This is the province of your personal discoveries, explorations, meditations, reflections, research and deductions. There are things which you perceive through the senses, and having gathered a body of knowledge by means of these senses, you can proceed to classify this information with the help of reflection, argumentation, observation or experimentation and to deduce laws from them.įor this type of information no revelation from heaven is needed. In this connection, the difference between two different aspects of reality must be fully grasped so as to avoid any fallacy in discussion. Human awareness is circumscribed by what has been revealed by the Creator, for man has no independent means of his own to get at the truth. Who else possesses the knowledge of human nature and its true elements? The Creator alone knows His creatures. Who else but Him can know the realities of this universe.
It is an undeniable fact that the source of all knowledge is Almighty Allah Who made this universe and created man to populate it. Guidance of which we stand in dire need today. And of all the Messengers of God and the leaders of religion, it is the life of Muhammad (pbuh) alone which offers true and comprehensive guidance. So that our minds may be fully satisfied that we can, in fact, obtain guidance not from any other ancient or modern personality, but from the character and personality of a Messenger of God alone. To deal with this subject in the framework of logic, there is one obvious question which arises first: why the message of the Seerat of the Prophet (pbuh), and none other? Why, in particular, that of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and not that of any other Prophets or the founders of other religions? We must deal with this question at the outset. I HAVE been invited to speak in this assembly on the Message of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). In accordance with Islamic beliefs, Prophet Muhammad was not be depicted on screen nor was his voice heard.(This address was delivered in the Punjab University, Pakistan at the invitation of the Punjab University Students' Union on October 22, 1975, Translated from Urdu) In the English version, the role of Hamza was played by Anthony Quinn. The Arabic version featured some of the biggest stars of Arab cinema, including Abdullah Gaith in the lead role of Hamza. Moustapha Akkad was born in Aleppo, Syria, had began work on the film in 1974, shooting two versions simultaneously - one in Arabic and one in English. The re-release has been made possible by a collaboration between Akkad’s Trancas International and Dubai-based distribution company Front Row Filmed Entertainment. However, I’m happy to say we have been pretty much successful in a large number of countries and I’m very happy about that.” But there is still an old guard on the censorship boards. “Over the years it has become a favorite, a classic in the region that they play on satellite stations, so a huge portion of the population are familiar with this film. “Ironically, even though it’s over 40 years later, probably the biggest challenge has been, once again, all the censorship boards and trying to get them to come around and see this film in a new light,” Akkad said. The director’s son has worked tirelessly on the film’s restoration and to reacquaint himself with his father’s work. Only Kuwait has continued its ban on the film.Īkkad’s son, Malek, has lobbied extensively for “The Message” to be screened across the region.
Now it will be given a widespread release across the region. The film caused controversy when it was released in 1976 and was banned across much of the Arab world. The Oscar-nominated film was passed by the General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM) at a screening on Thursday.
The cinema epic, which chronicles the life of Prophet Muhammad and the birth of Islam, has undergone extensive restoration and will be screened in 4K at Vox Cinemas Riyadh Park during Eid-Al-Fitr. Director Moustapha Akkad’s masterpiece “The Message” will be screened in Saudi Arabia for the first time after being passed by the country’s censors.
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