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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

I've reopened my shop thanks to you.

I earn my wife and children's daily bread, my sheikh.

God bless you.

One should thank the right One...

in the right way, Azmi Aga.

Allah alone is the Supreme Provider.

To me, to you, to wolves and birds...

and to the dog that lies outside.

I am an ignorant man, sheikh. Forgive me.

I don't know even what I am saying.

Do your work well...

stay away from ill-gotten gains, the rest is trivial.

No one can help anyone get anywhere...

without any effort.

Not to mention Paradise.

Do let him in, Kasim.

If you'll excuse me, sheikh.

You may drink our sherbet if you wait, Azmi Aga.

Welcome, Doctor Effendi. I am honoured.

Thank you, sir.

My ears have heard something, Sheikh Efendi.

Is it true?

Tell me.

What did you hear, Doctor Effendi?

The new Qadi Ilyas Efendi, supposedly...

is going to raid the lodge and arrest you!

He is a qadi. He abides by the law.

There must be a reason.

The Bey has a carbuncle on his back.

I'm treating him. I may ask him to talk to the qadi.

Thank you, Doctor Effendi.

You worry about my well being.

One worries about one's friend.

But we should not kneel down before anyone.

Although they're about to kill us.

May I come in?

Yes.

Peace be upon you.

And upon you.

Good evening, Yunus.

Welcome, Kasim Efendi.

How did you know that I was here?

Our Sheikh's daughter Bacim Sultan told me.

No one knows it yet...

but Bacim Sultan told me something.

Is there any truth to that?

What does the cadi want from our sheikh?

What's he accused of?

I don't know.

Well, what can we do?

Can we do anything about this?

I know Qadi Effendi.

He's my friend from the madrasa in Konya.

Indeed?

He says he can't do anything.

It is easy to destroy...

but very hard to build.

What else can we do?

I don't know.

I just don't.

I am going back to Konya in the morning.

Go and take care of your things.

My reappointment has been accepted.

Is your place of service announced?

It is.

But I don't know yet.

I had to come here.

I will go and excuse myself.

It'll be too late if I waste more time.

You go handle your things.

Do not bother yourself with our sheikh's situation.

We are here. We'll find a way.

There's no way left.

Well, tell me, friends.

Some are troubled with slander.

And some are with high positions of power.

The most devious of deceits...

is when one thinks one is wise.

He thinks people respect him because he is wise.

His pride is swollen to skies...

that he cannot see what's in front of him.

He cannot see that this is a deceit.

Well, what happens then?

Should we give up on our path...

because there are obstacles?

Suppose that you are walking from here to the capital Konya.

You're almost there and then you see a stone.

Would you give up on your path or step over it?

Dervishes do not give up even if they are troubled.

They always step over it.

With patience and prayers.

I need to go.

But I cannot.

I have to go.

I cannot.

The news you've been waiting for, sir.

We're off to Tapduk Emre's lodge, officer.

Bring the horses.

Adem, take the horses to Akyamac, behind the marketplace.

Let's search his house.

Cadi Efendi!

We shall inform him of your visit.

We aren't here to visit him, dervish.

Officer, we'll search his house.

Patience!

May I come in?

Come on in, Kasim Effendi.

Cadi Efendi wishes to see our sheikh.

My father isn't home.

Let us see for ourselves, sister.

I said he isn't at home!

Sheikh Effendi is not at home.

Why are you looking for him?

What do you want?

Yunus Effendi?

Is your action lawful, Cadi Efendi?

How is it lawful to break into a house like this?

What is this other than harassment?

It's an affair of state, Yunus Efendi.

I can break into houses...

even take lives, if need be.

What you are doing is against both justice...

and sharia.

We read the same books to graduate, Yunus Efendi.

In which book does it say it's lawful to break into a house like this?

Name one!

Name one and we'll know.

We both do very well know...

that what you're doing is arbitrariness.

How can you present your arbitrariness as justice, Ilyas Efendi?

We told him that he wasn't home.

Since you are highly concerned about justice, Yunus Efendi...

where is your sheikh that you defend so fiercely?

Oh, did he run away from justice?

If this man you defend so zealously is indeed innocent...

why did he run away from a Seljuk Cadi, from justice...

and from sharia, Yunus Efendi?

How will you explain this?

Well?

If he didn't run away, where is he?

We are leaving, officer!

Well, Sheikh Efendi sensed that we were coming...

and performed a miracle to disappear.

Not at all!

Sheikh Effendi wouldn't run away, even from Azrael, who claims lives.

