‘Umar’ is an Islamic TV series which was aired during last Ramadhan by a joint production of the Dubai-based MBC Group and Qatar Television.
After almost a month, I’ve finished watching the entire series. ‘Umar’ has 30 episodes, including a finale of 2 combined episodes. Learning Seerah has never been so much fun!
Table of Contents / Kandungan
Official Trailer
Where to watch?
You can watch it on Youtube. The series is in Arabic with English subtitle hard coded into the video. Watch first episode.
What is it all about?
The series tells us the story about the life of the second caliph, Umar Al-Khattab R.A. The storyline is very interesting as it narrates the advent of Islam during the time of Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h. till the era of the first two caliphs.
Since the depiction of any prophet is forbidden in Islam, the character of the Prophet was shown using first person point of view (POV). Which means in some scenes, we are seeing through what Rasulullah sees.
The actors
Below are the actors from the series. Just in case you’re wondering who’s who.
The first four caliphs – Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman & Ali
Other famous characters – Hamzah, Abi Talib, Abu Sufyan, Abu Jahal & Abu Lahab
Other companions – Bilal bin Rabah, Amru al Asr & Khalid Al-Walid
Why is it a must watch?
- an entertaining way to learn about history of Islam within the context
- it has an almost accurate depiction of Seerah, from a Muslim producer
- beautiful cinematography, big budget for props, costumes, buildings and more!
- war against Byzantine (Rome) and Sassanids (Persian) empire. They’re just awesome to watch!
- it is available in Full HD for your eyes pleasure
Personally, I can only give you five reasons. Should be enough though. You have to watch it yourself to understand why I’m so excited about this series.
Post Production rules!
Since the advancement of CGI and visual effects in the movie industry, I can say this series utilized all the techniques well, especially in making thousands of crowds for the battles and also the reconstruction of the ancient civilization using 3D. Kudos to HECAT Studio and BUF for making the series look amazing!
Episodes guide
These are some of the important events in each episodes.
- Umar during his youth
- Islam begins
- Abu Lahab
- Family affairs
- Torture begins
- Bilal gains freedom
- Hijrah to Habsyah
- Umar embraces Islam
- Boycott against Muslims
- Hijrah to Yathrib (Madinah)
- Battle of Badr
- Khalid Al-Walid & Amru Al As embrace Islam
- Battle of Uhud & Khandaq
- Treaty of Hudaibiyah
- First Hajj
- Fathul Makkah
- Death of Prophet
- Battle against people not paying Zakat
- Battle against Ridda (apostate)
- Battle against Musailamah (false prophet)
- Battle against Persian
- Umar became second Caliph
- Battle of Yarmuk against Rome (Byzantine)
- Battle in Syam
- Umar and his subjects
- Conquest of Damascus
- Battle of Qadisiya against Sassanids (Persian)
- Battle of Madain, conquest of Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
- Famine Year
- Plague, conquest of Egypt and death of Umar
Additional link
Behind the scenes
Genealogy of Muhammad s.a.w.
Omar VFX Making Of
Warning!
This is a good series yet it has lots of battle scenes which are not suitable for children. Viewers discretion is advised. I would rate some episodes in this series as 18SG. Yes, you can see the action as in the trailer above.
Do you think they will make more films like this???
Yes, I think so. There will be a movie about life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Currently still in production.
Alhamdulillah, watched the whole series over three weekends. My family thought that I was weird stuck in front of the laptop over the weekend.
brought tears to my eyes and made me miss our Prophet (pbuh) so much.
great costumes and cinematography!
You should have watched the series together with your family too! I really hope Malaysia’s TV either Astro Oasis or TV Alhijrah can have this series in our TV.
mana boleh download eh
Download guna Youtube video downloader. Terus dari Youtube. 😉
salam…can anyone please upload the english subtitle…just the subtitle…i already have those 30 episodes…but in indonesian subtitle…i can’t understand indonesia language…please if someone has a english subtitle…please upload it…i really want to see and at the same time understand what i am watching…pls..pls…pls..
thanks in advance..
i love it bro
Yeah, me too!
i love it naaaaaaah
I love it so much wish they make Ep I miss the prophet (
set)mush I wish I could of see his nice face
There’s no way people can depict the face of the Prophet. It is forbidden.
wish i could of live at the time at the prophet Muhammad
Me too. InsyaAllah we will meet him in paradise.
Youtube sudah block.
Sudah dijangka.