FAITH (Eternal Love) (#NOTANOTHERMUSLIMLOVESTORY)

CHAPTER 01

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FAITH
(ETERNAL LOVE)
(ONE - SHOT)

Zafra slowly opened her eyes, to be greeted with bright light, she squeezed her eyes, adjusting to the brightness; and gazed at the unknown surrounding. She moved her gaze around the room, everything was in white. Walls, curtains, sheets, everything.

Her throat felt dry, she tried to sat up and tried to reach the jar filled with water. When she tried to move her body, she felt a sharp, piercing pain in her lower abdomen. She hissed in pain, she felt something wet, between her legs. She stretched her hands to touch the wetness, when her gaze fell on her hands.

Her whole body shook with panic, she was shivering with fear. A fear she doesn't want it to be true, a fear that will broke her all dreams, which she was very eager to live. A lone tear fell from her eyes and a strangled scream escape out of her dry throat.

Suddenly the door opened and her husband, walked through the door, with a panicked look, after hearing her scream from the room. Soon his expression, changed into a painful one, after watching his wife.

He soon covered the distance, with long strides and engulfed her in a warm, tight hug. Her whole body was covered in cold sweat, shivering with the heart - broken pain. He hugged her, tightly to his chest and cried silently. His own heart was bleeding for thier loss.

"I am really sorry Zafi." As soon; the words left his mouth. As if on cue, stream of tears flow down her eyes. She sobbed in her husband's embrace.

"Its our first baby, Jamal. We lost it." Zafra sobbed. Soon the whole hospital room, filled with her sobs and cries. She cried, placing her hands on, now flat belly.

She cried and cried, in his arms, and fell asleep, due to lack of energy with immense blood loss. Jamal gently placed her on the bed and adjusted the pillow under her head. He placed a lingering soft kiss on her forehead, while a drop of tear fell from his eyes.

He sat on a chair, beside her bed, clasping her right hand in his both hands. He placed a soft kiss on it and rested thier intertwined hands, under his chin and closed his eyes.

Sometime later, there's a soft knock on the door, a women in her late forties, in nurse uniform, peaked thorough the door. When his gaze fell on her. Jamal gave a small smile with his tired face, she returned it with one of her own.

"Mr. Jamal, your wife's reports has been arrived and doctor wants to discuss something with you." Nurse delivered the news and left after getting a nod from jamal in answer.

Jamal placed her hand, on her side carefully and left for the doctors room.

He knocked the door, twice before entering through the door. When he reached to the threshold of the room, where doctor sat across the table, checking some files. When she saw Jamal, doctor closed the file, gave a grim expression, removing glasses.

"Is everything alright, doctor?" Jamal enquired, when clasping his hands together.

"You see, Mr.jamal. your wife lost the baby, cause of excessive blood loss, during the fall." Doctor explained. Jamal nodded.
"The thing is, her uterus wall, I mean her womb got weak, due to this incident. And am afraid, that she can't be able to conceive. There are very less chances for her to conceive a baby. Even though, if she conceive, her womb can't bare the weight of the baby for nine months of time period." Doctor concluded with a sigh.

Jamal already broken heart, felt like; crushed by a bulldozer. He tried to digest each and every word, which he heard. Its already so painful for him, and now this news was just like a heavy blow, which took his remaining breath away.

Jamal tried really hard to control the tears that are threatening to fall down, so that his pain could wash away through them. But, he swayed that thought away. He swallowed the thick unknown emotion, down his throat.

"What are the chances of her being pregnant, doctor?" Jamal queried, after sometime.

"Very less, Mr. Jamal. I don't want to give you false hopes. Its just 8 to 10 per cent chances for her to bare the baby." Doctor commented.

Jamal nodded, doctor handed him the reports, after explaining him about Zafra's do's and do not's.

Jamal went straight to his wife, who was still sleeping peacefully. His heart bleed at the thought of them not having thier own child. His insides clench, while thinking, how was he going to break the news to his zafi.

He placed a chaste kiss on Zafra's forehead, went out of the room. Jamal drove straight to nearest mosque, he cleaned the drop lets of blood stains from his shirt. He made wudhu, as soon, wudhu water touched his skin, eyes started to get glossy and he made wudhu with blurry eyes.

He stood in front of his lord, with heaviness in his chest and numbing pain in his heart. As soon as, his body touched the ground and he went to sujood. All the pent up, emotions broke free infront of his lord and he cried like a small child, for their loss.

He cried for his unborn child, who didn't even able to see this world. He cried for his wife, who had so many dreams and hopes, when she learned; she was going to be a mother. He cried for himself, he can't even able to protect his baby. He cried for being such a bad father, who can't even save his child.

He cried for so long that, he lost the count of time. He went to library mosque, to recite some qur'an, so that, the feeling of numbness in his heart would washout. Reciting the words again and again.

"Allah does not burden a soul,
Beyond it can bear."