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She was clinging to me. In my mind, running like a movie, I could
see her life story from birth, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood to
various other stages. Sometimes, she appeared like a doll lying on the
bed whose crying would make me concerned. Sometimes, dressed in a
frock she looked like a fairy that could take my breath away with every
little movement of hers. At times, she appeared like an innocent flower
bud standing there in her school uniform, carrying her school bag. I
could see her dressed in college uniform, looking like a flower in bloom;
and then, I could see her in her wedding dress. She, my flesh and blood,
was crying in my arms in extreme distress, looking like a picture of utter
hopelessness and fear.
I felt as if someone had driven a cold chisel through my heart. I held
her by her arms and moved her away from me. I then stood up, holding
my head in my hands. Leila spoke in a sobbing voice:
“I have found no one here from amongst my family. My husband
and my children are not around, nor is there anyone from your side of
the family except brother Jamshaid. He is in a dire state, Papa! He has
been desperately looking for you. You are his only hope.”
I looked at Leila and said:
“That stupid boy had pinned his hopes on wrong things in the
previous world and even now he is pinning his hopes on the wrong
person. In the world, he had rested all his hopes in his business, wife,
and children. He is now facing the consequences of doing so. Now he is
pinning his hopes on me although I cannot do anything.”
In the meantime, Aasmah also came close. After hearing me, she
said:
“Uncle, the only hope I had was in you. Now, even you have given
up on me.”
“Aasmah, do you recall what I had said when you came to our
house with Leila for the first time?”
“Papa, I remember what you said to Aasmah”. Leila answered
instead of Aasmah. She continued:
“You said to her, ‘You are a friend of my daughter. Be a friend who
would be with her in Paradise as well. I hope that both of you do not
annoy God and consequently, end up in a difficult place together. If that
happens, both of you may end up blaming your friendship for your
misery, on the Day of Judgement.’”
After saying so, Leila started to cry again. Aasmah also began to sob.
I turned round and looked towards Saleh who had been standing
there quietly through this dialogue. I was hoping in my heart that he
might say something that would raise their hopes. When he saw me
looking at him, he said:
“Abdullah, obviously, everybody’s fate is entirely in the hands of
God. Every action of a human being, even as tiny as a grain of barley,
will be present in his or her Book of Deeds. Every action will be
scrutinised today. Motives, triggers, instigators, circumstances, actions,
and their consequences, all will be analysed in minute detail. Angels,
physical environs, organs and limbs, in short, everything will be a
witness. It will become absolutely clear that every good or bad deed is
worthy of some reward or punishment. The reward of a good deed
would range from ten to seven hundred times whereas the reward for
actions done with steadfastness and in support of the religion of God
will be innumerable. In contrast, bad deeds will be penalised only as
much as the effect of the deed itself. However, if unrepentant sins like
polytheism, murder, and fornication are included in a person’s deeds,
they will destroy that person. Furthermore, sins like usurping the rights
of orphans, taking undue share from inheritance, slander, and other
similar crimes are so heinous that they would negate all good deeds and
may take that person straight to Hell.
These are the basic principles of reward and punishment. Based on
these, the Almighty will take just decisions. Rest assured no one would
be treated unfairly even as much as a grain of barley. As far as your
children are concerned, the only hope is what I have already mentioned
to you. Except for people like you, who have already been declared
successful as they took precedence in embracing or supporting the
truth, rest of the people with true faith in their hearts would face
accountability and would then be spared, eventually. You know your
children better than I do. So you would have a better idea of the
likelihood of their success.”
“I am more concerned about my son”, I replied.
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