Rabiʽ al-Awwal (Arabic: رَبِيع ٱلْأَوَّل, romanized: Rabīʿ al-ʾAwwal, lit. ’The initial Rabi’, also known as Rabi’ al-Ula (Arabic: رَبِيع ٱلْأُولَىٰ, romanized: Rabī‘ al-ʾŪlā, lit. ’The first Rabi’), or Rabi’ I, is the third month of the Islamic calendar. The name Rabī‘ al-awwal means “the first month or beginning of spring”, referring to its position in the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar.

 

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