ZaYa FF- A Beacon of Hope Ch6 (Updated 15/05/14) - Page 7

5.40am

Aliya's Home

Bhopal, India

A cool breeze swept into the room through the open window as the sun was about to rise. The buzzing of the locals could be heard as they rose to get ready to read Fajr prayer, ready to start a new day.

The azaan would be read soon by the mu'azzin in a melodious manner, urging people to read Fajr Salaah.

Aliya and Ayat had been up for a while, they had completed their wudhu and moved to place the prayer mats in the direction of the Holy Kabah. A few moments later, Ghulam and Shabana walked into the the room, Ghulam questioned his daughters about their guest's presence.

"Arre, hamare mehmaan abhi utay nahi? Fajr namaz ka waqt aa raha hai?"

"Abu, I don't think they're awake yet." Ayat replied.

"Aliya, go and wake them up.We need to go to mosque."

"Ji, Abu." Aliya replied

Iss bewakoof ko mera aaj ka din kharab karna zaruri tha? Aliya wondered, as she walked up towards the guest room occupied by her favourite person -note the sarcasm- and his friend.

Knock! Knock!

The sound of Aliyah gently tapping the door dispersed throughout the vacant corridor.

Knock! Knock!

Again there was no answer.

She banged on door for the final time. A pregnant silence could be heard within the corridor. She sighed frustrated at the recent occurrence and trudged down the stair back to the room.

Abu, I've knocked on the door and they still sleeping.

"Becharey, those poor boys must be exhausted from their flight."

Aliya rolled her eyes.

"Ammi, they came from Mumbai, not from another country," she mumbled.

"It's alright I'll go call them." Ghulam said, walking out of the room.

Meanwhile, in Zain and Rizwan's Room

Ghulam opened the door to the boy's room and proceeded into the room. Zain was lying on the bed upside down with his mouth opened, his feet inches away from Rizwan's face. Ghulam chuckled, to him Zain hadn't changed since he last saw him, he was still the same mischievous boy at heart.

"Zain, Rizwan, it's time to wake up!" Ghulam said as he tried to shake Zain so he'd wake up.

"Mum, 5 more minutes please." Zain replied., swatting away Ghulam's hand.

"Zain, its time for namaz. Wake up, please." Ghulam said more sternly.

Zain slowly opened his eyes, yawned and sat up. He looked at the window and saw it was still dark outside.

"Phupa, kya hua?"

"Beta its nearly time for fajr namaz do your wudhu and come downstairs so we can go to the masjid. And tell Rizwan to do the same. Please hurry up."

"Sure phupa."

As soon as Ghulam walked out of the room, Zain jumped off the bed and started pacing the room rapidly.

What the hell am I going to do? I don't know how read namaz. Aargh! I'll just have to follow what they do and learn what to say and do later.

Zain quickly left the room to take a shower, he remember vaguely how to do wudhu from his childhood and performed it to the best of his ability.

"Rizwan wake up." He was shaking Rizwan awake yet he just seemed to sleep. Zain pushed Rizwan off the bed. After hearing a loud "BANG", he hear Rizwan groaning.

"Get off the floor right now! And go do wudhu so we can go and read namaz." Zain said seriously as he moved got some fresh clothes. All the clothes he brought were casual, t-shirts, blazers and jeans, and somehow he knew they wouldn't be suitable to wear to a mosque.

Whilst gently massaging the back of his head, Rizwan asked Zain, "Bro, since when have you started to read namaz, last I remember you didn't even know how to read anything in Arabic, you gave salaam with the wrong hand yesterday, that alone says enough."

"Go get ready, phupha is waiting for us."

"Zain's behaviour is officially giving me a headache and it doesn't help that he pushed me off the bed. And the fact that he's woke me up so early in the morning is also contributing to the headache." He yawned whilst mumbling to himself as he walked towards the bathroom.

Zain got change and waited for Rizwan to get ready so they could walk downstairs together and see what would happen during fajr namaaz at the mosque.

• Azaan - A call to prayer, which reminds or tells muslims to prayer
• Mu'azzin- The person who is reading the Azaan
• Wudhu - Ablution
• Salah - prayer
• Arre, hamare mehmaan abhi utay nahi? Fajr namaz ka waqt aa raha hai?. - Oh, have our guests not woken up yet? It is nearly time for fajr prayer.
• Iss bewakoof ko mera aaj ka din kharab karna zaruri hai, kya? - Did this idiot have to ruin my day today?

I got a bit of writers block whilst I was writing this. Hope its not too bad.

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