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Berke Han's envoys came to discuss alliance with us.

They'll meet you and take you to him.

I need to stay here.

After Bahattin's death and Beybolat's poisoning,

things may stir up.

We need to keep the situation under control.

Show this letter to the men.

They'll recognize the seal on it.

Give it to the envoys' leader...

then I'll handle the alliance talks.

-As you wish, my bey. -Yes, my bey.

We are leaving at once.

Don't forget to disguise, Bamsı.

This alliance will start the great war against the Mongols.

They may have caught the gist of it.

Don't let your guard down.

Keep your eyes open.

-Yes, my bey. -Yes, my bey.

I'll be waiting for your news.

Good luck, my brave men!

What's wrong with my brother, Artuk Bey?

He passed out due to pain.

This is serious.

I don't think this is a simple case of food poising.

Someone must have poisoned him.

Are you sure, Artuk Bey?

Who'd even dare to do that?

Is my brother going to be all right, Artuk Bey?

If this is what I think it is, his chances of survival are slim.

Is it boiling yet?

It is, my bey. What should I do?

Pour the hemlock over the vinegar and garlic.

Put the syrup I brought over it. Bring it here.

The antidote is ready.

Have him drink it.

Let me do it.

In the name of Allah.

Come on. Drink, Brother.

Come on.

Here we go. In the name of Allah.

Now, excuse us for a while.

Leave us alone.

Can you at least let me stay, Artuk Bey?

I could help.

İlbilge Hatun, we do what we can and leave the rest up to Allah.

There is nothing else we can do.

We've done all we could.

The rest is up to divine fate.

Be patient and wait in your tents.

Okay. Let's go.

Are you sure it was Ertuğrul who attacked the caravansary?

Yes, sir. And they left no one alive.

If Ertuğrul attacked the caravansary,

then he couldn't have drunk the poison.

That's right.

And if someone else drank the poison, they might connect it to me.

I need to get rid of that poison.

Ertuğrul's attack on the caravansary was a huge blow to us.

But doesn't he know that his actions will have a violent end?

He does.

Of course, he does.

He must have calculated it all.

He collected taxes from the Mongols.

He used even us.

And he killed Emir Bahattin.

He'll push for his next goal.

-And what is that? -The castle, Uranos.

He'll look to conquer the castle. That's why he'll attack us.

I'm going to strengthen the walls and increase security.

It's no use as long as Ertuğrul is alive.

We need to kill Ertuğrul, and fast.

I'm going now, Uranos.

I'll kill Ertuğrul, whatever it takes.

Hafsa.

Hafsa.

I'm going away on an important mission.

Prepare some rations for me before I leave.

-It'll be ready in a while. -Quick, my love.

I'll prepare your rations...

but when will you be back, Bamsı?

Why do you ask? Is there a problem?

While you are away...

I feel so lonely, Bamsı.

My love.

I've been away many times before,

but this is the first time you're telling me this.

Yes, but it's different now, Bamsı.

People have changed here.

Selcan Hatun has been bugging me nonstop since she came.

Mother Hayme's tried to put a leash on her to no avail.

Bamsı, you are my only support.

I find solace only in you.

Don't say that, Hafsa.

Look, you have Mother Hayme, and our children.

You have many other people with you.

It is not enough, Bamsı.

Perhaps...

Perhaps what, Hafsa?

Perhaps, the time has come for us to leave this place, Bamsı.

What did you say, Hafsa?

What do you mean?

We've no other home, but this tribe.

Where would we leave to?

They started complaining about everything I do, Bamsı.

It's hurting my pride. I feel like a burden to this tribe.

We have places we can go, Bamsı...

as long as our children are with us.

Hafsa, packing and running off does not befit your mouth.

How could we leave them and go when we have so much trouble ahead of us?

We must stay with our tribe, especially in these times.

Hafsa, you've been managing the work here for years now.

Are you going to throw away

all your hard work just because of some problem?

Hafsa, all this time,

I went from one mission to another, fought one war after the next...

but I've never had any regrets,

because I knew how strong you would stand.

