Coming from a modest family in a village in Cairo, college student Mohamed Harbi has a secret ambition However, his life is turned upside down when his father returns from his travels and a natural disaster hits the region

A woman named Umm Hassan hears a voice coming from under the rubble which turns out to be Mohamed Harbi's Having survived the natural disaster, everyone starts calling him Zelzal, which means earthquake

Shortly after meeting Khalil, Zelzal starts flirting with his daughter Amal, but her mother warns her not to get into a relationship with Zelzal because he has no family Later, Zelzal listens to a recording of his father’s voice

Khalil finds out that his nephew Rabeh is spying on him while the latter discovers that Amal is seeing Zelzal Meanwhile, a girl named Safiya, who has never met Zelzal, sees him in her dreams and tells her mother about it

The conflict between Harbi and Khalil begins when the latter refuses to give up the land to the other Harbi offers Khalil some money in return for the land

Harbi and Zuhdi go to a lawyer to raise a case against Khalil, whose wife is warning him about being unjust Later, Zelzal tells Umm Hassan about the girl he loves