Mat Kilau

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, MAT KILAU BIN IMAM RASU, 1866-1970

THIS STORY IS INSPIRED BY THE CHARACTER AND HEROIC EVENTS OF MAT KILAU

THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS IN THE FILM ARE FICTIONAL

ANY SIMILARITY TO PERSONS LIVING OR DEAD IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL

KUALA TEMBELING, PAHANG, 1890

Please have a drink.

Thank you.

Who's that, Mother?

Dear.

All of you. Come out now!

Move!

Come out now! Don't resist!

Don't come out, Salmah.

Hey, what do you all want?

Allah, Dear!

- Allah. - Dear!

Move! Come on!

Move! Faster!

Move! Come on!

God!

- Quick! Quick! - Let go!

Why do people here like to give the British a hard time?

You dare to defy the British.

Are you all not afraid of our power?

Be like a buffalo.

The buffalo can live because it obeys its master.

It's the same for you people.

You need to obey us.

This Malay land has its master and officers that look after it.

But there are three buffaloes here

that dare to fight the British officer, Mr. Deaborough.

Rebels, you have no idea what kind of punishment you'll get.

The names I'm going to mention must step forward now.

Mamat.

Lazim.

Seman.

Where are you?

Where are they?

Stop!

We don't know!

The people you're looking for aren't here!

Dear.

Don't be rude and create chaos

on our land!

We just want to make a living peacefully.

You'd better leave.

I said leave…

Dear!

Allah!

Who else dares to defy us?

Now, spit it out.

Where are Mamat, Lazim, and Seman?

We…

We surrender.

Just arrest us.

We confess that we were the ones who went against the British officer.

Move, come on!

- Move! - Move!

- Down! - Down!

There is no such thing as Malay people rebelling on their own land.

We are defending our rights.

You…

You come to our land

to loot our natural resources.

We will take all the resources of this Malay land.

There is nothing you can do to stop us.

Do you want to fight the British?

Let me see

what the Malays can do to the British government.

We didn't do anything wrong!

We just want our land back.

That's all!

This is a lesson for the Malays

so they'll know the consequences if they oppose us.

Infidels who are cursed by Allah!

For the sake of Allah!

For the sake of the Messenger of Allah!

I stand on this land of Pahang!

Under the heavens of Allah who I uphold!

You, you, and you

will witness the rise of the Malays

and our retaliation against the cruelty of White colonialism.

Allah!

What more do you want, devil?

I've surrendered!

Animals!

Allah is the Greatest!

Father!

Kill them!

CAPTAIN HC SYERS

CAPTAIN HC SYERS

PULAU TAWAR, PAHANG

What we're worried about has started to happen.

Letting the invaders run rampant

is like allowing the enemy

to perforate the walls of our houses one by one

until our identity, customs, and religion are all removed.

So rising up and uniting to defend our homeland

becomes obligatory to us who claim to be believers.

What you have shown just now

proves you are ready.

Your regulation of breathing and energy

must always be parallel and in tandem.

Remembrance of Allah

is the fuel of our fight.

Preferably, we should always be ahead of time.

"By time, indeed, mankind is in loss,"

Allah said.

For the sake of time.

All right, Father.

We cannot change the time indeed.

But we will try to use it to gain blessing with prayer and knowledge.

We will overcome all our weaknesses.

Glory be to Allah with the greatness of His creation.

Whoever is more prepared, he is the one who will have the advantage.

The weak and those who like to procrastinate

are the ones who will be defeated.

We already have enough time and strength.

Stay away from harmful things, Awang.

Don't be overconfident.

Actually, we can only plan.

Have you forgotten that time is also Allah's creature?

Being silent does not mean we lose, Awang.

Kilau is right.

The blessings of time and knowledge are the most important.

Patience.

That's the key.

That's the characteristic of a warrior.

Remember, guard your religion.

Guard your nation.

TEMERLOH, PAHANG

DATO BAHAMAN

HULU SEMANTAN, PAHANG

What's wrong, Haji Sulong?

Bad news?

The British have already begun to show their true colors.

The Malay land is in danger.

KUALA TEMBELING GOLD MINE

PROFESSOR CAMERON

Hurry up!

Move!

Get up!

Come on!

Don't think that I don't know who you are.

No, Mamat! No!

British assassin!

Rebels!

It's not that I don't want to be with you all.

But look at my situation.

I have greater responsibilities as a son.

And history has proven it, Kilau.

The Malays will always be conquered.

History remains history, Usup.

The future is determined by Allah.

You can side with anyone.

But now, those Englishmen have become more greedy

in seizing the land of the Malays.

And we must defend our land, Usup.

What a bad attitude for a servant of God to allow his own people to be oppressed.

Kuala Tembeling was attacked by the British yesterday.

Many of our people were killed, including women and small children.

Us? Keep silent?

Turn a blind eye just like that? Really, Usup?

What can we do, comrade?

Don't blame the British for entering our land!

Blame our own people for giving them the opportunity to colonize our land!

You guys are the only ones who are zealous.

The rest of our people?

They just sit and watch.

That's it.

Eventually, we will all die in torment.

Let us die in torment rather than die in vain.

Don't just be good with words without looking at yourself.

What's the difference between you and other Malays?

You aren't a Muslim if you are afraid to fight.

Rasulullah SAW said,

"Help the oppressed.

Of course the conflict will continue."

Even the prophets could not avoid it and had to go through it.

Abdullah bin Mubarak was not only the prophet's companion.

He was among the great Muslim warriors, Omar.

Outside the battlefield, he was gentle and patient.

But when facing the enemy in a holy war,

he was a great warrior among them.

This Muslim warrior is impressive!

No wonder you told me to learn silat.

If that's the case, teach me as well.

I also want to be a great warrior like you.

Goodness.

You're even scared of lizards, but you're dreaming of becoming a warrior.

Mother.

Look at Mother, Father.

When the time comes,

I will pass it down to you.

But I need to tell you this.

It is not to be boasted.

Now, go to bed.

We will continue tomorrow, all right?

Yes, Father.

What about the things that happened in Kuala Tembeling?