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A mother’s heart…
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a mother’s heart never lies
-
...I’m really worried
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Are you using God as an excuse
to show your incompetence!
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If something happens to my mom, Dr. Omar -
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Now listen to me Azlan, life
and death are in God’s hands…
-
Prayer is far more effective than medicine
-
Then why don’t you ask and see if it works
-
I want to see how effective your prayers can be
-
God be praised, everything is normal!
-
That’s great.
-
Azka you’ve been a very strong and brave girl.
-
I’ll be discharging you from the hospital tomorrow.
-
Thank you very much.
-
I needed to speak to you about something.
-
Yes
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What did you need to speak to me about?
-
I don’t want the patient to know that I’ve donated the kidney; I want it kept confidential.
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Azka.
-
But she wants to know who the doner is
-
In fact, she even asked me about it today.
-
I have however not told her anything as yet.
-
Why do you not want her to know?
-
Thanks.
-
It’s just that I…
-
...I don’t want her to know because
-
I don’t want her to feel obligated to thank me every time she sees me.
-
Azka,
-
there are very few people in this world
-
who think like this.
-
I feel as if
-
there are many people in this world who are actually more generous of heart than me.
-
Who for example?
-
Ms. Shanaya.
-
Who’s Shanaya?
-
She was a wonderful lady
-
She was Mr. Azlan’s first wife.
-
She had a beautiful heart.
-
She was very positive
-
and she was someone who would help everyone.
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Okay
-
Fine.
-
Well take care.
-
Thank you so much…
-
Thank you.
-
Azlan,
-
You are a very lucky man.
-
You’ve got yourself a very good wife.
-
Please take good care of her.
-
Uh… Azka?
-
Your phone.
-
Thanks.
-
Listen?
-
I said too much to you the other day,
-
so, I wanted to say sorry for that.
-
It won’t happen again.
-
It’s okay.
-
Ma!
-
Ma!
-
Oh… Greetings!
-
Greeting my dear child, Kanwal!
-
Where are you going?
-
I’m on my way to Suraiya’s.
-
I have to give the money for the committee.
-
So, I’ll just come - here, take the key,
-
open the house
-
sit there
-
and I’ll be back before you know it, okay?
-
Oh and listen Kanwal,
-
any news about Azka?
-
No, Ma.
-
Alright, then once I return
-
you and I will both go across.
-
I will make sure I get some news today!
-
You go and sit and I’ll just come.
-
Azka didn’t come with you?
-
She wasn’t feeling well.
-
What’s wrong with her?
-
Very unfortunate what happened with her.
-
To think I brought her home only one night as a bride morning.
-
and then I go and get sick the very next
-
Shanaya was really nice
-
but unfortunately, destiny didn’t allow her the time to make a home with you.
-
Azka is even nicer than her.
-
And I really like her.
-
I would really like you
-
to care about her so she can make a home for you.
-
I’m sure
-
that she will turn your home into a heaven.
-
You’re the one that’s proved to be unfair!
-
You not only took her kidney
-
but you also went into a contractual paper marriage and so jeopardized her future as well!
-
Obviously,
-
You will divorce her now that you’ve gotten what you wanted!
-
Who gave me the kidney, Azlan?
-
I don’t want her to know
-
because I don’t want her to feel obligated to thank me every time she sees me.
-
Azlan?
-
Hmm?
-
Come here, son.
-
Yes?
-
I’ve never seen you look so worried.
-
I’m fine, son.
-
God’s given me a new life.
-
Life and death are in God’s hands.
-
Just thank God
-
that He has given me a second life.
-
I know you
-
don’t like to hear such things from me.
-
But I’m you mother
-
and I keep thinking about your hereafter.
-
Azlan,
-
you should offer your prayers.
-
One doesn’t know where and when one’s life may end suddenly.
-
Go
-
Offer a prayer for gratitude.
-
Please go son.
-
You?
-
Yes; greetings.
-
What are you doing here?
-
I wanted to meet Azka.
-
She’s blocked my phone number.
-
I went to the hospital to meet her and was told that she was on holiday.
-
But you got married.
-
So why do you want to meet her now?
-
I just wanted to tell
-
that I didn’t get married.
-
What?
-
What do you mean…
-
you didn’t get married?
-
That’s right, I didn’t.
-
But why not?
-
When I told that girl that I was in love with Azka…
-
that I would never be able to forget her she refused to marry me.
-
But my parents are agreeable to my marrying Azka now.
-
You’re too late, Zain.
-
What do you mean?
-
I’ll tell you.
-
Please come inside.
-
Look at that, the door is open!
-
How many times have I told Kanwal to lock the door.
-
But these girls I tell you… the situation in the city is also so bad -
-
The person who paid for her to become a doctor,
-
she went and married him to repay the favor.
