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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE

-Peace be with you -Peace be upon you.

You seem to never sleep because of your excitement.

I saw it in my dream last night. You passed their ratification exam...

...you were appointed to a big province as judge.

They say that dreams mean the opposite of what’s there.

If you’re afraid of Siraceddin Hazret...

...I will take your place in the ratification exam.

Ah, very well then! Take my place for my prayer!

See if you will talk like that in front of the delegation?

Come on, I'm coming.

Esselamunaleykum ve rahmetullah.

Esselamunaleykum ve rahmetullah.

Allahumme entesselamu ve minkesselam.

Tebarekte ya zel celali vel ikram.

God, in today's exam...

...please help me succeed, God.

Elhamdu lillâhi rabbil’alemin, el Fatiha.

It’s the last exam in Karatay Medresa, Yunus!

Your many years of education...

In which you were taught by Hodja Rukneddin Mazderani...

Şemşettin Mardini and poor me, have come to an end

...these days will end in the unification of education.

In fact, it’s the education that's the test.

It’s not the duty of these poor teachers...

... including me, to evaluate the results.

Evaluating the result is, the epitome of knowledge.

Knowledge is the thin bridge...

...one side is heaven and the other is hell.

This side is the future, the promise, the authority, the position...

...and the other way the person is on his own...

Yunus, you know our hadith books.

Kutub-i sitte. Tell me...

...from that six hadith book, which one should be rated the best?

Answer, Sultan.

Tell me the answer. Then, we will know too!

Maybe someday, there will be such a fire in the world...

...the fire will burn down human beings...

...that's why we memorise the Kuran and Sahih-i Buhari.

We memorise, because, we are saved from fire and may fly.

If Buhari is enough, then why do we need Muslum?

Burn it. What do you think, Sultan?

One of the books goes, and there are five.

If we burn the second one, the others don’t exist anymore.

What do you think, Yunus?

What agreed upon is the best of worsts, my Sultan.

What does that mean?

It’s the alliance of opposing parties...

...it will give us the best gift of judgment, Sultan!

If the alliance of Buhari and Muslim means good results...

...what else do you need?

The Hadith department is the six-walled room, Sultan.

One of the six books represents a wall.

One of the walls was short or long, what difference does it make?

Even the short one or the long one creates a whole and completes it.

Are you a poet, Yunus?

You're welcome, my Sultan. We’ve learned the rhetoric from you.

Poets tell lies!

For us, Muslims, we don’t just talk...

...we are committed to working on ourselves.

Everybody is talking about how you surprised Siraceddin during the exam.

You will be a big city judge now.

Then you’ll get married to a very beautiful woman....

...and forget us.

Would I be worthy of your heart then, Ilyas?

What’s that? Are you saying "I will be a bachelor throughout my life”?

I'm sure you have a beautiful girl that you like.

You talk like we met today...

This is not the day we met, but the day we say goodbye, Ilyas!

You’re right.

And you? What do you think?

You should marry Gokce, soon!

Let's see the morning first...

...let’s see where we are to be appointed.

God forbid.

The Mongols destroyed the Kirşehir.

They say that Ahi Evran and his supporters were slaughtered.

There is a fire on all four sides of Seljuq

Let's see, where will you be appointed?

While we want a big city we don’t want it because we love it, Ilyas...

...we want it for the fight!

If people followed the rules of religion...

...could the Mongols attack us?

Whenever we did not do justice, did we get in any trouble?

What’s the cure?

Can the lodges be the cure?

Or untrained lodge sheikhs?

Or unfaithful dervishes?

The cure is the madrasah, Ilyas.

If there is someone who can save us other than madrasah from Seljuks, may he do so!

If that’s just a saying, then it’s nonsense.

Let's not waste our time with empty words, sons.

We also know that justice is the basis of the state.

Justice is the pole that keeps the sky above us now...

It should not be destroyed. We should not wait for apocalypse to break loose...

Sons, from this day on you are the symbol of Hazreti Omer.

You know that the real authority of your office...

...is Master Omer.

