Ayat-Ayat Cinta

Last Friday night, I told Ralph I didn't want to go out because I wanted to glue myself in front of the TV and watch an Indonesian film, which is based on a best-selling novel of the same name. Ayat-Ayat Cinta (literally meaning The Verses of Love) is a beautifully portrayed Islamic love story based in Cairo, Egypt.



The story follows the life of a too-good-to-be-true, young Indonesian man, named Fahri (Fedi Nuril), who moves to Egypt to study at the Al-Azhar University and the problems he encounters and attempts to solve through the teachings of Islam. Along the way, there are four beautiful, distinctly different women, each with their own desire to love and have Fahri. He devotes his love to only Aisha (Rianti Cartwright) but... *wiping tears* in the end, it all boils down to religion and faith in God.

I love this movie. Not only that, I love the main theme song a lot even though I don't really understand the meaning of it!

Desir pasir di padang tandus
Segar sang pemikiran hati
Terkisah ku di antara
Cinta yang rumit

Bila keyakinanku datang
Kasih bukan sekedar cinta
Pengorbanan cinta yang agung Kupertaruhkan
Maafkan bila ku tak sempurna

Cinta ini tak mungkin ku cegah
Ayat-ayat cinta bercerita
Cintaku padamu
Bila bahagia mulai menyentuh
Seakan ku bisa hidup lebih lama
Namun harus kutinggalkan cinta
Ketika ku bersujud