WEBVTT FILE 1 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:34.319 I respond to You, my Lord. 2 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.319 I respond to You as You have no partner. 3 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:39.719 All praise is due to You; 4 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.880 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 5 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.480 You have no partner. 6 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.680 I respond to You, my Lord. 7 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:52.719 I respond to You as You have no partner. 8 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.360 All praise is due to You; 9 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:57.520 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 10 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:59.799 You have no partner. 11 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.560 I respond to You, my Lord. 12 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:06.439 I respond to You as You have no partner. 13 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:07.840 All praise is due to You; 14 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.319 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 15 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:13.719 You have no partner. 16 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:16.920 I respond to You, my Lord. 17 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.639 I respond to You as You have no partner. 18 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.199 All praise is due to You; 19 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.360 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 20 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:27.800 You have no partner. 21 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.960 I respond to You, my Lord. 22 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.759 I respond to You as You have no partner. 23 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:36.240 All praise is due to You; 24 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:39.319 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 25 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.280 You have no partner. 26 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.160 I respond to You, my Lord. 27 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:49.200 I respond to You as You have no partner. 28 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:50.800 All praise is due to You; 29 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:54.039 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 30 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:56.560 You have no partner. 31 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.719 I respond to You, my Lord. 32 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:03.760 I respond to You as You have no partner. 33 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:05.599 All praise is due to You; 34 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.560 all grace comes from You; all dominion is Yours. 35 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.919 You have no partner. 36 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:42.199 My Lord, give me neither too much nor too little of the riches of this world, 37 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:47.159 so that I may neither overstep my limits nor forget my responsibilities. 38 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:52.120 A small but sufficient amount is better than what is plentiful but causes distraction. 39 00:04:54.079 --> 00:05:00.039 My Lord, I have advanced in age, and lost much of my strength, 40 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.639 while my subjects have increased. 41 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:08.920 Gather me to You while I am able to fulfill my responsibilities, abandoning none. 42 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:17.799 A ruler's most important duty towards his people 43 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.800 is to give priority to their duties towards God, 44 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:26.879 as outlined in their religion representing His guidance. 45 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:31.480 It is our task to bid you to fulfill what God has commanded you 46 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.079 as His obedient servants, 47 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:37.639 and to refrain from sinful disobedience to Him. 48 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:40.759 We also have to implement God's commandments 49 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:46.560 as they apply equally to all people, in complete fulfillment of justice. 50 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.080 In so doing, we provide a chance for the ignorant to learn, 51 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:54.840 the careless to take heed and the one seeking lead to follow suit... 52 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.560 To be a true believer is not achieved by wishful thinking, 53 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:01.759 but by clear action. 54 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:09.000 The more diligent people are, the greater is their reward from God. 55 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.040 Jihad is the topmost duty of all. 56 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.360 The people who are truly engaged in jihad are those who abandon sinful practices 57 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.519 and whoever indulges in them. 58 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.439 Some people claim to have participated in jihad, 59 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:31.480 but true jihad for God's cause is to steer away from sin, 60 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:36.719 Nothing is dearer to God Almighty and of greater benefit to mankind 61 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.360 than a ruler's kindness based on true knowledge and insight. 62 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:45.360 Nothing is more hateful to God than a ruler's ignorance and stupidity. 63 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:50.920 By God, I do not appoint governors and officials in your provinces 64 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.639 so that they will beat you up or take away your money. 65 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:03.639 I send them to you to instruct you in your faith 66 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:08.000 and teach you the way the Prophet has shown us. 67 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:13.520 Whoever is treated differently should put their complaints to me. 68 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.640 By God who holds my soul in His hand, I will ensure that justice is done to them. 69 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:24.160 If I fail to do so, I become a partner in such injustice. 