Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle

multiplied by five. The number obtained is divided by eight. The
remainder shows the number of days from Thursday. For example,
the first of Muharram, 1357:
Five times 1357 is 6785. When this is divided by eight the
remainder is one. The first day of Muharram is Thursday. Please
review this after reading the following four pages.
11 – CALCULATING THE FIRST DAY OF
ANY ARABIC MONTH (by the IŞIK Method)
One minus the number of the year is multiplied by 4.367. The
figure assigned to the month concerned is added to the integer of
the number obtained. When the total is divided by seven, the
remainder shows the number of days from Friday.
The figures assigned to the twelve Arabic months are relatively
the first letters of the twelve capitalized words in the following
mnemonic couplet:
Hilmi, Be not Drifted by Hopeless Zeal of Earth!
Jilting Damsel Was to the Zealous its Beauty’s Joy.
The succession of the twelve capital letters in the couplet is the
same as the succession of the twelve Arabic months beginning with
Muharram. Each letter is the assigned number of the month
occupying the same position in the series of twelve.
The letters in the words “Ebjed hewwez hutty” are called
Hurûf-i-jummal and represent the following:
E = 1, b = 2, j = 3, d = 4, he = 5
w = 6, z = 7, hu = 8, t = 9, y = 10.
Accordingly, the first letters of the capitalized words in the
couplet above denote the following months:
Hilmi = 8 = Muharram
Be not = 2 = Safar
Drifted = 4 = Rabî’ul-awwal
Hopeless = 5 = Rabî’ul-âkhir
Zeal = 7 = Jamâzil-awwal
Earth = 1 = Jamâzil-âkhir
Jilting = 3 = Rajab
Damsel = 4 = Sha’bân
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