-
What are you saying… Azka can’t do this!
-
It’s a paper marriage.
-
He’s going to divorce after a while.
-
What are you saying… I don’t understand a thing.
-
Zain.
-
That man used to hate us a lot
-
He would keep mentioning the favor he’d done us at every turn.
-
And then his mother’s kidneys suddenly failed.
-
They couldn’t find a kidney for her from anywhere.
-
Then our Azka went into a contractual marriage with him in order to help his mother.
-
The moment his mother gets better
-
he’ll divorce her.
-
What?
-
Mr. Ahsan I won’t be able to come for the meetings
-
so, you need to go ahead and conduct these meetings on my behalf.
-
Yes?
-
Zain… you and here…?
-
How are you?
-
What are you doing here?
-
I went to your house
-
and your sister-in-law told me everything.
-
You don’t need to explain anything anymore.
-
Sister-in-law should not have told you anything.
-
Why not?
-
Where’s the use of it?
-
Azka, Zain was always yours, is yours and will always remain yours.
-
What do you mean?
-
I didn’t get married.
-
When I told Nida about you,
-
she herself refused to marry me.
-
I don’t believe anything anymore.
-
Have you lost all faith in me and in my love for you?
-
Zain, life can be so unpredictable.
-
What we want, what we’ve thought… it doesn't happen.
-
And what does eventually happen
-
is something to which we’d never even given any thought.
-
Azka… but this what you need to understand.
-
Life is giving another chance to be together.
-
I don’t believe anything anymore.
-
I’m going to wait with great impatience for your contract marriage to end.
-
Why are you quiet?
-
Why don’t you say something?
-
Please don’t refuse me now.
-
I won’t be able to live without you, Azka.
-
Zain, as I’ve always told you before…
-
and I’ll say again,
-
if we’re destined to be together,
-
then nothing can prevent us meeting.
-
Okay.
-
You take care of yourself now.
-
Greetings Sir.
-
Greetings!
-
Doctor...I was just coming to you doctor.
-
I wanted to ask you something.
-
Yes, of course please do.
-
But I think you were busy with someone.
-
Oh!
-
You’re obviously referring to Dr. Zain.
-
Actually Dr. Zain and Azka used to be my students at one time.
-
Okay, I see.
-
The two of them were among the most brilliant students at college.
-
Anyways, you wanted to ask me something?
-
Oh yes, it was to do with Mom.
-
When can I take her home?
-
Well by the Grace of God she’s very stable now.
-
I will, God willing, discharge her day after tomorrow.
-
Okay awesome.
-
Thank you so much.
-
See you then.
-
See you.
-
Zahid,
-
Ma is unwell so how can I possibly leave her and come?
-
I’m going to stay with her tonight
-
so could you please see to the kids.
-
Thank you so much.
-
This is the one of your qualities that I really like; you really cooperate.
-
Kanwal?
-
I’ll speak to you later as Ma’s regained consciousness.
-
Kanwal!
-
Yes Ma?
-
Are you feeling better now Ma?
-
Forget me and tell me…
-
tell me about my Azka.
-
Don’t worry, Azka’s absolutely fine.
-
I spoke to her a lot today.
-
Take me to her… now… right now.
-
I’ll take you… I’ll take you to her in the morning because you aren’t well right now.
-
And Ma,
-
don’t worry so much about her.
-
How can I not worry about her?
-
My Azka
-
went and did something so major,
-
so quietly
-
and she didn’t even let get a whiff of it.
-
Ma, don’t worry at all
-
because after my talk with Zain and the things he told me today…
-
my heart feels very satisfied.
-
What did he tell you?
-
Why did he come over?
-
Ma, Zain didn’t get married.
-
And his family has agreed to him marrying Azka!
-
What’s the point of all this now?
-
What do you mean?
-
Ma,
-
Azka’s marriage to Mr. Azlan is just on a paper,
-
it’s only a contract.
-
And it was only so she could give the kidney.
-
We’ll bring her back home soon enough
-
and after getting her the divorce,
-
we’ll get her married to Zain
-
A divorce!
-
Tch…
-
Don’t worry about a thing Ma,
-
I’ve told Zain everything.
-
And do you know something,
-
he still hasn’t forgotten Azka.
-
You just wait and watch,
-
these too will, God willing, definitely get married.
-
Don’t worry.
-
Actually Dr. Zain and Azka used to be my students at one time.
-
The two of them were among the most brilliant students at college.
-
She was but a child and naive!
-
You are very rich and wise so did you feel no mercy for her?
-
Wow
-
I’ve never before met such a greedy, selfish and self-seeking person in my life!
-
Our Azka is a very good human being;
-
she’s very innocent
-
And the one who is unfair to God’s good, innocent and naive people,
-
God never forgives them.