70 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.120 It is much better for me to remove a governor every day 71 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.399 than to leave a despot in his position for an hour longer. 72 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:41.759 To replace governors is much easier than to change the people. 73 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:46.719 If setting things right for a community requires 74 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:50.639 replacing their governor, then it is certainly easy. 75 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.200 Therefore, whoever is in a position of authority in any area of people's affairs 76 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.439 must fear God in the way he treats his people. 77 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.800 To all these I say, do not beat people up to humiliate them. 78 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:09.199 Do not deny them their rights, showing them little care, 79 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:16.160 and do not place them in hardship making them feel lost. 80 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:22.160 My people, when you have completed your pilgrimage rituals, 81 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.759 let the people of different regions meet me together with their governors and officials 82 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.359 so that I can look into their situations. 83 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:34.039 I will consider their disputes and give my judgment, 84 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:38.320 making sure that the weak are given their rights and justice is done to all. 85 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:13.759 Would you like to stop here for rest, Sir? 86 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.399 What makes you tearful, Sir? 87 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.639 My feeling of gratitude to God for His boundless grace, 88 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.399 and my fear of being tested with it. 89 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:36.640 There is no deity other than God Almighty, 90 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:43.080 who grants whatever He pleases to whomever He wills. 91 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:50.519 I can look at myself tending Al-Khattab's camels in this valley, 92 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.919 He was a rough, hard man, working me to exhaustion 93 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.720 and beating me up if I slackened. 94 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:06.920 Now... 95 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:12.760 I am in my position with no one to stand between me and God. 96 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:35.120 "6 years before the mission of the Prophet" 97 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:28.839 May we water our animals at your well, young man? 98 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:30.319 Who are you, people? 99 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.079 We belong to the tribe of Khuzaah 100 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:39.720 What if I refuse? 101 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:52.720 Then we will go back in peace, 102 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.679 hoping to find what we want with some noble person. 103 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:03.560 A noble man gives for a gentle approach what he denies for a rough one. 104 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:06.000 When we have finished and begun to move our camels away, 105 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:08.639 you may bring in your camels. You are most welcome. 106 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:12.080 May I know the name of the generous young man? 107 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:17.240 Umar... Umar Ibn Al-Khattab 108 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:19.760 Of which clan of Quraysh? 109 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.399 And you know that I belong to the Quraysh? 110 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:24.720 The Qurayshi looks cannot be mistaken. 111 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.639 - I belong to the clan of Adiyy. - Kind and noble people. 112 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:42.240 Umar! 113 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:44.560 Here is the firewood you need, aunt. Shall I bring it in? 114 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:46.120 Leave it here for now. 115 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:47.879 Won't you come in and have something to eat? 116 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.080 No, I won't eat until I have delivered the rest of the firewood to my other aunts. 117 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:52.839 I must not be late returning to Al-Khattab's camels. 118 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.919 Otherwise, he will be angry. 119 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.879 If you like, we would speak to him to reduce your work. 120 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.560 I do not wish for lighter work, but for a strong body. 121 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:02.679 This you have been given. 122 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:05.639 May God give you increased strength, you son of Hantamah. 123 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.639 Wait a moment, Umar. 124 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:28.479 This is for you: dates from Yathrib and raisins from Taif. 125 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.080 What brings you home at this time? 126 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:16.360 What about the camels... 127 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.880 I gathered some firewood for my maternal aunts... 128 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:19.519 What about the camels? 129 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:22.679 Your camels are all right 130 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.879 Should you not first ask about the person attending the camels? Your own son? 131 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.519 My son is all right when the camels are all right. 132 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:34.720 Then, rest assured that the camels are well, in Manjanan Valley. 133 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.839 - I did not leave until... - What keeps you here, then? 134 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.759 I fear lest someone should attempt to drive them away. 135 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.800 Who dares do that when they are well marked with your own mark? 136 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.039 Al-Khattab is not in the same position as Utbah Ibn Rabeeah, 137 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.759 the Chief of Abd Shams, 138 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.919 or Al-Waleed Ibn Al-Mugheerah, the Chief of Makhzoom, or... 139 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:54.000 Do we not all belong to the Quraysh, the master tribe in Arabia and... 140 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:58.559 This is true when the rest of the Arabs try to rival us. 141 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.279 When we are back with our own people, 142 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.159 we are not in the same position. 