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Farouk Omar
(Omar Ibn Al-Khattab)

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Episode 25.

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"Caution: The following show contains
disturbing images for young children"

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What separate us
are the river and the bridge.

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You either cross over to us
or we cross over to you.

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They say that either we or they
cross over to the other side.

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Tell them to cross over to us.

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They do not dare death more than us.
We will cross over.

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I appeal to you to reconsider, Abu Ubaid.

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Abu Ubaid, they are known
for their wickedness and trickery.

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I do not think they will wait

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until we have completed the crossing
and marshalled our troops.

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They will attack us
when we are unprepared.

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What is the matter with you?

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Are you afraid?

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If we do not cross over,
they will think that we have weakened,

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and this will boost their morale.
That is half the victory.

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I have made up my mind,
so you obey my orders.

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Hold it! Hold it!

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Hold it! Hold it!

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Don't be afraid! Stop!

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- God is Supreme!
- God is Supreme!

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- God is Supreme!
- God is Supreme!

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God is Supreme! God is Supreme!

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We are standing there giving you cover
until you have gone back.

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Cross back in an orderly way.

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God is Supreme! God is Supreme!

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Indeed, we won at the bridge,
but with six thousands of our men killed.

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Six thousands killed

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despite the Muslims being cornered
in a narrow area at the bridge.

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What would have happened
had we met them in an open area,

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or if they did not choose
to cross over to our army?

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Then what happened after that?

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Why has Commander Bahman returned
with the majority of the army to Al-Mada'in,

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when he could have chased the Muslims

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who were much weakened
and exterminate them all?

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He only sent a section of the army
with Jaban and Mirdenshah to chase them.

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They were fewer than necessary
for a victory,

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And the result? A defeat
that has wiped away the earlier victory,

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and the loss of two of our best commanders:
Jaban and Mirdenshah.

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All this because Bahman preferred
to return with the bulk of the army,

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letting this opportunity disappear.

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I thought that the Muslims
who survived the Battle of the Bridge

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were too weak to resist the force
I sent with Jaban and Mirdenshah.

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Now we know that you have miscalculated.

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Why don't you come out
with the truth, Commander?

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Why don't you say that the minister
and Commander-in-Chief, Rustom,

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wrote to you instructing you
to return straightaway?

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Had we been spared the plots and schemes
of some of the princes and commanders,

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I would have done that.

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My duty, however,
is to fight on two fronts at the same time.

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Both wars are interlinked:
against the Muslims there

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and against the enemies
of the kingdom here.

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Who are these princes and commanders?

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Why don't you name them so that we move
to arrest them and kill them?

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Or do you mean me?

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You are not more loyal
to her majesty than me.

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If you have evidence to suggest
that I am a traitor, produce it

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and I will submit myself
to her majesty's decision.

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Enough of this dispute which threatens
the very existence of our kingdom.

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I placed my trust in you both.

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Now you should better know
that I will not side with either of you,

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no matter how you try.

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If this is not brought to end,

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I will relinquish the throne
and let things work themselves out.

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I do not wish to be blamed
for the final fall of the Persian Empire.

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Are you going to the mosque wearing this?

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Isn't it enough to clothe me
and protect me from heat and cold?

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My allowance gives me two robes.

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The other one is in the same condition.

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You can request your companions
to allow you a third.

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I will never do.

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But, you!

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Wouldn't you rather pray at home?

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You know what I like.

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Do you want me to relinquish
the reward of collective prayer

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and to miss what Ameer Al-Mu'Mineen
says to admonish people?

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It it must be done,
then keep it to the day prayers,

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not the dawn and the night prayers.

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Do you mean this as a prohibition?

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Umar would never prohibit something
the Prophet allowed.

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He said: "Do not prohibit women
to attend mosques."

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Who goes first: you or I?

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It is better that people should be
in the mosque ahead of the imam.

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Ameer Al-Mu'Mineen!

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People are demanding high dowries,
and we are unable to get married.

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Would you kindly admonish them?

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Some of you have complained to me
about people asking high dowries,

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making it difficult for young people
to get married.

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Do not ask
for more than 400 dirhams in dowry,

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even if the bride is the daughter
of one of your chiefs.

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Anyone who asks more,

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I will take the extra
and add it to the state treasury.

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What?

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This is not up to you,
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

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- Why not?

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- Because God says: "If you wish
to take one wife in place of another"

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"and you have given the first one
a large sum of money,"

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"do not take away anything of it."

