Tell Your Father I'm a Muslim
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Mary lay weak in the hospital. The infusion needle pierced through his left hand, his eyes still closed. It had been a few hours he was unconscious
selves. His father had been chanting the holy verses of the Qur'an, while his mother continued to weep beside Maryam.
A few minutes later, Khaled arrived. Maryam's father and mother accidentally left her alone with Maryam. Perhaps Khaled's presence next to Maryam could help him regain consciousness, his father had intended.
Khaled felt pity at the sight of Maryam's weak helpless condition. He took a seat right next to Maryam's bed. The letter of Al-Fatihah was delivered from his lips.
”David... David... David..” Maryam was stirring in her dream. Slowly his eyes opened.
”Maryam..” Khaled called out to her, trying to make sure that Maryam had come to her senses. He asked a little in his heart who was called Mary.
”Where am I?” ask Maryam.
”You're in the hospital, Maryam. I called your mom and dad outside huh?” Khaled smiled gently.
”Where is David? Where is he?” ask Maryam with a loud tone.
”David? Who her? I don't know, Maryam. I just came after receiving your father's news. Oh, maybe I can ask
Your father..” Khaled was about to go out, but Maryam prevented him.
”Do not. I don't want to meet my mom and dad. Please, don't tell me I'm conscious,” said Maryam.
”Why? They're your parents, Maryam.” Khaled was astonished by Maryam's attitude.
Maryam.
”Khaled..” Maryam tried to gather words.
”Iya..” He looked at Maryam's face that looked tense.
”Do you love me? (Do you love me?)” ask Maryam.
Khaled tried to hide his face. He did not expect to get that frontal question from Maryam. Her chest was beating great, nervous was incredible.
“A... i...?”
“Iya, I asked you. Do you really love me? (Do you really love me?)” Maryam repeated her sentence again.
Khaled took a deep breath, closed his eyes, “In the name of Allah the Most Loving and Loving, I. I do love you, Maryam.”.
“If I don't sincerely become your wife someday, do you still want to marry me?” mary asked again, this time he was more careful.
“Wedding should be based on liking, Maryam. If one of them is forced, then the marriage is not legal.” There are those who worry
khaled.
“That's how I feel about you. I'm not willing to be your wife.” To be honest Maryam was afraid to be direct about her feelings for Khaled, but she thought it was a good time to talk about it. He had no choice but to say it.
Khaled did not know what to answer, the hope of marrying Maryam was dashed.
***
Jardon finds an unconscious David. There was fresh blood flowing from his nostrils, as well as his forehead
the bruised ones are flushed. Without wasting time, Jardon immediately took his best friend to the nearest hospital.
Doctors had repeatedly replaced the intravenous fluid that penetrated David's arm, but he was not yet conscious. His father, the bright-faced and old priest, continued to pray for him. Some monks also took care of him.
David's eyes twitched, the light of the lamp dazzled his eyes. He slowly realized as soon as he heard the voice of his father who continued to say the name of his Lord in every prayer.
“Dad..”
”Praise God, you've come to your senses, son?” dad says.
”Dad, where's Maryam? How is he doing?” David remembered Maryam.
”Maryam? I don't know, son. I contacted someone that you were in the hospital and I didn't see Maryam with you.” Father explained.
”I have to wake up, Dad. I need to get out of this hospital and find Maryam. I went with Maryam that night, Dad. I'm afraid anything happened to him.” David tried to get up and take off the infusion wrapped around his hand.
”You're still weak, son. You can't get out of your bed yet. Take it easy, Maryam must be fine.” His father tried to calm him down.
”No, Dad, something must have happened with Maryam.” David rippled from his father's grip.
”Calm down, David. You can't think too much first. Relax, Nak.” He rewound David's body to calm down.
”Speaking God's name, Son. Trust me, Maryam will be fine.” David's hair is soft.
”I have to meet Maryam. I have to meet him, Dad,” his sobs.
***
Khaled is still standing near Maryam. I don't know what he was thinking, which was obvious at the time that he felt fragile. His heart ached knowing that the first girl who had recently graced his heart did not love him.
”I've been trying to love you, Khaled. I tried to prepare myself to be your shaleha wife, to be a good wife. Help me. Help me, Khaled,” said Maryam amid her sobs.
Khaled just kept quiet, he didn't know what else to say to Maryam.
”Before I knew you, I was close to a man. He was the first to defend me at school. At that time I felt depressed when my classmates would not accept me in class, they thought I was an *******. But he, he was different, he defended me instead. From then on I became close friends with him, and I honestly started to like him. But by Allah, a little bit of him never touched me.” Mary explains all the secrets of her heart.
Khaled's heart was raging, he had no idea that he would be involved in the affairs of this strange heart.
”You ever fell in love, Khaled? I mean, before you fell in love with me?”
Khaled raised his face. He saw Maryam's face.
”No, never. By Allah, I have never known a woman more closely before knowing you, Maryam. The one I love
only God. And I always prayed to Him, that He might give me love, give me a wife who shaleha and love me. Ever since dad told me
getting married to a girl after this high school, my chest trembled. I can't wait to meet that girl. The afternoon I
can't sleep thinking about what he looks like. Yeah, that girl is you, Maryam. After I saw you at the introduction, at home I cried before Him, for I feared that my love for you would be greater than my love for Him. I'm tormented, Maryam. I often shed tears between prayers when I realized that I had fallen in love with you, Maryam.”
Silent.
”What should I do?” ask Khaled to Maryam. Eyes glazed.
”I don't know, Khaled. I don't know.” There was regret in Mary's heart because she had hurt others.
”That man may be better than me,” said Khaled lirih.
Maryam.
”You know, what makes Prophet Muhammad always calm in the face of any ordeal in his life? I've been
reading a book, the secret is only one, Maryam, because she always keeps her love for God. He never overstated his love for anything but Him. Stop crying, lest your love make God turn away from you, Maryam.” Khaled advised
Mary softly, without intending to preach to him.
”Help me, Khaled. Help me to love God more than anyone else. I love David so much. But I want this love
stay on the correct portion.”
”I can't. I am still learning for that too. But we can learn, Maryam. We can start from ourselves with the intention.”
Maryam and Khaled were busy with their own thoughts. Maryam began to take advice from Khaled. He was correct in his advice
his advice.
***
David's dad's out. David left him alone in his room to calm down. In his solitude, David prayed.
”God, why is the path of love so difficult? There is no other woman I love but her, Lord. Do I have to turn away from You, and love the Lord that Mary worships? It's the only way I can get Maryam's love, God. Are you gonna be mad
if I turn away from you? I know, you saved me, you brought me to my foster father, so he took care of me with his monks, You take care of me, Lord. No, you will be very angry with me, You must say I am Your unfilial servant. Forgive me, Lord. Forgive me. If you don't want me to betray you, lose my love for Maryam. I beg you, because whenever Maryam will never be mine.” Stupefied David prayed while holding a cross hanging from his neck.
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