Conclusion
Muhammad Ilyes quotes Nadvi who wrote: “It (the advent of the 15th century) is indeed, a unique occasion to ponder that the Islamic Era did not start with the victories of Islamic wars, nor with the birth or death of the Prophet (PBUH), nor with the Revelation itself. It starts with Hijra, or the sacrifice for the cause of Truth and for the preservation of the Revelation. It was a divinely inspired selection. God wanted to teach man that struggle between Truth and Evil is eternal. The Islamic year reminds Muslims every year not of the pomp and glory of Islam but of its sacrifice and prepares them to do the same.
With modern scholarship, we are beginning to understand that the Islamic calendar is full of meaning – meaning not just to Muslims, but to Jews. And by the same logic, the Jewish calendar is full of meaning not just to Jews, but to Muslims.