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Saba has forgiven those she wanted to forgive. She is bitter inside and that was evident when she retraced her steps back homewards to meet a dying woman. A woman who had torn her life apart.
She says she is no one to forgive, it is Allah who has the power to do so. By her saying "maaf kar diya" it is meaningless. The day of judgement awaits us all and only He can forgive. I gathered that is what she wanted to say. She makes no eye contact with Arfeen's family and doesn't wait a moment more than necessary. She doesn't wait even when the cow says "roko use". And Arfeen knows he has no right to do so. She says maaf kar diya to a despaerate woman who couldn't see beyond those words. Hence I said "lip service".
She remained unforgiving or distrustful of her next of kin ....... Aksa.
For me Saba remained a common but pious and kindhearted human being. She had learnt her scriptures from life. She may have got her detachment mainly because she didn't want any superfluous attachment except for her daughter. But she was not on the path of "renunciation". She had her little dreams of a prince coming and carrying her daughter away. She was a great human being and for me she became tangible because she did show human reactions of anger and bitterness. She got her peace because she was proved true and she was happy with that.
Umera put Saba on a high platform by cutting up Arfeen and making him weak. That was her folly.
I viewed Saba and Arfeen in the same light. I always back the underdogs and here both Saba and Arfeen were scapegoats. Saba found her salvation point but that was not the case with Arfeen. I wasn't impressed by the way he was treated by the author. That was my folly.
Kumkum Bhagya
Anupamaa
