When Does 1 Rajab 1444 Hijri Start?

Crescent moon visibility map for 1 Rajab 1444 AH on Sunday, 23 January 2023.

The month of Rajab is the seventh month in the islamic hijri calendar system. In the year 2023, 1 Rajab 1444 AH will be marked by the new moon (conjunction) on Saturday, 21 January 2023 at 20:53 UT. The first visible crescent moon could be sighted in many parts of the world starting on Sunday … Read more

The Oldest Surviving Copies of the Qur’an

An early copy of the Qur'an held in the Topkaki Museum in the Turkey.

The oldest known surviving copies of the Quran are written in the Hijazi script, which was used in the Arabian Peninsula during the 7th century AD. The oldest of these copies date back to the 8th and 9th centuries AD. One of the oldest known copies of the Quran is the Sana’a manuscript, which is … Read more

This AI-generated Poem about the Qur’an is So True

AI-generated digital art of a muslim woman reading the Quran.

The development of Artificial Intelligence or AI is advancing quickly and touches wider aspects of live. One of the AI product is ChatGPT form OpenAI project. The “chatBot” was trained with enormous amount of text data and capable of “understanding” our written, natural language query. Just like a conversation. I tried the ChatGPT by asking … Read more

Crescent Moon Photos of 1 Jumadal Ula 1444 AH

Patricio Leon from Santiago, Chile, captured a photo of the slim crescent moon of 1 Jumadal Ula 1444 AH on Thursday, 24 Nov 2022.

Below is a collection of photos of the crescent moon (hilaal) for the islamic month of Jumadal Ula 1444 AH. The crescent moon photos below were taken on the evening of Thursday, 24 November 2022 making the first day of the month, 1 Jumadal Ula 1444 AH falls on Friday, 25 November 2022 based on … Read more

Crescent Moon Photos of Rabi’ul Awwal 1444 AH (2022)

Crescent moon photo of 1 Rabi' al-Awwal 1444 AH from San Diego, California, USA on Monday evening, 26 Sep 2022 (Central Hilal Committee).

The young crescent moon that marks the start of the islamic month of Rabiul Awwal 1444 AH should be visible by naked eye on the evening of Monday, 26 Sep 2022 from South America as predicted using crescent moon visibility map. Nevertheles, there were “claimed” naked-eye sightings from Indonesia as reported by one of the … Read more

When Does 1 Rabiul Awwal 1444 AH Start?

Crescent moon visibility map for 1 Rabiul Awal 1444 AH.

The islamic calendar month of Rabi’ul Awwal is also known as the Maulid month to commemorate that in this month the beloved Prophet Muhammad was born. This year, 1 Rabiul Awwal 1444 AH will start on Tuesday, 27 September 2022 CE based on global moon sighting. The crescent moon of Rabiul Awal 1444 AH will … Read more