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@Zúl- -Qärnain . Of course yes. Good times will come is the promise of Allah and every nation and prophet has gone through hardships ,is our test. Ruum will succeed means Romans and Muslims will be friends . All true believers will get united soon after just one two years.
@Cyber Beast Arab is not a race and i am an Arab and Arab are being oppressed from western puppets and sustainers of puppets like you Mr. electronic flie. ( paid in full from the Bedouin Back-ward government of Saudi Arabia).
@Cyber Beast قال تعالى: ]الأََعْرَابُ أَشَدُّ كُفْراً وَنِفَاقاً[ (التوبة: من الآية97). ]وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الأََعْرَابِ مُنَافِقُونَ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَة[ (التوبة: من الآية101). ]قَالَتِ الأََعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا[ (الحجرات: من الآية14). الاعراب هم البدو في الخليج و نجد بالأخص و قبائل نجد و كل من والاهم راح تشوفون كثير يتحسسون من هذا الكلام لأن ما يعرفون دينهم عدل. الله ما جابهم من سابع سما و حطنا بالأرض علشان نتبع اجدادنا و آبائنا و نمشي على ما كانو عليه. هم يدافعون عن العقلية الصحراوية بسبب العاطفة و لا يفهمون قول الله وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۚ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۗ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ ۚ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِ ۚ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ (18) يعني هم يدافعون على تخلفهم أجدادهم و عاداتهم وتقاليدهم الرجعية بسبب العاطفة و يضنون ما مس أجدادهم مسهم و هاذي عبودية لغير الله و العياذ بالله. الإسلام هو دين يحرر الإنسان من العبودية لغير الله مما يعني أن الإنسان ليس مسؤول بأن يتبع ما وجد عليه ( عادات وتقاليد و فكر بيئته ووووو...الخ ) فهاذي كلها خلق مخلوق ليست خلق خالق. الله يبينا نكون أفضل نسخة من نفسنا و لكي نوصل لهذا الشي علينا عدم الانبطاح لبيئتنا الي الله حطنا فيها. و للمعلومة انا و أنتم كلنا اخترنا ان نكون في هاذي الدنيا. إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا (72) لمن سألنا الله في السماء قبلنا ان نكون بالدنيا لم نختر اصلنا ، عرقنا أرضنا، ...الخ لكن الاعراب الحفاة العراة العاله كما وصفهم الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يفكرون بهاذي الطريقة هم على ما آبائهم كانو عليه.
The movie does not portray Lawrence as a hero. He fails at the end and it is clearly shown. It's a movie about a conflicted individual who got lost while searching for his own identity. The historical background makes the story more interesting, but it could be a story about anyone, and it resonates with many.
The Arab Revolt was a British movement lol and as an Arab I denounce all who took part in it. Islam sees no ethnicities and races in the Quran the followers of the prophet are referred to as muslims not Arabs therefore the turks and all other races are no different than Arabs. The Arab Revolt was a mockery and got Mecca and Medina captured by the British and anyone who defends this is ignorant.
This is the truth, arab revolt was treason against Islam. It was a Zionist orchestration that was fulfilled by Western allied forces and puppeted out by misguided, opportunist Arabs. Facts.
@@ahmadfrhan5265 we Arabs are Bedouins that built an empire that stretches from China to France! Greater than any Persian or turkish empire!! We Arabs are ur masters
@@kent4200 Arab is not a race and i am an Arab and you obviously made a huge mistake by saying we ( Arabs ) are Bedouin. they are called Aârab ( اعراب ) = Bedouins and they didn't contribute in Islamic conquest in fact they were the first to leave Islam after the death of the prophet. تتكلم عربي؟ do you speak Arabic?