But he very well runs away from a Seljuk qadi, huh?

We are leaving, officer.

What is the reason? Why are they looking for him?

I don't know the reason...

but the order came from Konya.

For what reason?

What does the qadi say, Molla Effendi?

He did not say antything.

He is blinded by his pride

Any news about that sheikh, officer?

There is, sir.

Cadi Efendi!

if you have time, we'd like to have a word.

We know the issue, Mesud Aga.

For some reason, all of Nallihan...

even Konya tries to help him.

Not at all!

But he does the opposite.

We've just heard the news.

Come along, then.

My sheikh!

Why did you bother, my friends?

My Sheikh.

I heard Cadi Efendi was looking for me.

So I decided not to trouble him and visited him.

I thought you were going to Konya, Yunus?

Why are you here?

By doing this, you accepted what you were accused of.

Not what I was accused of...

but what is in my destiny.

Gentlemen!

That's enough.

You can visit him after his trial.

Do you have any orders, my sheikh?

I do.

Tell Hanim Ana...

that there is nothing to be afraid of.

Let our dervishes not worry about me.

As you wish, my sheikh.

Sheikh Efendi turned himself in to reduce his sentence.

But his disciples still claim he is innocent.

I'll get it, mother.

Is Hanim Ana here?

She is.

I hope you have good news, Kasim Efendi.

Yes, Hanim Ana, it is.

I have news about our sheikh.

Thank You, Lord.

Both good and evil come from Him.

Tell us, Kasim Effendi.

Is it good?

Or is it evil?

Our sheikh turned himself in.

He is in the dungeon.

Obviously someone reported him.

The Ahis send word from all over the Seljuk Empire.

They conspire against lodges everywhere.

It is not the time for politics...

but something is rotten.

Mesud Aga...

is there anyone with motives for slandering Sheikh Efendi?

There is, Yunus Efendi, there is.

He doesn't know that I know...

but I know who that slanderer is.

-Peace be upon you. -And upon you.

You wonder why we summoned you, Azmi Aga.

Yes.

But he knows why we summoned him.

I don't, sir.

How do I know that?

Some ungrateful man...

has slandered Sheikh Effendi.

He complained to the qadi.

No at all, gentlemen.

Damn him who has slandered our sheikh.

Sheikh Effendi has surrendered in person.

Who would complain about our sheikh in Nallihan?

He does help everyone in our village.

Well, humans are ungrateful, Azmi Aga.

They are the same everywhere.

Sit down, Azmi Aga, please.

Come on.

Tell me, Azmi Aga.

Why did you slander Sheikh Effendi?

I didn't, sir.

Heaven forbid!

I've never said a bad word about our sheikh.

Come on, dear.

We need to wash the dishes.

We've been used to these troubles.

If he sees that we are sad, he'll be angry.

"Just do your job," he'd say.

You are right, Hanim Ana.

He'd tell us...

not to be sad at all.

I need to go to the lodge.

The dervishes must be worried.

I think no one should know our sheikh is in the dungeon.

Including the dervishes.

Come on, daughter.

Why would I slander our sheikh?

Wasn't I present in his sermon yesterday?

It's all part of your plan.

Obviously, you planned to join the sermon on purpose.

You just don't want to believe me.

Words fail me.

The truth is the exact opposite, Azmi Aga.

We want to believe you, not your lies.

Why would I go to his sermon planning to slander him?

For he helped you reopen your shop.

For I told you to go kiss his hand, so you did.

To sugar the pill.

Thus, no one would've suspected you.

You planned it. Admit it!

I complained about no one, I slandered no one.

Azmi Aga, we are here...

to work for the public interest.

We all know that our state has a lot of problems.

We have put our efforts to avoid any public disorder.

Our sheikh guides us in this direction.

He doesn't advise us to be hermits.

He says that farmers should keep farming...

blacksmiths should keep forging...

and wives do the housework.

So that our lads won't die for nothing...

in the South and the North...

the East and West on the battlefield.

Now you ask why he is telling this to me.

I mean that we tolerate you...

to avoid disorder.

It's our sheikh's advice.

But sometimes...

tolerating someone who disturbs order...

is a betrayal of the innocent.

I'd send the municipal police to your shop...

and you'd be in trouble.

If the Ahis don't let you do it...

you can't have one single customer.

Don't you realise how serious it is, Azmi Aga?

You may not live in Nallihan.

You may not.

That's right.

It's true.

You indisputably right.

But...

But I didn't do what I'm accused of.

I didn't complain about our sheikh!

God give me patience!

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 are affairs of the heart. Some like it...

some don't.

