The Blessed Advent of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

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In Islamic history, this blessed birth is regarded as the closing of a dark age and the beginning of an enlightened era:

Date: According to the most widely accepted narrations, it took place at dawn on Monday, 20 April 571 (12 Rabī‘ al-Awwal), approximately 50–55 days after the Event of the Elephant.

Mawlid: This birthday is commemorated every year throughout the Islamic world with deep reverence as Mawlid Kandil (the Night of the Prophet’s Birth).

Miracles: Islamic sources relate that extraordinary phenomena occurred that night:

Fourteen columns of the palace of the Persian Khosrow collapsed.

The sacred fire of the Magians, which had been burning for a thousand years, was extinguished.

The waters of Lake Sawa receded.

Orphanhood: His father, Abdullah, had passed away several months before his birth; therefore, the Prophet (PBUH) came into this world as an orphan.