Substitles available in: English, Arabic, Turkish*, and French.
*Turkish subtitles provided by Azesra.

If we consider the meanings of the months of the Islamic Calendar, one striking pattern emerges: 9 of the 12 months can be linked to specific seasons. The most obvious of these are Rabi’ alawal and Rabi’ aththani. Both of these months are named after a season – Rabi (or Spring, in English).
This video explains the Arabic meanings of the Hijri months, including the holy month of Ramadan. The definitions of these words can be found in Lisan AlArab, one of the earliest and most comprehensive Arabic dictionaries.

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Picture 1: “A taster for tomorrow: flowers in the desert” by Charles Roffey is licensed under CC BYNCSA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/charles...
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Picture 7: “Mother Nature’s Monsoonal Flow” by Randy Heinitz is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rheinit...
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Picture 11: “Mecca is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad” by yuksel erken is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Construction cranes removed from original picture. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yuksele...
Picture 12: “The Greatest Mosque AlMasjid AlHaram , Mecca | أول بيت وضع للناس” by Hossam all line is licensed under CC BYNCSA 2.0. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tchik/3...
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• “A taster for tomorrow: flowers in the desert” by Charles Roffey is licensed under CC BYNCSA 2.0 / Modified from original
• “Desert Lily Preserve” by Bureau of Land Management California is in the Public Domain / Modified from original
• Image by jodylehigh is in the Public Domain / Modified from original
• Image by Desertrose7 is in the Public Domain / Modified from original
• Image by Couleur is in the Public Domain / Modified from original
• Image by OpenClipartVectors is in the Public Domain / Modified from original
• “Mother Nature’s Monsoonal Flow” by Randy Heinitz is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Modified from original
• “Guillaumet Pflügender Araber” by Gustave Guillaumet (1840–1887) is in the Public Domain / Modified from original. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
• Image from page 23 of "The story of corn and the westward migration" (1916) by Eugene Clyde Brooks has no known copyright restrictions / modified.
• “Mecca is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad” by yuksel erken is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / modified from orginal.
• "The Greatest Mosque AlMasjid AlHaram , Mecca | أول بيت وضع للناس” by Hossam all line is licensed under CC BYNCSA 2.0 / modified.
• “Pismo Beach from DaytoNight” by mLu.fotos is licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Modified from original. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/luppes7...