Absolutely,I totally agree with you and now we are living without khilafat and I want to tell you a story when Pakistan was not created,a molana was in a prison of British and there were some British soldiers who were court martialed.Molana met them and asked a question that why are you afraid of khilafat which is very weak now?.That officer replied it is true that the khilafat is very weak but khalifa of this khilafat is so powerful if he will give just one hint to the Muslims than the whole Muslim nation will come out for jihad and it is necessary for Britain to invade khilafat
I don’t think the movie depicted Lawrence as a hero but rather showed the downfall of a man who had beliefs of grandiosity. His character eroded over time. Also, it’s worth looking into why some of the tribes of Arabia who had Lawrence live amongst them revered him so much as to name their sons “Awrance”? Until today it remains the only western name for man that is socially acceptable. I’m not saying that the movie had problematic elements and I have no doubt that Lawrence was serving the English imperial power but I wonder if the man’s allegiance remained consistent throughout his career.
I'm a muslim, but sorry guys. I think you misunderstand. Did you guys even watch the movie? He was never a hero nor intended to be depicted as a hero in the movie.
I watched it yesterday and yes he was portrayed as a hero. Without him, Arabs would be fighting amongst themselves. Nonetheless it’s a great movie and at the end of the day it’s just a movie.
Each and every muslim should know because there are many cases like this. In Arab it's Lawrence and other part of world are other people like him apparently well wishers of Muslim but actually have agenda against muslim. So Muslim don't fight with each other ... we all did mistakes
This video makes valid points about problematic orientalism and historical inaccuracies in the film, as well as the actions of the British during WWI, but it also grossly misinterprets the movie and the real Lawrence's actions, motivations, and character. The film itself is anti-British, anti-imperialist, and anti-White Saviour. The British are shown openly scheming to deceive the Arabs and carve up the middle east in their own interests. British officers a shown as racist, and far from depicting him as a hero, Lawrence is shown as naïve and arrogant. The film deliberately subverts the White Saviour trope. The real Lawrence believed in Arab independence, not British and French rule, as this video claims. He was disgusted by the duplicity and broken promises of the British government and actively worked against the British after the war to try to win a better deal for the Arabs: negotiating on their behalf at Peace Conferences, publishing letters denouncing the British and French, and refusing a knighthood in the presence of the King in protest. He regretted his involvement in the Arab Revolt and admitted that trying to influence another people and country was naive and arrogant and that he'd had no right to do so. Far from depicting himself as a Rambo figure in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence is very honest about his own flaws and failures. He downplays the roles of other British and French officers in order to emphasise the importance of the Arab Revolt, not to glorify himself. He gave credit to Arab leaders where it was due. The Turks are depicted unfavourably because Lawrence witnessed Turkish atrocities at close hand: particularly a brutal massacre of women and children. He also admits to committing atrocities himself. Lawrence made unflattering statements about the Arabs, but also praised them elsewhere. He made equally scathing comments about the British and French. Lawrence co-operated with Lowell Thomas as he thought the publicity would help the Arab cause. He later regretted this and thought Thomas was a fool. At least some of the Bedouin Lawrence worked with respected him enough to name their sons and grandsons Lawrence. The kind of misinformation, bias, and distortion of history that this video presents is highly counterproductive, regardless of your race, nationality or religion: it only serves to fuel prejudice, ignorance, and hatred.
Lawrence of Arabia drove a wedge between Turkish and Arabian Muslims. He told arabs that they were being deprived of their rights by the Turks, which wasn't the case. Turkish Muslims and Arab Muslims used to be like brothers. May Allah unite all Muslims again, Ameen . La ilaha il Allah , there's no god but Allah.
The Turks were known for their cruelty to the Arabs and the Arab Revolt was started by King Hussein long before Lawrence was in the desert and before the British. The Turks had an empire, the Ottoman Empire and it was crumbling. The British fought against the Turks because the Turks sided with the Germans in the First World War who were enemies of the British. The Turks were already divided from Arabs long before Lawrence or the British came to fight.
I'm so glad I'm Spanish and not British. I'm preparing a video proving the British Empire wasn't the biggest. Only hypocrites count oceans of sand but not oceans.
Lawrence of Arabia is the prime example of Western Propaganda effort! When I first saw that garbage film I was amazed how a film form USA can be so lame and full of cliché...............
