The Message Page #2

Synopsis: In the 7th century, Mohammed, Peace Be Upon Him, is visited by Angel Gabriel who urges him to lead the people of Mecca and worship God. But they're exiled in Medina before returning to Mecca to take up arms against their oppressors and liberate their city in the name of God (Allah).
Director(s): Moustapha Akkad
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
IMDB:
8.2
PG
Year:
1976
177 min
4,163 Views


When the sun is overthrown

when the stars fall

when the mountains vanish

when the camels bid with yound abandoned

When the wild beasts are herded together

when the seas rise

When the souls are sorted

when the female infant who is buried alive

asks for what crime she was killed

when the books are opened

when the sky is torn away,

then every soul will know what it has done

You were there Jafar when God

gave him these words?

Dawn is coming up

Ammar you first, then you Jafar

Ammar, you keep your mother awake

all night with worry

I am sorry father

Where were you?

Have you been with Muhammad again?

What will happen now?

Forgive him It was my fault, I did it

That God has helped us all our lives

If it fell, it could not help itself

What talks have you been listening to?

The real god is unseen,

he's not made of clay

Ammar, we see the Gods in the Kabbaah every day

I am afraid for you

You are listening to people who will hurt you

I'm listening to Muhammad, mother

Muhammad is generous, yes He gives, he shares,

he pass no man without a smile,

but he is spreading dangerous ideas

Dangerous ideas that no man should start

that the rich should not afload the poor,

the strong should not oppress the weak

Are these dangerous ideas?

Girls should not be forced into marriage,

but be able to choose or refuse

But only tonight, he said to stop

the burial of new-born girls

I was fortunate, always fortunate with your mother

Yes, but you know that you and I nearly never met Yassar

and you were nearly never born

I was to be buried

like my 2 sisters

but my father couldnt' do it

He couldn't do it at that time

When the second girl was buried,

when my father was putting sand over her,

finger raised him as do babies,

told her mother afterwards

she took hold of his finger the way baby does

He told my mother afterwards, that it was a minute before the tender little grip eased

and he had taken away his hand

When I was born, my father ran out of the house

screaming that he couldn't do it again,

that he could never do it again

Sumaya, it is the custom

But it is wrong

The Gods that let such things be are no Gods

I promised to go to Muhammad's house mama

and pray there

Yes! He is a good man

Yes, yes, you go

Two men are following him

Read?

Muhammad can neither write nor read

Muhammad can speak

What did you say?

He can speak? Well, so can you

So now, you speak up yound man

What does Muhammad say umm?

They are God's words, not his

Which god's? What words?

A speaking god?

Your Muhammad speaks only to himself

When god reveals his message to Muhammad,

he remembers every word and

then he tells it to those who can write

It is the Qur'an

Muhammad has starved himself into dreams,

he hides under a blanket with his eyes shut

His eyes are shut but his heart is open

You! kick him for his cleverness

There, is no need for hasts

Doesn't Muhammad realize that we live by housing

to the Gods?

We own the Kabbaah

Every year, the tribes of Arabia come here

to Mecca to pray and to buy from us

Now, were we to replace 300

gods with just one?

whom we cannot even see, was supposed to be in Taif and Medina,

here in my house, in Jerusalem, on the moon?

Where would Mecca be then?

The gods are both our vision and our revenue

You cannot buy and sell God

Young man, you are close to be whipped

Ammar, be sensible boy

I have a question

Muhammad teaches you,

a slave is equal to his master

This black Bilal, I paid money for is equal to me?

Yes Muhammad says before God all

men are equal as the teeth of a gum

This is a very pleasant idea to slaves and beggars

It gives them pretensions

Bilal! Teach this man the difference between the Lord of Mecca and a slave

Take that whip

Lash his face to teach an enormous lesson

Whip him! Whip him!

Cut him!

Whip him!

Do it Bilal!

Obey them! They will kill you!

So you want anarchy to bring

They even infected our slaves

If you're human enough to have gods,

remember that there are gods for your owner

I bought humanity Bilal

when I bought you

You will be corrected

One, one god

There is only one God

Who is stronger now, your master

or this one god of yours?

One god There is only one God

Bring the stones

One god, One god! One god!

Crush him!

Are you finished with him?

There is only one God!

You could swear the slave was preaching!

Lord Umaya!

Abu Bakr will pay 100 dinars for this slave

Wait now!

It's against our social order

to sell a slave during his punishment

The offer is to Lord Umaya!

If the price of slaves is raised,

we shall have to pay ourselves next year

Take him He is no use to me anymore

Kill him or take him more I'm finished with him

We are declaring ourselves

God has told his messenger to declare Islam to all men

Open the windows!

Let the world hear

We are coming out of the darkness

Hear well the word of God

Hear well the messenger of Lord

There are no other Gods, but God and Muhammad is his messenger

We have come into light, join us on the way to the Kabbah

God is most great, God is most great!

God has no partner, we have come into light

Join us on the way to Kabbah

Muhammad and his rebellion called Islam

are coming out

to fall our gods

and de-throw our religion

Don't let them reach the Kabbaah

Throw them back! Defend your gods

There is no gods but God and

Muhammad is the messenger of God

Protect the prophet!

There is no gods but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God

Guards!

God is great!

Blasphemy! ldiot!

God is great!

There is no gods but God and

Muhammad is the messenger of God

Now's the time to break them,

there are only 30 of them

No! we've done enough

More will only create sympathy for them

God is great!

In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful

say:
O you who reject faith

I worship not other

Get out of Kabbaah!

Silence, you'r a false prophet! Stop!

Back to the corner!

Hamza! Hamza!

You are brave

He is the bravest man in the desert

and he meets men unarmed

Muhammad is a liar

Liar? If you don't let him speak!

Where's the lie and where's the truth

when it hasn't been spoken yet?

Muhammad is a fraud

Stand up! Hit me back if you dare!

I affirm my nephew's religion

and I say what he says

Who ever has the courage to fight,

to fight with me!

Muhammed, when I hunt the desert at night,

I know that God is not kept in a house

Who'd have thought that Hamza, Hamza above all,

with his wine drinking, lion hunting

will come to join Muhammad?

More we attack, more seem to join him

Where does he find his words?

I don't know

How can an illiterate man go up on a mountain

and come back 3 days later blazing with poetry?

It wasn't just only poetry, he says it's God's

How do we fight someone

whose strength we do not understand?

Muhammad promises heaven, trees in the skies

It's natural he found audience

Then we must make that audience

less eager to listen to him

We will begin with the weaker ones

Rate this script:3.0 / 2 votes

H.A.L. Craig

All H.A.L. Craig scripts | H.A.L. Craig Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The Message" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/the_message_13671>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    The Message

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    What does "FADE OUT:" signify in a screenplay?
    A A transition between scenes
    B The beginning of the screenplay
    C The end of the screenplay
    D A camera movement