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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

All praise is for Allah Lord of all worlds...

All praise is for Allah Lord of all worlds...

the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

Azmi Aga!

Prepare your bow and arrow.

There is news from my brother-in-law in Gokcesaray.

They have seen five deer on Mount Akcal.

They are all well-fed.

Is this your only problem, Bayram Aga?

We'll have a feast in honour of Minberci.

What?!

You claim to hunt 60 deer in one single winter

Peace be upon you.

Aktar Husnu will come along.

You were complaining about his debts to you.

Now you two are going hunting, eh?

Well, that's one thing, this is quite another.

He owes me, but he's not as lazy as the lot of you.

He wanted to come of his own accord, without an invitation.

Peace be upon you, gentlemen.

-And upon you. -And upon you, sheikh.

Sheikh, we are going hunting, would you like to come along?

The hunter becomes the prey, Bayram Aga.

I am an exceptionally good hunter, sheikh!

Peace be upon you.

And upon you, sheikh.

Not at all!

Not at all!

Welcome, sheikh.

How are you, Bayram Aga?

We're thankful for your help, sheikh.

We have everything we need.

You honour us with your presence.

It's very hot. What may we serve you? What would you like?

Just to catch my breath, son.

Repair our picks and shovels, Bayram Aga.

There is work to be done in the garden.

I am at your service, sheikh.

Remember.

We cannot work without tools.

Take care of yourselves.

Son...

Your brother Kececi says you've been away from work for years.

He says, "if it hadn't been for me, there'd be no garden."

I do not want the garden...

I want my share in our property, sheikh.

You've been travelling for 30 years!

Has it just occurred to you that you have property?

Do you know how many people our land feeds?

Or do you think I'm a tramp like you...

who wanders about in Baghdad, Constantinople?

Sheikh, I do respect you...

but I want my share!

Your brother is not the owner of the property.

Who is it, then?

Who'll give me my share if my brother doesn't?

The propety was your father's once.

Before him, it was your grandfather's.

Before him, his grandfather's.

And a Greek had sold it to him.

Similarly, he inherited it from his grandfather.

In that case, what property...

or whose property are you talking about, son?

Since this property was theirs...

why did they give it to you?

Why didn't they take it along?

We're talking about the original owner of the property.

Suppose you got the field.

How long will you keep it?

20 years, let's say 40.

Then a new owner, then another new owner.

To its next owner.

Well?

Is this property yours?

So, it belongs neither to you nor to your brother Kececi.

Well, what does this mean?

You will guard the property for its original owner...

in return, you cultivate the soil...

and make a living.

That was a good sermon, Sheikh Effendi.

My brother has been guarding it for 20 years.

I've not had a single fruit of our garden.

How long have cultivated it, Azmi?

For 20 years, sheikh.

From now on, Gokmen Aga will guard it...

for 20 years, then.

What do you say?

I'm in, Sheikh Effendi.

Sheikh...

this tramp...

We trust our sheikh's judgement, don't we, Azmi Aga?

Well...

you let me be the judge of this.

I was about to get above myself.

-We didn't mean it, sheikh. -No, we didn't.

Come, Yunus, come!

Do the tasks I give you tire you?

But I'm not quite used to this kind of work.

Working makes one happy.

One can do anything as long as one wants it with one's heart.

So long as one's heart is dedicated.

Sheikh...

I know I shouldn't claim a job here.

But if you assign me the inheritance case...

between Kececi Azmi and his brother...

I will have the opportunity to serve you much more efficiently.

You say you're familiar with this kind of things, eh?

-Well said. -I didn't mean it.

Who taught you Sharia Law in Karatay?

Master Semseddin Mardini.

Not the first time you've said you're knowledgeable about it.

Yes, I am.

Azmi Aga...

you appealed to our sheikh for judgment...

and then you disagreed with it. What will you do about it?

Was I mistaken by appealing to our sheikh, Bayram Aga?

Not at all! The judgement has been pronounced. Why complain?

Well, well!

If a metal splinter was stolen from you you'd demand it immediately!

Which is not as dear as a large field, eh!

Now, how are these related?

Has your brother Gokmen stolen your land?

Bayram Aga is right, Kececi, don't doubt the judgment of our sheikh.

Your heart will darken, God forbid!

I don’t doubt anything, Husnu Agha!

But I have told our sheikh ten times...

that my brother Gokmen is a tramp!

Well, did he not believe you?

He has but still, he granted him the land!

He wanted him to cultivate the land.

Anyway, no good will come out of this conversation.

I know nothing of such matters.

The only thing I do know is that my sheikh is always right.