Now, Hafsa, I beg you...

don't make me worry about you.

Please do your work, all right?

Can you do that for me, my beady-eyed love?

Yes?

Come, come here.

Come to your senses. Come on, my love.

I need to go now.

Have a safe journey.

Thank you.

Ash Shafi.

Ash Shafi.

Ash Shafi.

Allah, I know that fame...

is the bane solemnity...

and that the self is the bane of wisdom.

I've come to you chanting your name.

We are weak and helpless,

while you have all the riches.

We are poor and powerless,

while you are the god of the universe.

You are the only safe haven we can resort to.

I trust in your gracefulness.

You are the only hope.

I trust in your righteous path.

You are the sole healer.

I trust in your name as the healer.

O Lord, I've come to you.

Please, don't let me come up empty handed.

What if something happens to our brother?

What do we do?

Heavens forbid, Sırma.

Allah forbid.

First, they take my father, and now my brother.

Who is doing all this to us? Who'd poison my brother?

Whoever it is, I'll find him and destroy him.

This isn't the time to let anger control you.

We must take refuge in Allah.

Once he recovers, we'll do whatever is necessary.

You heard Artuk Bey.

I did, but did you see how my brother looked?

Why did he make us leave the room?

We should have stayed with him.

Artuk Bey is a famed healer.

He'll find a way for sure. Don't worry.

How could I not worry, Mengü?

You know what İlbilge heard.

That he's seen no one survive this poison.

What do we do?

Allah help us.

Don't take our brother from us.

Amen.

Amen.

Thank Allah.

How are you feeling, Beybolat Bey?

Artuk Bey?

I feel like I've been fighting all day.

Bey?

-Rest. -Thank Allah you came back.

Thank Allah you are back.

I came as soon as I got the news, Beybolat Bey.

Thank you, Ertuğrul Bey.

How are you feeling?

My head hurts.

I feel like I'm buried under a mountain.

There's no mountain that'd manage to put a dent on you.

You are worthy of a praise.

I don't know what got me.

My bey, I'd like to let İlbilge and Sırma know of your recovery.

They've been worried sick about you.

You may go, Yınal.

Could you identify what it was, Artuk Bey?

Beybolat Bey was poisoned by something he ate or drank.

What poison?

Who'd dare do that, Artuk Bey?

This is Byzantine work, my bey.

How do you know?

Hemlock poison is mixed and boiled with mercury and gold.

It's an ancient Byzantine poison.

It must be Dragos.

That bastard!

I'll make a drum out of his skin and beat it across Söğüt's streets.

You need rest.

Can you think of anything suspicious?

Where could you have been poisoned?

I have no idea, Ertuğrul Bey.

I ate and drank at many different places.

Thank Allah the poison works slowly.

If we had not treated him in time...

I'm not sure he would have survived.

Thank you, Artuk Bey.

I would have been doomed if it wasn't for you.

The ultimate healer is Allah.

We are nothing but enablers for his miracles.

We've arrived at the place Ertuğrul Bey told us, Brother.

I wonder where they are.

It must be them.

What are you looking for?

We are on a hunt.

Where is your leader?

He's waiting for you.

But you must meet the one that will take you to him first.

Another man. And who is that?

Only he can take you to the leader. Come, we can't lose any more time.

Brother!

Thank Allah you are all right.

We were worried sick.

I'm fine, sister.

I don't intend to die without marrying you off first.

-Welcome, Ertuğrul Bey. -Thank you.

-Blessings. -Thank you for your concern.

Artuk Bey, thank you for everything.

I can never repay your kindness.

Thank you, Artuk Bey.

Who could have poisoned my brother?

We think it was Dragos.

Isn't it time we buried them under their castle?

Hold it together, Sırma.

Anger is the enemy to the way of success. We must think with a clear mind.

İlbilge Hatun is right.

They know their end is coming.

If we let our anger take over, the plan we've been building up

will go downhill.

Until we destroy them all,

we must not let them sow a discord among us.

That's why we want to strengthen our brotherhood.

Your marriage will be the pivot point in strengthening our relationship.

Let's not overstay our welcome.

