Chapter 22: ZAIN SHAH WITh MAIDA SHAH
Zain Shah was given a sleep injection for a short while so that he could complete his sleep. The whole day had passed. It was night time.
Zain Shah's eyes opened. He looked around. For some time his mind was not able to process anything, where he was and what was happening. His head was feeling heavy and his brain arteries were throbbing with severe pain.
Then after 5 minutes the effect of the sleep injection started to wear off and his mind started to process. Everything was reminded in his mind.
He remembered that the nurse was telling the doctor that the patient's pulse was running slow and the doctor had rushed towards Maida's room.
Zain Shah placed his feet down from the bed and moved his steps towards Maida Shah's room. Seeing Maida lying peacefully on the bed and seeing her breathing on the ventilator, Zain Shah breathed.
He sat on the couch placed there on the side and his eyes were constantly beholding his beloved.
It is said that if the beloved is not in front, the eyes remain restless for the sight of the beloved, and if he is in front then he cannot even be looked at. And this is the peak of love.
Just as we have not seen Allah Almighty, but when we meet Allah, that is, when we pray, prostrate before Him and spread our hands before Him, then we have the belief that our Lord will give us. Whatever we are asking for, He will bless us with that.
And who puts this belief in our hearts? That same Merciful Lord, Allah Almighty. In the Holy Quran He says: "O My servant, ask from Me, I will give you."
Prayer is the means of meeting Allah Almighty.
Zain Shah kept looking at Maida Shah. It felt as if he was talking to her through his eyes. There was something in his eyes, something very special, like the insistence to attain someone. It is said that eyes say everything, even that which we cannot express in words.
Just then, the sound of the Azan was heard from far away and Zain Shah's spell broke. When Zain Shah heard the sound of the Azan, his feet automatically moved towards the small mosque built in the hospital.
As soon as he entered the mosque, he did ablution and stood for prayer with the intention. He bowed his head in prostration. Ohhh, that enchanted man bowing before his God looked unimaginably beautiful.
It is said that the beauty of prostration is that a person bows down the lowest and reaches the highest. If prostrations are done on the ground, then the cries reach the heavens.
After offering the prayer, Zain Shah raised his hands for dua and asked his Lord for the life of his life. Yes, Maida Shah was the guarantee of Zain Shah's coming and going breaths. She was his life.
After praying and making dua, Zain Shah stepped out of the mosque and took out his phone. "Haziq, I need the Holy Quran within 5 minutes. Bring it immediately to Maida's room." Saying this, he cut the call and moved towards Maida's room.
After 5 minutes, Haziq was outside Maida's room with the Holy Quran. He knocked on the door. Zain Shah took the Holy Quran from him and sat beside Maida and started the recitation of Surah Al Rehman. He was reciting the Holy Quran in his enchanting voice.
By Allah, what a sight it was. That 28-year-old man full of magic and charms was sitting beside his wife and reciting the Holy Quran to her.
One month later
As he did every day, Zain Shah recited the Holy Quran to Maida Shah after offering Fajr prayer. When he finished the recitation of the Holy Quran and went to place the Holy Quran on the shelf, he saw that Maida Shah's fingers were moving. There was movement in her body.
Maida Shah slowly opened her eyes. Zain Shah's feet became stuck to the ground. He felt that he would not be able to move. How would he fall prostrate on the ground. He stood frozen, watching this scene. Was this a dream? If yes, then involuntarily Zain Shah prayed that this dream may never break.
