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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

2. The Iran-Iraq war:

There will be tu mult in Shawwal, talks of war in Dhu al-Qa'dah, and
the out break of war in Dhu al-Hijja. (Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rasul
Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li-Ashrat as-Sa'ah, p. 166.)
* Shawwal, Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu al-Hijja: First, sec ond and third
months of pil grim age ac cord ing to the Islamic cal en dar.

The months of Shawwal, Dhu al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Hijja men tion in
the had ith cor re spond to the sta ges of de vel op ment of the Iran-Iraq War:
"Tumult in Shawwal..."
The first up ris ing against the Shah took place on 5 Shawwal 1398 (8
September 1976), as in di cat ed by the had ith:
"Talks of war in Dhu al-Qa'dah, and the outbreak of war in Dhu al-
Hijja..."
A full-blown war broke out be tween Iran and Iraq in Dhu al-Hijjah
1400 (October 1980).
Another had ith de scribes the de tails of this war:

A nation will come from the Farsi direction, saying: "You Arabs! You
have been too zealous! If you don't give them their due rights, nobody
will have an alliance with you... It must be given to them one day and
to you the following day, and mutual promises must be kept... "They
will be going up Mutekh; Muslims will be coming down to the plain...
Mushrikun [associaters] will be standing over there on the bank of a
black river [Rakabeh] on the other side. There will be a war between
them. Allah will deprive both armies of a victory... (Muhammad ibn
'Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha'ah li Ashrat as-Sa'ah, p. 179.)
* Farsi: Iran, Iranian
** Mutekh: Name of a moun tain in the re gion
*** Yazi: The Plain of Iraq
**** Rakabeh: A re gion where the oil wells are con cen trat ed

"You Arabs! You have in dulged your selves to big ot ry! Unless
you grant due rights to them, no one will agree with you on a plan of
ac tion."

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