Omar

Good morning, Abu Bakr. - Good morning.

Will you not come with us to Dar Al-Nadwah?

We have missed you. - It is all right

but I am busy now. You don't need me.

What is the matter with Abu Bakr?

He has not been showing up in our gatherings,

as if he is preoccupied with something serious that he is keeping to himself.

He had always been very sociable.

Ah! Umar!

How are you today, Umar?

I am well, as long as my maternal uncles are well.

Then come with us, or are you also busy?

Also?! Nothing keeps me away from my people's affairs.

When they will something, it is my will too.

Come on - Come

Abu Bakr!

Where are you going, Uthman?

To the meeting place.

Anything new that needs to be sorted out?

No, it is the usual type of discussion.

Had it been anything different, you would have been the first to know.

You seem to be worried about something.

If you care to tell me about it,

I will try to give you whatever help I can.

What I have is something that I hope will benefit you.

I would not have kept it to myself without sharing it with those I love.

You are my best friend.

And so you are to me. But...

Leave the gathering today and come with me.

What do you think of your brother?

Who? You?

Have I ever told you a lie?

No, indeed. You are most truthful and kindly.

And the one who is more truthful is Muhammad Ibn Abdullah.

He is certainly as you describe: honest and truthful.

But what about him? Will you not speak out?

I will, provided you promise me that you will tell no one,

whether you like what I tell you or not.

You have certainly got me worried. I promise you,

but what you ask me to conceal must be very serious.

Yes, it is indeed.

The Arabs never heard of anything similar before now.

Yet it sets them on the right course in this life and the next.

The next! What is the next?

How did you leave your cousin? I mean Muhammad...

He is fine, by the grace of his Lord.

His Lord?

I saw you today with him in that mountain path.

You did!

What were you doing?

You prostrated yourselves and then stood up.

It is not the prostration we do near our idols.

Then, I never saw him or you prostrating yourselves before our idols.

What you saw us do is prayer,

which God has ordained through His Prophet.

A Prophet? You mean...

Your nephew, Muhammad, (peace be upon him).

He is indeed a Prophet

and revelations are given to him from on high.

That is the Qur'an, God's word. I follow his faith, Islam.

Prophet... revelations... Qur'an... Islam!

You have said much, my son.

Sit down and tell me all about this religion you have mentioned

and what it stands for.

Where are you going, Ammar?

I have some business to attend to.

You are often leaving me alone to stay away

when I know nothing about what you are doing.

When I ask you, you only say you are attending to some business.

What business? And you, Umm Ammar?

I am going to Abu Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham's home.

His wife has sent for me concerning something.

You should say, "to serve her".

Is it not enough that she has a servant? - Her servant is unwell.

Besides, we owe a duty to the Makhzooms.

Are we not their allies?

Yes, their allies, but not their slaves.

You might have been a slave woman belonging to one of them,

but he set you free and gave you to my father in marriage before he died.

Why is it that the Makhzoom clan want you to serve them,

as if you were still... - No, son.

Don't be rash, or you will land us all in what we cannot stand up to.

We must not deny people's favours.

When I came from Yemen to this city,

the Makhzoom clan welcomed me and extended protection to me,

making me their ally. They thus own my soul.

No one owns a soul other than its Creator.

What did he say?

Son, he is calling us to righteousness, so stay with him

and don't tell anyone about the two of you until God's will is revealed

Welcome, Umar. Welcome to my nephew.

Sit here.

How did you leave Al-Khattab? - He is well

Have you come just to visit your uncles, or for something else?

This and that.

As for a social visit, you are welcome.

What other news do you have?

Some talk we heard and disliked.

I don't think my uncle Abu Al-Hakam is unaware of it.

You mean Muhammad.

If what we heard be true,

we have nothing to hold against him until he comes out into the open.

We do not know his objective.

Nor are we sure if something is the matter with him,

or he is starting a call aiming to raise a force against us

in which case we must stop him.

I am certain that Muhammad is advocating his faith in secret,

approaching only those whom he can trust.

Why hasn't he, then, started with us when we are the chiefs of Quraysh?

He has judged rightly, then.

By Al-Lat we will not accept anything from him.

Even before you hear what he has to say?

We don't need to hear

more than what we have learnt already in order to oppose him.

It is bad enough that he disowned our faith which our forefathers upheld.

It has ensured for us mastery over all Arabs.

When he claims to be a Prophet,

he is saying that we must follow and obey him if we want to obey God.

How can we accept that one of the Hashimites as our leader

and we his followers?

Can we let this happen

when we have competed with them for honor and supremacy?

Were we to say that we don't accept the Hashimites as our leaders,

he would say: I am not asking you to accept the rule of the Hashimites,

but to accept the rule of God

who has sent me as His messenger to you and to all mankind.

And to this one!

Isn't she one of the people?

Aren't you one of the people, Sumayyah?

Yes... I mean... I don't understand what you are aiming at, Sir,

so that I give the right answer to please you.

This is a sensible woman who wants to give a pleasing answer.

Do speak. Don't worry.

You are one of the people, aren't you?

Indeed, sir. I am one of the people.

Good! What are we, then?

And you also, sir. - Also?

But people have different ranks, sir.

We are your allies and followers.

Haven't I told you that Sumayyah is a sensible woman?

Our late cousin, Abu Hudhayfah did well when he granted her freedom

and gave her in marriage to his ally Yassir Al-Ansi.

Don't worry. Don't worry. I don't need the milk. Thank you.

Do you understand me, my nephew?

Should Muhammad call on people to follow his faith,

he will be in fact asking us to accept his rule under the guise of prophethood,

and he will remain one of the Hashimites.

By Al-Lat, if he calls on us to follow his faith,

we will give him a very rude answer. Sumayyah.

For dinner today, do prepare the food and the pans for whoever comes.

Prepare food in plenty. Do not economise.

Very well, sir.

Ikrimah, order our servants to invite people to our dinner.

They should invite every guest, passerby or poor person.

Let us be the first to invite them.

"The third year after the Prophet's mission"

Hello, women

What are you doing among women, you boy?

You have become a man.

Hello, old man.

So, the reports are true;

yet nothing is like seeing with your own eyes.

So, this is how you pray.

We have been hearing about Muhammad and his faith

as he abandoned our religion.

What came first in whispers has now become louder.

Some of us believed it; some did not.

How awful! I think that you are now in numbers,

while we were oblivious to what is happening, thinking it simple.

Abu Sufyan, we have tried our best

not to let you see what may displease you,

and not to face your unpleasant reaction.

Hence, we come to this spot to pray.

We do so in obedience to God's messenger (peace be upon him).

God's messenger?

God has willed that you see us today.

Leave us alone, as we have left you and go back with our good wishes.

You do not ask about what we do, and we will not ask about what you do,

Well, well. Stranger things could happen.

Abdullah Ibn Massoud, or rather, Ibn Umm Abd,

the shepherd employed by Uqbah Ibn Abi Muait,

speaks up to the chiefs of Quraysh.

You put yourself at our level.

You want us not to ask you what you do, and you don't ask us what we do.

And you Saad, are willing to be in company with these low people,

while you belong to Zuhrah, a clan of Quraysh,

They are better than me.

Nay. It is you who are worse than them.

Hold it, man. Leave us alone.

No, by Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, we will not leave you alone

until we have shown you our strength

so that you will abandon this stupidity.

Who did this to you? - It is nothing.

You must tell us.

We gave them as much as we took from them.

I could never care less for them.

Who are they?

Abu Sufyan and his group!

Whom did you say? - Abu Sufyan and his group!

Abu Sufyan? The chief of the Abd Shams clan?