Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

بلال: جيل جديد من الأبطال

The Emirati animated feature on Bilal ibn Rabah (may God be pleased with him), from enslavement to becoming Islam's first muezzin — the first animated feature of its scale on a Companion.

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Identifiers
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Review
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Figurative depictions of prophets are never shown in this museum.

Slavery and freedomChildren and youthProphets

Screening Room

Format
Animation · About Islam
Released
2015 CE · 1436 AH†
Countries
AE
Languages
en (original) · ar (dubbed)
Approach
for children
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Figure without a face · Companions: Shown · Imams: Not applicable (The Prophet is glimpsed only in silhouette and light; Companions are depicted by animated characters.)
Titles in other languages
Bilal: A New Breed of Heroبلال: جيل جديد من الأبطال

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About
Bilal ibn Rabah
Set in
Mecca· The Prophetic Era
Features
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje· Jacob Latimore· Ian McShane· Dave B. Mitchell· Fred Tatasciore· Cynthia Kaye McWilliams· China Anne McClain· Al Rodrigo
Directed by
Khurram Alavi· Ayman Jamal

People and things also explored

The three years of the secret call· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The Hijra· The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims· Muhammad: The Last Prophet· The pause of revelation (Fatra)· The Isra and Mi'raj· the splitting of the moon

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • IMDb
  • elCinema
  • Shahid (MBC)
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The three years of the secret call

The first stage of the call to Islam — individual and secret for three years — in which the first band believed: Khadija, Ali, Zayd and Abu Bakr on the first day, then those whom Abu Bakr called, then a company Ibn Hisham numbers at over forty from every clan of Quraysh; during it prayer was first prescribed.