Walid being terrified of Malik’s charisma in ‘Imam Ali (AS)’ series

Walid expresses fear over Malik Al-Ashtar’s charismatic power in the 5th episode of iFilm’s historical series ‘Imam Ali (AS)’ to be aired at 23:00 GMT tonight.

The governor of Kufa is so much belittled by the power Malik has and says, “I should have uprooted the sheikh. Malik is also following him. In fact, the governor of Kufa is Malik Al-Ashtar Nakha yi not Al-Walid ibn Oqbah.

The Sheik would only talk, but Malik can talk and also fight with his sword. He is a dangerous man, poet, he’s a dangerous man”.

He also refers to the followers of Imam Ali (AS) s being , “…just like dragons with seven heads. If you hit one of their heads two other will open their mouths”.

“When the followers of Ali [AS] are silent, you don’t even see them, but when they move, they make a storm”, he adds.

The series, produced by Mohammad Beikzadeh and directed by Davoud Mir-Baqeri, will hit the air daily at 23:00 GMT (02:30 Tehran time) with three repeats the next day at 05:00, 11:00, 17:00, except Saturdays.

The epic series focuses on the life of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. It covers the events before the caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

The series cast list includes Daryoush Arjmand, Vishka Asayesh, Sirous Gorjestani, Ali-Asghar Hemmat, Parviz Parastoui, Behzad Farahani, Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, Mehdi Fathi, Atash Taqipour, and Abbas Amiri-Moqaddam.

The long list of popular stars goes on with Azita Hajiyan, Akbar Abdi, Fakhri Khorvash, Farideh Sepah-Mansour, Davoud Rashidi, Saeed Nikpour, Enayat Bakhshi, Reza Karam-Rezaei, Parvaneh Masoumi, Hossein Panahi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, and Shohreh Lorestani.

‘Imam Ali (AS)’, made in 1997, is comprised of 25 episodes.

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