Ayat Ayat Cinta is a beautifully portrayed Islamic love story – a tale of a
virtuous Muslim protagonist who overcomes all obstacles of life maintaining pure
ideals.

Fedi Nuril as Fahri bin Abdillah is a poor, 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, exactly according to pre-determined targets.

Only one goal is left unattempted: the pursuit of marriage.

For Fahri is innocent and pure, and doesn't believe in the concept of
relationships prior to marriage. He is inarticulate and shy around women. All
his life, only two women have been close to him – his mother and
grandmother.

Life changes drastically in Egypt for he suddenly finds himself surrounded
by four beautiful, distinctly different women.

Carissa Putri as Maria Girgis, a shy, open-minded Coptic neighbor who is
attracted to the teachings of the Holy Quran, finds herself falling in love with
Fahri (a fact she only reveals to her diary).

Melanie Putria as Nurul, a student at Al Azhar like Fahri, is the Muslim
daughter of a renowned Indonesian cleric. Fahri feels unworthy of her and thus
ignores his feelings for her, leaving her confused and guessing.

Zaskia Adya Mecca as 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.

Rianti Cartwright as Aisha, a German Turkish student in Cairo haunts Fahri
with her beautiful eyes. Following an incident on the metro where Fahri defends
her against narrow minded bigoted Muslims, both immediately develop feelings for
each other.

As the story unravels, the protagonist makes the audience face the daunting
decisions he himself faces, and forces us to marvel at his undying loyalty to
the true ideals of Islam as he ultimately makes the choice of a lifetime.