143 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:09.359 These belong to Hashim, the others to Abd Shams, 144 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:13.160 those to Makhzoom and those to Jumah... 145 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.480 Moreover, people rise in status through wealth and commerce, 146 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.440 If you stay away from your father's camels 147 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.600 and someone leads them away, then... 148 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:27.919 You mention wealth and trade... May I do some trading? 149 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.679 You want to do some business 150 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:31.879 but from where will you get your capital? 151 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.800 From my father, Al-Khattab. 152 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:39.200 What? Al-Khattab's money belongs to Al-Khattab until he dies, 153 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.039 which event does not seem to be imminent. 154 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:47.039 Besides, do you think that your father sleeps over a treasure of gold and silver? 155 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:50.920 You certainly speak to me as a servant, not as your own son. 156 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:54.639 You will not be my son if I lose some camels 157 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.840 while you stand here arguing with me. 158 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:00.159 May I not have some food first, 159 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.000 then pack some for the night I will spend in Manjanan Valley? 160 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:06.039 May I lose you. 161 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:12.519 When will you reach that valley, far as it is, if you rest here now? 162 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:17.399 Do you not realize that I have covered all this distance to Makkah today? 163 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.440 If you show me no kindness, 164 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.559 then at least be kind to your donkey as he deserves some rest. 165 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.120 Why did you come anyway? 166 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:29.200 Did I order you to bring firewood for your aunts of the Makhzoom clan? 167 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.639 Shouldn't I be dutiful to my aunts? 168 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.879 Your dutifulness is to your father first. 169 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.640 They are not mutually exclusive. 170 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:37.680 I am not undutiful to my father when I show dutifulness to my aunts. 171 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.119 Then move on speedily... 172 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.519 I will sort it out for both of you, father. 173 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.200 Let Umar have his rest tonight in Makkah, 174 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:48.119 and I will go out to tend the camels 175 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.360 until he comes to meet me there on the morrow. 176 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:52.440 You will tend the camels? 177 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:55.160 Do you say this in praise or contempt? 178 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:59.839 Neither, but you do not manage what your brother manages well. 179 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.080 Nor does he manage what you do well. 180 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.279 Whoever fulfills promises will not be denounced; 181 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:14.199 Whoever stands on firm grounds will not stutter; 182 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:18.039 Whoever fears the coming of death will be overwhelmed by it, 183 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:21.359 even though he seeks to climb into heaven on a ladder. 184 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:26.240 Whoever has plenty but refuses to help his people 185 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:28.399 will be disowned and denounced; 186 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.119 What brings you here at this time? Are you bringing bad news? 187 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:35.080 I have brought you some food. 188 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:38.480 Have you covered all this distance to bring me some food? 189 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.480 I have silenced my hunger, eating my aunts' dates. 190 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.599 The truth is that I am bored with those meetings, 191 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:45.840 where there is nothing except talk about either our forefathers or business and trade. 192 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:48.360 Your position here is better; 193 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:51.440 Except for the fact that Al-Khattab works you too hard. 194 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.839 I am not complaining. 195 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:56.559 In the open here, life gives you clarity of thought, 196 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:01.960 sharper eyesight, purer feelings and unhindered nature. 197 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:08.880 As for the camels; well, when you deal with them like I did, 198 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:12.720 you will realize that they need proper management. 199 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.480 You will soon be able to identify them as individuals; 200 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.039 each having its own temper, manners, needs and abilities. 201 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:27.600 Each joins its herd, but no two camels are identical. 202 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:30.799 When you are fully aware of this, 203 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:34.760 you manage them as a herd, but you look after them as individuals. 204 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.799 You will be as kind to them as a mother to her offspring. 205 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:46.519 While this applies to camels, it is more clearly applicable to people. 206 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.920 Their life cannot flourish unless they have leaders to manage their affairs. 