-
And He will never forgive you as well!
-
What have you come here for now?
-
I don’t know.
-
You’re still rich and headstrong or have you grown up?
-
You went and rebelled against the One that taught you everything.
-
I have everything baba…
-
the only thing I don’t have is peace.
-
Do you have it?
-
I am but an ordinary being of God.
-
I am grateful to God.
-
I have peace and nothing but peace.
-
How?
-
You wear torn clothes…
-
you’re sitting out here in the Sun
-
not knowing even where your next meal will come from…
-
What kind of peace is this?
-
The God that gave knowledge via the pen …
-
...He taught humans all the things
-
that then made them arrogant.
-
After that they started to then think that they were rich and self-sufficient.
-
But always remember one thing, son..
-
He is the Almighty.
-
And humans are a small part of the equation.
-
They are nothing.
-
All you need to do is open your eyes
-
and face reality.
-
See where you stand then.
-
Now leave!
-
Go away
-
Don’t waste my time!
-
Ma. Have a little to eat.
-
I don’t want to eat.
-
What is this Ma!
-
How will you get better if you don’t eat?
-
Just eat a little.
-
First bring my Azka to me and then I’ll eat.
-
Okay fine… look, I’ll have her speak to you right now.
-
No,
-
I don’t want to speak to her on the phone.
-
Bring her in front of me because I want to see how she is.
-
Okay fine, I’ll have you meet her in the morning.
-
You can then see for yourself that she’s absolutely fine!
-
Alright…
-
since you’re saying it, I’ll accept it.
-
By the way Ma,
-
you know when I was leaving Azka’s room
-
I ran into Mr. Azlan.
-
What happened then?
-
What do you think can have happened?
-
I really let him have it!
-
But didn’t he say anything to you for doing so?
-
That’s what was so surprising.
-
He didn’t say a thing.
-
Otherwise, you know how Mr. Azlan, forget getting a little get up,
-
he really lets one have it and good and proper!
-
But he didn’t utter a word then.
-
What do you think it means?
-
That’s something I couldn’t understand either…
-
Mr. Azlan
-
and not humiliate one,
-
how is it even possible?
-
I’ll just go check who that is.
-
Coming… just coming!
-
Greetings Ma.
-
Greetings.
-
Uh… Why don’t you come and sit Zain… come…
-
You should have these medicines.
-
You’ll be absolutely fine after having them.
-
Ma,
-
I get the feeling that you’re still angry with me.
-
That day…
-
I couldn’t keep a control over my emotions.
-
Will you not forgive me?
-
It’s not what you think.
-
Sometimes circumstances are not in one’s favor…
-
and a person is forced to do that which they don’t want to.
-
Yes well, I also went through something similar.
-
But my parents will now very happily, with great respect and caring come with a proposal for Azka.
-
That’s wonderful
-
we’re now willing as well.
-
The moment her paper marriage ends
-
we will get you two married with great fanfare, God willing!
-
I went to visit Azka as well.
-
I’ve apprised her of the whole situation.
-
Really?
-
Just look at this,
-
God is now Himself making ways for this to happen.
-
The One that taught him everything,
-
they rebelled against Him?
-
Mankind became arrogant and headstrong
-
He is the Almighty.
-
and humans are a small part of the equation.
-
So, open up your eyes
-
and face reality.
-
See where you stand then.
-
Yes Sir?
-
Is Professor Rehman at home?
-
Waheed?
-
Yes Sir?
-
Who is it? Is it Azlan?
-
Yes Sir.
-
Bring him inside.
-
Please come in.
-
Greetings Sir.
-
Greetings.
-
Sorry you’re having your dinner.
-
I’ll come back some other time.
-
Come join me.
-
No thank you, Sir.
-
I’m really not up to eating anything today.
-
Azka, Zain was always yours, is yours
-
and will always remain yours.
-
Life is giving a chance to be together once again.
-
I’m going to wait with great impatience for your contract marriage to end.
-
My life has come to a standstill at a crossroad…
-
where it now feels as if everything anyone says is but false and empty promises.
-
I wonder
-
what’s going to happen in the future.
-
I don’t have faith in anything anymore.
-
The purpose of my life is…
-
Success,
-
spreading my business far and wide
-
and looking after my mother.
-
Nothing else matters to me.
-
Then why is it that if anything anyone says….
-
I get disturbed...
-
Professor,
-
I’ve gotten whatever I’ve ever wanted from life.
-
So much so that I even got that which I didn’t want.
-
I was the happiest man in the world.
-
Anything I put my hand on
-
I would get.
-
And then she left.
-
And she took everything with her.
-
My dreams,
-
my happiness,
-
my love…
-
everything.
-
And now this world is telling me today to check my level of faith?
