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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

These three months coincide with the months during which the
Iran-Iraq war developed.
Tumult in Shawwal …
The first uprising against the Shah took place on 5 Shawwal 1398
(8 September 1976), as indicated by the hadith.
Talks of war in Dhu al-Qa`dah, and the outbreak of war in Dhu
al-Hijjah …
A full-blown war broke out between Iran and Iraq in Dhu al-
Hijjah 1400 (October 1980).
Another hadith describes the details of this war as follows:

A nation/tribe 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 [idol-
aters] will be standing over there on the bank of a black river
[Rakabeh] on the other side. There will be a war between them.
God will deprive both armies of a victory ... (Muhammad ibn
`Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p. 179)
Above you see some of the news about Iran-Iraq war.
- Those coming from the Farsi direction: those coming from the
Iranian side
- Farsi: Iran, Iranian
- Coming down to the plain: Coming down to the Iranian plain
- Mutekh: Name of a mountain in the region
- Rakabeh: A region where the oil wells are concentrated
"You Arabs! You have been too zealous! If you don't give them
their due rights, nobody will have an alliance with you…"
This hadith may draw attention to the outbreak of a racial dis-

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