There is no denying that Lawrence led the attack on what was considered to be an impregnable Akaba and he successfully captured it which was quite an accomplishment by itself. Also he conducted a guerrilla war against the Turks and blew up many of their rail lines in Arabia. All this was accurately portrayed in the 1962 movie. He had no part in the tricky Allied diplomacy pursued during and after WWI.
Great job on telling this story. Please do not act like you did in the end of the video. We want you to be a great role model for the youth. Do not portray yourself in a way that makes you look unprofessional. Keep up the great work. May Allah bless you and your family and give you all amazing things and success in this life and the next. We love you my brother.
@Zúl- -Qärnain yes, all is possible if history is possible. Except we think like is possible like they think the same way, we will not be liberated. Is not gun that can liberate Africa and the arabs, is our belief we have in ourselves and the future. Thank you.
The movie was not just inaccurate concerning historical facts it was also inaccurate as an adaptation from Lawrence's book as he admitted that he felt no glory but felt shame when he motivated the Arabs by the promise of a united land that he knew Britain will never fulfil
The facts that he was a spy and he ended turks empire. This is the only truth. Yes the film was inaccurate.but Turkish state media doesn't need to go this hard on a movie.
@@tristan8905 There is a scene in the movie where a British politician straight up explains the plan to betray the Arabs and carve up the middle east for the British and French. If anything the film is anti-, rather than pro-British. It's actually about the foolishness and arrogance of the White Saviour trying to direct the course of another people and country he has no business interfering with. The creator of this video really seems to have missed that point.
@Zúl- -Qärnain 1) Sunni and Shia get together when Shia stop cursing the Sahabah. 2) Yemen, Somalia and all the other countries will be happy when they aren't uses as war bases by western countries. 3 and 4) Peace will be eminent when the oppresion stops. Muslim are ready to have peace. The prediction is that there will be hard times near the end but Hazrat Isa will come as a Muslim not a prophet to liberate Muslims from the Dajjal. 5) There will be a lot of muslims near the end but a lot of them will be martyred in wars. After the wars muslims will rule for many years and will be the only religion. 6) The jews will support ad-Dajjal and will be defeated many will be killed in battle and many will willfully repent. 7)The muslims eventually win and the judgement day begins Palestinians will win with the help of Imam Mehdi and Hazrat Isa and with blessings of Allah. 8) At the end there is no islamic countries but just one ummah.
@@harisjutt69 - It’s possible to have more than one enemy. Communism and Democracy oppose each other, and neither is a friend to any religion, let alone Islam.
@@carmentiadragen6064 if just follow the opinion of people, country will be countries or country will over-control its people or country will be destroyed or any else.
This video should be shown to the young Iranians who think America is gonna save them from their extremist regime. While i in no way support a religious extremist theocratic republic, but what they have is a 1000x times better than what America will give them, basically what they gave to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria... Peace to all
Did you read his book 7 Pillars of Wisdom if you had you would understand he was a suberperd Officer, he didn't treat the Arabs as second rate people's and he very upset with both the British and French. They had their adgenders
The Prophet ﷺ also prophesied that carnal pursuits would not only infect his nation but would be the cause of their downfall and devastation. Thawbān (rA) reports that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The nations will soon invite one another to devour you, just as diners are invited to a dish.” It was said, “Will it be because of our small number on that day?” He said, “No, rather you will be many on that day, but you will be [weightless] foam, like the foam on the river. And Allah will remove the fear of you from the hearts of your enemies, and will cast weakness into your hearts.” Someone said, “O Messenger of Allah, what will this weakness be?” He said, “The love of this world, and the hatred of death.”[58] Reinforcing this point, Anas (rA) narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Once my nation considers five things permissible, then destruction will befall them: when cursing one another appears, wine is drunk, silk is worn [by men], musical instruments are played, and men suffice themselves with men and women suffice themselves with women.”[59] Certainly, Muslims today are not insulated from the ideologies demanding the acceptance of same-sex acts in the world around them. This is even imaginable for a practicing, mosque-goer Muslim, if they allow their religiosity to be reduced to a cultural identity, as the Prophet ﷺ said in a hadith narrated by ‘Abdullah b. ‘Amr (rA), “An age will surely come when people gather and pray in the mosques, while there is not a single believer amongst them.”