Mom, I want to see Kira in the marketplace.

Why do you want to see Kira among all these problems?

I feel too bored, mother.

My father is in the dungeon and there is nothing we can do.

We're doing nothing here.

Go get some fresh air...

but how will you go there alone?

I will come back before sundown.

Did you perform your prayer?

I did, mother.

May God accept it.

Don't be late, okay?

Well, then!

You may leave, sir.

You are no longer welcome to the Nallihan Ahi Lodge...

under any circumstances.

You may act as you will!

Don't disturb the people's and the Ahis' peace.

Azmi Aga!

You are trying to persuade us in vain.

What you believe...

is the truth.

Everyone carries their own mirror within themselves.

But...

the slanderer should beware...

that Qadi Ilyas gave the sheikh a hard time for this slander.

I've also worked as a qadi...

in this country.

I know about the methods...

and the procedures...

as are written in the book.

He who asserts such a claim must produce a witness.

In short, I'll tell you the result of this case.

It will be dismissed by the Chief Qadi in Konya.

Unable to produce a witness, the slanderer himself...

will be right before the qadi.

We're looking forward to seeing...

who those witnesses are!

If the plaintiff is Kececi Azmi...

he'll begin to look for a perjurer soon.

Bacim!

Where are you going by yourself?

We have a problem about my father.

Is there any news about the sheikh?

I have no time, Kira. Speak to you later.

Well, let's go there together.

Let me give these to my dad.

No, it's fine. I'll be right back.

Stop by on your way back. My dad feels sorry and worried.

Stay out of it, please. Don't tire yourself out.

We will deal with it.

Yunus Effendi.

I saw you by chance.

I know that you're after Kececi.

But...

you might not take care of this issue.

We are working on it.

You go back to the lodge and don't let your mother alone.

Peace be upon you, Huseyin Aga.

And upon you, Azmi Aga.

What's the matter? You are in a cold sweat.

It's a difficult matter.

If you have time, I want to have a word with you.

Let's get down to business, shall we?

Oh, don't be shy.

We will find a way!

Amen.

I didn't do it, honest. I robbed no one, sir.

I swear I didn't do it, sir.

I swear that I didn't rob anyone, sir.

I am completely innocent. I swear, sir.

I didn't do it, sir.

Yeah, sure! Everyone is innocent in this dungeon.

They just keep the innocent!

True words are to be believed, just believed.

If you are not guilty...

then why are you in the dungeon?

I am here to visit you, Sencer Can.

Also, the dungeon is good.

Especially in this tumultuous situation.

If it were bad, would Yusuf enter the dungeon?

Would a place he was in have remained bad?

Do you want me to tell you the story of Prophet Yusuf, friends?

Do you want to hear it?

Fine.

I will recount it, listen to me.

Everyone has their plans.

Yaqub foresaw the fate that would befall Yusuf...

and he tried to save him from his brothers.

His brothers wanted to get rid of Yusuf...

so that Yaqub would love them more than him.

The caravan-owners found Yusuf in the well...

get him out of there...

and sold him at a low price.

And finally, the governor of the city...

bought him with the idea of adopting him.

But things are ordained by God.

And Allah is the best of planners.

The governor's wife couldn't help taking an interest in Yusuf...

who grew up in this house and was gifted with beauty by God.

This story is known to many.

Yusuf is thrown into the dungeon...

because of Zuleikha's slander.

But Yusuf didn't complain about being in the dungeon.

On the contrary, he feels calm. He prays to God.

He says, "Lord, the dungeon is..."

"nicer than those that they ask me to do."

"If You don't save me from their traps..."

"I might tend to do those things."

"I might be like them, hence, a transgressor."

The Lord granted his wish and kept him in the dungeon.

He was away from the world alone with his own Self.

He listened to himself and read.

Then he interpreted his fellow inmates' dreams...

thanks to a talent which was given by God.

He foresaw everything one by one.

Yusuf insisted that that was a gift...

given to him by God.

For his aim was to give to people that which God gave him.

Yusuf turned the dungeon into a classroom where he talked about God.

People filled the dungeon...

and Yusuf filled their hearts with the love of God.

And the rest of the story is known to everyone.

That's why dungeons have been madrasas...

where the truth is told ever since Yusuf.

It's called the Madrasa of Yusuf.

This is how it works, dear Sencer.

Then think about it.

Is the dungeon in the outside world or here?

Is the dungeon outside or in the deeper Self?

The market is set up where people are bought and sold.

And they call this the judicial system.

Well, Azmi Aga?