207 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.400 Whoever rebels will perish. 208 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:55.640 A wolf only attacks a lone sheep. 209 00:19:56.720 --> 00:20:01.559 If people stick together, each will have his own personality and intellect. 210 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.480 They will pursue their individual ways, interests and what is determined for them. 211 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.679 None can totally replace another. 212 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:10.559 Had it not been so, people would not need one another; 213 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:13.120 none would need what someone else has. 214 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:17.600 Thus, being together is the means of maintaining their individuality, 215 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:21.200 and their differences bring them together. 216 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.400 You are certainly a man of wisdom, Umar, even though you are young. 217 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:29.520 Yet the elders suppress the like of you. 218 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.559 What is this? 219 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:46.880 Didn't you say that you would love to do some trading? 220 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:52.279 Go to Syria with Quraysh's trade caravan and fulfill your dream. 221 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:57.000 When you return, you can tell me about its palaces, farms, 222 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.960 and beautiful women. 223 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:16.720 "Damascus, 2 years before the mission of the Prophet" 224 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:02.920 - Umar, my friend! - Welcome to the master of Ghassan. 225 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.640 Be careful. Should the Chief of Ghassan hear you, 226 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.559 he would complain against me to the Byzantine Emperor, 227 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:10.759 and I am no match to him. I am only a businessman. 228 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:14.119 - How are you, Umar? - I am well; and you? 229 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:16.080 I am well, thank God. 230 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:18.600 - How did you leave Makkah? - Fine 231 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.600 These, you see, are my Byzantine friends 232 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.480 and my business partners. 233 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:26.359 I have mentioned you to them, saying: we have tried you, 234 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:30.039 finding you a man of honor who does not push prices up... 235 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.039 You have already started bargaining, as you always do, 236 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.919 even before you see our merchandise. 237 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:39.279 You start with your praises so that you can make me recoil into submission. 238 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:44.279 Do you think that Umar will submit to such idle talk? 239 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.640 I will not ask a high price as long as you do the same. 240 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:50.759 I am only selling you so that I can buy your goods. 241 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:55.119 Your praise of me will be returned by similar praise. 242 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:59.200 Or is it that you are bargaining for these Byzantines against your brothers? 243 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:01.599 We are after all of the same race, speaking the same language. 244 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:03.120 Who of us deserves your kindness more? 245 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:05.640 We are certainly of the same race and language, 246 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:08.400 but I share with them religion and land. 247 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:12.079 Unless you wish to convert to my religion and become my brother on both counts. 248 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:15.080 Who knows, I may be able to introduce you to the Byzantine Emperor 249 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.720 and you gain favor with him. 250 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:20.319 Should this happen, you may prefer to stay with us, 251 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.960 and you will be most welcome. 252 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:25.359 Life here in Syria, a land of abundant gardens and orchards, 253 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.120 is so different from the hard life of Arabia. 254 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.880 Hold it. You have gone too far. 255 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:32.680 If you have come for business, let us do business. 256 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:34.720 Fair enough. What have you got for us? 257 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.559 Whatever you wish of the goods you know: 258 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:40.320 perfumes, incense, gums, dates, Yemeni material 259 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:42.120 What about the ivory from Abyssinia? 260 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:45.120 I do not have that, but my fellow traders do. I can get it for you. 261 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:47.720 - And ebony? - Likewise. 262 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:58.800 How about you collecting what I tell you I need, 263 00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:02.240 from you and your fellows, and keep it all for me. 264 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:06.720 I will give you a commission, which remains between us only. 265 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:09.400 What is wrong? I am only serving your interest. 266 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:11.599 Bad indeed is the way you have chosen to benefit me. 267 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:15.200 You wish me to be dishonest with my friends, making a profit behind their backs. 268 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.319 In the process, I will be helping you against your own people. 269 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:21.639 If you monopolize the goods, you will be able to push prices up. 270 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.880 You will fix prices as you wish. 271 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:26.600 I speak for what is right. 272 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:29.200 I will not countenance that some of my friends should deal with you unfairly. 