@@waffelo4681 this is an Erdogan puppet channel and most people here are Turkish so they are gonna love ruling the Arab lands again but forgetting that they were oppressors who stole Arab freedom and tried stealing their identity and make them Turks just like them, heck why did you think the Arabs revolted.
@@sigmagrindset7848 Because of sweet dreams of their own great state and nothing else. Don't kid yourself, revolting Ottoman Empire wasn't unique to the Arabs lol
The narrative of this video is obviously deeply skewed, ie. West bad, imperialism evil blar blar blar. A different time with different views, and the video fails to mention that Lawrence knew he was fighting on a lie (Sykes/Picot) halfway through the campaign (not when it started) - and that’s an important point, but had to continue. To understand Lawrence (at least in part) you have to read Seven Pillars, the film is pure Hollywood (and still a good one at that), has this guy bothered to do that? Of course not. Fact, he still achieved a great deal.
The Arabs have no love and respect for him , they know what Lawerence was, the Arabs of today know the truth. And to all my dear brothers and sisters who think a group Bedouins were responsible for the destruction of the Ottoman Empire, let me tell u do not give those traitors who took part in the revolt too much credit. They were a minority among the Arab citizens of the empire. They were used to spread the ottoman army thin. A lot of em weren’t even from ottoman lands but from the Najd region. The fall of the Ottoman Empire came at the hands of many, the Zionists, the British, the French, the Russians but also the Turks as well. Do not forget when it was the young Turks who disposed of Sultan Abdulhamid Han, and abolished the Calipha. And even today that man Kemal is still praised in Turkey. I’m not saying to excuse anyone but I don’t believe it’s correct or accurate to just put the blame on the Arabs when most of the Arabs didn’t even revolt whether in Syria or Palestine or anywhere else. But In’Shaa’Allah our ummah will be United again In’Shaa’Allah. Much love to all my Muslim brothers and sisters whether they are Arabs, Turks or anything else. May Allah (SWT) bless you all
Lawrence also worked to make sure the new rule in Saudi Arabia would be one where Khilafat could never come back again. You said Saudi got independent after WW but.. the set up there was also Lawrence of Arabia's task. He is the founder of KSA..the kingdom that is..and that's why kingdom keeps toeing western narrative even against the Muslim world.
He served the British empire at the time, but I do believe he wanted the Arabs to have there own state. When he found out this wasn't to be, he fought hard to fight for the Arabs cause. The film and propaganda that followed wasn't his doing. People that believe it was all Lawrences ideas and he alone over threw the Turks are very naive.
Arabs introduced islam to indian subcontinent in 665 in malabar cost Present day Kerala. Oldest mosque cherman juma masjid Oldest community know as moppila. Unlike British dutch turk persians The never looted. The was our best trading partner love Arabs ❤❤❤❤. Allah bless Arab world. Hope Arab lands became happy again.
well, check yemen crisis. And off course the people living in arab countries are actually not arab - most of the arabs were killed during the mongolian invasion and rest ( who remained alive ) fled to europe and africa. The people currently living in arab countries are mostly turks/indians and africans
Your views on the film are pretty simpleton. You entirely ignore the fact the film demonized Lawrence greatly to the point Lawrence fans were offended. Lawrence is never shown in a good light in the film and he's not a typical white saviour character. He's a deeply flawed human being. Sherif Ali was the character who had honour and humanity in him. Lawrence was sadistic. By the way, calling it orentialism 101 is incredibly cringeworthy. You tried to bash on real-life Lawrence by using a beloved film as a vehicle. The least you can do is to not disrespect it instead of grossly misinterpreting it. Smh
The Hashemite and the sauds ended the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian peninsula FOREVER today Turks just makes shawarma there now 😂😂😂😂 drink it all in 👌👌👌
@@kent4200 that's just the costitution but stands up more for the muslim cause and don't tell me King Abdullah and MBS lol! Say it with me erdogan! btw Jordan is very weak militarily, politically and socially along with most arab counties! cuz they are divided, have dictatorships and lack of modern education system in Gulf! I guess Jordan would be an exception here when it comes to education!
