1 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:35,960 Where is Abu Bakr, Uthman, Abu Ubaidah 2 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,960 or Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Awf? 3 00:02:38,599 --> 00:02:43,000 We only know of his followers those who belong to clans that protect them. 4 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,640 Hence, they were prepared to declare their faith. 5 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:52,759 Besides, these are wise and sensible men, or so we thought. 6 00:02:53,599 --> 00:03:00,120 How can we protect our slaves, servants and those who are not so sensible? 7 00:03:01,159 --> 00:03:02,919 Abu Al-Waleed. 8 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,039 Had Muhammad said what he said then took himself away, 9 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,840 like Waraqah Ibn Nawfal 10 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,719 and Zaid Ibn Amr Ibn Nafeel did, the matter would have been simple. 11 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,159 - We would have left him to himself. - Yes! 12 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:25,120 But he claims that he is a Prophet, a messenger of God, 13 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:32,400 assigned to deliver a message. Whoever obeys him is safe. 14 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:39,120 Whoever obeys him is safe, and whoever disobeys him ruins himself. 15 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:44,120 Anyone who joins him disobeys us. 16 00:03:44,759 --> 00:03:51,639 By Al-Lat, this is not a word a man says and goes away, 17 00:03:51,759 --> 00:03:55,000 or comes back to us obeying what we say. 18 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:01,840 When he disowns our idols he declares his rebellion against us. 19 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:07,080 When his followers increase, our numbers decrease, 20 00:04:07,639 --> 00:04:13,679 until we lose our standing with them and have no control over them. 21 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:24,399 Are we to leave him alone until the matter gets out of hand? 22 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,680 You have taken your time, Bilal, before bringing us our drinks. 23 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,520 I could not have started with the young men of Quraysh before its elders. 24 00:04:37,639 --> 00:04:39,639 We certainly need the drinks more than elders 25 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:41,439 whose bones have thinned and whose strength is gone. 26 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,000 Hush! Someone may hear you. 27 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,519 - Do you still fear your father? - Yes, until he is in his grave. 28 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:51,079 How did you allow Jubair Ibn Mut'im's slave to beat you the other day? 29 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:53,000 Wahshi? 30 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,879 He is stronger than me. Could things be achieved by mere wishes, 31 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,399 life order would have been turned upside down. 32 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:01,799 Very true. You could have been sitting with the elders, 33 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,199 explaining your views and stating what to do about Muhammad. 34 00:05:05,319 --> 00:05:07,040 You could be obeyed by all. 35 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:11,959 Do you really wish that, Bilal? 36 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,280 Had it been possible for people to see what others wish and hope, 37 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:17,639 they would only meet with swords in hands. 38 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:21,199 What can my organs do when you have owned them? 39 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,319 My duty is that of a slave: to milk the sheep, tend the camels, 40 00:05:28,439 --> 00:05:30,759 carry the water and attend you when you meet. 41 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:34,279 Had you been as excellent in spear fighting as you are in these matters, 42 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:36,639 you would have given us all we need. 43 00:05:36,759 --> 00:05:39,560 It is not normal in life that things should be perfect. 44 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,840 Otherwise, people would have had no need for one another. 45 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,080 I never realized that he is so wise. 46 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:51,839 He would have been more valuable had he been better with the spear. 47 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:59,799 A slave with a mind is much more dangerous than a slave with a spear. 48 00:06:04,959 --> 00:06:11,799 You have mentioned certain things and overlooked others. 49 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,280 You mentioned Quraysh but not the rest of the Arabs. 50 00:06:17,399 --> 00:06:24,279 Yet you know that many of them envy you your position of wealth and strength. 51 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,920 They only accept your leadership because of the authority 52 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,879 of the religion we all follow, 53 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:38,360 and the sanctity of the Kaabah of which you are the custodians. 54 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:44,199 Muhammad claims that his message is to all mankind, 55 00:06:44,319 --> 00:06:47,480 but he started with his own people and tribesmen. 56 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,680 It is only a matter of time before he addresses himself to other Arab tribes. 57 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,759 Some of them may find in this an opportunity to rebel against you, 58 00:06:56,879 --> 00:07:01,839 follow Muhammad and fight you with some of your own numbers. 59 00:07:01,959 --> 00:07:04,479 And that would be very bad indeed. 60 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:10,360 Besides, why would God choose Muhammad to be his Prophet and messenger 61 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,080 when there are among us people who are richer and higher in position? 62 00:07:14,199 --> 00:07:17,519 - Yes! - Abu Al-Hakam! 