Are 10 Days Of Zulhajja Mentioned In Quran?
No they are not mentioned in Quran. Usually people refer to Quran Surah Fajr verses to support that, but those verses are talking about general signs of Allah [See Below] . So originally Hajj and Umra and Animal Sacrifice and the Takbirs during the days of Tashriq are transmitted as Sunnah. _____ وَالْفَجْرِ (١) وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ (٢) وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ (٣) وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ (٤) هَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ (٥) The dawn bears witness [1] and [every] ten nights [of the moon] [2] and the even and odd [month] [3] , and the night [also] when it departs [4] [that the dawn of the Day of Judgement is certain to come] [5] . Is there in this an evidence for the sensible? [6] ” (Quran 89:1-5) (Excerpt from Quranic Exegesis: Javed Ahmed Ghamidi) (Translated by Dr. Shehzad Saleem) ____________ [1] . This refers to the time when the light of the day in the form of a white strip becomes distinct from the black strip of the night. [2] . The actual word is: لَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ . It is an undefined noun because each of the ten from among the thirty nights of this month can be implied. This, in a very subtle style, points, to the waxing and waning of the moon. This is because in the first ten nights of a month it starts in the shape of a thin finger-nail and increases in size till more than half of it becomes bright. In the second ten nights of a month its brightness is at its pinnacle and in the last ten nights of a month it starts to move to its end until, in the words of the Quran, it becomes like a withered palm-twig. Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi while commenting on this expression of the Quran writes: In this verse, the moon is portrayed as if it is an obedient camel whose reins are in the hands of a divine impeller who makes it ascend to a certain height in various steps and then from there makes it descend in various steps so much so that this tiring journey transforms it into a withered thorn. (Amin Ahsan Islahi, Tadabbur-i Qur’an, vol. 9, 348) [3] . This is because at times a month consists of thirty days and at times twenty nine in which the moon completes all its phases in which it waxes and wanes. [4] . The actual words are: إِذَا يَسْرِ. This condition has been imposed so that attention is directed right at the time when the night is about to leave and the signs of dawn appear on the horizon. [5] . Ie., the way the night after passing through various stages culminates in the dawn and the way the moon completes its journey in each of the ten nights of a month at times in twenty nine days and at times in thirty shows that a wondrous law of gradual progression which is based on great purpose exists. Also evident is that all these things are subservient to God and it is He Who takes them to a destination and then starts the process all over again. Viewed thus, no sensible person should hesitate in accepting the claim of the Qur’an that this world of ours will also reach its fate one day and the dawn of the Day of Judgement is certain to come. The dead will be raised to life in it again. The fact that the moon appears every month and at night while it departs every day reminds us of it. [6] . An interrogative style is adopted in the verse. This signifies anger and rebuke and also conclusive communication of the truth. The implication is that if man uses his intellect there exists great evidence in the signs around man; however, is there any sensible person among these arrogant leaders of the Quraysh?