273 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.480 Injustice bears evil fruit. 274 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:35.039 If you hate to be treated unfairly, you hate it for others. 275 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:38.000 Is it your religion that teaches this? 276 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:40.960 I mean the idols you worship. 277 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.839 If religion does not teach me this, 278 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:46.279 morality, integrity and honesty require it. 279 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.919 To me, these are a religion to be followed. 280 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.880 Yet, what does your religion have to say about your action? 281 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.920 Or is money your religion, 282 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:54.240 even though you may claim to follow something else? 283 00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:56.480 If your religion does not deter you, 284 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:59.079 then what about your integrity, when you are an Arab? 285 00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.519 Or is it that your morality has been corrupted 286 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:02.599 by your long association with the Byzantines? 287 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.679 I thought that the people of Arabia and its deserts 288 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:09.960 envy us our residence in Syria, alongside Byzantium, 289 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.920 the world's superpower. 290 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.480 We are kings over the Arabs here. 291 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:15.279 You are kings ruling over your own people, 292 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:17.079 while the Byzantines are your kings. 293 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:19.200 Thus, you are subservient to them. 294 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:23.519 They use you to accomplish their goals, and in their wars, 295 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:25.759 but you are not allowed a part in their government. 296 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.879 How can we envy you your position? 297 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:30.000 When we finish our business, 298 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.839 I will take you to some Damascus districts, then to Guerguis's tavern, 299 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:36.600 so that you see why you should look at us with envy. 300 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.920 Go to hell with him and do not bring him here. 301 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.880 May God cut his tongue. 302 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:33.120 Why did you not give him a similar response? 303 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:35.680 What? He is a Byzantine soldier. 304 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:41.519 Indeed. I see now why we should envy you. 305 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:52.960 "1 year before the mission of the Prophet" 306 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.759 What? Ten Dirhams! That is too much. 307 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:53.639 By Al-Lat, I am only making half a dirham of profit. 308 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:57.559 - Take it or leave it. - We leave it, then. 309 00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:00.200 - A bad seller you certainly are. - Safwan, Sir! 310 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.519 For only a dirham or two you turn this young lady away! 311 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.079 Sir, it is your property and your father's I am looking after. 312 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.440 I am only a servant of yours selling your goods. 313 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:15.119 This is the price your father fixed for me. 314 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.200 Then give this pretty young lady the length she needs 315 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.240 for the price she is happy to pay. 316 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:21.039 As you wish, Sir. 317 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.919 Should there be many pretty young ladies around, 318 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.000 you and your father will live in poverty. 319 00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:29.600 Should there be many, our need to spend on any one would be less. 320 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.759 Gold is so precious because of its rarity, 321 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:34.600 while cheap metals are plentiful. 322 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:50.000 O Chiefs of the Quraysh; 323 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:54.000 since when people are treated unfairly in your place 324 00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:56.319 and their rights are taken away? 325 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:58.080 What is the matter, brother? 326 00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:59.759 Chief of the Amir tribe. 327 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:02.399 Will you be happy when this man makes away with my right 328 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:04.640 when I am in your land? 329 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.759 No. By Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, I did nothing of the sort. 330 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:12.240 By the Lord of Moses, he did. 331 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:20.319 He bought dates and barley from me in last year's season, 332 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:22.960 but he had no money. 333 00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:26.240 He asked me to lend him the price until this year 334 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:29.720 and he would pay me in this season the price of the goods 335 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:33.919 and the increase due to the delayed payment. 336 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:36.839 Now he denies my rightful claim. 337 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:43.640 When I took the dates and barley away, and he returned to Yathrib, 338 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:46.920 I checked the goods and discovered that he cheated me. 339 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:51.119 He placed the best dates and barley on top. 340 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:56.160 What was beneath it was bad and rotting, good only for animal feed. 341 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:59.359 I made a huge loss. 342 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.000 By the Lord of Moses, he lies. 343 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:04.679 When we agreed the deal, the goods were sound. 