Same here, Bayram Aga!

The fact that the great qadi resigned...

shows that our sheikh is never wrong.

Thanks to him, Minberci was saved...

we will cook deer in his honour.

You talk as if you've already hunted the deer.

I am not feeling well today.

I'd like to say something...

but nothing comes to my mind.

Oh, please, sheikh.

Please.

Am I a Sheikh?

What are you, then?

Your disciple, if you will, sheikh.

What is a disciple?

Some of us have studied Arabic in a great madrasah.

I shall tell you as much as I am able to, then.

It's related to the word 'will'.

That who submits his will to God. That who disregards himself.

It refers to that who knows and obeys only the Creator.

Thus, all creatures are disciples.

My dear Ali Taygu...

thus, do not let your bodily senses deceive you about your Creator.

You're right.

Then, a disciple is someone who submits.

But this submission must come from the heart.

Doesn't our religion, Islam, also require submission?

What is the meaning of 'Rab'?

He who disciplines.

So the disciple is to submit with the acceptance coming from the heart.

Well...

Is it easy to be Ali?

Why do you think most religious orders date back to him?

Because he was...

a disciple of our prophet...

for whose sake everything in the universe was created.

Submission is...

the way Hazrat Pir behaves towards our Prophet.

Which brings about discipline.

As history tells us, he was brave not because he struggled...

against the enemy on the battlefield.

On the contrary, he was brave...

because he struggled against himself.

I've been thinking about something.

I thought I'd tell you this after the prayer.

But now is the time.

I would like to...

assign a new task to you, Yunus.

I think you're the only eligible one...

to do this task in our lodge.

From now on, you'll say, 'I do not know'.

Whatever they ask you...

just say, 'I do not know'.

Whoever wants to hear your opinion...

about anything, say, 'I do not know'. Keep on saying that.

As dhikr is obligatory for a disciple...

from now on, to say 'I do not know' is obligatory for you.

Have a blessed morning, then.

Have a blessed morning.

Are you ignoring me?

I do not know.

I guess you haven't slept a wink.

I do not know.

I came to see if you were ready to perform salah.

Well, I'll perform wudu then.

God!

You brought this upon yourself, Yunus.

What did you want? Did you come to the lodge for this?

Did you resign from your post to become a sweeper?

You have no right to rebel.

You wanted this.

No one forced you.

You came of your own accord.

-O God! -Bismillah.

-O God! -Bismillah.

-O God! -Bismillah.

It's all right.

Can we take a break, master?

We'll take a break at our sheikh's place.

Come on.

Close the shop.

Open it after the morning prayer.

Husnu Aga and I will go hunting at dawn.

Aren't you coming to the lodge, gentlemen?

I'll go home and change my clothes.

Then I will come, Sahin Aga.

All right.

-Peace be upon you, gentlemen. -And upon you.

Well, aren't you coming to the lodge?

-We will, sir. -Come along, then. Let's not be late.

Good evening to you, gentlemen.

What is it, Azmi Aga?

Aren't you coming?

My wife asked me to be home early she has something to say, sheikh.

I will go home.

Sister Fatma always attends the lodge though.

Say hello to Sister Fatma.

I will.

I'm off, sheikh.

Come on...

let's go to the lodge, then.

Well, you are sweeping...

before it gets crowded.

Our lodge has its rules, Yunus.

We find food to cock in our kitchen.

We plant our fruits and vegetables.

Together, we cultivate the land by helping each other.

Do you want another mission?

I do not know.

After the prayer, take the picks and shovels...

go to the bazaar, leave them to Demirci Bayram.

Tell him to repair all of them...

fix them carefully.

Tell him...

to finish his work...

and not to step out of his shop before he's done with them.

All right, I won't keep you busy.

Tell him not to neglect his work.

Tell him not to leave it unfinished.

Come to your senses, Qadi Yunus.

Will you walk among those...

whose life you had changed with your judgement...

as a dervish carrying a pick and a shovel on your back?

I do not know.

Drop the broom.

Go back to your office while you can.

THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

I do not know.

I do not know! I...

I do not know.

I do not know.

I do not know.

I do not know.

I do not know.

I do not know.

I do not know.

I do not know.

Come on, Selman.

Are you familiar with hunting, Mardin?

I am, sir.

I never miss my target, thank God.

Good, then, next time I shall take you instead of my brother-in-law.

Thank you, sir.

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Don't you disappear on us, Husnu Aga.

Oh, sir, I'm the one who insisted on us going hunting, remember?

Yours is a newly developed ambition. I've asked to hunt together for years.