63 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:25,080 If Muhammad is lying, he would not claim prophethood for anyone else. 64 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,080 If he is telling the truth, then God chooses whomever He will, 65 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:31,759 consulting no one. 66 00:07:31,879 --> 00:07:37,719 You make it hard for us, Abu Al-Waleed. Do you want us to leave Muhammad alone? 67 00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:51,560 You, the Quraysh elders, know very well 68 00:07:53,279 --> 00:07:57,599 that the Hashimites will not give up Muhammad to you... 69 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,120 although they may continue to follow your faith 70 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,960 - without a bitter fight. - By God, we are ready. 71 00:08:05,079 --> 00:08:07,879 Then we precipitate what we are trying to avoid: 72 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:13,959 severed relations with kindred, disunity and weakness. 73 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:16,079 Others will then be tempted to have a go at us. 74 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:25,639 Hasn't someone said that if it was merely a word he says 75 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:31,199 and we go back to our familiar way of life, it would have been easy? 76 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,400 Then, what we really fear in regard to Muhammad's message 77 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:41,480 is the consequences we have mentioned. 78 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:47,439 Are we then to precipitate these by resorting to the sword? 79 00:08:51,919 --> 00:08:53,639 What s your view, then? 80 00:08:53,759 --> 00:08:56,799 I think we better speak to his uncle Abu Talib. 81 00:08:57,759 --> 00:09:01,559 No one loves his people and is kinder to them than Abu Talib. 82 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:03,959 He loves to see them united. 83 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:09,199 It is he who can stop Muhammad. 84 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,520 If he does, then you achieve what you want. 85 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:18,599 How could you disagree with me, 86 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,120 your maternal uncle, in front of the Abd Manaf elders? 87 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,240 Isn't the purpose of the meeting that everyone expresses his opinion 88 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,440 so that we may agree the best course of action to achieve the desired result? 89 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,399 All you did was to show that your view is better than your uncle's. 90 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:34,519 - Is that how you show dutifulness? - The question here is not one of dutifulness. 91 00:09:34,639 --> 00:09:37,399 We are all pursuing the same goal, but with different means. 92 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:39,679 And you undermine my position in front of Utbah 93 00:09:39,799 --> 00:09:42,120 and the Abd Manaf elders? 94 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,480 We didn't meet in a competition of views, so as to say. 95 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,399 Our meeting was to devise a way to set Quraysh on the right course. 96 00:09:49,519 --> 00:09:52,279 I wouldn't conceal an opinion which I believe to do just that, 97 00:09:52,399 --> 00:09:55,000 even though it might agree with the Abd Manaf people and disagree with my uncles. 98 00:09:55,120 --> 00:10:01,600 I disagree with Muhammad; not because of anything personal. 99 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,279 All people know that whoever denounces him is a liar. 100 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:08,199 I don't disagree with him because of any envy I bear against the Hashimites. 101 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,960 Had he belonged to Adiy, I would still maintain the same attitude to him. 102 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,520 This may be your view, but it is not the view of Utbah, 103 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:19,840 or the others from Abd Shams and Abd Manaf. 104 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,280 Haven't you seen how he tries to paint the matter as not so serious? 105 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:27,840 He only does so because of his relations with the Hadhimites. 106 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,120 They all belong to Abd Manaf. 107 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,399 Yet it may be that the closest relatives compete for supremacy. 108 00:10:34,519 --> 00:10:38,360 Everyone thinks himself equal to his cousin, and will not let him lead. 109 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,320 This has always been the case between the clans of Abd Shams and Hashim. 110 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,800 But should Makhzoom take the lead, its people will overlook past differences 111 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:48,679 and remember only that they all belong to Abd Manaf. 112 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:52,639 We have competed with the clan of Abd Manaf for honours: 113 00:10:52,759 --> 00:10:56,279 they fed the poor, and we did the same; 114 00:10:56,399 --> 00:10:58,519 they provided generous support to those who needed it and we did the same. 115 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:03,120 When we were together on the same level, like two racehorses running neck and neck, 116 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,320 they said that one of their numbers was a Prophet receiving revelations from on high! 117 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,720 When can we, the Makhzooms, attain such an honour? 118 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,800 By God, we shall never believe in him, even though he might produce every proof. 119 00:11:16,919 --> 00:11:19,679 We will be hostile to him for life. 120 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,039 If his clan, the Hashimites, insist on protecting him, 121 00:11:24,159 --> 00:11:26,919 we will fight them, come what may. 122 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,040 Umar, learn this from your uncle. 