Hegira (Noun)
Meaning 1
The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The Hegira, as this pivotal event came to be known, was a turning point in Islamic history.
- After the Hegira, Muhammad and his followers established a thriving community in Medina.
- The Hegira not only marked a physical migration but also a shift in the dynamics between the early Muslims and their Meccan opponents.
- The Islamic calendar counts the years from the Hegira as AH (Anno Hegirae, or in the year of the Hegira).
- Historians have extensively studied the Hegira, analyzing its impact on the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and on the larger cultural landscape of the Arabian Peninsula.