You wouldn't want to. What happened?

What happened?!

Once a man goes hunting with you, he gets addicted to it.

Once the sun goes down, we will ride the horses.

We should get to Kirtepe on time.

We'll spend the night over there.

The weather is fine. We will go after them before the morning prayer.

-God willing. -God willing.

Is Yunus not back?

He's not, sheikh.

Where have you been, my dear Karabas?

Come here. You vanished into the thin air.

Easy to loaf around, eh, lazy girl?

Keep wandering about, my dear Karabash.

Bear in mind...

we know how to put a leash on you...

and drag you here if need be. All right?

Leave them to Demirci Bayram.

Tell him to repair all of them, fix them carefully.

Tell him to finish his work...

and not to step out of his shop before he's done with them.

Demirci Bayram Aga has gone hunting.

I do not know.

I do not know.

La ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah.

La ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah.

May I come in?

The blacksmith's shop is closed.

He has gone hunting.

Closed?

Alas.

Where are the gardening tools?

I do not know.

What will we tell our sheikh?

How can we explain this?

I do not know.

Mother...

Ashura's never been as crowded as last year.

This year will be even more crowded.

I'm sure.

Tomorrow is Ashura day and my sheikh father...

is sending the dervishes off to the apple orchard to weed.

Who would this be?

May I come in?

I would like to see my sheikh.

Yunus Effendi.

He wants to see my sheikh father, mother.

Let, let the dervish in.

-You must be hungry. -I do not know.

My sheikh father awaits you.

Allah...

Allah...

Why is the break after the 12th bead?

I do not know.

Sit down.

It signifies the Twelve Imams.

But don't be surprised if you see it on the fifth too.

That represents our Prophet's household...

which consisted of five people.

One day, I shall tell you about the prayer bead.

It holds a thousand secrets.

My sheikh.

The blacksmith's shop is closed.

I've brought back the gardening tools.

He must have gone hunting.

Go and fetch Demirci Bayram.

He is on Mount Akcal.

Do not lose time.

Go without a moment's delay.

Go and get him!

How important those tools!

Yunus Efendi.

What did our sheikh order?

I do not know.

I need a horse.

Going on a long journey?

I do not know.

The sun is setting, friend.

Did the sheikh tell you to go after him at this hour?

I do not know.

Water is in the wool saddle.

Which way is he going?

He did not say.

Demirci Bayram has gone hunting and he is going after him.

I ask him what our sheikh ordered and he tells me he doesn't know.

Yunus Effendi keeps saying "I do not know," like dhikr.

You have done with cleaning.

Now you are to go and fetch some gardening tools.

What an important job!

Evening is coming.

Those tools are more important than you're being in trouble.

He jumped on a horse eagerly and went after them, sheikh.

Who?

Yunus Efendi.

What was he wondering about?

He was not able to comprehend why he was sent...

to the mountain at nighttime for the gardening tools.

What do you say, Molla?

How important those tools, don't you think?

I didn't mean that.

If I were he, I'd rebel against this.

Tomorrow, ashura will be cooked and served.

What is the hurry with the gardening tools?

I don't mean to question you, sheikh.

Bayram Aga!

Here is good, Bayram Aga.

Good, good.

We should feed the horses, they are hungry.

We should eat first, then I'll feed them.

I will light a fire. You go to sleep.

I'll pray first.

Have you performed wudu?

I have. While you pray, I will look around.

Why will you look around? Let's pray and sleep.

We'll be on our way before the day dawns.

You sleep, sir, even imagining these deer takes my sleep away.

You deserve this. Even if you lose your mind...

and go crazy, you deserve this.

In whose hands does your fate lie, Yunus Effendi?

Is this worth resigning as a qadi? Is this how you'll be saved?

Why do you not sleep, Husnu Aga?

Do we shoot deer every day, sir? I can't sleep because of excitement.

You go to sleep, sir.

God Almighty.

God Almighty.

Bayram Aga!

Bayram Aga!

Bayram Agha!

Who is this here?

I don't know, sir.

Who is it?

Who is it?

Who is it?

Yunus Efendi, what are you doing here?

I do not know.

Let us go.

The sheikh has summoned you.

Did you come all the way here for this, Yunus Efendi?

I do not know.

Since you came here facing the dangers of wild nature...

let us spend the night and see what the day brings.

My sheikh told me to...

take you there immediately.

You go, Yunus Efendi. We will apologise to the sheikh.

How can we return without even hunting?

Let us sleep first, Yunus Efendi.

What good would come of it even if we hit the road at this hour?

Yunus Efendi should get back to the lodge, sir, why bother?

