Alif

ألف

The Pakistani series pairing a famous filmmaker with a young Qur'an memoriser — contemporary Pakistani TV's most-discussed treatment of art, faith and the soul.

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Identifiers
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Review
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Spirituality and SufismTradition versus cultureFamily, marriage and kinship

Screening Room

Format
Series · About Islam
Countries
PK
Languages
ur (original)
Approach
devotional
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
Titles in other languages
الفAlif

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Overview

"Alif" is a faith drama series released in 2019, produced in Pakistan, directed by None. A Pakistani series about a successful film director and a young man who has memorised the Qur'an; a dialogue between art and the soul, among the most influential contemporary Pakistani dramas on the question of religion and art. 1 2

Context and reception

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Directed by
Haseeb Hassan
Written by
Umera Ahmad
Broadcast by
Hum TV

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Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses· Jāhilī Marriage Forms· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· Ayat-Ayat Cinta· Barakah Meets Barakah· When Love Glorifies God· Joyland· Khuda Aur Muhabbat

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Alif”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/alif-2019/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses

The custom of the settled Arabs of seeking wet-nurses in the desert for their children, to keep them from the diseases of the towns, strengthen their bodies and nerves, and let them master pure Arabic from the cradle; by it the Prophet was nursed among Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr by Halima.