 "Moharebeh" (also spelled "muharebeh") is a term that is treated as interchangeable with "ḥirabah" in Arabic lexicons.The related term "muḥārib" (محارب) (perpetrator of "muḥāribah") has been translated by English language Iranian media as "enemy of God".In English-language media sources Moḥarebeh in Iran has been translated variously as "waging war against God," "war against God and the state," "enmity against God."