People would not know justice without Omer.

You, new cadi, keep that on your mind!

Wherever you go or live in Seljuk...

...don’t stray from science and justice!

It’s not our duty to do politics. Our mission is to provide justice!

The son of a dueller, Ilyas!

Judge of Elmali!

Always speak in justice.

The son of Rustem Ertokus.

Judge of Divrigi!

Always speak in justice.

The son of Abdullah, Yunus!

The judge of Nallihan!

Always speak in justice.

The son of Mehmet, Izzettin.

God help me.

Aho.

You're thirsty, too.

Stay strong for a little bit, of course we will find water!

Come on.

Oldie!

- Peace be with you - Peace be upon you.

Where are you coming from, where are you going?

I'm coming from that way, I’m going that way.

That's for sure but...

...tell me, my horse is thirsty.

Is there water somewhere close by?

It’s going to rain heavily soon.

Are you kidding me, oldie?

Talk is not money.

Silence is not money, son!

I asked you a question.

I asked you if there is a water source nearby...

...you don’t bother to answer.

It’s going to rain in this air? You’re kidding.

It will rain soon.

If we depend on falling rain on such weather...

...soon, we will die of thirst.

The weather was clear.

How did you know the rain would come?

I know it from my knees, son.

When it's going to rain, my knees hurt.

I thought you showed me a miracle.

Is it a miracle?

Where is the miracle? Are you the one who made it the rain?

God forbid!

No, I am not but the pain from my knee resulted in rain.

You think this is superstition?

Not to be superstitious, but I believe in God, son.

Whatever we have in this life is from God.

There is only God.

Those stones, those trees, the birds, worms ...

...everything is shaped. Human beings are also in human form.

Now, if your head aches, can your brain know how to ease the pain?

If there is a brick on your foot, do you know it from your foot...

...or from your brain?

So, man is a fragment of this realm.

Here we are....

...we are the dust of the same flower.

It’s because of that our knees ache before it rains.

If that’s not the real miracle, what is it, son?

You speak real strong, oldie.

Such an accurate description without scientific truths...

But our path is fiqh, hadith and comment.

Briefly sharia, it’s possible by having knowledge of every science.

Don’t take it personally, but if these words...

...were spoken by someone unwary, It would have been blasphemy.

The one who believes in polytheism doesn’t know other things.

The rain has slowed down.

We need to reach a house before sunset.

Have a good trip! All the best, son.

Thieves and bandits are everywhere, don't you know?

You can’t put up with them alone!

I am a poor oldie. I have no job and no gold tooth in my mouth.

If bandits see us, they’ll just have mercy on us. Have a good trip!

But...

If I told you that the man...

...that you hid in a cave to be protected from the rain...

...is the new judge of Nallihan, what would you say?

I would say I entered the cave not to take shelter from the rain...

...but to do afternoon prayer.

All the best.

-Welcome, master. -Oho.

-Thank you. -Go in, mister.

Eat something. You seem like you’ve come a far way!

Yes. It’s a little beat sweaty, don’t let it stay in the wind.

Don’t worry!

Come this way, mister.

Welcome, mister. Come and take a seat.

-Peace be with you. -Peace be upon you.

-What can I prepare for you? -Burghul pilaf with meat and chickpeas.

With pleasure.

Is there an allowance?

First you do the job and then ask for permission?

The water comes from Gok Oluk, mister! It is pure.

-Do you wish for anything else? -Thank you.

It seems good. I would like the same, innkeeper.

Okay, mister.

What’s your job?

Can asking a question can be mine?

You came to my table without permission and are calling me to account?

Tell me, what is your job?

I do whatever I find.

Is there any work to be done?

It depends on what you do.

Innkeeper, refill!

-Here you are, mister. -Can we get the check?

That’s more than enough, mister.

Thank you.

Innkeeper.

This is the rest house, mister. Here, this way.

Ah!

Quiet!

If you scream, you will die.

Did you see the thief?

-Stop. Hey!

What’s the matter, mister?

Robbing the judge of this country...

