The Example of making Delivery Book (BIOGRAPHY, SUMMARY, THE CHARACTERS, PLACE AND TIME)

BIOGRAPHY

Habiburrahman El-Shirazy was born in September 30^th, 1976 in Semarang, Central Java. He is 34 years old. He graduated from Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. He is known as a dai, novelist, and poet. His works are liked not only in Indonesia, but also in neighboring countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. His fictional works can build soul and grow the spirit of the readers. Among his works that have been circulating in the market is Ayat-Ayat Cinta, Di Atas Sajadah Cinta, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih, etc.

He studied in MTs Futuhiyyah 1 Mranggen. In 1992 he migrated to Surakarta to study at Madrasah Aliyah Special Program in Surakarta. He graduated in 1995. After that, he continued his intellectual odyssey into Ushuluddin Faculty, Department of Hadist Al-Azhar University, Cairo and completed in 1999. In 2001, he graduated from Postgraduate Diploma (Pg.D) at The Institute for Islamic Studies in Cairo.

SUMMARY

Ayat – Ayat Cinta is a religious romantic story. It is about an Indonesian, a muslim man who studies abroad at Cairo, Egypt. The story of a virtuous muslim who overcomes all obstacles of life. Fahri bin Abdillah is a poor,but he is intelligent student who wins a scholarship to complete his graduate degree at Egypt's esteemed Al Azhar University. Very disciplined and dedicated by nature, Fahri embraces his life in Cairo, completing his studies and translation of religious books with full enthusiasm. Only one goal is left, it is the pursuit of marriage. Beside that, there are other characters. They are Maria Girgis, Aisha, Nurul and Naora. Maria Girgis is an Egyptian girl. She is a shy woman and open-minded Coptic Christian neighbor as well as Fahri's best friend. She is attracted to teach the Holy Quran. She finds herself falling in love with Fahri (a fact she only reveals to her diary). Aisha, a German-Turkish student in Cairo who haunts Fahri with her beautiful eyes. Following an incident on the metro where Fahri defends her, against narrow minded bigoted Muslims. Both immediately develop their feelings for each other. Aisha comes from a rich family. Nurul, an Indonesian student at Al Azhar who likes Fahri is a muslim daughter of a renowned cleric from Indonesia. Fahri feels unworthy of her. He ignores his feeling for her, leaving her confused and guessing. Noura, an abused Egyptian neighbor, develops strong romantic feelings for Fahri who in turn simply sympathizes with her situation. His romantic rejection destroys her and eventually leads to a false accusation of rape to Fahri. On the other hand, Fahri married Aisha. But Noura accused him of raping her. Of course it is a false accusation. Fahri is thrown to jail. After Maria knew Fahri got married, she was in stress and losing hope of life. Then, she got an accident. It caused her in a coma condition at the hospital. Actually, she is the only one who can give a testimony that can make Fahri free from the rape accusation. To give her a hope of life, as well as to free Fahri from the accusation, Aisha insisted Fahri to take Maria as his second wife. Fahri refused at first, but Maria's condition was critical and she kept calling his name. Fahri finally agreed. Maria testified at the court and Fahri is freed from jail. Maria's condition got better only for a while. She becomes a Muslim, and she passed away soon after.
The story in this movie told us about Aisha who sacrifices his love to let Fahri married Maria. A wonderful love from a woman.

 

THE CHARACTERS

·         Fahri is a careless person, he was a mature guy with great understanding of his self responsibility, had all his things planned well, and always ready for every task he had.

·         Aisha is calm, polite, and wise. She is also an intelligent woman.

·         Nurul is a kind, polite and intelligent girl. She loved fahri but not crazy about him.

·         Noura is a wicked and sly girl. She was crazy because her love. So, she makes a false accusation of rape to Fahri.

PLACE AND TIME

Place: in Cairo, Egypt

Time: summer