The series consists of 31 episodes that premiered in the month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012.
After the series was broadcast on MBC, it was dubbed into several languages for international broadcast and subtitled in English on YouTube; it received great support from many different scholarly bodies and people watching it.
The series faced huge controversy due to its depiction of Omar, Abu Bakr, Uthman, and Ali, the four Rashidun Caliphs, along with other characters some Muslims believe should not be depicted, like Mohammad.
The series was later broadcast in the television of countries like Turkey,[15] Indonesia, Iran, Tunisia, and Egypt, either dubbed or with native subtitles.
Most of the episodes contained many expensive computer-generated imagery (CGI) effects which were maintained by French CGI production BUF in association with Hecat, as well as title and ending themes. The sets of ancient Mecca and Medina and other sites in Arabia and elsewhere in the post-classical era were also produced by the Soora Studio, a Syrian set producer production that previously made the sets of many other popular Arabic dramas.