day of Assembly, Friday.
- Yaumu ʾs-sabt, Sabbath day, Saturday.
YAUMU ʾD-DĪN (يوم الدين). “Day of Judgment.”
[Sūrah i. 4]: “The King of the Day of Judgment.”
[Sūrah lxxxiii. 17]: “What shall make thee know what the Day of Judgment is?”
AL-YAUMU ʾL-ĀK͟HIR (اليوم الاخر). “The Last Day.” A name given in the Qurʾān to the Day of Judgment.