Eid 2021: How do you say Eid Mubarak? What does it mean?

Eid starts today, following the announcement from Saudi Arabia yesterday, which proclaimed the date would fall on April 13 this year. Muslim communities around the world followed their proclamation and broke their fast this morning, following the sacred month of Ramadan. Celebrations will dominate the Muslim world over the next few days, and non-Muslims may want to know how to wish them well.

Muslims greet one another with "Eid Mubarak" during Ramadan.

Translated, Mubarak means "blessed", and Eid means feast, celebration or festival.

So together, the phrase means "blessed celebration" or "blessed festival".

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According to a Quora user, the word can mean Jazaa, which JazakAllah Khair is rooted in, can mean either reward or punishment.

Adding Khair provides the phrase with a positive angle.

If someone greets another person with JazakAllah Khair, there is also an appropriate response to this.

People can say "wa ʾiyyāk" or "wa ʾiyyākum", which means "and to you".