The second episode of Kubra kicks off with Gokhan plunged into a surreal dreamscape, trapped with only his head protruding from the suffocating sands. His mother and sister figure prominently in this dream, drifting away from him indifferently, disregarding his desperate pleas. Despite the unmistakable truth staring him in the face, Gokhan struggles to accept that it is Allah who is addressing him. Could it be that he has been chosen by divine providence, much like Noah, entrusted with the monumental task of constructing an ark to safeguard God's people from the deluge? Recalling Noah's trial of faith, where his son perished in the flood's wrath, Gokhan fears that Allah too intends to temper his own faith through the crucible of his loved ones.
Days blend into nights as Gokhan loses all sense of time, confined within the walls of his home, grappling to decipher the mystical occurrences. His girlfriend, Merve, grows increasingly concerned and decides to intervene, visiting his residence with the intention of drawing him back into the light. Initially hesitant, Gokhan eventually succumbs to her persuasion.
Merve postulates that Gokhan's introspective turmoil might stem from the lingering void left by the passing of his father a couple of years prior. Following her father's demise, Merve herself spiraled into depression, succumbing to drug addiction—a dark period she only emerged from with Gokhan's steadfast support.
As the episode deepens, we delve into Gulcan's tormented psyche, haunted by the belief that she bears the guilt for her father's death. Stricken by a grave illness, Gokhan's father faced a harrowing fate. On one fateful day, entrusted with his care, Gulcan briefly stepped out to meet friends, only to return to find her father in a pool of his own blood, having fallen victim to a grievous head injury as he attempted to rise from bed. This haunting incident has since etched a relentless sense of self-blame into Gulcan's soul.
Gokhan, striving to dispel her self-recriminations, offers words of reassurance but is met with Gulcan's insistent plea for solitude. "I need time with a friend," she declares, leaving Gokhan with a heart heavy with concern for his family and a mind fraught with the dread of how Allah might further test his faith through those he holds dear.
Allah dispatches another text to Gokhan, inquiring whether he will uphold his unwavering faith and trust in Him, akin to Noah, or if he will succumb to despair and forsake his beliefs. With unwavering conviction, Gokhan vows that he will stand firm in his faith, come what may, and promptly receives coordinates. Guided by the GPS, he arrives at a poignant scene: his sister, Gulcan, sits hunched over, smoking her father's last cigarette, her tears mingling with the烟雾 as they cascade down her cheeks.
In a moment of profound despair, Gulcan attempts to take her own life but halts abruptly when she hears her father's soothing voice emanating from his phone. Through the device, her father reassures her that whatever harrowing events had transpired, they were in no way her fault. Saved by a divine intervention of love and forgiveness, Gulcan and Gokhan embrace tightly, their tears mingling in a heartfelt display of sibling bond.
The following morning, with a resolute heart, Gokhan gathers his loved ones around him and confides that he has been receiving divine messages from Allah Himself, revealing that the Almighty has chosen to communicate directly with him.
