Elegi Love Nayla

Chapters. 12

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Nayla scoops the air deeply and recites the basmallah before entering Rizal's room.

His feelings are mixed. Between fear, doubt, and worry.

For some reason, he suddenly felt unsure that his father would accept Zidan as a potential son-in-law.

It's different with Zidan. He looked calm and did not feel nervous in the slightest.

"Assalamu'alaikum ...." Zidan said a greeting accompanied by a smile that was beautifully painted on his handsome face while cupping both palms in front of his chest.

Maria returned the greeting spoken by Zidan and also cupped her palms in front of her chest, as well as Rumi.

Rumi was impressed by Zidan's polite attitude, so he immediately liked Zidan and strongly agreed that Nayla chose the young man as her future husband.

What about Rizal?

Rizal put on a flat face. He watched Zidan from the tip of his foot to the tip of his head.

But a split second later, Rizal frowned, until the base of his eyebrows intertwined.

"It seems we've met. But where is it?" Rizal tried to remember Zidan's face. As if he had met her.

"We have met. Not just meet, but we've talked." Zidan spoke to Rizal without the slightest hesitation.

"Yes, I remember. You're ban-dar ju-di and the owner of the Nig-ht Hotel, right?"

"Yes, that's right. But that was before I decided to emigrate."

Rizal brought his body up from a lying position. He clenched his hands and cast a sharp gaze towards Zidan. He was very angry at the young man who had ensnared his daughter.

While Rumi, he looks very shocked once he knows the truth about Zidan. Rumi does not expect that Zidan was once a ju-di tire-dar and the owner of the Nig-ht Hotel. A special hotel is rented by Zidan to do zi-na.

"Less a-jar! How dare you approach my daughter and want to marry her!" Rizal's voice sounded blaring. But it didn't make Zidan feel the slightest fear.

Zidan had expected that Nayla's parents would be angry with her if they knew of her dark past.

"Pa, relax. Hold your emotions Papa. Give Nayla and Mas Zidan a chance to talk-" Nayla tries to calm her papa, but in vain. Rizal still could not hold back his emotions and instead expressed his anger towards Zidan.

"Pa, Mas Zidan is not a breng-sek man. He's a good guy--"

"How can you say, ban-dar ju-in like him ... good guy, Nay? Papa is sure, you've been hit by a spell of enchantment. You've been in spells by him. You have to be conscious, Nay! He's not as good and perfect as you know."

"Pa, Mas Zidan is indeed a former ban-dar ju-di, but he has already repented. Mas Zidan has emigrated. He did not use any enchantment spells, let alone obscure spells, just to ensnare Nayla's heart. Absolutely NOT, Pa." Nayla tried to defend Zidan and dismissed her papa accusations against Zidan.

"Nay - -"

"I'm sorry, can I talk to you?" Kyai Hidayat interrupted, so Rizal stopped talking.

"I Hidayat, teacher and adoptive parent of Zidan," he continued, introducing himself.

A momentary silent atmosphere enveloped the entire space. Not a single person spoke, as Kyai Hidayat also opened his voice. It was as if they were submissive and hypnotized by the aura of Kyai Hidayat that radiated peace.

Although already old, the face of Kyai Hidayat looks bright and authoritative, because he always takes care of ablution and keep his worship as a servant.

"Son Rizal, all men have sinned. No exception to ourselves. And all those who have sinned deserve forgiveness from Allah, provided they ask forgiveness and repent with true repentance, as Zidan has done" Kyai Hidayat said.

"Zidan has committed a sin. For us, the sin that Zidan committed was so great, that we forget that 'maybe' we have sinned equally or even more than Zidan ever committed."

"Although Zidan was once a ban-dar ju-di and the owner of a special hotel for a pilgrimage, there is no reason for us to constantly judge and even hate him, because he had realized the sins he had committed. He has set himself up to emigrate. In fact, he had repented with true repentance. He left his dark past behind and tried to improve" he added.

"Son Rizal, forgive Zidan if he ever did anything wrong, especially to you. Give Zidan a chance to prove that he deserves to be with Nak Nayla. He deserves to be the best priest for Nak Nayla. He was able to become a husband who was able to guide Nak Nayla and create a harmonious household. Sakinah, mawadah, warahmah."

Rizal. He tried to examine the words of Kyai Hidayat and seemed to think.

His side of heart justifies all the words of Kyai Hidayat. But the other side of his heart, seemed reluctant to forgive and accept a former sinner as his daughter's future husband.

While thinking, Rizal suddenly remembered the great sin he had committed. He also recalled the saying of a proverb, "if one night you see someone sinning, the next day do not look at him as a sinner, it is possible that at night he repented with true repentance, and his repentance was accepted by Allah. Look, it's possible that your sin is greater than that person's."

Oh my God, I'm a sinner too. Just like Zidan. Perhaps my sin is greater than his. I have not repented, while Zidan has repented and tried to improve - Rizal monologues in the heart with his faithful lips silenced.

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