123 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:51,600 I saw you presenting a moderate stance, opposing Abu Al-Hakam's extreme view. 124 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:56,120 By Al-Lat, he is not as angry with Muhammad as we are, 125 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,039 but is envious of Abd Manaf, 126 00:11:59,159 --> 00:12:01,639 with both its branches, Hashim and Abd Shams. 127 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:08,960 The man is sharp and stupid, yet strong and intelligent. 128 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,960 To me, the strap of Muhammad's shoes is more valuable than Abu Al-Hakam, 129 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,440 except for the fact that Muhammad has abandoned our faith 130 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,919 and criticized our elders. 131 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:24,559 Yet, what is he envious for? If this is evil as we all see it, 132 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,719 Muhammad has placed us with all people at the same level, 133 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,320 starting with his immediate kinsfolk. 134 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,880 Since Muhammad has equally included his own clan in the evil he has brought up, 135 00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:42,240 it behoves us all to collaborate in stopping him. 136 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:48,080 On this we agree with Makhzoom and the rest of Quraysh. 137 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,759 Hind is right, Abu Al-Waleed. 138 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,400 A man's testimony for his wife! 139 00:12:55,519 --> 00:12:58,679 It is not right that a man's testimony for his wife 140 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:01,319 should be better than that of a father for his daughter. 141 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:06,000 Had Hind been a man, she would have been the master of her people. 142 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:12,320 It would have been Abu Sufyan's loss: he loses a wife without winning position. 143 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,200 Abu Talib's orphan is a Prophet, 144 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:25,679 and I, his uncle, have to follow him and obey him! 145 00:13:25,799 --> 00:13:27,719 You are better placed to be the Prophet. 146 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,920 Yes, I do deserve it more than him. 147 00:13:32,039 --> 00:13:34,839 To me, this is the evidence that he is a liar. 148 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:40,720 Had it been true, it would not have missed me and been given to him. 149 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:45,840 Huh! It is not enough that he claims it for himself and boasts over me. 150 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,560 Worse still, he makes us targets for all Arabian tribes. 151 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:50,839 He wins the privilege and we shoulder the responsibility. 152 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,160 Haven't you disowned him and his action? 153 00:13:53,279 --> 00:14:00,279 I did. I am indeed his fiercest enemy. Quraysh knows that. 154 00:14:00,399 --> 00:14:06,720 - Then you are absolved of his evil. - Yes, I am. 155 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:15,200 But the Hashimites. They have obeyed Abu Talib, not me. 156 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,159 Would you have seen how they looked at me, 157 00:14:20,279 --> 00:14:22,959 just like people look at a camel with scabies. 158 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,159 If the rest of Quraysh have absolved me of his evil, 159 00:14:27,279 --> 00:14:29,839 the Hashimites have denounced me 160 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,639 for not toeing their line of protecting Muhammad. 161 00:14:32,759 --> 00:14:35,919 Then there will be those Arabs who would say 162 00:14:36,039 --> 00:14:38,480 that I have collaborated against my own nephew, 163 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,440 paying no heed for the ties of kinship. 164 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:44,079 This is a grave error in the view of all Arabs. 165 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:53,279 Umm Jameel, do you see my predicament? I am the loser, however I turn. 166 00:14:53,399 --> 00:14:56,000 This is where Muhammad has landed me. 167 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:03,720 Isn't he dispraised? Yes, he is. Confound him. 168 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,160 By God, I will do my utmost to foil his efforts. 169 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:11,399 I shall castigate him and bring him low, until people say: 170 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:15,639 his uncle is testifying against him. Had he been telling the truth, 171 00:15:15,759 --> 00:15:18,000 he would have been the first to support and defend him. 172 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,480 Do that, Abu Mu'attib. Al-Lat and Al-Uzza will be with you, 173 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,759 and I am with you. You will see what I will do to him. 174 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:29,879 Confound him! Confound him! 175 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,920 My brother Umar, how happy I am to see you. 176 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:06,240 - How are you, sister? - I am well as long as you are with us. 177 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,039 - And you, Saeed? - I am well, enjoying good blessings. 178 00:16:09,159 --> 00:16:13,759 You are here? You prefer your sister's and cousin's company to mine. 179 00:16:13,879 --> 00:16:15,840 No one replaces Umar. 180 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,120 - May I bring you some food or drink? - Just water 181 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:23,960 How did you find the people? 182 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:28,879 They have the same goal, but different means. 183 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:35,040 This does not bode well for Quraysh if it remains so. 184 00:16:39,639 --> 00:16:41,159 Won't you explain? 