Ibn-i Sina: The Young Genius (Küçük Dahi: İbn-i Sina)

YOUNG IBN SINA

.Open wide, my beautiful girl .Here

PART 2

May Allah accept you to heaven ...and reunite us there

.when the time comes...

Father, you're feeding Bahar ...with your own two hands

but let's see if she'll take care... .of you in the future

?How can you say that, dad .Of course I will

Don't you dare say things ...like that in public

and make our neighbors... .gossip about me

So you'll take care ...of your grandfather

?to stop people from gossiping...

.Good gracious me .Don't twist my words like that

?Is that what I said

?What am I, the shade of a tree

,As the eldest of my siblings .I'll take care of all of you

Just as long as .everything goes well

.İnşallah. İnşallah, son. İnşallah

Grandpa, why are you collecting ?the bread crumbs

.I saw an ant colony in the yard .I'm going to feed them

They're not like fish .that have to be fed, grandpa

?Who's ever heard of feeding ants

,Just because no one's heard of it .doesn't mean it's wrong, brother

Besides, if we want to live ...in a healthy world

we need to take care... .of all creatures on earth

The ants are my guests too. We don't .talk about our guests that way

?Why should we do it to the ants

Sina, I barely convinced .your teachers to take you back

,If you keep acting the same way .they won't take you back again

,He won't act the same ?why would he

He does it all because .he's very curious

?Sina? Did you want something, son

.That sound is grating my ears .It's making my mind muddy

.What sound, son? There is no sound

.I can hear it, dad

.From the kitchen

!The milk !I left the milk on the stove

I can smell it now. Sina, how could ?you hear the kitchen from here

.My hearing is very sensitive, Bahar

.Grandpa, that bread isn't enough .Look how many there are

.It'll be enough, my sweet girl .Ants aren't like us humans

They don't have to worry about .their livelihood

None of them ever collect .food for themselves

They all carry the food .to their nests and share it

That way .none of them will go hungry

,We should be more like them ?right grandpa

.Of course

There are so many lessons ...to be learned

even from the smallest... .of animals

If I had known ...they were so fascinating

I would've taken an interest... .in ants a long time ago

?Did you buy a new desk- .No-

My dad made it from .leftover wood

.It's perfect for my height

?Serhan, why don't you start

.Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

!Sina should continue

.Sina, it's your turn

.Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

?What is it, son ?Have you forgotten

.No, I haven't forgotten- ?Then why won't you continue-

...The sound .The sound is distracting me, sir

?Boys, do you hear anything

.No, sir. We haven't

So, you haven't memorized it well .and now you're forgetting

.I didn't forget, sir

That sound is .embedded in my brain like a nail

.I can't concentrate

Everyone except Sina, can .start studying the next lesson

Sina, you'll have to recite .the same prayer next week

.Don't be upset, Sina

,What they're doing to you now .they did to Socrates, too

They realized Socrates .was right centuries later

.But you don't have that much time

You need to study and prove that .you haven't forgotten

Your ears are shut and there's .nothing to distract you now

.Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

I did it. I recited it. I did it .when I didn't hear that sound

!Sir! Sir

.There's no sound here ?Can I recite it now

,You can do it in class .when the time comes

.That sound was muddying my mind .I know it by heart

.Fine, let's hear it

.Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Just as I thought. There are .no sounds here to distract me

Everyone will see that .I didn't forget. I never forget

.Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Of course, you enrolled your son .in the Madrasah, so you're happy

What problem of humanity is keeping ?you on your feet, Argun Bey

,Are you making fun now ?Abdullah Bey

You speak as if you don't know .my troubles

It's been quite a while since .I learned a new proverb

Did you try? It's not like you ...haven't heard or learned anything

.new today. Think about it...

