It's 4:50am the call to Adhan(prayer) woke me up, I receited the du'a (invocation) praising and thanking Allah for sparing me to see another day , so I stood up brushed my teeth performed wudoo(ablution) and observed my salatul-subhi(morning prayer). Dad already left for the masjid(mosque) for him to meet up the jam'i(congregation), he was home for the weekend guess he would be leaving today. He is a very busy business man always traveling interstate for his businesses"Allah ya Kare Mana Kai" (May Allah protect you) AMEEN. I approached mum's bedroom noticed she's still praying, thought I should make muraja'a(Revision) of some verses in the Qur'an(holy book)instead of sleeping. Didn't know when time went by it's 6:00am already,need to start preparing for school it's going to be a very long and hectic day Mondays are always boring. Dad just came back from the masjid.
" Assalamualaikum"(peace be upon you ) Abba(father) Good morning.
"Wa'alaikumAssalam"(and on to you peace) morning Zinat ,how was your night? Hope you had a wonderful night rest?
"Alhamdulilah"(praise be to God) Abba(father)
"Masha Allah"(God has willed) hope you are done preparing for school? You mustn't be late,it's your first day at junior school.would have loved to drop you off but I will soon be leaving for Lagos .
"Na'am"(yes) Abba(father) no problem mum will drop me just take care of yourself "Allah ya kiyaye hanya" (May God make your path safe.)
AMEEN "Allah ya Miki albarka" ( God bless you).
Okay Before I forget
My name is Zinat bint affan,an 8 years old northern girl,small but mighty grandma calls me😂that daddy's girl, the only child of my parents for now. Tall and skinny fair in complexion with a pointed nose, small lips , big eye balls and thick eyebrows. I'm a Shy type 😌 and don't like talking much. I love my parents we are leaving our best lives happy and admirable ☺️.........
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Zinat, Zinat, Zinat it's 7:00am what are you still doing,(mum yelling) hurry up you are to slow for my liking wallahi(I swear to God ). would be dropping you off,you need to be familiar with all the bus stops you are coming back yourself "kafin ki aikata halinki na shirme" .
Mum I am furious,have not been anywhere alone not to talk of coming back alone.what if I miss the bus stop, Or can't find my way back? I might get lost, what if something happens to me?
I kept talking to myself she pretend not to hear a word I was saying.my heart kept racing like how will I approached my mates and teachers?? "Ya Salam!!(oh God).
We arrived 7:30am on the dot, Mallam Hassan who was the vice principal took us to the principal's office as he was the first staff we found at the premises. Ustaz Abdulkareem(principal) welcomed us without wasting much of our time gave me some exercise books and told me to join the lesson as each classes are been addressed by there teachers.he directed me to my classroom,I left mum in his office trying to locate my classroom on reaching to the staircase little did I realize I won't be seeing mum again till after school, I burst into tears I now understand the feeling of those infant brought to school on the first day,i stood there for a minute talking to myself.........Zinat be bold(kar ki bani kunya) Each step i took on the stairs I was shivering in fear.
Forgot to say "salam" I walked into the classroom forgetting there was a teacher.
go back and say salam( in an angry tone) don't you have manners? Or where you not thought how to great an seek for permission before entering a classroom (Yelling on top of her voice)...........the teacher in the class said.
At this point my breath seized tears in my eyes felt embarrassed......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm me that easily get confused when you yell at me worst of all in the presence of my mates on the first day "haba" I hate it "wallahi".
I apologized for my actions and took permission,as soon as I was granted permission I quickly looked for the closet desk and chair all eyes was on me especially the male gender most of them were laughing l felt like the earth should swallow me at that point, I took the first sit on the first roll most of the seats had already been occupied with what already happened I can't start looking for any sit. After a long silence she continued (teacher).
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