185 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:46,319 All of them seek the same goal, which is to stop Muhammad and end his call, 186 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:54,040 but they cannot agree the cause. Some envy the Abd Manaf clan. 187 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:57,519 Some from Abd Manaf envy the Hashimites, 188 00:16:57,639 --> 00:17:01,240 and some Hashimites envy the Abd Al-Muttalib branch, 189 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:08,279 and some in that branch envy Muhammad. Foul then is the cause. 190 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,680 What is the harm in having different causes if the aim is the same? 191 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:18,319 When the causes of hostility differ, the routes differ, 192 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:25,320 and this leads to missing the goal. Then they sat blaming each other. 193 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,160 They were in a situation where their own Differences 194 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:29,680 were greater than their conflict with Muhammad. 195 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:42,519 Results cannot be achieved in this way. No, they cannot. 196 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,880 Haven't you explained to them how they can be achieved? 197 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,119 Yes, indeed I did. 198 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,919 This angered my uncle Abu Al-Hakam. 199 00:17:52,039 --> 00:17:55,200 Your uncle, Abu Al-Hakam! Quraysh will perish if they obey him. 200 00:17:55,319 --> 00:17:59,200 - He is my uncle, anyway. - I don't envy you that, 201 00:17:59,319 --> 00:18:02,559 but I would love to be the same as you in everything else. 202 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,640 Yet I am happy that we have the same father, 203 00:18:04,759 --> 00:18:06,920 although we have different mothers. 204 00:18:07,039 --> 00:18:10,000 By God, I love you more than anyone else. 205 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:15,440 I know that you are dutiful to your maternal uncles. Dutifulness is good, 206 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,519 but I also know that my brother, Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, 207 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,840 will only use his wisdom for a good purpose. 208 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,160 If he decides something and then finds a better alternative, 209 00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:28,279 he would have no problem choosing what is better. 210 00:18:28,839 --> 00:18:31,599 What we see of Umar is what he is like. 211 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,519 He does not sway to please anyone or for fear of anyone. 212 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,120 What he determines to be right is his religion, 213 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,079 no matter who is pleased with it and who is not, 214 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,000 even if it may be his uncle, Abu Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham. 215 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:29,480 Do not be disheartened by your lack of strength or small number, 216 00:19:29,599 --> 00:19:34,719 or by the power enjoyed by the Quraysh masters and their arrogance. 217 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:38,279 By God other than whom there is no deity, 218 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,759 what God and His messenger have promised shall come true. 219 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,320 This faith shall reach the furthest points in the east and the west. 220 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,559 And God shall give us the kingdom of Persia and Byzantium. 221 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,640 Are you referring to the Persians and the Byzantines? 222 00:19:50,759 --> 00:19:52,640 You think it to be too far away, don't you? 223 00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:57,119 - Yes. - Yet, to God it is close at hand. 224 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,359 If you today suffer hardship on account of your faith, 225 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,880 remember the future God has promised. 226 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,799 You will then find your present hardship easier to bear. 227 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,160 We do believe what the Prophet says, Abu Bakr; 228 00:20:10,279 --> 00:20:12,879 and we do believe that God's promise will certainly come true. 229 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,720 But Islam will not be triumphant unless the Arabs, 230 00:20:16,839 --> 00:20:22,039 and these people of Quraysh who are hard against God and His messenger, 231 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,360 trying to turn us away of our faith, shall become Muslims. 232 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:28,319 Yes, indeed. They shall all embrace Islam, 233 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:33,519 except for those who will die before this faith will prevail. 234 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,000 You shall see many a person who is hostile to you today 235 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,959 will be your brother in faith tomorrow. 236 00:20:41,079 --> 00:20:44,960 Therefore, I am telling you to take it easy. 237 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:50,519 Let not the present hostility of Quraysh towards you cause you to despair of them. 238 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,960 Kindness and gentle treatment always bring better results. 239 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,800 Indeed. Firmness in sticking to the truth in hard times 240 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,279 will bring different results to those which a hard attitude brings. 241 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,200 Falsehood cannot be countered by a similar falsehood. 242 00:21:06,319 --> 00:21:11,559 It is refuted by the truth. Bad manners are countered by good manners. 243 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,880 A harsh opponent is best repelled by forbearance and wisdom. 244 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,720 Otherwise, our opponents will prevail as they force us to adopt their manners. 