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Rabi al-Awwal

[ ruhb-ee awl-uh-wawl ]

noun

  1. the third month of the Islamic calendar.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rabi al-Awwal1

First recorded in 1835–45; from Arabic īʿ al-ʾɷɲ “the first spring,” from īʿ “spring” + al “the” + ʾɷɲ “f”
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Muslims around the world celebrate Mawlid, or his birth, each year on the 12th day of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

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The Prophet Mohammad’s birthday is celebrated on the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

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The Prophet Mohammad’s birthday is celebrated on the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

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For example, the inaugural parade on Jan. 21 — or 9 Rabi’ al-Awwal in the Arabic calendar — is also the day a “Gunman ambushes vehicle near Camp Doha, Kuwait, killing one U.S. contractor and wounding another.”

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If we accept the traditional chronology, Muḥammad, son of ‘Abdulláh and Ámina, of the tribe of Quraysh, was born at Mecca on the 12th of Rabí‘ al-Awwal, in the Birth of Muḥammad.

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