Selahattin is a math teacher in his 40s. He has a passion for poetry, lives alone on the lower floor of an apartment building, and is in platonic love with Ms. Alev, who lives on the top floor. He writes poems on scraps of paper and deposits them secretly in her mailbox, but his life soon spins out of control when duplicitous family members try to extort money from him for their business.

On a journey to Medina with her grandfather, Lina encounters Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abu Bakr. Excited to see the Prophet, the little girl is overjoyed to meet two of his companions. In a conversation that begins on a whim, Zubayr and Asma recount the events that witnessed the birth and development of Islam. Lina's journey is marked by the oppression experienced in Mecca, the interventions of polytheists, Bilal Habeshi's struggle for freedom, and countless memories woven from faith.