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"Would you take it away"

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"though that constitutes a gross injustice
and a manifest sin?" (Surah An-Nisa, verse 20)

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How can you, then, threaten to take
any excess of the limit you have imposed

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and put it in the state treasury?

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A woman is right, and a man is wrong.

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May God forgive me.

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Everyone is more learned than Umar.

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Let me make it clear
that I take back what I said.

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Whoever wants to give of his money
any amount he is happy to give may do so.

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But anyone who seeks
to make it easy for young Muslims

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will hope that God
will make it easy for him.

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Here is Abdullah Ibn Zaid,
who is one of Abu Ubaid's men in Iraq.

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What news do you bring Abdullah?

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The news has arrived,
after the prayer, God willing.

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All power operates by God's will.

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May God bestow His mercy on Abu Ubaid.

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Had he abandoned his position
and come to me,

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after seeing the huge number of the
Byzantines and the little number of his army

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I would have been his reinforcement

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and I would then have called
on people to join him.

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As for Al-Muthanna, I pray that God
will grant him generous reward.

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He has proved himself worthy
of the description

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that makes him a man of noble descent
and personal distinction.

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He began the struggle in Iraq
before our forces set out there.

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He then agreed to serve under Khalid,
then under Abu Ubaid.

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He never sought to be the commander,

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even though he was in the forefront
of the fight against the Persians.

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By God, we shall not let him down,
now that he is requesting reinforcements.

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We will send him one force
and army after another,

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even if this means
that I should go myself.

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Let us send callers to jihad
to all Arab tribes, wherever they are.

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We agreed that
I would rule for ten years,

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then we'll try to find one of the descendants
of Khosrau Parvez who disappeared

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I have come to know
that among their survivors

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is a grandson of Khosrau Parvez
called Yizdegird,

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son of Shahryar who was one
of those killed by his brother Shirweih.

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His mother managed to flee with him

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and hid him with her family in Istakhr.

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He is the last male of the descendents
of Khosrau and the Sassanides.

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I have decided not to wait for ten years.

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It appears to me that these commanders,

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and the public,

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will not be truly united unless they are under
a strong man of Khosrau's descendents.

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In that case, they will not hope
to control a woman like myself.

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If the throne of Khosrau is occupied
by the one who has the rightful claim to it,

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and the people are united under him,

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these commanders will no longer hope
to have a share of the throne.

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They will then attend to their proper task,

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which is the war and nothing else.

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I have tried,

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and I had no interest
other than the fate of Persia

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and the legacy of its kings.

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But... I was here managing
as best as I could,

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with great resources and riches
at my disposal,

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as well as the heritage
of a thousand years or more

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of the glory and greatness of Persia.

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Yet, far away in the Muslim's capital,

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in the desert land of poverty,
mud houses and hair tents,

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there is their top prince,
whom they call Caliph,

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managing as well.

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I must admit now
that he has defeated me.

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It is right, then, that I should step down
and be lost to memory.

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I wish I could see with my own eyes
the man who has defeated me,

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so as to know what sort of person he is.

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I would like to know whether his
commanders and soldiers were able to win

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because of him,
or he won because of them,

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or is their victory due to them all.

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Will you take me with you, young man?

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Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!

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Do ride please, Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!

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No. You ride and I will ride behind you.

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No one shall see me riding
with Ameer Al-Mu'mineen behind me.

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Do you want me
to be at the more comfortable place

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while you be at the less comfortable?

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Come on! Do as you are told.

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- Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!
- Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!

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Let me down.

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You may go now.

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I would rather wait for you
and take you back with me.

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God bless you. You better go.

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This is your best day since you were born,

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if only you could realize.
He is Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

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Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!
Peace be to you with God's mercy.

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And to you be peace with God's mercy.

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I have come to inspect
the charity camels and this meadow.

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How are you doing?

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As you have instructed,
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

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We do not prevent anyone
with camels to come and graze.

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And no distinction between people?

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They are all equal in grazing
and the water spring.

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This is the right way to do.
The place is owned by all Muslims.

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Is it enough to accommodate
the charity camels and people's camels?

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Yes, so far.

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We have to organize their turns
at the water, though.

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If the numbers of charity camels
and people's camels increase,

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the meadow may be too small for them all.

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Whose land is that?

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It belongs to Bilal Ibn Al-Harith.
God's Messenger gave it to him.

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It is not planted with any plants
or date trees.

