With a budget exceeding $50 million, it was the most expensive Arabic drama ever made at the time of its release.

The series broke several records and established new benchmarks for Middle Eastern media:

The story of the Omar Series is ultimately a story of trust. MBC gambled that the audience was mature enough to distinguish between an actor and a saint—and they won. They bridged the gap between the rigid walls of religious history and the fluid canvas of dramatic art, proving that sometimes, to see the truth of the past, you have to recreate its shadow.

Directed by Syrian filmmaker Hatem Ali, written by Walid Saif, the series employed a cinematic scope. Filming took place in Morocco, utilizing sets that reproduced 7th-century Medina, Mecca, and the Persian and Byzantine empires.