Well, the Hijri date 18 Rabi Al Awwal 1417 corresponds to the Gregorian date Friday, 2 August 1996. This date lies in the third month of the Hijri year 1417 AH, which is Rabi Al-Awwal of 1417 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Friday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1417/03/18 is calculated using the Umm Al-Qura calendar and the sighting of the moon. One thing to remember is that this Arabic date may occur on different Gregorian date depending upon the region and country and obviously the moon.
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The following is the conversion of the Gregorian date 2 August 1996 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 18 Rabi Al Awwal 1417 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
فَهَلْ يَنتَظِرُونَ إِلَّا مِثْلَ أَيَّامِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ
What expect they save the like of the days of those who passed away before them? Say: Expect then! I am with you among the expectant.
Surah Yunus(10:102)
Sahih al-Bukhari
To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
Chapter: The description of Paradise and the Fire
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise, and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, Allah will say. 'Take out (of the Fire) whoever has got faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart.' They will come out, and by that time they would have burnt and became like coal, and then they will be thrown into the river of Al-Hayyat (life) and they will spring up just as a seed grows on the bank of a rainwater stream." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Don't you see that the germinating seed comes out yellow and twisted?"
Sahih al-Bukhari 6560