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It is large.

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Bilal has reclaimed a portion of it
and left a portion

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as he is unable to look after the entire plot.

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Find him and send him to me.

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Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!

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Ameer Al-Mu'mineen... by God,
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen...

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it is only what the wind drops.

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I neither picked it up by hand
nor threw a stone. By God...

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You have not lied to me.
What is your name?

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Sinan Ibn Salamah Al-Hudhali.

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Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!

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The boys will now come at me
and take what I have. By God...

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No. Walk with me and I will take you home.

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What will you do with these dates?

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I share it with my mother and sister.

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- Equally?
- Equally. By God, in fairness.

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I count them all. By God.

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Don't you think that you swear too often?

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It is not serious.
God does not hold us accoutable for it.

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- Who taught you this?
- My mother.

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She always attends the prayer
at the mosque.

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She is teaching me the Qur'an.

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She is a good mother,
and you should be a dutiful son.

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Nevertheless, do not get
into the habit of swearing,

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as this could lead you into a sinful practice.

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I will, Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

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- Is this a promise?
- Yes, a promise. By God...

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I forgot. I forgot. By God, I forgot.

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You have not mentioned your father.

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He is in the army in Iraq.

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Really?

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How can Ameer Al-Mu'mineen
remember all his subjects?

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From my share, Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

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You are giving me some of your share?

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One only. To share the blessing
of the food of a true family,

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with a man on jihad, a goodly wife
and a son who will be blessed, God willing.

235
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Call your mother to come to the door.
I want to speak to her.

236
00:25:08,015 --> 00:25:11,474
I will. Mother! Mother!

237
00:25:16,095 --> 00:25:19,607
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen?
Has my son misbehaved?

238
00:25:19,992 --> 00:25:22,775
No. You have brought him up well.

239
00:25:28,625 --> 00:25:30,478
I have just learnt
that your husband is away.

240
00:25:30,783 --> 00:25:32,613
How are you doing?
Do you need anything?

241
00:25:32,914 --> 00:25:35,051
We are fine, Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

242
00:25:35,337 --> 00:25:37,489
Our allowance comes regularly,
by God's grace

243
00:25:37,775 --> 00:25:39,734
and as Ameer Al-Mu'mineen
shares things out.

244
00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:42,660
I consider myself the father
of all dependents, sister.

245
00:25:42,894 --> 00:25:45,245
I hate that women whose husbands
are on campaigns of jihad

246
00:25:45,487 --> 00:25:48,220
should be cheated in buying or selling
things while their husbands are away.

247
00:25:48,614 --> 00:25:50,370
Whoever wants to buy something

248
00:25:50,657 --> 00:25:53,886
can send with me anyone
of her children or servants

249
00:25:54,164 --> 00:25:57,944
and I will buy their things for them.
Do you need anything?

250
00:26:11,957 --> 00:26:13,815
Peace be to Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

251
00:26:14,147 --> 00:26:16,474
And to you be peace with God's mercy.

252
00:26:16,685 --> 00:26:18,246
How do you find the people of the market?

253
00:26:18,525 --> 00:26:23,566
Would anyone dare to cheat
when Al-Shifa' Bint Abdullah is the controller

254
00:26:23,806 --> 00:26:26,209
and Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
is Ameer Al-Mu'mineen?

255
00:26:29,710 --> 00:26:35,136
I see with you the boys and girls of the
women whose husbands are away, as usual.

256
00:26:35,399 --> 00:26:37,164
How about dividing the task between us:

257
00:26:37,385 --> 00:26:40,762
I will attend to some
and you attend to the others.

258
00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:44,162
We will thus buy their things for them
and you won't lose much time.

259
00:26:47,264 --> 00:26:50,017
Now, who goes with Al-Shifa'
and who stays with me?

260
00:26:50,235 --> 00:26:52,871
I am with you Ameer Al-Mu'mineen;

261
00:26:53,228 --> 00:26:57,964
You don't want to be with me,
Al-Shifa', the controller of the market?

262
00:26:59,419 --> 00:27:00,950
All this, and you are Umar,

263
00:27:01,312 --> 00:27:04,570
whom people always say
how strict and awesome he is.

264
00:27:04,986 --> 00:27:07,244
You might as well add how hard he is.

265
00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:11,716
That is your own description of yourself,
and I do not believe it.

266
00:27:19,610 --> 00:27:21,323
Peace be to you with God's mercy.

