00:02But this man lived many lives, and he has much to teach us.
00:08Of course, when he came to us, he was little more than a common thief,
00:13scrambling to survive on the streets of Baghdad,
00:16dreaming of a better future,
00:19not just for himself, but for all those he saw suffering on the margins.
00:26For while he lived in a golden age,
00:28at the heart and the height of the Abbasid Caliphate,
00:32scratch its gilded surface, and you'd find a rot beneath.
00:37The order of the ancients fought to rise and spread their cruelty through the land.
00:43The Hidden Ones, as we were known then, resisted,
00:48striking at our enemy from the shadows, an eternal struggle.
00:54Centuries ago, he was at its heart.
00:58Basim ibn Ishaq.
01:00He honored the creed.
01:02He challenged it.
01:03So must we.
01:04We have it in all of us to mistake the shadows we walk for the light we serve.
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