...attempts to take people’s lives.

Sooner or later, I will find that thief.

I will find him and bring him to justice!

-Forgive us, Mr. Judge. Forgive us! -It’s not your fault.

We are helpless, Mr. Judge!

Every single day, the bandit is killing us.

I will make him pay!

From now on Nallihan has the judge of Seljuk.

There is justice, there is sharia!

Unless my eyes are blind, I recognize that face too.

I will recognize him and hold him accountable.

May god bless you, Mr. Judge!

My books are entrusted to you. Deliver them to the person who will come.

With pleasure.

Oldie.

-Peace be with you. -Peace be upon you.

We meet again.

Eh, this is a road.

There is no one who takes the road but failed to reach

or skipped the road but reached.

Are you not going to ask, what this situation is?

Where my horse is, why I am walking?

Does anyone need a reason to walk?

I am not used to walking so much road as you, old man.

Does a road know who is on it? With his horse or walking...

If the word is not from justice...

...it’s from the brigand, thief and killer.

You will say, there is a judge of Seljuk.

You should give the job to who deserves!

If you give a chance to someone ...

...who has never been to Madrasah even for a day...

...the result is this!

I am a poor old man, Mr. Judge. How should I know?

I did not read aleph, I did not go to school or madrasah.

You did not go to school or madrasah but...

...even people who go to school...

...they can’t talk like you, oldie.

I don’t know.

Not you, oldie. From now on, the brigand should worry!

Oldie.

I saw things on the road...

...before I started to work...

...I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry.

Many were deviated from the path of God.

There was a thief everywhere I stayed. He stole everything.

My appointment notice, inkstand and my inkwell too.

The thief, who is not in the path of God, what would he do with inkwell?

Is that a joke, oldie?

A thief is a thief. Ominous is ominous.

I am not a dab of dervish lodge. Not everyone thinks the same!

How does a servant know who is innocent or not?

If you ask any path to me, the path is one and only, and it’s to God.

Which is why, all creations of God serve the path of God.

Do you seek justice by stealing?

Shall I tell the story of Ibrahim Ethem,

who was the sultan of hearts and city of Rey.

If you want to listen...?

If you want to tell me, I want to listen.

Sultan Ibrahim Ethem Hazret, is on the path of God...

He does not leave his throne and he thinks day and night.

"God, open up my heart”

...he prayed.

But he could not find a remedy.

One day he fell asleep on his throne.

The eye was asleep, but awake inside.

He heard footsteps coming from the roof.

Then dozens of people...

...the voices of their feet filled the room of the palace.

Sultan Ibrahim Ethem was surprised.

He could not even find a way to call his guards.

"What are these sounds? Who is riding on the roof of this palace?"

Then he saw a man hanging down from the window. "Who are you?" he said.

The man answered.

"We are from so and so village."

"Well, then what do you want to find on the roof of the palace?"

The guy hanging from the window answered,

"We are calling our lost cows."

Ibrahim Ethem was surprised.

"Are you crazy, looking for a cow in the roof?"

"You are crazy," answered the man.

"You search for God on a golden throne and are sane...

...but...

... we are insane because we are looking for the disappeared cows on the roof?"

Cool story, oldie.

It's a pretty good story.

A wise word that inspires.

By blowing out the fire, are you leaving us to the wolves?

To prevent the wolfs’ attack...

...what if the fire jumped that hundred year-old tree, what would happen?

Hey!

Hey, you!

Hey, stop!

Stop, don’t escape.

Stop!

Stop!

Don’t be scared, it's okay.

Murderer! Murderer!

A man killed somebody.

I saw the killer, but ...

...I lost him.

Amen.

He ran away when I passed the water.

Don’t worry, Mr. Judge.

He can’t escape from destiny.

But I saw his face, I know him.

If the person you see is a killer, fate will find him.

I said I saw him.

What if my empty eyes were on you?

When I’m face-down, I can’t see where I lie. Is it rock or earth?

Are you on the side of the judge or the side of murderer, old man?

I am neither on the judge's or murderer’s side, son!

