Abu Qurra asks for Al-Khansa's hand from her father, but she disapproves of him. As her brother, Mu'awiyah, tries to convince her to accept, Al-Khansa decides to test Abu Qurra.
Despite her objection, Al-Khansa gets forcibly married to a gambling addict. As she falls pregnant, Sakhr tries to get her husband to treat her well, but the latter leaves Al-Khansa behind and travels, never to return.
As Al-Khansa cares for her ill father, she gets a new suitor in Merdas. Al-Khansa tries to convince Sakhr to give up his campaign against a rival tribe.
As Mu'awiyah prepares for a confrontation with Hashem Ibn Harmela, everyone tries to get him to change his mind. After a year of rallying people to his banner, Mu'awiyah marches against Hashem, only to be killed.
Sakhr swears to avenge his late brother, but decides to be patient as he comes up with a plan. As Mu'awiyah's family is offered bloodwit (diya), they refuse. Hashem is killed by Quais Al-Jashmy.
When a rival tribe raids their own, Sakhr fights off the invaders, much to his wife's rage as her husband returns injured.
Despite the severity of his injury, Sakhr refuses medical treatment and only agrees to see a healer after much insistence. However, the intervention comes too late, and Sakhr passes away from his injuries.
As Al-Khansa mourns her brother, coming up with an elegy for him that soon earns her repute as a poet, she hears the news from Mecca about the teachings of Prophet Muhammad.
Al-Khansa tries to learn more about Prophet Muhammad's teachings as his calling gets dismissed and ridiculed by his opponents, who decide to mobilize against him.
Banu Aws and Banu Khazraj ally with Prophet Muhammad. Al-Khansa learns more about Islam, deciding to convert with the approach of the 8th year after the hijra (migration to Medina).
Al-Khansa's son prepares to join the Muslims as they prepare for a battle against the infidels. Al-Khansa keeps the memory of her brother Sakhr alive.
As Prophet Muhammad passes away, Abu Bakr becomes the caliph. Many Muslims convert back in the wake of Muhammad's death, including Al-Khansa's son who gets opposed by his mother. The Ridda Wars (Wars of Apostasy) break out.
Years after her brothers' death, Al-Khansa decides to end her mourning over them. As Abu Bakr mobilizes the army to fight the apostates, Al-Khansa's sons join the army's ranks and are martyred during the battle. Al-Khansa dies alone.