Day of Celebration: A Reply to a Jew (Hazrat Musleh Mau’d’s (ra) Narration

Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) states:

“A Jew once said to Hazrat Umar (ra), ‘There is a verse in the Quran, if it was revealed in our scripture, we would decree that day as a day of celebration.’ Hazrat Umar (ra) asked which verse it was. He replied:

اَلْيَوْمَ‭ ‬اَكْمَلْتُ‭ ‬لَكُمْ‭ ‬دِيْنَكُمْ

“Hazrat Umar (ra) replied, ‘That day was a double celebration for us, i.e. the day the verse was revealed it was a Friday and also the Day of Arafah.’”

(Tafsir-e-Kabir, Vol. 4, p.6)