267
00:27:22,543 --> 00:27:23,894
And to you be peace with God's mercy.

268
00:27:24,152 --> 00:27:26,014
You sent for me, Ameer Al-Mu'mineen!

269
00:27:26,844 --> 00:27:28,559
Sit down, Bilal.

270
00:27:31,063 --> 00:27:35,013
It is about that plot of land which you
requested the Prophet to give you

271
00:27:35,277 --> 00:27:37,189
- and he did.
- What about it?

272
00:27:37,997 --> 00:27:40,689
I see you could not revive it all.

273
00:27:41,522 --> 00:27:43,905
True. It is too large.

274
00:27:44,910 --> 00:27:49,418
Then, consider what you can revive
and keep it.

275
00:27:49,653 --> 00:27:52,045
What you cannot,

276
00:27:52,297 --> 00:27:55,077
give it back so that
we can share it among Muslims.

277
00:27:55,828 --> 00:27:59,153
I shall not do. It is something
that God's Messenger gave me.

278
00:28:00,422 --> 00:28:04,107
You know that God's Messenger
never refused any request.

279
00:28:04,437 --> 00:28:07,169
He gave it to you so that you reclaim it

280
00:28:07,481 --> 00:28:10,128
and it will give you enough food
for your family and for poor people.

281
00:28:10,390 --> 00:28:12,408
Its zakat will also go to the poor and needy.

282
00:28:12,741 --> 00:28:13,985
This is the purpose.

283
00:28:15,047 --> 00:28:19,111
If you are unable to reclaim it, or a portion
of it, then the purpose has failed.

284
00:28:19,423 --> 00:28:22,254
You are not earning a living through it
and you are not benefitting others.

285
00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:29,427
- If I am unfair, correct me.
- By God, you are fair.

286
00:28:31,555 --> 00:28:35,022
I am urging you, so do it.
The matter is settled.

287
00:28:39,506 --> 00:28:43,567
"Damascus"

288
00:28:50,282 --> 00:28:53,618
Do some of us still hope that an army
will be sent to us by the Emperor

289
00:28:53,924 --> 00:28:55,990
to break this siege, after all these months?

290
00:28:56,351 --> 00:28:58,904
Food supplies are almost exhausted
at home and in the markets.

291
00:28:59,196 --> 00:29:01,190
What would Nistas care about us,

292
00:29:01,463 --> 00:29:03,868
when he and his friends have filled their
cupboards so that they won't go hungry?

293
00:29:04,270 --> 00:29:06,003
How long will this siege last, then?

294
00:29:06,271 --> 00:29:08,941
Are we waiting for the Muslims
to force their way in?

295
00:29:09,212 --> 00:29:11,581
They will then apply to us the rules
that apply to fighters.

296
00:29:12,289 --> 00:29:13,994
If the outcome is inevitable,

297
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,575
would it not be better for us to sue
for peace and ensure our safety

298
00:29:17,575 --> 00:29:19,520
and the safety of our families and property?

299
00:29:20,507 --> 00:29:23,131
What I fear is that
if they defeat the Byzantines,

300
00:29:23,396 --> 00:29:25,451
the people here will adopt
their faith by choice.

301
00:29:26,036 --> 00:29:27,648
This has started indeed.

302
00:29:27,953 --> 00:29:30,227
What is wrong with a person
choosing his religion,

303
00:29:30,492 --> 00:29:32,307
as long as he is not forced?

304
00:29:33,695 --> 00:29:36,551
If we side with the Byzantines
against the Muslim Arabs,

305
00:29:36,833 --> 00:29:39,789
preferring the injustice of the Byzantines
over the justice of the Muslims

306
00:29:40,042 --> 00:29:44,086
only because we want to prevent people
choosing their faith freely,

307
00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:47,306
then we will be guilty of compulsion.

308
00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:49,282
And what have you chosen?

309
00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:59,103
Yes, I embraced Islam when I learnt
of its message well before this siege began.

310
00:30:00,387 --> 00:30:02,733
If this makes me unacceptable among you,

311
00:30:03,121 --> 00:30:05,515
I will leave you to your business.

312
00:30:06,136 --> 00:30:08,700
I am only giving you the sort of advice
I give to my own family.

313
00:30:15,087 --> 00:30:19,464
Move it! Move it! I said move it! Come on!

314
00:30:22,106 --> 00:30:25,579
Let me go! Let me go!

