"Mecca Year 13 before the Hijra"
For the love of al-Uzza
Heal Hind bint Utba
- For the love of... - There's nothing left, my daughter
Oh, great Gods
This is your loyal mistress
Stand by her
Hear the good news
It's a boy
Give him to me, Umm Khaled
Give Abi Sufyan the good news!
Mu'awiya
"Episode 1"
All the lords of Quraish are here for you, my dear
One day...
you'll become the Lord of all Arabs...
and your reputation will spread from the East to the West...
and everyone will line up just to see Mu'awiya Ibn Abi Sufyan
You're my greatest achievement, Mu'awiya
Abi Sufyan, how many camels will you slaughter for your new born child?
How many camels? One camel is too much for him
Abd al-Uzza, you're accusing me of being cheap
while you're hiding your money from Umm Jamil?
I swear to al-Lat if you say that again
I'm going to tell her where you hide them
My son is noble and generous
loved by his parents
He's neither obscene neither mean
Neither sick nor boring
Bani Faher are proud to call him leader
He'd never disappoint them
But what if the Persians advance towards the Byzantines
Wouldn't that affect our trade routes?
Don't worry about that, Aba al-Hakam
Our trade route won't be affected by wars
If they block the road to Damascus we'll go to Iraq
And if they block the road to Iraq we'll go back to use the first routes
Spare us from trade
and let's deal with what pleases our eyes
Abi Sufyan took good care of us
You? You, old man?
Me? I am still young
"Year 4 before the Hijra"
Don't give up on your friend so you'd become vulnerable, Mu'awiya
Yazid, are you showing your skills on a little boy, Yazid?
Leave that to me, Mu'awiya
Show me what you've got
Mu'awiya
Why do I see people migrate to Abyssinia?
What is Muhammad doing to them so they leave their homes and folks?
Dinner is ready, Sakher
- Where is your wife, Ubayd Allah? - Isn't Ramla here, yet?
- Father - Juwayriya, my sweet girl
Come in, Ubayd Allah Careful
Careful not to touch the food before your sister Ramla arrives
Ramla is late, yet we're the ones who get punished?
We won't eat before your sister arrives
Tell me...
How is Mu'awiya doing in learning horsemanship?
I've become a knight just like Antarah, Father
What are you both doing?
Are you teaching him horsemanship or spending time telling stories?
- No, I'm teaching him... - Tell him stories of the first people
That is better than hearing the new stories of Muhammad
Aunt, have you heard what Muhammad got from the people of Taif?
He went to cast a spell on them
but they pelted him with stones until his body was covered with blood
Handala, don't you dare go near him or inquire about him
Who is that Muhammad who casts spells on people?
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
My beloved brother...
I swear to Allah that I've never felt heartbroken over someone
as I felt over you
I don't ask Allah for anything but to see the light of truth shining upon you
Guiding you to the right path
Today, I am leaving to a far country saved by my faith
I promise you to pray for Allah Almighty to guide your heart to monotheism
So, look around you with insight
My heart is only saddened by your separation, Mu'awiya
I will always remember your beloved face and our days together
And perhaps if we don't meet in this world
Allah will bring us together in the eternal paradise
Ramla
Sakher
Don't worry
How could Muhammad sneak into our homes, Hind?
How?
She will come back to her father's house
She is very attached to her brothers especially Mu'awiya
She tricked us all
She tricked her father
She chose to leave us
Let her regret what she's done
If she were your daughter you'd feel the ache of my heart
What is it with you, gentlemen? Are you struck by silence?
- Calm down, Abd al-Uzza - I won't, Aba al-Hakam
How would I calm down?
He separated between brothers and between fathers and sons
but war and sword
This calamity can't be handled with a sword
They are beside a king with a country and an army
who we cannot fight
My opinion, gentlemen...
We've got to send a man of us who knows Abyssinia very well
Who's cunning enough to turn Najashi over them
so he'd expel them and they'd come back to us
And who would be that man?
Amr ibn al-As
Amr
No matter what
I want you back here with Ramla, no matter the cost
Rest assured Abi Sufyan
Rest assured
- You miss your sister Ramla that much? - Who else would I miss?
Your heart is still small to feel the sorrow, my child
In just a few days, Amr ibn al-As will bring her back from Abyssinia
Is Ramla really coming back with Ibn al-As?
Muhammad's spell overcame Najashi
As soon as he heard Ja'far ibn Abi Talib about Maryam bint Imran
tears filled his eyes
Yet, Ramla...
I've tried everything to win her over
I've talked to her about her parent's religion and your right over her
I failed
Didn't you talk to her about her brothers' longing to her?
