Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.

The film tackles pressures that are placed upon is in life by telling the story of a businessman who falls in love with a girl, when his life reaches a stage of explosive pressures.

It deals with the period of the slave revolt, during which Muhammad Ramadan embodies the character of Ali bin Muhammad Al-Farsi, and is sold in the slave market. He also leads the Negroes to a revolution against the Abbasid army, and the events take place in the year 1280 AD in the Mamluk era.