Tawfik is in the midst of a financial crisis when his relative dies. As the sole heir, he sells her furniture to pay off his debts, only to discover that she left him a precious jewel inside a piece of furniture. As he tries to retrieve it, a gang goes after the jewel as well.

A blind Naema lives with Khalil and Adib, a paper boy and a lottery seller who deals drugs. Aboud convinces Naema to sell flowers but unbeknownst to her, the flowers contain drugs.

Ihsan arrives from Lebanon to Cairo, and works with his friend Marzouk in a nightclub. Massoud Bey asks them to perform at his daughter's birthday party. Then he learns that his brother died and Mabrouka, his niece arrives from the countryside, and he tries to kill her because she's the sole heir to his brother.

A poor farmer finds a huge jewel buried in the mud, aided by one of the village's elderly men. They find themselves at a loss as the jewel is so huge that there is no buyer for it and thieves are trying to seize it, but they fail while greedy merchants are trying to buy it cheaply.

When a plumber meets a seductive woman, he leaves his family and chooses a life of sin and irresponsibility. His wife, however, deals wisely with her husband's desertion in an attempt to look after her paralyzed daughter. Will he come back to his senses?