I woke up in a state of confusion last night, straightening up in a little corner of the lounge where I had dozed off. The L.C.D showed rapidly moving pictures and before I could figure out what they were saying I heard her say something to me in a calm concerned voice.
"Bajjo, zalzala aya hai."
I sat up immediately uttering words involuntarily, "Ya Allahu, Ya Allahu. Karam Maula? OMG! Did I say my Isha?"
"I was lying down here, about to go down and got dizzy, pehli baat to meray zehan mein aae zalzala hai, phir ek minute tak chakkar ata raha..."
"Ek minute? That's a lot of time, are you sure? Was it like one, two, three till ten, like ten seconds?"
"Pata nahi, kafi dair tak, yes probably ten seconds, and I couldn't feel anything else wrong with me, so I was like dude it's an earthquake, read the Kalima."
The time on the NEWS channel read 1:45 and I recited the Kalima while recalling if I had for sure said my Isha.
"I was lying down here and then I read the time, it was 10:15 and I had thought I should get done with Isha before power failure. I got up, but did I say Isha?"
"I don't know," she answered.
"Ya, I did. After my wittar I lamented over how rapidly I had said my Maghrib. Allah maaf karay, I am a disaster." Getting distracted by the noise outside I asked her, "Night match hai aaj in logon ka?"
"Yea, I don't think they noticed."
"Yahoodi ek din ka roza Fir'aun ki maut ki wajah se hi rakhtay haina?" I resumed the musing during which I had fallen asleep.
"I think. Should I wake Maa up?"
"Ahan, do that, let her know."
Amma came out of her room and said nafil prayers. We then watched the NEWS for a while that repeatedly informed us of the intensity varying from an initial 7.4 to a 7.2.
"Ayat-ul-Kursi parho sab," Amma had said.
Nauman and Hanif constantly text-ed her. According to Nauman he was on the computer when his chair started shaking and the window vibrated vigorously. They ran downstairs knocking on the doors of neighbors. Maria had woken up because the sofa she was sleeping on started oscillating and the iron stand too. Shafiq was studying when things started to shiver and she recited the Ayat-ul-Kursi. Mamu was up at the time of the quake and told us how the sky over him is saturated with the voice of Azaan which woke his daughter up who was terrified not only because of the chaos but by some one's stereo that started booming at the end of the street right after the Azaan-s ended. He told us to recite teesra Kalima. After a couple minutes we untightened a little, thanking Allah that we were not crushed under the debris of our house that we have built with such zeal. I then got my hands on a cell phone and awakened half the world who must have cursed giving me their numbers for waking them up for no apparent reason. I then went to bed around 3:30 in the morning.
The full moon looks fierce tonight.
"Bajjo, zalzala aya hai."
I sat up immediately uttering words involuntarily, "Ya Allahu, Ya Allahu. Karam Maula? OMG! Did I say my Isha?"
"I was lying down here, about to go down and got dizzy, pehli baat to meray zehan mein aae zalzala hai, phir ek minute tak chakkar ata raha..."
"Ek minute? That's a lot of time, are you sure? Was it like one, two, three till ten, like ten seconds?"
"Pata nahi, kafi dair tak, yes probably ten seconds, and I couldn't feel anything else wrong with me, so I was like dude it's an earthquake, read the Kalima."
The time on the NEWS channel read 1:45 and I recited the Kalima while recalling if I had for sure said my Isha.
"I was lying down here and then I read the time, it was 10:15 and I had thought I should get done with Isha before power failure. I got up, but did I say Isha?"
"I don't know," she answered.
"Ya, I did. After my wittar I lamented over how rapidly I had said my Maghrib. Allah maaf karay, I am a disaster." Getting distracted by the noise outside I asked her, "Night match hai aaj in logon ka?"
"Yea, I don't think they noticed."
"Yahoodi ek din ka roza Fir'aun ki maut ki wajah se hi rakhtay haina?" I resumed the musing during which I had fallen asleep.
"I think. Should I wake Maa up?"
"Ahan, do that, let her know."
Amma came out of her room and said nafil prayers. We then watched the NEWS for a while that repeatedly informed us of the intensity varying from an initial 7.4 to a 7.2.
"Ayat-ul-Kursi parho sab," Amma had said.
Nauman and Hanif constantly text-ed her. According to Nauman he was on the computer when his chair started shaking and the window vibrated vigorously. They ran downstairs knocking on the doors of neighbors. Maria had woken up because the sofa she was sleeping on started oscillating and the iron stand too. Shafiq was studying when things started to shiver and she recited the Ayat-ul-Kursi. Mamu was up at the time of the quake and told us how the sky over him is saturated with the voice of Azaan which woke his daughter up who was terrified not only because of the chaos but by some one's stereo that started booming at the end of the street right after the Azaan-s ended. He told us to recite teesra Kalima. After a couple minutes we untightened a little, thanking Allah that we were not crushed under the debris of our house that we have built with such zeal. I then got my hands on a cell phone and awakened half the world who must have cursed giving me their numbers for waking them up for no apparent reason. I then went to bed around 3:30 in the morning.
The full moon looks fierce tonight.
I too heard some people instrumenting after Azaans...it was really sad.
ReplyDeleteThat's the kind of people we are, pathetic to be exact.
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