I did
I truly did
But she said, she has neither brothers nor relatives except in...
Except what, Amr?
Except in Islam
This is our way to Syria
However, this way leads to Yemen through the sea
And Abyssinia, which way is it?
She'll come back one day, brother
She'll come back
Let's race
- Come on, come on, come on - "Six years later"
What are you doing? Join the caravan
Save your awe among men
Soon, you'll lead it without me
"Damascus Second year before the Hijra"
Where's your brother?
- Bring him at once - As you say, Father
But the cost is high
- Not as we used to have - No, Abi Sufyan
You weren't here last year the prices are rising each day
And the Byzantines, as you know are overwhelming us with their taxes
I know this excuse very well
Come on, stop this weeping I know you very well
I will give you special prices just for you
Why are you being cheap with us? Where's the generosity that we know?
Wait, Abi Sufyan, wait
We will wait
- Some of us... - Thank you
Abi Sufyan
I've got some bad news
People of Quraish who migrated with Muhammad to Yathrib
They went to raid your caravan
Qusay, Abd Manaf
Each of you should travel to Mecca on horseback, quickly
Tell Utbah ibn Rabi'ah and Umayya ibn Khalaf
that Muhammad and his men went to raid the caravan
Go!
- Come on - Come here
Come on
Shall we go back to Syria?
We'll go back to Mecca by sea
Come on
"The Muslim Camp at The Battle of Badr"
- Amer - What is it?
There's much evil behind us
Muhammad and his followers are heading to Quraish's caravan
The news of Muhammad's army has reached Quraish
They marched against him with an army that will destroy him with his followers
- Really? - Yes, I swear by al-Lat and al-Uzza
An army that has the bravest of Quraish
and on the top of them Aba al-Hakam ibn Hisham
and Umayya ibn Khalaf
They've sent me to reassure Abi Sufyan
that they'll reach Muhammad before he gets to it
This is good news
So, come with us to see Abi Sufyan and tell him the good news
Let's go
What sorrows!
What revenge!
Whom should I avenge? And for whom?
- Oh, father - Stop it, mother
Oh, brother
I swear to al-Uzza I won't feel at ease
and the fire inside me won't calm
before I avenge my father
and my brother
and Handala
Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar
This is our revenge
Our flag won't rise...
and we won't stand out among Arabs
unless we kill Muhammad
and Hamza
and everyone with them
"Third year of the Hijra"
Mu'awiya
Quraish is gathered in the meeting house to choose Abu Sufyan as their leader
What about it then?
War is about to break with Muhammad and his companions
Is that so?
Tomorrow I'll have revenge from Muhammad and his companions
and avenge all those they killed
Are you out of your mind to fight in a battle...
against Muhammad, Omar Hamzah and Ali?
I won't let you fight
I will fight them against your will, Yazid
I won't let you fight
- Mother - Mother
Would you have it, father...
that mom accompanies you to battle while we stay behind?
Muhammad killed four of our family
Isn't this a revenge for us all?
This is not easy, my son
Muhammad killed all the Quraish nobles and I'm the only one left
I can't lead this battle seeing your and your brothers die
We will be your shield, Father
Mu'awiya
You mother will settle for no less than revenge
I cannot spill the blood of the killers
only to come back with another vendetta if something befalls you
Yazid
I will not risk your lives
If what happens to your grandfather brother and uncles befalls us
I want you to leave Mecca and never come back
Gather your brothers and leave
Mu'awiya
Would Muhammad defeat you twice?
Curse it!
Hind
- Is this the victory you promised me? - Defeat turned into victory
Defeat turned into victory, Hind
What are you saying?
Khalid ibn al-Walid encircled them from behind the mountain
and the Muslims fled
He dispersed them and killed their leaders
I thought you'd be happy with our victory over Muhammad and his followers at Uhud
Victory?
He would've defeated us had they not come down on him
and victory that won't bring back those we have lost
and my sister Ramla is no victory indeed
Ramla, Ramla
Your sister Ramla has chosen her own fate
and chose Muhammad over us
What to do?
We cannot control the hearts, son
Muhammad charmed her like he did to others
As for your brother grandfather and uncle...
they've killed the elite of Muhammad's followers
They've killed countless more than we have
Matters are judged by their endings, son
and such is war
a game of give and take
The Arabs know now that we won and we achieved our goals
Don't you know that the Hudhailites captured some of Muhammad's men?
And that they sold Khubayb Ibn Adiy to the Banu Harth
and then Harth Ibn Amr Ibn Nawfal killed him?
Go!
