Asad

Asad ( Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is one of many Arabic male given names meaning "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal. It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh one of the nicknames for Ali ibn Abi Talib. ("Assad" is the standard spelling in English, to keep the hissing 's' sound; "Asad" is the more accurate transliteration, corresponding to the Arabic spelling, and is used by scholars.)

People

Among prominent people named Asad or "Assad" are:

  • Audrey Assad, an American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
  • Asadullah (disambiguation), meaning Lion of God, may refer to several people
  • Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
  • Asad ibn Saman, an early Samanid
  • Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
  • Khuwaylid ibn Asad, his son, father-in-law of Muhammad
  • Asad ibn al-Furat (759-828) a jurist and theologian
  • Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
  • Asad ibn Saman

    Asad was an early Samanid. He was the son of Saman Khuda, the founder of the Samanid dynasty.

    According to tradition, Asad was named by his father in honor of the Caliphal governor of Khurasan Asad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qasri (723-727), who had converted Saman to Islam. Asad had four sons: Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya, and Ilyas. Caliph al-Mamun appointed Asad's sons to be rulers of Samarqand, Ferghana, Shash and Ustrushana, and Hirat, and thus the dynasty of rulers was started. The famous Samanid ruler Ismail I (Ismail Samani) (892-907) was Asad's grandson and the son of Ahmad.

    Sources

  • Frye, R.N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, R.N. The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–161. ISBN 0-521-20093-8. 
  • External links

  • To the Question of the Origin of the Samanids by Shamsiddin S. Kamoliddin, in Transoxiana 10, July 2005.

  • Asad (film)

    Asad is a 2012 South African-American short film directed by Bryan Buckley. The film is nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

    Produced in South Africa by Mino Jarjoura of Hungry Man Productions, the cast is made up of Somali refugees living in South Africa, none of whom had any acting experience prior to production.

    After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.

    Plot

    Asad is a fisher boy in Somalia. His friends, led by Laban, are pirates; Asad feels as if he is suited for the pirate life. An old fisherman named Erasto would rather he stick to an honest fishing life as opposed to piracy. Asad has never been able to catch anything on his fishing trips and is beginning to give up hope. Erasto tries to lift his spirits with his largest catch of the day.

    When Asad is taking home the fish with his friend various people on the street ask if he has caught it and he angrily tells them that he has not. His friend suggests that he should lie but Asad says that if he does he will be cursed forever and won't catch anything. As they are talking they run into a group of Somali rebels that ask where all the beautiful women in their town are. When Asad's friend says he does not know they threaten to kill him; Asad offers them the fish to save his friend's life.

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    See all those people on the ground
    Wasting time
    I try to hold it all inside
    But just for tonight
    The top of the world
    Sitting here wishing
    The things I've become
    That something is missing
    Maybe I...
    But what do I know
    And now it seems that I have found
    Nothing at all
    I want to hear your voice out loud
    Slow it down, slow it down
    Without it all
    I'm choking on nothing
    It's clear in my head
    And I'm screaming for something
    Knowing nothing is better than knowing at all
    On my own
    Without it all
    I'm choking on nothing
    It's clear in my head
    And I'm screaming for something
    Knowing nothing is better than knowing at all




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