Rabi' al-Thani

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Rabi' al-Thani
Ibn Arabi, a Muslim scholar, died in this month
Native nameرَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي (Arabic)
CalendarIslamic calendar
Month number4
Number of days29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)

Rabiʽ al-Thani (Arabic: رَبِيع ٱلثَّانِي, romanizedRabīʿ ath-Thānī, lit.'The second Rabi', also known as Rabi' al-Akhirah (Arabic: رَبِيع ٱلْآخِرَة, romanized: Rabi' al-ʾĀkhirah, lit.'The final Rabi'), Rabiʽ al-Akhir (رَبِيع ٱلْآخِر), or Rabi' II is the fourth month of the Islamic calendar. The name Rabī‘ al-Thani means "the second spring" in Arabic, referring to its position in the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar.

In the days of the Ottoman Empire, the name of this month in Ottoman Turkish was Rèbi' ul-aher, with the Turkish abbreviation ,[1] or Reb.-ul-Akh. in western European languages.[2] In modern Turkish, it is Rebiülahir or Rebiülsani.

Meaning[edit]

The word "Rabi" means "spring" and Al-thani means "the second" in the Arabic language, so "Rabi' al-Thani" means "the second spring" in Arabic. As the Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, the month naturally rotates over solar years, so Rabīʽ al-Thani can fall in spring or any other season. Therefore, the month cannot be related to the actual season of spring.[3]

Timing[edit]

The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the tropical year, Rabī' al-Thānī migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Rabī' al-Thānī are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia[4]):

Rabī' al-Thānī dates between 2021 and 2025
AH First day (CE/AD) Last day (CE/AD)
1443 06 November 2021 04 December 2021
1444 26 October 2022 24 November 2022
1445 16 October 2023 14 November 2023
1446 04 October 2024 02 November 2024
1447 023 September 2025 022 October 2025

Islamic events[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Youssof, R. (1890). Dictionnaire portatif turc-français de la langue usuelle en caractères latins et turcs. Constantinople. p. 479.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Young, George (1905). Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman (in French). Vol. 1. Clarendon Press. p. xiv.
  3. ^ "المنجد في اللغة - المكتبة الوقفية للكتب المصورة PDF". waqfeya.net.
  4. ^ Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia
  5. ^ "Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi (RA) - URS 22 Rabi al-Thani". LoveMeditation-Naqshbandi | Maida Vale Naqshbandi Rabbani Group | Islamic History | Sufi Events | Sufi Saints History. 29 January 2016.

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