Go see with your own eyes
how Muhammad's men abandoned him when they saw death
Come, come with me
Kill him, Uqba Let's send his corpse to Yathrib
If Muhammad were here, you think he'd save you like you're doing, Khubayb?
I hate to be with my family and son
with all the blessings in the world
if it means Muhammad is hurt in any way
O, Lord
Ye who parted the skies and the Earth
Lord, disperse their ranks
- and scatter them - Kill him before he finishes his prayer
- and kill them all - Kill him, what are you waiting for?
Father!
Why do we not believe Muhammad and his companions
if you think their prayers will be answered...
and their voices reach the heavens and are heard?
"Damascus the 7th year of Hijra"
Mu'awiya
How about another round of race, Mu'awiya?
No, I have to get back to Damascus
What is it, Father?
We'll go meet Heraclius
- Heraclius? - Yes, son
Muhammad sent a letter to Heraclius calling him to Islam
Did he?
Do you see the ambition of your Hashemite cousin?
What does that have to do with us meeting Heraclius?
It seems that Muhammad's letter has angered him
and so he asked to know Muhammad's next of kin
and the head merchant of Damascus told him about our caravan
and that I'm Muhammad's cousin so he sent for me
What does Heraclius need from Muhammad's cousins?
That I do not know
but what I do know...
is that Muhammad brought great evil to us
We should be careful
Did you not find a nice Damascene sword yet
befitting the Byzantine Emperor, Heraclius?
"Heraclius' Court, Syria"
Will my master allow me to present him this humble gift?
Welcome to the lands of Byzantine in Syria
We've heard that a man from your lands claims to me a messenger of God
True
And is he related to you?
He is
Has anyone of you claimed to be a prophet before?
No
Did you ever accuse him of lying before speaking what he spoke?
No
Who follows him? Your noblemen of commoners?
The commoners
Are they growing in numbers or the opposite?
Their numbers are growing
What does he command you?
He commands us to worship Allah
and no other god beside Him
and to pray and give to the poor and defend our families
Did you fight him?
Yes
- And how is this going? - It's an ongoing battle
We kill of his men and he kills of ours
- Does he betray anyone? - No
and now, we have a truce but we do not know his intentions
If that's what you say of Muhammad why did we spill all this blood, Father?
What do you know of kings and their cunning ways?
Had I lied, we would've lost our trade partners forever
I'm protecting our trade routes nothing more
Do we lie to ourselves but not to Heraclius?
Had Quraish heard what you said they would've thought you follow Muhammad
Enough arguing, Mu'awiya
Your father knows best in politics and diplomacy with kings
Yazid, we lost Ramla as well as your brother and grandfather
and the Nobles of Quraish
and here you are talking about trade and cunning kings?
If Muhammad is anything like my dad spoke of him, so why not follow him?
And why was he enraged when he learned that Ramla married Muhammad?
Do you need help?
Who are you?
What's it to you? I'm passing by
Maybe you need help more than I do
Where are you wandering?
I've never felt on the right path more than today
If you had, you wouldn't have been out alone at night
What difference is night and day to the blind?
They are both as dark and as light
Staying inside is better than losing your way
The blind never loses his way
It's the one without insight who loses his way
I know this saying
Maybe you're going to Yathrib
But I've come here from another town
Who will guide you in the dark of the night?
You'll die from hunger and thirst if the wolves don't eat you first
"My Maker guides me"
"and He will provide me with food and water"
"and if I'm sick, He will heal me"
"He who ends my life and brings me back"
"asking Him to forgive my sins at judgement day"
Careful
You're on a dangerous road
I left dangerous roads behind me
You be careful when you walk there
I knew I'd find you here
I think there's something big troubling you
What are you thinking of Son of Hind?
The Umayyads have never been late for a gain, victory, or honor
and they've never done anything but with reason and not whims
Except when it comes to Muhammad
They've missed a lot
Say you're not thinking of what I fear
Could it be that Quraish with all its nobles and wise men
is wrong to follow Muhammad and we, alone, are right?
- While we only defend...? - Has Muhammad bewitched you?
Bewitched...
why wouldn't he be right?
Bewitching is easier than having your grandfather die in vain
along with your uncle and your brother Handala
Do you realize the evil of what you say?
After everything we've done for Quraish?
I swear by al-Lat and al-Uzza
It's easier for me to see you die in falsehood
than to follow Muhammad after everything he's done to us
"The Conquest of Mecca The 8th year of Hijra"
O, people of Mecca The armies of Muhammad are coming
People inside the mosque or locked in their houses are safe
and those in Abi Sufyan's house are also safe
Those who enter the mosque will be safe
and those in Abi Sufyan's house are also safe
And those...
Allah Akbar