315
00:30:27,589 --> 00:30:30,885
I haven't done anything! Leave me alone!

316
00:30:36,483 --> 00:30:38,060
Let me go!

317
00:30:39,732 --> 00:30:41,405
Let me go!

318
00:30:47,232 --> 00:30:49,010
Leave me alone!

319
00:30:51,214 --> 00:30:54,826
We are certain that these people
are in contact with the enemy,

320
00:30:55,109 --> 00:30:56,673
and they deserve to be punished.

321
00:30:59,593 --> 00:31:01,716
And these two are the ones
who have planned it all.

322
00:31:02,012 --> 00:31:05,046
They deserve nothing less than death.

323
00:31:06,655 --> 00:31:08,706
Why is this cruelty? What did they do?

324
00:31:18,596 --> 00:31:21,549
I bear witness
that there is no deity other than God,

325
00:31:21,835 --> 00:31:23,795
and that Muhammad is God's Messenger.

326
00:31:24,327 --> 00:31:27,392
Stop! Stop all this! These are our people.

327
00:31:52,688 --> 00:31:54,847
Peace be to you with God's mercy.

328
00:31:57,886 --> 00:32:00,926
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen,
I have something to ask you.

329
00:32:01,488 --> 00:32:04,917
I am one of your subjects, like all others.

330
00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:08,067
What is it you ask?

331
00:32:08,441 --> 00:32:11,240
I have incurred a debt
and I cannot repay it.

332
00:32:11,504 --> 00:32:13,388
The lender is pressing me.

333
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:20,442
How much do you owe?

334
00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:25,887
One hundred dirhams,
which I used for my daughter's wedding.

335
00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:38,632
Your request is granted, God willing.

336
00:32:39,528 --> 00:32:42,446
But, may I ask what stops you
from embracing Islam

337
00:32:42,754 --> 00:32:44,318
as other people have done?

338
00:32:44,901 --> 00:32:48,748
I am an elderly woman.
Only very little of my life remains.

339
00:32:51,072 --> 00:32:52,822
As you wish.

340
00:32:59,324 --> 00:33:04,855
All power operates only by God's will.
All power operates only by God's will.

341
00:33:05,121 --> 00:33:08,057
I plead for God's forgiveness.
I plead for God's forgiveness.

342
00:33:08,398 --> 00:33:09,981
What have you done, Umar?

343
00:33:10,325 --> 00:33:12,245
What are you requesting forgiveness for,
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen?

344
00:33:13,121 --> 00:33:17,543
An elderly Christian woman.
She had some business with me.

345
00:33:17,836 --> 00:33:21,758
I gave her what she needed,
but then I called on her to accept Islam.

346
00:33:22,090 --> 00:33:24,329
But you haven't forced her, have you?

347
00:33:25,041 --> 00:33:28,388
I feared that there was a touch of compulsion
by giving her what she asked for.

348
00:33:28,669 --> 00:33:31,181
It all boils down to your intention,
Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

349
00:33:31,596 --> 00:33:33,732
Actions are determined by intention.

350
00:33:36,313 --> 00:33:43,022
My Lord, You know that I only pointed
Your way, without compulsion.

351
00:33:43,732 --> 00:33:47,506
Nevertheless, I fear that something is wrong.

352
00:33:48,749 --> 00:33:50,426
May God forgive me.

353
00:33:58,051 --> 00:34:00,886
"Istakhr"

354
00:34:35,285 --> 00:34:37,021
Move aside, young man.

355
00:34:37,582 --> 00:34:38,726
The pretty one is coquettish!

356
00:34:39,317 --> 00:34:41,101
She doesn't think us fit company.

357
00:34:42,991 --> 00:34:45,958
The day is fine, and the gardens are full.

358
00:34:46,276 --> 00:34:48,495
All we want is
to pass some good time.

359
00:34:48,802 --> 00:34:50,944
We could have fun together.

360
00:34:52,598 --> 00:34:55,040
The pretty lady won't regret our company.

361
00:34:55,397 --> 00:34:59,541
We have a store of funny things
to tell you.

362
00:35:00,495 --> 00:35:02,507
Won't you stop, young man?

363
00:35:02,779 --> 00:35:04,641
Not while the birds continue to sing,

364
00:35:04,958 --> 00:35:07,306
the river to run, the bees to suckle
at the flowers,

365
00:35:07,540 --> 00:35:11,540
and the pretty eye pelts my poor
loving heart with its arrows.