Let him sleep in his comfortable bed.

Let's sleep, Yunus Efendi, we will get going before the day dawns.

Husnu, take a blanket from the saddle.

Lay it there.

Is Sister Fatma not around, Mumine Hatun?

I sent the boy to summon her but she didn't show up, Hanim Ana.

She said she had things to do.

What could it possibly be on the day of Ashura?

Oh, I hate to gossip but the other day Mesud Aga...

was complaining about Kececi Azmi.

Sahin told me but I did not care.

What did he say?

Tell us so we don't wonder anymore.

Kececi Azmi was disappointed in the sheikh's judgement.

Must be a rumour.

These things are...

affairs of the heart, sisters. Some like it, some don't.

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Do not get up. Do not get up.

You are working. Please don't bother.

Welcome to our humble abode.

-Thank you, sheikh. -Thank you, sheikh.

What have you brought for our Ashura, Sister Hatice?

I've brought chickpeas, sheikh.

Friends cook Ashura with 12 different nuts.

Representing the Twelve Imams.

What are you making, sister Aygul?

My sister-in-law, Ayse, sent almonds from Elmali.

Ashura used to be made for feasts...

before Hasan and Huseyin's martyrdom. When the Flood was over...

and his ship was washed upon the shore, Noah, peace be upon him...

made this with whatever he was left with at the moment.

What would you like to add, Akca Hatun?

I have brought dry apples, Sheikh.

Noah's Ark was washed upon the shore on 10 Muharram.

The Flood eased on 10 Muharram.

Also, Ibrahim, peace be upon him, was born on 10 Muharram.

Moses split the Red Sea with his hand on 10 Muharram.

The Israelites were saved on 10 Muharram.

Therefore, Ashura used to be a day of celebration.

But the day...

the blood of our Prophet's grandsons' blood was shed in Karbala...

which occurred on 10 Muharram.

So since that day 10 Muharram has brought sadness to us.

Good luck.

Do you hear their voices?

They are near here.

We should get up, Bayram Aga.

We should go.

Yunus Efendi, you may go.

Bayram Aga will explain the situation to the sheikh.

The Sheikh told to me to go and bring him.

There is something fishy about this, Yunus Efendi.

The sheikh can't have sent you off to fetch us in the middle of the night.

I do not know.

You go after them, Husnu.

I will go back with Yunus Efendi.

We came all the way here, do you not hear their voices?

We made a feast...

for Minberci whom he was about to execute...

and he finds us at this Godforsaken place.

He only thinks of the order he received.

The sheikh will also like it...

when we make food and feed the people.

I'll apologise to the sheikh that I didn't let you go.

Is Yunus not back?

Not yet, sheikh.

Welcome, welcome.

Yunus may not know his way around here.

Especially in the mountains. I wish you had sent me there instead.

There is only one lock that a key can open, Molla.

Does every key open every lock?

Let's go, Bayram Aga.

We will see, once Husnu gets back.

Husnu!

Bayram Aga, there are two well-fed ones in the valley across.

They would feed the whole Nallihan!

We've strayed so far from Akcal just hearing their voices.

I should get back.

Forget about their voices, brother. I can see how well-fed they are!

Come on, Bayram Aga, let's not miss them!

You should go back to the lodge. All this effort shouldn't be in vain.

I will tell the sheikh what's needed.

I came here all in vain.

Come on!

It smells so good. I'm sure it tastes great!

We cook it in the name of the great, dear, that's why.

Who are the great?

This is what happens when you discontinue the lessons.

My sheikh father just told us. It's Hazrat Huseyin.

Who is he?

He is the son of Mother Fatma and Hazrat Ali.

And a grandson of our Prophet.

Ashura is cooked in honour of the day he was killed in Karbala.

It is a tradition.

I've eaten it many times but I've never heard this before.

God's days are not limited...

you were meant to hear it today.

This time you will eat it knowing what it represents.

Hanim Ana, what's Karbala?

Ask it to your the sheikh, he will tell you.

Maybe he mentions it in the gathering tonight.

If I don't get home before sundown again, my father will kill me.

Mikel Effendi knows his dear daughter is in good hands.

Don't you worry.

The sheikh told to me to go and bring him.

Yunus Efendi, you may go. Bayram Aga will explain to the sheikh.

There is something fishy about this, Yunus Efendi.

I don't hear them anymore.

Husnu, are you sure you saw the deer?

They wandered between two trees.

They might come near the horses.

They will get scared if they see them.

Let's tie the horses.

Go and fetch Demirci Bayram! Don't lose time.

Go and get him.