,Why would you say that ?Abdullah Bey

Why not shoot me !?instead of proposing that

.All right, Argun Bey

If you calm down, I'll tell you .a proverb you've never heard of

.Tell me, quick. I'm listening

They asked the fox .if he wanted any cooked rabbit

,He laughed so hard .he couldn't say yes

.I'd never heard that before

!May Allah bless you, Abdullah Bey

.It must be the end of the world ...Spring has been over for a while

but the storks have... .started coming in

!That's not a stork! Not a stork

.It is a stork, son !It can't be an eagle

!Wait! Don't !Don't do this to yourself! Get down

.That bird won't understand you

.Life is short enough as it is

...Besides, will you kill yourself

and go against... ?Allah's divine plan

!Don't do it! Come down! Be careful

.Thank Almighty Allah

I can't tell you .how much better I feel now

.Thank Allah

,Dad? Dad .Sina is on top of the minaret

!That's all we needed. Sina

Haris, quick tell me a proverb .or I won't let you go

.Argun Amca, let go .Sina is going to jump

.You can't go. Just one proverb

,If you work hard .you'll reap the rewards

.I already know that one !Tell me another

!Allah Allah! Let go, will you

!Don't jump! Please get down !Don't do it

!Sina

He felt humiliated because .he couldn't recite the prayer

And now he's trying to take .his own life

!Sina, don't do it .They won't be a funeral prayer

!Don't jump !Please get down! Don't do it

!We'll talk to the teacher !Just come down

!?Sina

.Mom? Look! And you call him crazy

.He recites the ezan at this age

.It's not time for prayers ...He probably envies the birds

and he climbed up there... .to try to fly

.But Sina doesn't have wings ?How is he going to fly, mom

.He's not trying to fly ...He couldn't recite a prayer

so he climbed up there... .to take his own life

!Don't look son, don't look

.It's all his family's fault ...They tell him he's so smart

,way ahead of his time... .and now they've made him crazy

!Sina! Son

,Abdullah Effendi .your boy has gone crazy

.He's trying to kill himself .You should chain him up

!Sina! Son

Son, will there be a day ?where you don't surprise me

He says he climbed the minaret .so he wouldn't hear sounds

?Are you hearing things, son

There are evil eyes !on my smart boy

Someone is trying to curse !my child

!Stop talking crazy, woman !He forgot the prayer

.I didn't forget .And it's not the evil eye, mom

.I told you, I heard a sound

.No, no. This can't be good

.He says he hears something ?Why won't you believe him

.He just forgot

.You can't do it like that

.He says he hears something

!There's the sound again .I can hear it

It comes from deep down !but echoes in my mind

This is all because of .all the silly things you're after

.Allah has finally punished you

.Hush up, Bahar- ?Why should I, mom-

Muzaffer Amca's son used to say .he heard sounds like that

They went to healers .but got no relief

.Then he forgot everything

He started to claim he was cattle .and went to all the butchers

,He also said ?Cut me, cut me," right"

Speaking of cattle, that would .be a profitable business, too

Grandpa says that he hears .voices, too

And sometimes he doesn't .remember things as well

Brother, what if you ?end up like him

They say that this curse .is genetic

.We'll ask grandpa when he gets here

Son, forgetting things .isn't a bad thing

I don't remember what I ate .yesterday. It happens sometimes

.I don't forget, dad. I never have

You're just saying .that to make me feel better

.Normally, I follow the sounds

?Why is this sound following me

Brother? Aren't you going to tell us ?why you're saving up those coins

?That's all you want to know ?Why I'm saving up these coins

No. Today Süleyman Amca's wife was .fighting with her daughter-in-law

I couldn't hear what they were .saying and I'm still so curious

.I wish I could know

.Those are small things, Bahar

You'll find out and .you'll satisfy your curiosity

But finding out about the coins .in this chest may hurt you

?Why, brother ?What are you going to do

Understanding my dreams .is beyond many people's depth

.I wouldn't want you to be hurt .That's why I can't tell you

May Allah give you ideas to make .you prosper and make you rich

But please tell me .what you're going to do

.It'll kill me, brother ...If I don't find out

,I won't be able to eat... .sleep or breathe

.The suspense will kill me .It'll eat me up inside

!Tell me, brother. Tell me

?Why are you yelling, Bahar .I can hear you

?What is it, Mahiye? Are you tired