Omar Series Episode 15 English Subtitles

[Florencia Abila]

A30-episode series showcasing the various events during the life of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) from his pre-Islamic days till his assassination. The series depends solely on established historical facts.

The series starts with one of the pilgrimage of caliph Omar where he delivers speeches to the pilgrims. The next scene comes with an exploration on Mecca of the caliph where he emotionally flashbacks to his own 18 year's life when he was a young boy working for his rude father Khattab ibn Nufayl. The flashback perspective of Omar shows all the past story of his life from when he was a wrestler, a businessman and above all one of the leaders of the Quraish, and then to his life after his conversion into Islam being one of the closest companions of Muhammad PBUH and an immensely devoted believer, a brave inspiration for all the contemporary Muslims and a bold warrior in all the contemporary Islamic battles. The story goes through the Meccan victory, Muhammad PBUH's death, Abu Bakr's legacy as caliph and his death, and finally Omar's legacy. From viewer's eye perspective, his legacy as caliph shows the biographical stories of improvements and complexities of his own caliphate till his death through assassination by Abu Lulu.

It is difficult to find stuff in Classical Arabic online. There is religious stuff, yes, but if you are more into TV series la Netflix, it sounds like wishful thinking. But there is some stuff that is quite good and very informative.

The historical series tells one of the stories of Islamic conquests that Arabs are most proud of, and the lessons it offers in courage, sacrifice, faith, and sincerity. Also, it is more or less in classical Arabic and the YouTube subtitles are really not bad!

The Imam series (مسلسل الإمام) or Ahmed bin Hanbal series (مسلسل أحمد بن حنبل) is a huge historical TV series. It was produced by Qatar Media Foundation in 2017. There are 31 episodes 50 minutes.

But there is good news. The Reddit user C-Y-R-O did the English translation of ALL 31 episodes and should get a big shout out for such an amazing work! The translation is really helpful and quite accurate. Here is how you can add the subtitles:

Ahmad ibn Hanbal's family was originally from Basra, Iraq, and belonged to the Arab Banu Shayban tribe. His father was an officer in the Abbasid army in Khurasan and later settled with his family in Baghdad, where Ahmad was born. Ibn Hanbal had two wives and several children. He studied extensively in Baghdad and later founded his ideas about Islamic Jurisprudence.

There are many anecdotes about his funeral. Some relate that his funeral was attended by 800,000 men and 60,000 women and that 20,000 Christians and Jews converted to Islam on that day.

Umar (Omar) was the second Caliph of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the so-called al-Rashidun (الرَّاشِدُون). He was the first to introduce the Hijri calendar and the first who awarded prizes for memorizing the Qur'an.

He defeated the Sasanians, the rulers over Persia. This victory made it possible to conquest Persia in fewer than two years. The Sasanian imperial dynasty was the last Persian Empire before the rise of Islam, ruled by and named after the Sasanian dynasty which lasted from 224 to 651.

The Sasanian Empire was a leading world power along with its rival, the Roman-Byzantine Empire, for more than 400 years. At its peak, the Empire stretched from Egypt, Yemen, the Caucasus, all the way to Central Asia (today's Afghanistan). Most people in Persia believed in Zoroastrianism.

There is a lot of contradictory information about the religion of the murderer. The Persian historian al-Tabarī (ّالطَّبَرِي) described Nahavandi as a Christian, while others claim that he was an infidel especially because Nahavandi had been referred to with the epithet al-Majūsī (الْمَجُوسِيّ), indicating Zoroastrian beliefs. The Arabic word Majūs (مَجُوسِ) means Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism).

What did the Caliph mean by name? The Caliph meant the name of the family, the name of the clan or tribe. In Arabic culture, until today, the name of the family or clan bears a lot of information about the person: his wealth, power, courage, hospitality, etc.

Other resources for Omar series as a learning tool.An excellent scholarly blog in English with an episode by episode recap with historical details.

-ramadan-series-review-of-episodes-1-3-22-2/. Also, MBC has a study guide with useful Historical Notes, character descriptions, tribal relations Maps Etc. =drivesdk

Although it is called the Umar series, I would say that it is really the Seerah of the Prophet (saw) through the eyes of Umar. As the life of Umar is really in the beginning few episodes and the latter 6 to 7 and the rest is really the struggle of the Muslims. Regardless of the title it is certainly worth a watch! For me the Umar series was really informative and educational. Not only was the story of the sahabas told but it really gave me a way to appreciate more in visual detail how it would have been like all those years ago.

The companions of the Prophet (saw) were the best generation and in the Umar series you could see how they were albeit you could never appreciate the real reality of how they were but certainly you could get a good idea.

I hope this has given you a bit more insight into the show, a word of caution please do not refer to the show as proof of anything, if you need to bring proof of an event or example sunnah etc. refer to the original text or a learned person.

i have watched the complete 8 disk series, this is one of the authentic Islamic history compilation about Revelation to our Beloved Holy Prophet(SW) AND mostly the role of all four khalifas specially Hazrat Omar, and all other sahabas. Though its in Arabic but one needs have lot of patience and love for Allah and His prophet to read the subtitle in English, those who do not understand Arabic as a language. It took two months for me to complete it, i had to pause the disk many times, Alhamddulilah, May Allah Subhana tala guide us all, ameen.

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