-I am on the side of the truth. -If he's not a killer, why is he escaping?

Why did you attack and make him run away?

It’s my job.

Your job is being judge. Perhaps his job is to escape.

You speak well. Your oration is strong.

And if you had an education ...

...you would now become Chief Mudarris in Karatay.

We are leaving here, Mr. Judge!

You are saying we are absolutely leaving now, eh?

Even if we leave our way, it’s our way.

Tell me about it! I’ve experienced it.

Let's start with that killer.

Good-bye.

Good luck.

Amen.

In the time of Sultan Izzettin the Second...

...there was a Greek priest.

The priest said to the community...

..."Your sheikh is a fraud.

Have you ever see him performing a miracle?"

One day, he gathered the community...

...and they came to dervish lodge.

There was Demirci Bayram's wooden sword...

.in the sheikh's hand.

Sure, Demirci Bayram was a child.

The community was surprised. The sheikh was fighting with invisible enemies.

The priest went and said...

..."It’s your Sheikh".

It wasn’t obvious if he was crazy or not.

If we asked him, he would say that he was fighting with non-believers...

...and you would believe that.

After that, what did the Sheikh do?

He took off his gown...

...his body was covered in blood.

Forgive me my god.

Only then, Sari Saltuk Hazret was in a holy war near Bulgaria.

An army of heathens was attacking Alperen's.

Alperen's was in a bad position.

That situation was presaged to our Sheikh.

Well, Priest? What did he do when he saw it?

What did he do? He recited the kalima shahadah there.

He who does not believe it, ask Doctor Mikel.

That priest is Mikel's uncle.

The Sheikh is coming.

Bismillah.

Bismillah.

-Essalamualeykum. -Ve aleykumselam.

Welcome, Sheikh!

-Welcome, Sheikh. -Welcome, mister.

-Thank you, lady. You're welcome.

How many days have passed. We have been waiting.

I brought you a greeting from Mother Fatma.

And to all dervish.

How was your trip? Did you find any comrades?

Yes I did.

I had a very nice comrade.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Elhamdu lillâhi rabbil'alemin.

Elhamdu lillâhi rabbil'alemin.

-Errahmânir'rahim. -Errahmânir'rahim.

Hey, people! Hear me! Hear me!

Emir Rukneddin...

...wants to go to the Yabanlu market. Arrange the caravans!

Hey, people; hear me! hear me!

Emir Rukneddin...

...wants to go to the Yabanlu market. Arrange the caravans!

I guess there are no goods, but he will send them to Yabanlu market!

Same here, Mr. Bayram.

We are poor because of taxes. Are there any goods for the market?

Hear me! Hear me!

Mongolian commander, Baycu Noyan, destroyed the Sivas.

Khalifa Father Sinan and all servants...

...the child has just passed through the sword.

Hear me! Hear me!

-Thank you. -Bon appetit.

What’s done is done!

What’s done is done!

What’s done is done!

What’s done is done!

What’s done is done!

What’s done is done!

Here it is, Mr. Judge. Your apartment is on top.

Before you, Burdurlu Kadi Himmet Efendi resided in this apartment.

Thank you, Mr. Hasan!

After dawn prayer, you should be ready in the mess hall.

Ok, mister Judge.

Come on, burn candles. We prepared everything in your flat.

If you see something incomplete, you are the commander.

-Thank you. -Good night.

-Peace be with you. -Peace be upon you.

It’s our duty...

...to make justice.

Okay, how can we provide this?

Whoever harms people's...

...lives and property knows there is justice.

knows that all people, including me...

... even when Judge Yunus commits a crime...

... sharia is applied.

Even children who play in the streets of Nallihan know...

...justice is not from judge, it’s from sharia!

-Subashi Mr. Hasan. -Yes commander, Mr. Judge.

Did you inform the Ahi-order?

Yes, we did, Mr. Judge. Whenever you want, they will be ready...

Well done.

Take four officers to him.

Let's see what happens, what's happening in the streets of Nallihan.

Translation: Sublime Translation