Qamar Al-Zaman

Epilogue

The new place that Qamar al-Zaman saw had a yard and many buildings and people. Qamar al-Zaman turned to his right and saw a poster with the following written on it: "al-Nizamiyya University of Baghdad wishes 2021 to be a happy year for everyone." When he looked back, he saw his mother and father coming towards him.

"Are you ready?" his mother asked him.

"Yes," Qamar answered, and then he went with his parents to one of the buildings to discuss his doctoral thesis in mathematics.

On the way there, his father gave him chocolate candy. Qamar took a bite of it and was very surprised when he was able to taste it. He realized then that his bad mental state in the past was what had made chocolate — in addition to many other things — lose its taste. Also, chocolate turned out to be not as delicious as he had imagined.

When Qamar al-Zaman arrived with his parents at the building, he saw a group of his acquaintances. They were waiting by the building to attend the discussion with him in a show of their support for him.

When Qamar saw them, he suddenly realized that his life had a bright side, but because he hated it for not getting the things he wanted in it, he had remembered only the dark side of his life. Here was his friend, Mr. Yaghlub's son, who, despite his sarcastic manner which sometimes came across as mean, was a good friend and a forgiving one too, especially when Qamar stabbed him for mocking Qamar's faith. And here was Mr. Yaghlub, who, despite his racism, was the only one who agreed to hire Qamar al-Zaman and his family, and this had helped them financially quite a lot. And here was his friend Yazdan, who, despite his harassment to Qamar at times, was the one who sponsored the treatment of Qamar al-Zaman from addiction. And here was Buthaina, the wife of Mr. Yaghlub's son, and the one next her Zumurrud, Yazdan's wife, who, despite their refusal to get into a relationship with Qamar; they helped Qamar in many ways, especially with his studies. And the one next to Zumurrud was her father, Mr. Baqaa, who, despite the relatively harsh conditions that workers were suffering from in his factories, his factories had lifted many people out of extreme poverty, including Qamar. And here was the philosophy teacher, Bint-Khair, who, despite the ideological guardianship that she exercised over her students, had helped those who were failing in her class and Qamar al-Zaman was one of those. As for her deceased sister, the mathematics teacher, Shajar Al-Durr, she was the reason Qamar had gotten into mathematics. And finally, the ones standing next to him were his father and mother. They had decided to end their lives when they were twenty-five years old, but then Qamar's birth had made them change their minds in order to provide him with a happy life.

When Qamar reached them, Mr. Yaghlub's son said, "Here comes the man of the hour." Qamar smiled at that and greeted them, and they returned his greetings in kind. Then, they all went to the hall, where Qamar al-Zaman succeeded in the discussion and was later honored amidst everyone's applause.

By the time the ceremony was completed, Qamar al-Zaman and his acquaintances went outside. Qamar al-Zaman spotted a person waiting for him, so he asked his company to excuse him and went towards her. The person was the Absolute. As soon as Qamar al-Zaman reached her, she transformed herself into a flying horse. Qamar al-Zaman then mounted it and flew away, happy that the absolute truth was beyond that dark part.