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PORTENTS AND FEATURES OF THE MAHDI'S COMING

5) STRIFES IN WHICH EVEN WOMEN AND CHIL-
DREN ARE SLAUGHTERED,
6) HE WILL APPEAR WHEN THE WAYLAYING
INCREASES,
7) INCREASED OPPRESSION OF MUSLIMS,
8) THE DESTRUCTION OF MASJIDS AND
MOSQUES,
9) RELIGIOUS PROHIBITIONS GAIN ACCEPTANCE,
10) THE OPEN DENIAL OF ALLAH (Surely Allah is
beyond that!),
11) THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR,
12) THE OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN,
13) THE ARMY THAT SANK IN THE DESERT,
14) HALTING OF THE FLOW OF THE EUPHRATES,
15) LUNAR AND SOLAR ECLIPSES DURING
RAMADAN,
16) THE RISE OF A COMET
17) STORMING THE KA'BAH AND THE SUBSE-
QUENT BLOODSHED,
18) SIGHTING A FLARE IN THE EAST,
19) AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FALSE
PROPHETS,
20) USING RELIGION FOR PERSONAL ENDS,
21) GREAT AND AMAZING THINGS TAKING PLACE,
22) A SIGN OUT OF THE SUN,
23) THE DESTRUCTION OF GREAT CITIES, and
24) AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EARTH-
QUAKES.
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