The Boy and the King
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The Boy and the King is a feature-length animated Islamic movie. It was the made by an islamic film company named Astrolabe Pictures and sponsored by Elle Productions who made an earlier animated Islamic animation called Fatih Sultan Muhammad, which became a popular animated Islamic DVD. It includes a soundtrack of Islamic songs in English, performed by young Muslims.
| Directed by Dervis Pasin | Executive Producer: Osama Ahmed Khalifa | Distributed by Atrolabe Pictures & Elle Productions |
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| Release Date(s): 1992 | Running Time: One hour, 28 minutes | Country: Egypt |
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The story surrounds a young boy called Obaid. He is confronted with a choice to live an easy life in this world or to struggle for reward in the Hereafter. The story takes place during the tyrannical rule of King Narsis, who controls his people by encouraging them to worship idols and frightening them with the magic of Cinatas, his evil sorcerer. Cinatas chooses Obaid to be his student, someone who will assist him in his magic. At first, the boy is tempted by dreams of the power and the influence he will wield as the king's next sorcerer. But, soon after he starts to question his priorities. He begins talking to a righteous and a very holy man, who opens his mind to the true meaning of life.
This righteous man tells Obaid that there is only one God, Allah Almighty and that He created mankind to worship Him alone. Though these words appeal to Obaid’s heart and mind, he's still pretty much confused. The righteous man advises him to seek the truth on his own – and thus begins the boy’s quest for the real meaning of life. But how can Obaid find out the truth? And, if he finds it, will he have the strength to follow it – regardless whether it will cost him his life?
This story is taken from an authentic narration or a Hadith of Islamic prophet Muhammad that explains the reference to “The people of the ditch” in Surat Al-Burooj from the Qur’an (85:4). The Qur'anic story is about a boy who believes in Allah Almighty, and he is blessed with divine protection from the plotting of a wicked king and a sorcerer.
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