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The start and status of Hijr calendar

The holy Prophet left the esteemed city of Makkah on Thursday, 27 Safar in the thirteenth year ofprophethood. This migration is called Hijrah in Arabic. On Monday, 12 Rabiul Awwal, he reached Qub

village in the outskirts of Madnah. The Islmic calendar starts on the day of his arrival at Qub. The

reason for adoption of this day as the starting point of Islmic calendar is related to the events of the

days of Hazrat Umars caliphate. At the time the blessings of Islmic conquests had reached

far and wide and the administrative affairs had become quite elaborate and this invariably required

recording of events with dates. So, there was a universal demand from every quarter for a formal Islmic

calendar. The need was felt by Hazrat Umar himself who convened a meeting of the wise counsels. After

much deliberation, it was unanimously decided that we Muslims should not follow the calendar and

system of year-reckoning of other nations. Rather we should take the year of the momentous event of

Hijrah as the starting year of Islmic calendar. This was the year in the history of mankind whenhumanity discovered the invaluable solution for what till then had been an insolvable mystery: the

matter of true faith and belief, forbearance and constancy, and courage and chivalry. In the same

meeting, Muharram was made the first month of the Islmic calendar as this was the month in which

Muslims used to start their businesses afresh after return from Haj and as this month had always been

held in reverence.

This historic decision was taken in the year 17 AH (After Hijrah). From then on, all the holy companions,

saintly men, and venerable clerics have been maintaining the Hijr calendar and preaching the Muslims

to observe the calendar as this is one of the emblems of Islm. Moreover, the names of the Hijr months,

at times referred to as lunar months, have been spoken by the blessed tongue of the holy Prophet himself. This calendar also serves as a reminder for the epoch-making event of the holy Prophets Hijrah. In light of the above, Muslims should understand the religious, national and historic status of Hijr

calendar and adopt this calendar alongside the government-promoted Gregorian calendar.

Islamic months

The Islmic months are twelve in number. Every month consists of 29 or 30 days. The months start with

appearance of the new moon in the western sky. The months are: (1) Muharram-ul Harm (2) Safar-ul

Muzaffar (3) Rab-ul Awwal (4) Rab-ul khir (5) Jumda-l l (6) Jumda-l khr (7) Rajab-ul Murajjab

(8) Sha'bn-ul Muazzam (9) Ramazn-ul Mubrak (10) Shawwl-ul Mukarram (11) Zil Qadah (12) Zil

Hijjah

Months of Gregorian calendar

January Yanyir

February Fibryar

March Mris

April Abrl

May My

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June Yni

July Yli

August UgususSeptember Sibtimbir

October Uktbar

November NfimbarDecember Dsambar

Days of the week

A week consists of seven days. Ten days make up an asharah.

Friday Yaum-ul JumuahSaturday Yaum-us Sabt

Sunday Yaum-ul Ahad

Monday Yaum-ul Ithnain

Tuesday Yaum-uth ThulthWednesday Yaum-ul ArbiThursday Yaum-ul Khams

Words for timesSecond

Minute

Hour

Day

Night

MorningEvening

Noon

Midnight

Today

Yesterday

Annual Tomorrow

Day after tomorrow

Day before yesterday

Week

The current weekThe last week

The coming week

Year

The current year

The past year

The coming year

Century

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The four directions

East

West

NorthSouth

Seasons

Summer

Winter

Autumn

Spring

Arabic numbersOne Eleven Ten Two Twelve TwentyThree Thirteen ThirtyFour Fourteen FortyFive Fifteen FiftySix Sixteen SixtySeven Seventeen SeventyEight Eighteen EightyNine Nineteen NinetyTen Twenty Hundred

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Action-oriented Pan-Islmic Movement

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Movement for Reformation of Society and Eradication of Evils

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