245 00:21:25,799 --> 00:21:29,079 - You? - You don't seem pleased to see me. 246 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,720 I did not challenge you. It is your master whom you should blame. 247 00:21:37,799 --> 00:21:42,519 What could I have done? It is either I win or you win. 248 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,120 Was it necessary that you should put all your strength in it, 249 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:51,759 - as though you were fighting an enemy. - We only do that to please our masters. 250 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,520 Would you kill me if your master orders you to do it? 251 00:21:55,640 --> 00:22:00,200 - Only if it gains me my freedom. - What a cruel camel you are. 252 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,000 It is a quality of praise for a slave, but not for anyone else. 253 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,039 What is surprising? Would you not do it if you could gain your freedom? 254 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,560 - I won't. - This is because you are used to slavery. 255 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,000 Leave off. Who could get used to humiliation and slavery? 256 00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:18,000 Do you have a drink that your master might have left? 257 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,159 Wahshi, you still drink too much. 258 00:22:20,279 --> 00:22:21,920 Without it, I would either slay someone or be slain. 259 00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:23,399 You will never change. 260 00:22:23,519 --> 00:22:26,319 Only a person who is his own master can change. 261 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,120 How far we are from that. 262 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:36,080 Do you know, Bilal, we are so different, except in colour. 263 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,160 Yet it is enough for me to be friends with you. 264 00:22:38,279 --> 00:22:40,039 No, it is not. 265 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:44,080 People get closer to each other through their minds, feelings and preferences. 266 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Really? 267 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,840 Show me a man from Quraysh who is happy to say that you are close to him 268 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,200 in mind, feelings and preferences. 269 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,400 Huh! Why don't you answer, son of Hamamah? 270 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,839 - I am Rabah's son. - No, the son of Hamamah. 271 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,920 This is how they call you, after your mother 272 00:23:11,039 --> 00:23:14,920 who was an Abyssinian slave woman. It does not matter who your father was. 273 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:17,319 Have you come to spoil my night? 274 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,120 Is there for the likes of us a night they fear to be spoilt? 275 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,680 Where do you go these days? You seem difficult to find. 276 00:23:31,599 --> 00:23:33,759 On some errands for my master. 277 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,119 I don't think you are telling me the truth. 278 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:41,039 If it is something good, share it with me. 279 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,720 It is not right that you hide it from me. 280 00:23:43,839 --> 00:23:48,399 - What do I have to hide from you? - This is what I am asking you. 281 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,079 I have nothing in answer. 282 00:24:15,839 --> 00:24:21,319 Abu Talib, you are meeting this delegation once more. 283 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:27,039 We put our case to you last time, speaking gently to you. 284 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:34,000 You gave us some fine words, and we thought you will do as we asked. 285 00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:41,839 However, we only find your nephew persisting with what he started, 286 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,880 and that more and more are joining him. 287 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,279 The less wise among us are accusing us of weakness and helplessness. 288 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:54,440 They have almost said to us: unless you deal with him we will, 289 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:56,759 even though it means that we don't listen to you. 290 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:03,360 Here we come to you again to say that 291 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:10,519 things have reached the limit with us. We will no longer tolerate this situation 292 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,640 in which our gods and forefathers are denounced and our elders are berated. 293 00:25:14,759 --> 00:25:19,480 You must stop him or else we will fight him and you too, 294 00:25:19,599 --> 00:25:22,919 until one party perishes. 295 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,640 What say you? 296 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:11,960 By God, they were unfair to him. 297 00:26:12,079 --> 00:26:15,039 Should Abu Talib give up his nephew and hand him over to them, 298 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,200 he would lose my respect. 299 00:26:17,319 --> 00:26:20,439 Where would be all moral values? Where would ties of kindred be? 300 00:26:20,559 --> 00:26:23,279 Aren't such values a religion to the Arabs 301 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,200 How can they ask Abu Talib to disregard them? 302 00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:29,799 He would lose all respect and would be denounced for ever. 303 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,800 But you were with them. 304 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,160 I advised against it, but they would not listen. They are the elders, 305 00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:44,119 and I cannot split away from them when they have agreed something. 306 00:26:45,079 --> 00:26:48,639 - I am just one of them. - You are getting us confused, Umar. 307 00:26:48,759 --> 00:26:51,879 When Muhammad and his faith are mentioned, you are the most hostile. 