Are You Hearing Voices?

P. 75

Jason hesitantly took his hand and shook it. His eyes were still bulged open starring at his all white robe. Then he sat down next to him.

"What... happened bro? Why are you..." He said then he stretched his hands out towards Abdul, pointing at his wardrobe.

"Why am I what?" He asked.

"Why are you dressed like this?" He asked.

Abdul looked at him and didn't say nothing for a few seconds.

"Jason... Something miraculous happened to me last night." Abdul said.

"What happened bro?" Jason asked.

Abdul lifted up his hands as if he was in a church giving praise.

"Allah Azzawajal sent an Angel to me last night, and that Angel instructed me on what needs to be done, and what I need to do." Abdul said.

Jason nodded his head slowly up and down.

"That Angel told me! That I need to abandon all the pleasures and distractions of this world, then I can truly attain the pleasure of Allah Azzawajal. So that is exactly what I have done. I am now a new Muslim and I've truly returned back to The Almighty. What occurred yesterday between me and Shay was an eye opener. It allowed me to see that I need to give more worship and praise to my Lord, The Most High. Then..."

"Bro... I don't mean to cut you off. But it was just a mistake and a silly blunder, you're only human bro..." Jason said.

Abdul held his hand up. "No. That's not an excuse. My mortality and fallibility cannot extenuate the many transgressions that I made yesterday. I will never falter again. NEVER!" Abdul said.

Jason looked at his friend and shook his head slowly.

"It's gonna happen again bro... There's no doubt about that." Jason said.

Abdul quickly shook his head from side to side again.

"Nope! I have revitalized my Iman. I am now a new Muslim." He said.

"Dude, you can revitalize your Iman all you want. But at the end of the day you're still human, and you're still gonna be prone to make mistakes." Jason said.

"No. I'm not human than." Abdul said.

Jason scoffed. "If you're not human then what are you? An alien?"

"Allah has transmuted me into an Angel. I no longer have the capability in me to go against the orders of my Lord." Said Abdul.

Jason gave his friend a long stare, then he shook his head slowly.

"DuL, just shut up, you're high." Jason said.

"I have terminated my smoking habits. I no longer consume intoxicants of any kind."

"You stopped smoking?" Jason asked.

"Yes I have. I told you bro, I am now an Angel."

Jason bursted out in laughter. "You... 'stopped smoking?'" Jason said as he shook his head from side to side, then he smiled.

"DuL, you're a funny character bro. Wallahi I'ma write..."

The bus then pulled up to the school parking lot at Penn Wood High and parked. All the kids who were in the bus got up and began to walk out the door. Jason and Abdul also got up.

"Okay Ms. Nyesha. See you later, you have a good day now." Jason smiled and said to the bus driver.

"You too Jason, have fun at school honey." Ms. Nyesha said.