Safar, the Glossary
Safar (translit), also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar.[1]
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31 relations: Abu Bakr, Ali al-Hujwiri, Ali al-Rida, Amadou Bamba, Anno Domini, Arba'in, Ashura, İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Battle of Karbala, Common Era, Data Darbar, Hasan ibn Ali, Hijrah, Hijri year, Husayn ibn Ali, Islamic calendar, Lahore, Lunar calendar, Muhammad, Muharram, New moon, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Rabi' al-Awwal, Sakina bint Husayn, Saladin, Senegal, Touba, Tropical year, Turkish language, Urs, Yazid I.
- Months of the Islamic calendar
Abu Bakr
Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), commonly known by the kunya Abu Bakr, was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his death in 634.
Ali al-Hujwiri
Abū ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAlī al-Ghaznawī al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī (c. 1009-1072/77), known as ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or al-Hujwīrī (also spelt Hajweri, Hajveri, or Hajvery) for short, or reverentially as Shaykh Sayyid ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of South Asia, was an 11th-century Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher from Ghaznavid Empire, who became famous for composing the Kashf al-maḥjūb, which is considered the "earliest formal treatise" on Sufism in Persian.
Ali al-Rida
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim.
Amadou Bamba
Ahmadu Bamba Mbacke (أحمدو بامبا مباك, 1853–1927) also known to followers as the Servant of the Messenger (Khādim al-Rasūl) and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Touba", was a Sufi saint and religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya).
Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Arba'in
In Shia Islam, Arba'in (lit) marks forty days after Ashura, which is the martyrdom anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Safar and Arba'in are Islamic terminology.
Ashura
Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam. Safar and Ashura are Islamic terminology.
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İslâm Ansiklopedisi
The (İA) is a Turkish academic encyclopedia for Islamic studies published by.
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Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala (maʿraka Karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, Sawad (modern-day southern Iraq).
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Common Era
Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.
Data Darbar
Data Darbar is an Islamic shrine located in Lahore, Punjab.
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali (translit; 2 April 670) was an Alid political and religious leader.
Hijrah
The Hijrah (hijra, originally 'a severing of ties of kinship or association'), also Hegira (from Medieval Latin), was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. Safar and Hijrah are Islamic terminology.
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Hijri year
The Hijri year (سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويمالهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar. Safar and Hijri year are Islamic terminology.
Husayn ibn Ali
Imam Husayn ibn Ali (translit; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a social, political and religious leader.
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar (translit), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. Safar and Islamic calendar are Islamic terminology.
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Lahore
Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.
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Lunar calendar
A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months, lunations), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the solar year.
Muhammad
Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.
Muharram
Muharram (translit) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. Safar and Muharram are Islamic terminology and months of the Islamic calendar.
New moon
In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude.
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Pre-Islamic Arabia, referring to the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad's first revelation in 610 CE, is referred to in Islam in the context of, highlighting the prevalence of paganism throughout the region at the time.
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Rabi' al-Awwal
Rabiʽ al-Awwal (lit, also known as Rabi' al-Ula (lit), or Rabi' I) is the third month of the Islamic calendar. Safar and Rabi' al-Awwal are Islamic terminology and months of the Islamic calendar.
Sakina bint Husayn
Sakīna bint al-Ḥusayn (سكينة بنت الحسين) (between 667 and 671 CE – 8 April 671), also known as Āmina (آمنة), was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Saladin
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
Touba
Touba (Hassaniya Arabic: توبا, 'Felicity'; Wolof: Tuubaa) is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district.
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Tropical year
A tropical year or solar year (or tropical period) is the time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the sky – as viewed from the Earth or another celestial body of the Solar System – thus completing a full cycle of astronomical seasons.
Turkish language
Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.
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Urs
Urs (from ‘Urs) or Urus (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). Safar and Urs are Islamic terminology.
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Yazid I
Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (translit; 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death in November 683.
See also
Months of the Islamic calendar
- Dhu al-Hijjah
- Dhu al-Qadah
- Jumada al-Awwal
- Jumada al-Thani
- Muharram
- Rabi' al-Awwal
- Rabi' al-Thani
- Rajab
- Ramadan
- Ramadan (calendar month)
- Safar
- Sha'ban
- Shawwal
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safar
Also known as Safar al Muzaffar, Safar ul Muzaffar, صفر.