308 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,680 We may think that you will go after him to kill him. 309 00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:58,240 When your people think of clashing with the Hashimites over Muhammad, 310 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,079 you angrily criticize them. What do you want? 311 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,039 What good morality and integrity require. 312 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:14,240 I am only criticizing their view for the same reason I am hostile to Muhammad. 313 00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:19,359 They say that Muhammad has criticized our religion, berated our elders, 314 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,960 and caused disunity among us. All this is true. 315 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:23,919 Hence, we should be against him. 316 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:30,600 Then they try to persuade Abu Talib to give up his nephew 317 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,600 when they know that this is against Arab tradition 318 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:39,600 and moral values which they extol in their poetry. 319 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,440 They neither accept Muhammad's message 320 00:27:43,559 --> 00:27:47,319 nor stick to their forefathers' traditions. 321 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,160 The one who thinks that he can only win the war 322 00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:53,720 by compromising his moral values will certainly come unstuck. 323 00:27:58,079 --> 00:28:01,119 I am certainly unhappy with how matters have developed in this city of ours. 324 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,680 Would that I am back tending Al-Khattab's camels 325 00:28:05,799 --> 00:28:08,319 in an open desert that sharpens vision and perception. 326 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,839 It remains untainted by creatures. 327 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:24,559 I have brought you some date paste from Yathrib. 328 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,000 Is it squeezed with butter? Wahshi does not accept anything less. 329 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:30,959 Great is your vanity. 330 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,599 - You have stolen it from your master. - Is that how you thank me, you ingrate? 331 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,839 You haven't bought it with your father's money. 332 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:44,080 If you don't want it, leave it. I know that you don't deserve it. 333 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,480 - Why did you bring it, then? - Perhaps I am a fool. 334 00:28:50,319 --> 00:28:55,599 Indeed I am. Yet you have my sympathy. 335 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,720 I don't want anyone's sympathy. You are not my mother. 336 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:02,959 Hold it. I said nothing wrong. 337 00:29:05,359 --> 00:29:11,079 I don't want to be your mother. I hope you will marry me. 338 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,000 Wahshi! Can't you smile at me for once? 339 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,240 So that you can see the whiteness of my teeth? 340 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,360 The whiteness of my teeth! 341 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,480 This is something we have in greater measure than the Arabs. 342 00:29:32,599 --> 00:29:34,679 Huh! The whiteness of my teeth. 343 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,720 - You do know how to laugh. - The whiteness! 344 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,640 - Good morning, Abu Al-Waleed. - Good morning. 345 00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:51,119 I am wondering about your brother, Abu Hudhayfah. 346 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,240 He has not been visiting us for some time. 347 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,559 If you like we can drop at his place. 348 00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:02,399 Sit down. 349 00:30:06,279 --> 00:30:11,680 Father, brother, how happy I am to see you. Welcome. 350 00:30:13,319 --> 00:30:15,079 Won't you sit down, father? 351 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,519 Are you eating with your slave in one plate 352 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,880 Salim, do not leave until you have finished eating. 353 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,359 All right, sir. I have finished. 354 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,160 Have a good day, sir. 355 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,200 You shouldn't have broken his heart in this way. 356 00:30:35,319 --> 00:30:39,159 Do you remonstrate with me in respect to your slave? 357 00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:43,240 What will Quraysh say when they know that Utbah's son, 358 00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:47,959 the chief of the Abd Shams clan, eats with his slave in one plate? 359 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:53,639 Why should I care for what people say when I have my own views? 360 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:55,839 You also possess Salim. 361 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,240 I own my love of him, just as I love my children. 362 00:30:58,359 --> 00:31:00,919 What is the harm in my eating with him in one plate? 363 00:31:01,039 --> 00:31:03,680 Wouldn't we be buried in the same soil when we die? 364 00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:10,440 Yes, in the same soil, but not in the same grave. 365 00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:13,879 Will there be masters and slaves in the graves, father? 366 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,759 The dead have no distinction in the graves, after having died. 367 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:21,840 It is only their ranks in life before death, 368 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,519 and the ranks of those they leave behind. 369 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,560 What use is that to the dead? 370 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,080 They take nothing with them except their good deeds. 