344 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:10.359 If what he says be true, they rotted in his keeping. 345 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:13.279 Why should I be blamed for his mismanagement? 346 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.679 - Abdullah! - Yes, father! 347 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:19.160 Pay this man from the Qurayzah what his debtor cannot pay. 348 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:25.919 We must not let the Jews of Yathrib say 349 00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:29.960 that living next to the Aws and the Khazraj guarantees their rights better. 350 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:32.000 May God curse the one of you two who is lying. 351 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.599 Yes, by the Lord of the Kaabah. 352 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:35.960 May God curse the one who is lying. 353 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:40.319 By Al-Lat, were it not for Abu Zaid's honor, I would have beaten you up, 354 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:45.080 and I would have called on my people to turn you and the like of you out 355 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:50.920 You think we are easy game! Ha ha! He would beat me up! 356 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.599 When the promised one will appear, 357 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:56.920 we will then kill you all, just like the Aad people were destroyed. 358 00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:06.119 What did the Jew mean when he said "the promised one"? 359 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.759 It is a Prophet who will appear among them. 360 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:10.039 They always say that his time is due. 361 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:13.479 Whenever they have a quarrel with Arabs, they speak of his appearance, 362 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.799 believing that with him they would be able to beat all people. 363 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.920 May this be a bad omen for them. 364 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:05.599 Any other challenger? Anyone dares challenge? 365 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.679 Go and bring Umar 366 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:15.320 Umar, you are the most knowledgeable of poetry among us. 367 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.039 Who of the poets we listened to was best? 368 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:20.440 Al-Khansa' has wept and made others weep. 369 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:22.360 She is always grieving. 370 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.119 She stops weeping only to start again. 371 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.719 Umar! 372 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.320 Here you are at last. 373 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:36.960 Show him what Quraysh's pride can do. 374 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:41.760 He is no match to you. Come on, Umar. Come one, Umar; he is yours 375 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:10.480 Good work; good, Umar 376 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.800 Hit him, Umar, hit him! 377 00:35:53.880 --> 00:36:00.119 This is Quraysh's man, hero, ambassador 378 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:02.319 and spokesman when it has a dispute. 379 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:06.960 Whoever thinks that he has a lead over us, 380 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:11.880 let him come forward, or stay away. 381 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:16.639 This man has stressed what God has granted to the Quraysh. 382 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.119 My Lord, the Lord of Abraham. 383 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:35.919 This is Your house which You have consecrated. 384 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:38.839 Purge it of all filth 385 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:42.960 and all that those people have perpetrated in it. 386 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:46.039 In the Name of God, most Gracious, most Merciful: 387 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:51.119 "Read! In the Name of your Lord Who has created (all that exists)" 388 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:54.880 "He has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood)" 389 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:58.079 "Read! And your Lord is the most Generous" 390 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:01.119 "Who has taught (the writing) by the pen" 391 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:05.680 "He has taught man that which he knew not" 392 00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:12.120 Good evening, uncle, Waraqah Ibn Nawfal 393 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:20.119 - Aren't you Abu Talib's son? - Ali. 394 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:25.440 By God, there must be something serious that brings you here at this time. 395 00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:42.759 Has Khadijah mentioned why she is calling me at this time? 396 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:44.360 No 397 00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:18.640 God be glorified. If you are telling me the truth, my nephew, 398 00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:24.599 then this is the same angel sent to Moses. 399 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:31.639 I wish I will be alive when your people drive you out... 400 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:36.840 Everyone who came up with a similar message 401 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.360 was met with hostility... 402 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:47.079 If I am alive on that day, I will give unwavering support. 403 00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:03.880 My nephew! Make sure to stick to your cousin. 404 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:08.320 His message is the truth coming from the Lord of the heavens and earth. 405 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:32.800 What may be in store for this city of ours? 406 00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:38.000 In the Name of God, most Gracious, most Merciful: 407 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:41.719 "O you, enveloped in garments!" 408 00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:44.680 "Arise and warn!" 409 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:47.719 "And Magnify your Lord (Allah)!" 410 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:50.759 "And purify your garments!" 411 00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.960 "And keep away from Al-Rujz (the idols)!" 412 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:58.720 "And give not a thing in order to have more"