Now that I know there is nothing to worry about, I'll excuse myself.

Stay in good health.

Let me help, Artuk Bey.

Here, Artuk Bey.

Artuk Bey, go and investigate the inn with İlçin Hatun.

Check all the jugs, sherbets, and cups.

See if there is any trace of poison.

Of course, my bey.

Thank you.

I have news, Bey.

The leaders of the Turk tribes found out that Emir Bahattin is dead.

They're coming to the inn to see you.

It was obvious that we'd feel the echoes of trouble all the way here.

We must go to the inn.

Yes, my bey.

My dear brother.

I'm fine, don't you worry, Sırma.

If Ertuğrul didn't take the poison, then who did it?

Who?

Now, little ones, where were we with our lessons of Allah's names?

Which name of Allah should we learn about today?

Master, I'm afraid of one of Allah's names.

Which one, Aybars?

Al-Qahhaar, master.

Why are you afraid of that name?

I read a little bit about it. It means "the one who curses."

Yes, that's right.

But it's the one who curses his enemies and the bad people.

Allah himself commands us to fear him.

He even praises those that are afraid of him.

In the Surah Fatir, Allah says,

"Only the wisest among his subjects fear Allah enough.

Allah is surely the most powerful, the most merciful."

But there is wisdom under that fear, my children.

What is that, master?

If men do not fear Allah enough,

they will start to fear everything other than Allah.

That fear slowly turns to a fetish.

Some fear losing their profession.

Others, their fame.

And some fear losing their positions.

But know this well.

A real subject of Allah

only fears losing Allah's mercy and his acquaintance.

Allah loves his subjects.

He helps them and befriends them.

Long story short, it's the troublemakers,

people defying Allah,

and those that hurt living beings that should fear Al-Qahhaar.

Allah, as Al-Qahhaar, punishes those who hurt others,

forgetting why they were sent here,

and that they will be held accountable one day.

As he once punished Abraha and his army.

Who is Abraha, master?

Abraha was the governor of Yemen.

He marched with his armies to Mecca to destroy Kaaba,

where Allah considers to be his home.

Did they destroy it? How did that happen, master?

Let me tell you how.

There were only 52 days left for the arrival

of the prophet Muhammad to this world.

Suddenly, terrible news reach Mecca.

Abraha, the governor of Yemen is going to attack Kaaba.

Abraha takes 200 camels

from the prophet Muhammad's grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib.

Abd al-Muttalib goes to Abraha to get his camels back.

And he says that the owner of Kaaba will protect it.

Abraha is furious.

He says that no one can protect it from him.

The member of Quraysh tribe, Abd al-Muttalib at last says

that he cannot speak for Allah, and tells him to face Allah.

Then, he returns with all his camels.

The people of Mecca are anxious.

They seek refuge in the mountains. They evacuate Mecca.

A somber atmosphere got hold of Temple Mount and Abd al-Muttalib.

The people of Quraysh hold onto the Kaaba walls.

"O Lord, protect the untouchable, and those in grave danger.

Protect Kaaba and its people."

Then, he takes refuge in the mountains, too.

Nothing but the veil of Kaaba is left.

A mottled, Yemeni veil.

The house of the prophet, Maqam Ibrahim left lonesome.

Hijr Ismail, Hacer'ul Esved,

and the magnificent Kaaba are left lonesome.

And the birds.

Looking at the structure of their feet, they were made solely to fly.

They were not to land anywhere.

And here they come, getting ever closer to Mecca skies.

Then, Abraha's army shows up in Waadi Muhassar.

In the front, a gigantic elephant.

Behind it, 60,000 infantries march to destroy Kaaba.

Before the elephant takes a step, Abraha's guide, Nufayl,

approaches the elephant and whispers.

"O great mammoth, go back to where you came from.

For you are on this land that Allah rendered untouchable."

And Nufayl, too, walks away to the mountains.

All of a sudden, the elephant kneels down.

Confusion takes over the army. What's wrong with it?

He runs wildly if he's faced elsewhere.

And how wildly he runs!