371 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,000 What did you say? 372 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,240 Good deeds remain after a person dies. 373 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:44,840 You said they take their good deeds with them to their graves. 374 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:49,120 I understand it if you say that their good deeds continue to be remembered, 375 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,039 but that they take them with them... 376 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,440 Have you been meeting Muhammad and learning from him 377 00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:58,879 about resurrection and reckoning? 378 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,360 Does he really say that? 379 00:32:03,319 --> 00:32:05,639 I was not with you when he called the people at Al-Safa. 380 00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:08,039 Won't you sit down now, father? 381 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,360 Shall I sit on a mat where your slave has been sitting? 382 00:32:44,519 --> 00:32:48,759 Muhammad abuses me! Abuses me... 383 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:55,880 What are you doing? 384 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,359 Muhammad, or rather Muthammam, your nephew... 385 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:00,839 And yours. 386 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,880 He abuses me and my wife and threatens us with fire, 387 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,519 saying that it is Qur'an revealed to him. 388 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,400 No one has encouraged him to do so other than this one... 389 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,319 And this one... 390 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,559 And you. Yes, you. 391 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:31,640 - Is this what you do to your nephew? - I disown him and all he does. 392 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:40,240 If you don't refrain from this to maintain good manners, then out of shame. It is wicked. 393 00:33:40,359 --> 00:33:46,439 And... I disown you, and this one, and this. I disown you all. 394 00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:51,359 Abd Al-Muttalib would have been broken-hearted to see this. 395 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,400 People say: You may have a brother who was not born to your mother, 396 00:33:55,519 --> 00:34:00,079 but no one ever said:' you may have an enemy born by your mother'. 397 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,720 Abu Lahab! 398 00:34:07,359 --> 00:34:09,199 Haven't you forgotten something? 399 00:34:19,559 --> 00:34:20,920 This! 400 00:34:25,599 --> 00:34:29,000 Take it. Take it. 401 00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:02,800 You shouldn't have done that. After all, he is your brother and older than you. 402 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,240 What a bad brother, and uncle. 403 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:14,599 What did he mean by being denounced in the Qur'an? 404 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:19,639 He continued to say 'Confound Muhammad', drumming up hostility to him 405 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,760 until Muhammad has recited this: 406 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,840 "Doomed are the hands of Abu Lahab; confounded is he. 407 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,920 His wealth and his gains shall avail him nothing. 408 00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:31,400 He shall have to endure a flaming fire, 409 00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:37,119 and his wife, the carrier of firewood, shall have a rope of palm fibre round her neck." 410 00:35:40,559 --> 00:35:43,679 If there were a second life and a fire, 411 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:48,360 our brother Abu Lahab has deserved it by his action. 412 00:35:50,159 --> 00:35:52,039 He is the most stupid of people, 413 00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:57,279 or probably Muhammad is truly supported by revelations. 414 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,320 - What do you mean? - Had Abu Lahab willed, 415 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,800 he would have shown Muhammad's claims to be false in a moment. 416 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,119 How can he? 417 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:13,320 Hasn't he condemned him for the fire by this Qur'an? 418 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,840 It is a final judgement. 419 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,719 Yes, indeed. 420 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,240 All he has to do is to say in public that he believes in Muhammad 421 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,760 and he has adopted Islam to lead a life of piety. 422 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:29,920 He will thus render these verses false and show our nephew as a liar. 423 00:36:30,039 --> 00:36:35,199 Thank God that he is such a fool. 424 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:40,960 We can now say this of him, if we don't say anything else. 425 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:47,240 Shall we now go in and speak to Muhammad about what those people are saying. 426 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,480 He may try to save himself and save us, 427 00:36:50,599 --> 00:36:53,679 instead of giving us this too heavy burden. 428 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:16,320 Don't worry my nephew. By God, I do not mean to let you down 429 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,320 or refrain from supporting you. 430 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,519 I know now that you will not abandon your call 431 00:37:22,639 --> 00:37:26,559 until God has given it victory or until you die advocating it. 432 00:37:26,679 --> 00:37:30,480 If they would give you the sun in your right hand and the moon in your left hand, 433 00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:33,679 you wouldn't desist, as you said. Go ahead, my nephew, 434 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:39,600 and say what you will. I will never, never let you down. 435 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,600 I knew it. He would never give in to these people, 436 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,639 even if they would place the earth's treasures before him, 437 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,880 or would raise great armies against him. 438 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,639 Should he have said anything other than what we heard, 439 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,920 he would have condemned himself as a liar. 440 00:38:03,079 --> 00:38:06,920 What man would claim to be God's prophet and messenger, 441 00:38:07,039 --> 00:38:09,599 and allow himself a choice... 