The little Syafii Maarif struggled to survive in order to get higher education in the culture where education is considered irrelevant. The setting is between 1930s to 1950s. Later after overcoming all his obstacles, Syafii Maarif became one of the most influential figure in Indonesia and was able to get his Doctoral scholarship in University of Chicago. He was also the Chairman of Muhammadiyah, an Islamic organization with 35 millions followers but was well-known among other religions as the true leader for Peace and Pluralism. Constantly he fights against extremism and fundamentalism in Islam. Now he is considered as the Nation Guru of Indonesia. All the obstacles during his childhood made him the person like today.