Asso, a religious man in his forties, is an extremist. He loves his family, but has to face the dilemma of choosing between his wife and the Islamic strict rules.

England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.