Well, the Hijri date 2 Shaban 1418 corresponds to the Gregorian date Tuesday, 2 December 1997. This date lies in the eighth month of the Hijri year 1418 AH, which is Shaban of 1418 AH. Both this Hijri and Gregorian date occur on the single day that is Tuesday without any doubt. The Arabic date 1418/08/02 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 December 1997 to its equivalent Arabic date.
The following is the conversion of the Arabic date 2 Shaban 1418 AH to its equivalent Gregorian date.
وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌۭ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
Surah Al-Anbiyaa(21:46)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)
Chapter: I'tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform I`tikaf every year in the month of Ramadan for ten days, and when it was the year of his death, he stayed in I`tikaf for twenty days.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2044
