In Islam, Muslims pray five times a day every day, but the most important prayer of the week is on Friday, which is called "jumah" or the day of gathering. Muslims are called to pray in a congregation during the midday prayer on Friday. The Quran invokes the importance of Friday as a sacred day of worship in a chapter called "Al-Jumah," meaning the day of congregation, which is also the word for Friday in Arabic. Muslims believe that Friday was chosen by God as a dedicated day of worship. Friday services include a sermon, usually given by a professional male Muslim clergy member in Muslim majority countries, but in the West, they are also given by a male lay community member. In much of the Muslim world, the modern weekend is adapted to allow Friday as a day off from work to accommodate the congregational prayer.