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Show "HeJira HeJira " " in Hlltory History ' nejira Uejira Iiejira " Is an Arabic word meanlutdeparture mennluj meanlul . , , departure It Is applied applIcd opeclflcalhto speciflcallsto peclftcalh speciflcalls peclftcalhto to the filght flight of Mohammed trom from fromMecca tromMccc'l fromMccci Mccc'l Mcccl Mecca ' In 022 AD A D , , a date which was wasafterssards w \ i 1 iafterwards afterwards afterIlrd afterssards after\\ after \ Ilrd ' ) tited tiud heed as the beginning beglDning or of orthe ofthe ofthe the ' Moslem 'foslern foslern era In the Mohamme(11) Mohamme11 Mohammedvs Mohamme(11)calendar Mohammedvscalendar Mohammedmcalendar ( ) calendar . . } Frequently 1'requenth 1requenth " ' ' hcjira hejira ' Ie is isused Isused ; used figuratively figurativel flguratlvel3 for any light IlIght flight ( or c\ c ev evodus codus e\odus e odus \ ' odus regarded as being like tliat that ofMohimmed of oflIoh'1mmed ofMolammed l\Ioh'1mmed l Ioh'1mmed Ioh1mmed Molammed \ ' The word is pronouncedcither pronounced pronouncedeither pronouncedeither either 'hcjira hcjira ' bej hej I ra . , " " with the first ss svllible e ; , I 1 1lable II1ble I1ble lable accented , or 'he-JI 'he he JI ' he-JI he JI - - ray ra , " with the theaccent th theiccent ( ' 1ccent accent on the second sJ syllable llable . , . |