-
Then why have you come to me
-
when you have everything?
-
You have all of God’s blessings…
-
things that even if you want to count them, you can’t.
-
So, why this sense of hopelessness son?
-
Why then the worry?
-
That’s what I’ve come to ask you.
-
Shanaya used to say
-
that your words gave her a sense of peace.
-
Please speak to me about something…
-
so that I can also feel the peace.
-
Please.
-
Will you be able to hear the truth?
-
God dislikes people who are arrogant,
-
proud,
-
headstong
-
and ungrateful.
-
He doesn’t like people who don’t appreciate the blessings which He has bestowed upon them.
-
It is in Surat-ul-Mulk Ayat number 1-30, that God tell us,
-
“Tell them…
-
“He is the One..
-
who brought you into being..
-
and gave you the ability of sight and hearing…
-
and heart and mind to understand and think…and other strengths and abilities
-
˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.”
-
So, tell me then,
-
do you offer your gratitude to Him?
-
Or do you become arrogant and proud
-
and show off
-
saying that every blessing that’s been given to you by God…
-
is through your own efforts?
-
Ask your heart as to
-
what it is that you’ve earned.
-
Is it success?
-
Wealth?
-
or only loss?
-
But the person who atones and seeks repentance,
-
embraces his religion
-
and does good works…
-
God will forgive that person his sins and turn them into blessings.
-
For God is forgiving and merciful.
-
Kanwal?
-
Come, shall we go to the hospital now?
-
You want to go so early in the morning, Ma?
-
You know how I couldn’t sleep all night.
-
Zain had said that he would take us.
-
Who knows when he’s going to come?
-
Come, lets you and I go.
-
Alright look have your breakfast and then we’ll go.
-
Oh, look at that,
-
Zain’s calling.
-
Hello?
-
Greetings.
-
Yes Zain?
-
Yes, yes, fine we’re waiting.
-
He should be here soon.
-
Yes?
-
Azka.
-
Ma,
-
why are you crying?
-
I’m fine.
-
When did you do all this?
-
How did you do it?
-
You didn’t even tell your Ma?
-
Look at me, I’m fine.
-
I’m brave.
-
Yes, my daughter is brave.
-
I am after all your daughter.
-
No,
-
You are a lot braver than me.
-
I’m very grateful to God.
-
So, did you bring me my clothes sister-in-law?
-
Yes, yes, they’re over there.
-
Fine.
-
Let me change and then we have to go and meet Mr. Azlan’s Mom.
-
We need to show that we’ve just come from the house, okay?
-
Why?
-
Ma,
-
she doesn’t know that I gave her the kidney.
-
This means that she probably doesn’t even know about the paper marriage.
-
But what if she finds out?
-
I will never let her find out, sister-in-law.
-
These things never remain hidden, Azka.
-
How long do you think you can hide it?
-
We’ll deal with it when the time comes
-
but for now….this is fine.
-
Fine, as you wish!
-
Oh and by the way, Zain is here as well.
-
Zain brought you all here?
-
Okay…
-
Alright
-
so let me change and then we’ll head out.
-
Azka, I didn’t want to discuss this in front of your mother, Azka.
-
The thing is that Azlan was very alone after Shanaya.
-
I want you to give Azlan as much time as possible.
-
I know that girls really feel like visiting their parents’ homes after getting married.
-
And you should definitely go of course…
-
but come back in a day or so
-
Okay?
-
Could you hand me that bag dear?
-
Of course.
-
Keep this.
-
No aunty please,
-
there’s no need for this.
-
Please don’t embarrass me like this.
-
Please take it my dear.
-
I’m asking you to take it please.
-
How are you, Mom?
-
Hi.
-
I’m fine
-
and why wouldn’t I be since look at this my daughter -
-
my daughter-in-law has come to meet me today.
-
What could make me happier than to see you two together?
-
Um…
-
If you’ll excuse me…
-
Ma and my sister-in-law are waiting outside in the corridor.
-
Azlan?
-
Go and drop Azka outside.
-
Yes of course.
-
Shall we go?
-
You take care of yourself now.
-
Come back soon.
-
I’ve signed the discharge papers
-
and I’ve told Samra at home
-
to let me know if you need anything.
-
Okay?
-
I’m not going back to your house.
-
What do you mean?
-
Mr. Azlan…
-
Meaning that the contract is now fulfilled.
-
All the conditions listed in it are complete
-
and…
-
your mom also has her kidney now.
-
So…
-
send the divorce papers to my house.
-
And this…
-
this is some money that your mother gave me thinking me to be her daughter-in-law.
-
I have no right to it.
-
Azka please.
-
Please return it to her when you think it appropriate.
-
Azka please…
-
Please, please, please take this.
-
Please.
-
Kindly take this Mr. Azlan.