You are also portraying propaganda against Saudia by showing his flag but the reality is this is saudi flag not hashmite flag and who started arab revolt hashmites not saudi after arab revolt saudi took it from hashmites
While you make many good points, there is no shame in demonizing the Turks. They were brutal and Oppressive overlords who were religousy intolerant. Don't believe me? Just ask the Armenians whom they massacred in their Millions.
T.E.Lawrence was a Intelligence Officer it wasn’t called M15 then.Yes he was a Imperial Spy and the film was fact/fiction. But at least he helped the Hussain Family throw off the yoke of the Ottomans.The British Imperialist attitude was typical of all Empires,it was foul.
ALLAH IS ONE. ALLAH IS BEST PLANER. ALLAH KNOW BEST. Today Arab county in it war with crusader army OCCUPIED JURSLUM and Iraq and Libya and Syria plastiane now world war 1 and world war 2 still on gowing in MIDLEAST world war 3 finish at of all war in MIDLEAST As sytan plane in MIDLEAST soon it would come END. PARY PEACE AND UNITY MUSLIM BOTHER AND SISTERS ALL OVER WORLD. ALLAH IS ONE. ALLAH KNOW BEST. ALLAH IS BEST PLANER. AAMEEN.
"I have a story to tell", not "I gotta story to tell". Is this the standard of English language teaching in Turkey? This kind of sloppy American street language has no place in professional journalism.
The UK government should apologize to the Indian people for brutally killing innocent people in the Jallianwala bagh massacre in India in the year 1919...
Mmmm, when I watched the movie as a teen, I saw a fanatical flawed hero stumbling his way among the Arabs, who had their revolt and used him and much as he sought to 'help' them. In his turn being played by an arrogant British empire mentality that loved double-crossing. So, it's either not as bad as portrayed by the angry guy making this item, or I love underdogs. And then I see this is a Turkish broadcast. Ah, it seems they have forgotten how tired everyone was of the Ottoman Empire. I hope they don't want it back, because, as all Empires go, from the earliest to the current American Empire, Empires always kill people who don't like it. I think I better not mention the Armenians here, because of a collective historic rewriting.
During the crimean war...russians could have dissolved the ottoman empire...but unfortunately...british and french helped ottomans win the war...and hence after many years...armenian genocide happened...evil was allowed to survive...
Just put a link to his diaries in the description. Ive read them and liberate who?? He talks about the arab morals at time on how they dont lie and the holliness of women over there where when tribes attack and steal from each other they would never touch a woman even when they would come out and hit,spit or scream at them cuz they knew they would be safe. He spoke about when a man trief to steal something from a woman the cut of his hand and anger as though he brough humiliation to their tribe from that action. Also he would let his wife site around with bedwins(so called backward) because he knew no one would touch women over there since they travel many miles alone and asked a bedwin woman when she traveled with a man alone for while and returned were you not afraid, she could not understand so he said it bluntly as tho she coudlve been harrassed or raped, she just told him watch your mouth this happens in your country. Sadly there morals have been diminished immensley that place has been culturaly polluted by secular liberators.
Thank you for the upload of this video in which you provided so much important information. But from 6:45, not positively impressed with the ending, because of how Arabs were spoken of, and the clamouring for notoriety.
Yes by the way he is the reason behind the power transfer of hijaz from turks to Arabia..........and all the hunger arabs today have is because of him...... Thanks @TRT
Good thing that you mentioned to Sykes-Picot agreement. Too bad you won't say who it affected because your country has been benefitting from that agreement for decades.
