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CHAPTER 54

CHAPTER 54 : Maybe the things we seek are around us
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Safia was laying down on the bed beside her grandmother, while the others were laying in the hallway after spreading the mattress . Everyone was asleep by now , only she was awake with her dadi who was reading duas at night .

"Dadi.." she called out her grandmother who hummed and after completing the tasbeeh, she shifted it under her pillow and stared at Safia .

"Yes?" She asked.

"How was it for you, after grandfather died?" Safia knew it was a sensitive topic , but she wanted to know how to handle her grief right now , she hoped if her grandmother could give her a solution.

"It was difficult for me , but I managed with Allah swt on my side" Her dadi replied , like always her heart filled with gratitude for Allah . She was one of the most devoted person to god , Safia have ever came across .

"But-didn't Allah swt himself snatched grandfather from you? You were left with nothing . You were so alone . How were you able to keep your trust on Allah swt at that time too?" Safia asked , she knew it was a serious question, but she felt as if her questions were left unanswered by Allah .

She didn't knew what wrong she had done , that Fawad was snatched from her life like this. After Fawad left her life , she felt like she was left alone and didn't know how to keep her trust in Allah and his plans at this moment too.

"Safia, Allah swt tests us by giving and taking, He took away the thing dearer to me than my life, but in return, He brought me closer to Himself. At night, I would wake up and seek comfort in prayers, and my Lord granted me peace, and along with that, He also granted me my family " her dadi said with a smile , and continued "If I was never alone, perhaps I wouldn't have understood the happiness of being among people, and neither would I have understood how much love people have for me."

"Did you never felt as if Allah swt has left you alone?" Safia was asking her own doubts , she was feeling like she was left in this sadness . It was a difficult question for her , if Allah has actually left her or not , but it didn't seemed so difficult for her grandmother. Her smile remained.

"No, I was remembering Allah swt.  It's not possible to remember my rabb until he remembers us first . If we ask for forgiveness, it's because Allah wants to forgive us . If we ask for peace , it's because Allah swt wants us to have peace . Allah gives us so many things . He brings us out of so many troubles , but after we get out of them , we forget about our rabb and start to think that it was us who did all the work . But when it's about troubles we start to blame our lord again " her dadi explained.

Safia was silent on these words , she completely forgot about how she got the opportunity to get money for her father's dialysis because of going in deal with Fawad. She gained education and scholarship. She now was saved from the troubles of working everyday in the shop where she was cursed and scolded , yet she was crying about the one thing. 

Her dadi turned towards her , "Allah ne humari zindagi rehmaton se bhari hai , par hum insaan humesha apne ghamon mein rehte hain aur Allah se ye puchte hain ki unhone hume diya hi kya hai , par agar halki si mehnat karke aas paas dekhein toh jawab khud hi mein mil jaega" the old lady softly said . She was aware of Safia's dilemma

(God has filled our lives with countless blessings, but we humans always dwell on our sorrows and ask God, 'What have you given us?' But if we make a slight effort and look around, the answer will be found within ourselves.)

Safia just gave a little nod , and just wished that everything gets sorted soon . She was in deep thoughts and stared at her grandmother who was asleep by this time . She sighed and snuggled in her body .