is this Sri Lanka? Which is going through difficult times and economic crisis and
It was her stranglehold king . It is like its neighbors who were once the center of the
is old. And back to that time. This country was intended for the
boats of the people of China and other countries of the neighboring kings.
Ghani and Adel took for him four Muslim ministers . I knew when
Arabs in the name of Serendib and the land of rubies, diamonds, perfumes and silk. How much
I also knew them in the land of Adam. As it is said that our master Adam, peace be upon him,
it and fell into it. There is a trace of his foot dipped in stone. In this video, we are
tell you the story of a people who got what the Arabs got from the poem “Abi al-
famous Randi, in which he says to everything if there is a decrease. We do not
happy to live san. Things are as you saw them. From his secret, the time of the
bad times. Sapphire land. A distinguished geographical location made Serendib a center
in business since ancient times. The country was distinguished by many
of products such as spices, jewels, rubies and agarwood.
The Arabs were among the first nations to trade with Sri Lanka.
Baqa” and they knew it as Serendib Island. They also called it
Sapphire Island too. After the emergence of the island's commercial activity increased. It has been
Islam entered her early. And that in the time of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with
about him. Who sent them a messenger to tell them about Islam and its teachings.
because of the Islam of Arab merchants and the increase in their trade, Islam entered
Gradually to Serendib. The ancient Arab merchants were the power
the softness of the Islamic state. Through their honesty and commitment to the teachings and
Islam as having made an impact on people's hearts that the enlisted armies did not.
by a short time Muslim merchants controlled a large part of
of trade in the Indian Ocean. Some of them were settling on the island.
it, which accelerated the process of the spread of Islam in it. The historian al-Idrisi described
with his writings became the system of government that Serendib was in place with his words. It was ruled by
a rich and just king. And he took four Muslim ministers and the like of them, and
Christians as well as Jews. And also from the religion of the local king Buddhism.
with time, the presence of Muslim advisors alongside the kings of Serendib
normal. As for the historian Yaqut al-Hamawi, he said in his famous dictionary.
to flirt. Adam, peace be upon him, descended a mountain located in Serendib, and it is called Al-Rahoun. as
Serendib at one time became the favorite place for poets
in it. Among the most famous of what was said in it were verses attributed to Imam al-Shafi’i, in which he said, and
pearls of the Serendib Mountains. And in the wells of Takrorah Ibra. It can be said that it is
, and Serendib lived her best periods after the entry of Islam and Muslims to it.
escaped, but her star began to decline with the beginning of her colonization. Ceylon Island. in
the sixteenth century and Portuguese ships reached the island of Ceylon. They have been
known by this name during the British colonial period later.
and when they reached the island they found that Arab merchants controlled the
Most trade in the country. They also noted that they had trade routes in
a special goal and strong networks with the rest of the nations. The term
Maoris to describe them. Then they called this term to all Muslims who were
contact with them afterwards. Then the colonists began attacking the merchants with
eliminated. seize their wealth and trade. Most
Muslims were called Muslims outside Sri Lanka. Because of this, the number of Muslims decreased
country largely. In the eighteenth century Muslims challenged missionary
of Christianity. The Jawi and Malay Muslims were able to add the
numbers of Muslims in the country. The Muslims of Pakistan also contributed to the introduction
Shafi'i and Hanafi sects to Sri Lanka. The people of Sri Lanka are divided
today's civilization into four main groups. The Tamil community and inhabit the half of the
The northern part of the island is a mixture of ancient Indian civilization and
the modern West. They work in commerce and industry. As for the element
is the Sinhalese group, and they live in the southern half of the
. Their origins go back to the Javanese Malay component. The second group
The third inhabiting Sri Lanka are the Indian immigrants. And their beliefs are
Buddhism and Hinduism? As for the fourth and final group. Understanding Muslims.
, most of them are of Arab origin. Some of them to the island Javanese Malay
Persians and the Indians, who make up nine percent of the seven percent of
the inhabitants of the island, about two million people who participate in the political life of
they have representatives in parliament and ministries. Have you heard about the history of the
Serendib Island before, and how do you see this great transformation experienced by
island world between the past and the present. Uh.