366
00:35:13,039 --> 00:35:15,679
Won't you take pity on me
when you see me like this?

367
00:35:16,409 --> 00:35:19,129
Will it please you to hear
that young Yizdejird

368
00:35:19,378 --> 00:35:21,646
has died of hopeless love?

369
00:35:23,457 --> 00:35:25,707
Or is it true that the pretty one
has no heart?

370
00:35:26,319 --> 00:35:29,350
I see that you won't stop
until a calamity befalls you.

371
00:35:29,581 --> 00:35:33,429
Calamity? Who will bring me a calamity?
You? Please do.

372
00:35:34,512 --> 00:35:36,661
No. These two.

373
00:35:41,602 --> 00:35:43,514
Who are these? No... what are these?

374
00:35:43,849 --> 00:35:46,209
Your instructions, madam.
What shall we do with him?

375
00:35:46,576 --> 00:35:49,834
Just remove him from our way.
But do not harm him.

376
00:35:50,525 --> 00:35:52,256
Ok, I will remove myself.

377
00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:56,567
Well, where are your beards
and moustaches?

378
00:35:57,112 --> 00:35:59,558
Oh, yes! You are eunuch (emasculate).

379
00:35:59,807 --> 00:36:03,110
No wonder, you do not know
that a young man could die of love.

380
00:36:04,975 --> 00:36:07,978
But I know how a young man dies
because of his bad manners.

381
00:36:08,179 --> 00:36:13,187
Stop it! Anyone who touches his majesty
the king shall receive his punishment.

382
00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:18,101
His majesty, the king?

383
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,492
Your majesty King
Yizdejird Ibn Shahriyar Ibn Khosrau Parvez.

384
00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:54,323
Do you see this?

385
00:38:55,538 --> 00:38:58,646
They seem to be travellers
who stopped here.

386
00:39:01,245 --> 00:39:03,592
Let us go and see them.

387
00:39:11,135 --> 00:39:12,135
- Peace be to you.

388
00:39:12,571 --> 00:39:15,165
- And to you be peace.

389
00:39:15,761 --> 00:39:17,163
May I come closer?

390
00:39:17,478 --> 00:39:19,634
Come, if you bring some good,
or else, leave.

391
00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:30,183
Why are these boys crying?

392
00:39:32,783 --> 00:39:34,383
They are hungry.

393
00:39:36,511 --> 00:39:38,262
What have you got in this saucepan?

394
00:39:38,827 --> 00:39:41,540
Water. I am trying to pacify them
until they sleep.

395
00:39:41,855 --> 00:39:43,830
God will judge between us and Umar.

396
00:39:44,626 --> 00:39:45,769
You, woman...

397
00:39:47,869 --> 00:39:51,075
God's mercy.
How can Umar know about you?

398
00:39:51,576 --> 00:39:54,276
He takes charge of us,
but remains unaware of us.

399
00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:58,360
Relief is near, woman.

400
00:39:58,889 --> 00:40:01,471
Stay here until I come back
with something for you.

401
00:40:39,695 --> 00:40:41,642
- Lift it on my back.
- I will carry it for you.

402
00:40:41,934 --> 00:40:45,249
Will you carry my burden
on the Day of Judgement?

403
00:42:02,803 --> 00:42:04,968
Drop the flour and I will stir.

404
00:42:07,617 --> 00:42:13,633
Not like this. Drop it little by little
as I am stirring,

405
00:42:15,286 --> 00:42:18,219
so that the mixture will be consistent.

406
00:42:18,495 --> 00:42:21,357
It should not form small or large balls.

407
00:42:23,309 --> 00:42:25,772
This is how this dish is made.

408
00:42:49,238 --> 00:42:56,619
Feed them. I will dish out
a little at a time so that it cools.

409
00:42:56,757 --> 00:43:03,377
Come here, son. Eat, eat.

410
00:43:10,587 --> 00:43:12,953
May God reward you well, man.

411
00:43:13,220 --> 00:43:15,940
You would have been a better choice
than Ameer Al-Mu'mineen.

412
00:43:19,423 --> 00:43:21,422
Say only what is good.

413
00:43:22,111 --> 00:43:26,664
Tomorrow, go and see Ameer Al-Mu'mineen
and you will find me there.

414
00:43:28,664 --> 00:43:30,774
He will provide for you, God willing.

415
00:43:33,401 --> 00:43:38,169
Farouk Omar