Did you buy a witness for yourself?

Slander a man, instead of shooting him.

The arrow might miss the target.

But the tongue does not.

God, this headache...

will kill me.

Everyone is sorry.

Everyone is worried...

but you didn't sleep a wink all night long.

He knows...

he knows that it's pure slander.

He knows, but still, he went to the dungeon voluntarily.

Welcome, dear.

Thanks, Hanim Ana.

Have you got a headache?

It's not a headache.

It's a test.

My dad does vapour therapy. It works for me.

We will do it for you right now.

Shall I set the table for you?

I'm not hungry, Hanim Ana, thanks.

Daughter!

Go to the lodge.

Ask Kasim Effendi...

if Yunus Effendi has sent word.

So, Azmi Aga?

Did you drop the charges?

I did, Yunus Effendi, I did.

I did drop the charges, but...

Yunus Effendi talked to the qadi. Don't worry about it.

You won't be sued for slander.

Well, then.

Back to your shop.

To your work.

Yunus!

Thank you, Ilyas.

I became acquainted with the Chief Qadi Urmevi.

He happened to like my sincerity.

I wrote a letter to him about your situation.

I didn't tell you that on purpose. If it's all good then I will tell you.

He accepted.

I've just got the good news.

If you hit the road before nightfall...

you will be in Konya before the morning Adhan.

There, he will tell you where you're appointed to.

Yunus!

Let's go to the dungeon.

We must get our sheikh out of here.

My mother asked if Yunus Effendi told you anything about my dad.

We don't know if Yunus is here or went back, Kasim Aga.

He is still here.

He is here but he didn't send news.

We don't know what to do.

The qadi was looking for my father.

Then he accused my father of running away.

But my dad went there and surrendered.

As if he had been guilty.

Don't worry.

Our sheikh will surely come back.

What about Qadi Ilyas Effendi?

Yunus Effendi says that the qadi doesn't listen to him.

Is it something Yunus Effendi can deal with?

We'd best wait for a bit and then go to Ahi Sheikh Mesud.

Ya Allah!

Ya Allah!

Congratulations, sheikh father.

Are you here, friends?

Please.

You have the same, too.

Well!

Will you excuse us, Sencer?

Please, don't.

You may come whenever you like.

You are always welcome.

Oh, Sheikh Effendi.

Sencer is one of the most notorious thieves in Nallihan.

We all have come to steal a shroud at this bazaar.

Even if we see that, we don't believe that, son.

Who do the goods belong to?

Who does the property belong to?

Who is the owner?

Who is the thief?

I just wanted to kindly warn you, sheikh.

You're so old that you've forgotten these.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We wonder what the qadi...

wants from our sheikh not where he is, Kasim Aga.

One must have manners.

That's what I always say!

Obviously, they teach everything in the madrasah...

except for decency.

Decency is necessary.

Decency is necessary.

Don't be depressed, dervishes.

I will go and talk to Mesud Aga, if I may.

Come back with good news, dervish.

Make way!

Peace be upon you.

Peace be upon you.

And upon you, as well as the mercy of God and His blessings.

You, too.

Welcome, my sheikh.

Thank God, Who causes me to be here.

Welcome, sir..

Thank you, Kasim.

Welcome, Yunus.

Welcome, sir.

We've been worried about you.

Welcome, father.

I couldn't go anywhere.

Yunus and Mesud Aga brought me back.

Come into our poor house, please.

And I will reunite...

with the dervishes.

It's time now, sir.

I must be on my way...

as soon as possible.

Be on your way.

But don't lose your way.

What's most fortunate is what has already happened.

It means that the road has led us here.

We can't the change the direction of the road.

You've got a new companion, eh, Aynali?

Didn't you come to be?

Didn't you die?

Didn't you come to be? Didn't you die?

Didn't you come to be? Didn't you die?

Well.

Where will you be appointed?

The Chief Qadi will tell me that when I get to Konya.

How will you go to Konya?

I have my horse in the inn.

Can a living being own another living being?

It belongs to a friend from Konya.

He entrusted it to me.

If you were a dervish I'd say...

domination of another being is wrong.

Come on.

You take the road and see where it leads to.

May Allah give you a long life.

As long as the sky is above...

and the ground is below...

may He not cause you further problems.

We will live and see.

Let's see what my Lord will do.

He does well whatever He does.

You've done a lot for us.

God bless you.

All of us.

My mother's also been very upset.

Are you leaving?

I am leaving.

Are you going back to Konya?

I'm going back to Konya.

I wish you godspeed.

May you never have any troubles.