However, when he's made to face Kaaba, he kneels down.

They stab its nose with sharp spears...

to make the mammoth get up and walk,

But it's for nothing.

Suddenly, darkness takes over the sky, like a pitch-black cloud.

The cloud seethes over the sea, and it gets clearer as to what it is.

Suddenly, everyone is shocked, and their faces turn pale.

Someone cries out, "Look at your own peril!"

Swifts rain down from the sky.

A type of bird never before seen on Earth.

They come one after another, in cascades.

They have stones hidden in their feet, heated from mud.

Their wings have white spots, like snowflakes.

A sign of the holy light.

And they have a name engraved on their heads.

Al-Qahhaar.

They were made to cause suffering.

And here comes the suffering.

Pebbles thrown by the birds hit Abraha and his 60,000 men,

carving out their cruel hearts.

Only 52 days left.

Kaaba is not alone. Kaaba is not abandoned.

And Kaaba howls...

"Where is your army?

What happened to your arrogance?

Where do you flee now?

Where can you run off to?

It's Allah himself chasing you."

Abraha is devastated.

And Allah emerges victorious.

Know that you'll end up in flames.

Allah is the ultimate revenge seeker.

Master, if those evil of heart turn up again,

would those swifts come to help us out?

Al-Qahhaar materialized as those swifts that day,

and protected Kaaba and the innocent.

Allah entrusts the swifts with the duty of punishers

and for the brave men who will fight for his cause.

Improve yourselves...

and embrace Allah's cause, so that as long as you live...

the powerless may not look up at the sky looking for those birds.

Become a sweet nightingale to your friends,

and a swift to your enemies in war.

Allah willing, master.

Allah willing.

This is a strange world, Yınal.

We never know who is to become a friend or enemy...

at any point in time.

You know best, my bey.

But I don't understand why you'd say that now.

I mean Artuk Bey.

The man we blinded...

came to our rescue.

We saw it with ourselves, my bey.

Antidote is made from poison.

However, it doesn't change the fact that it is a poison.

True, Artuk Bey might have cured you,

but it doesn't change the fact that he is still our enemy.

Yınal.

This is the very reason why I like you so much.

You are clever and loyal.

We need to find out...

what that Ertuğrul is up to and who he deals with.

What are you suspecting, my bey?

Ertuğrul struck a deal with Dragos before he left that castle.

But he doesn't say what type of deal.

We need to find out if it has anything to do...

with the stolen tax gold.

If so, we've an impending doom ahead of us, my bey.

Artuk Bey said it was a Byzantine poison.

He meant Dragos.

Aren't we going to take our revenge, my bey?

Revenge is best served cold, Yınal.

Dealing with Dragos comes later.

We must first talk to him...

and see if he has any relations with Ertuğrul.

Are you going to the castle?

If we do, those who tried to poison me won't let us get away.

We need to find another way.

And I'll soon find a way.

Why are you still worried?

What if we lost our brother, too, right after our father, Mengü?

We'd be tangled up in smear attempts.

We'd be at odds with the Kayı tribe again.

Why worry now?

Beybolat Bey is safe, and you'll be marrying soon.

These days will pass, too.

What is this?

What are you smiling about?

We're just glad Beybolat Bey is safe.

Let me check on Beybolat Bey.

Did you come to tell your sister off?

You'll act as if nothing is wrong with İlbilge.

So that you may come and go freely out of Kayı tribe.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

We've gone through a lot.

You saw my father.

During difficult times, people depend on their family for support.

That's right.

And we must realize that before difficult times are upon us.

Despite bad mouthing you, I am still your sister.

Soon, you'll be married.

You hurt my feelings.

You should have been the first to understand, Sırma.

You are my sister.

Once anger gets in the head, logic flees.

You are my older sister...

give me your blessings.

You have my blessings.

Don't you forget us when you are married off to the Kayıs.

How could I?

This is my home, my tent. How could I ever forget?

Don't worry.

A part of me will always be here.

You'll shine like the sun in Kayı tribe.

You'll be a great Hanım.

Allah willing.

Subtitle translation by Tuğçe Erteki