442 00:38:11,119 --> 00:38:16,920 to go ahead with his message or abandon it, to spare himself other people's designs? 443 00:38:31,079 --> 00:38:36,400 Your delegation has gone twice to bu Talib, but to no avail. 444 00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:38,159 Yes. 445 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,160 Muhammad continues with what he has started, 446 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,600 calling on people to believe in his religion and criticizing ours. 447 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,719 He plays on the weak-minded to spoil them. 448 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:52,519 Now we know for certain... 449 00:38:52,639 --> 00:38:57,319 that Abu Talib will not surrender his nephew to us. 450 00:38:58,679 --> 00:39:00,559 Abu al-Hakam, 451 00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:03,879 Would you have surrendered him, had he been a son of yours? 452 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,960 I would stop him myself, if I would not surrender him to others. 453 00:39:11,039 --> 00:39:15,519 If I don't, then no blame attaches to people 454 00:39:15,639 --> 00:39:18,319 if they take him from me, even by force. 455 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,679 Muhammad's position is peculiar indeed. 456 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,840 He discards the bond of blood, 457 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,199 replacing it with the bond of religion among his followers, 458 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:31,080 regardless of their lineage, colours and ranks. 459 00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:34,719 Yet when we try to take him, he is protected by his clan. 460 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:40,200 That's it. He takes from us for himself and for his religion, 461 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,200 but gives us nothing. 462 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:48,280 Now that we have despaired of Abu Talib doing anything, the time is right... 463 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:52,639 Yes, indeed. You have done what you could with Abu Talib and to no avail, 464 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,600 as my uncle, Abu al-Hakam said. 465 00:39:56,519 --> 00:40:02,920 Yet it is wrong to confront the Hashim clan with hostility. 466 00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:08,400 You will only make who disagree with Muhammad, flock to his support. 467 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,920 Abu Talib never said he was following Muhammad's faith. 468 00:40:14,039 --> 00:40:17,599 Nor did Hamzah and al-Abbas. If they protect him, 469 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,759 it is because he is their kinsman. 470 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:27,000 Otherwise, they will be disgraced for giving up their son and disowning him. 471 00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:30,440 Should they give him up, no one will ever hold them in respect. 472 00:40:30,559 --> 00:40:33,360 Whoever does not support his son will not support his neighbour. 473 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,800 This is your own standard, people of Quraysh! 474 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:45,119 You have inherited these values and you continue to take pride in them. 475 00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,879 I vouch that were the Hashimites to do your bidding concerning Muhammad, 476 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,440 you will be the first to treat them with contempt. 477 00:40:55,559 --> 00:40:57,799 Indeed all of us will be viewed with contempt by the Arabs. 478 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,559 When the Hashim clan is disgraced for something, 479 00:41:03,679 --> 00:41:08,239 you will all be disgraced for it. Among you, they are the ones in the lead. 480 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:14,720 Their chief, Abd al-Muttalib, was your undisputed master. 481 00:41:15,559 --> 00:41:20,000 Everyone who wanted to do you good or evil turned to him... 482 00:41:20,119 --> 00:41:23,480 We know all this. So, what do you suggest? 483 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,760 The upshot is that you must not hasten to confront the Hashimites 484 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,519 with hostility and severance of relations. 485 00:41:31,639 --> 00:41:34,759 If you do, you drive them to embrace Muhammad's religion. 486 00:41:36,519 --> 00:41:39,400 Once they do that, they will be joined by all those who consider them 487 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,039 the head clan of Quraysh. 488 00:41:43,159 --> 00:41:45,159 People will think that since they are the custodians of the Kaabah 489 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,040 who also provide food and water for pilgrims. 490 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:52,439 May you live long, Umar. May we always benefit by your wisdom. 491 00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:54,519 This is the right attitude to take. 492 00:41:54,639 --> 00:41:59,440 All that we heard was what we should not do. 493 00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:03,279 We heard nothing about what we should do. 494 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,920 While we have done whatever we can with Abu Talib, 495 00:42:06,039 --> 00:42:09,199 we have not tried Muhammad himself. 496 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,719 Should we not talk to him? Should we not debate him? 497 13:35:59,959 --> 13:36:09,959 Edited by: Ahmed Mersal. Proofread by: Doaa Ahmed Timecoded by: Sanaa Yousrey.