MP3 - Molded Purity, Meaningly Precious, Moderately Pious by Nazia Tarannum (free ebook novel txt) 📕

Mr. Sheikh and his team join me for lunch and we finish the lunch around 3pm. I get busy with the work and my phone starts to ring, I answer the phone without seeing the caller name as my eyes were fixed on my laptop screen.

"As salamu alaikum bhaiya"

"Walikum as salam Sehar, how you been and is everything fine?"

"Allahmdullilah bhaiya everything is fine, I am waiting for you bhaiya, you were supposed to pick me up today and I have been waiting for you from past an hour".

"Ya Allah, I am so sorry Sehar I have been busy and picking u up was out of my mind. Give me other half an hour I will be there, Allah hafiz"

"Allah hafiz bhaiya"

I immediately finish my work and in less than ten minutes I leave the office and inform john to inform me if any important work comes up.

I reach Sehar's university and pick her up. We make small talks on the way home like her studies and Sehar had made her plans for her vacations and wanted to go with ammi and me.

I was in a delima whether to go on a vacation with my family or stay back n concentrate on the project. I actually needed a break from my work since of has been a while I have been on a vacation.

I remember it was in the end of my masters studies I had been on vacation with my college buddies and since then was stuck up with my work....

We reach out home at around six in the evening and mom sees Sehar back home and feels happy.

"Ammi you please convince bhiya so that we can go on a vacation for a month, and I have cancelled all my plans with my friends so that I can spend my time with my family"

"Saad beta I am not telling you to take vacation for a month, but try to keep your self away from work for at least two weeks. I am sure John can manage your work when you on vacation."

" In Shaa Allah ammi I will think over it....and you know I have many projects coming up and I am tied up with work."

I speak to Sehar and ammi for quite a while and I get a call from john, so I get up from the conversation and answer the phone.

"Hi john, anything important?"

"Yes Mr.Mr. Saad, the Dubai clients had just mailed their requirements and I have forwarded to ur mail, and they wanted the design in a span of two months as they wanted to start this on early basis."

"Thanks for informing john, I will go through the details. Is there any thing else you wanted to tell?"

"Yes Mr. Saad, I have also sent you the invitation details we had received from NASA, and they wanted your reply by tomorrow."

"Oh, ya the invitation from NASA, thanks John for going me a reminder, I will go through e details and revert them."

"I just had to remind it to you Mr. Saad, its part of my job. If something comes up for the day I will keep you informed. Good day Mr. Saad."

"Good day John".

I finish the call and go to my room to fresh-up and I had few mails to check. I have a quick shower and change myself into casuals and turn on my laptop to check my mails.

I was going through the invitation that I had received from NASA, to be the judge for a design event that is to be held in one of architecture school in Delhi.

I was busy checking my mails, later there was knock on the door, few seconds later there was Sehar holding her phone ion her hand with a big smile posted on her face, that smile of her had a devilish look which means there's something fishy.

"Bhaiya I just decided the place where I wanna go for my vacations, and this is the best place I would love to go, and ammi told you are also coming with us"

"Sehar I have piles of work to do and I am sorry my little sisI am not coming."

Me and Sehar were having a small bit sweet fight, as she was trying to convince me to come along with them, and I was trying to explain her my work issue, as Abba also is gone to Dubai on a business meet, the work load had increased.

Ammi enter into the room with speaking over her phone to Shameem khala*, who's is ammi's elder sister. She cuts the call saying In Shaa Allah and Allah Hafiz.

"So Saad beta what have you decided about the vacation?"

"Ammi I had received call from John, and theclients want their design as early as possible, so r me it's not possible to join you both"

"I just spoke to Shameem aapa and they are planning to keep Aamer's wedding next month In Shaa Allah and she want us all to attend all the wedding ceremonies, and Saad since Aamer is your cousin brother, they would be really happy if you there for his wedding."

"In Shaa Allah ammi I will schedule my work accordingly and confirm you by tomorrow morning."

Ammi and Sehar were really exited about Aamer's wedding, and I did not want to ruin der happiness. After thinking about my schedule I finally decided to accept the invitation I had received from NASA. I immediately replied to their mail and asked for the details of the event.

Since the time was nearing for Ishaan salah, I decide to go to nearby mosque to offer my salah. I decide to take a walk till the mosque as it was few streets away.

I was thinking about the schedule I had to plan during my stay in India, as I had no much time to complete my designs for the upcoming projects.

I reach masjid in about ten minutes and offer my salah. Once i was done with my salah, I was walking through the busy streets of Texas city.

I was sensing something very familiar around me, like someone was watching me, I immediately turn around to see if there was some one, and for my surprise the street all of sudden looked empty which was few minutes back a busy street.

Then my brain froze for fraction of seconds and I was not able to register as what had just happened.

I smell something good few stores away from where I was standing, so I started walking in the same direction from where this fragrance was coming from.

For my surprise I stop myself in front of a flower store and find these beautiful white lilies which catch my attention and realize that the fragrance was from these flowers.

I decide to buy few of them, though I am not a person who loves flowers. But there was something different about them.

I purchased few of them and head back home. I reach home and greet Sehar and ammi my salaam and they were, setting the table for dinner and I join them too.

"Saad beta who gave you these flowers, they seem to be so beautiful"

"Ammi I too found them good so thought of setting them in my room"

"But bhaiya, you are not a person who loves flowers; this thing in you sounds strange to me".

"I know Sehar; it's just that I liked their fragrance so just bought them home. Now I am starving for that yummy chicken, so can we have the dinner now?"

"Yes sure bhaiya, hehehehehehe"

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In-Shaa Allah: "God-wiling" or "god is willing" .

Khala: Maternal aunt is called as khala in Urdu.

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As salamu alaikum to my readers, I am sorry that I took lot of time to upload this chapter, as i was busy with my schedule and studies that I had no time to write it. In-Shaa Allah i will upload my next chapter early. Please do not forget to vote and comment.

Naziatarannum ^^ :-)

Chapter 6: Fragrance of the flowers

*Unedited*

Saad's POV

I could hear some faint noise from a room, and it sounded like a female's voice who was reciting Quran*, which was sounding good to my ears, so I decided to see who was it.

I take small steps towards the room on my left, which was a room away from mine and when I reach there, I slowly unlock the knob of the door. It was dark which only had the moonlight entering the room and a dim light which was coming from the lamp placed at the corner of the room.

I enter the room further and the women stops reciting the Quran. She was sitting on the floor with Quran in her hand and was covered with a hijab which had pink and orange flowers in it.

"As salamu alaikum, I did not mean to disturb you; I just wanted to tell you that you recite Quran in a beautiful way, allahmdullilah".

There was silence for few minutes. Her back was facing me, so I could not see her face. I started to analyse the room I was in, which I had never seen earlier. I was in my deep thoughts; I heard her replying for my salaam.

"Walikum as salaam"

Then my attention goes back to her, and her back was still facing me. I got furious and suspicious and I wanted to know who she was. I see her getting up from the floor and she places the Quran on the side table and she slowly starts turning her face towards me.

The only thing I could see was a flash of light hitting my face with full force and I cover my eyes with my hands.

When I take away my hands, what I see astonishes me and keeps me numb and speechless. I find myself on my bed and hear my morning alarm ringing. I was sweating, I immediately turn off the alarm and I see my laptop is still on my bed and it's not turned off.

I recall as to what had happened last night before I went off to bed.

After dinner I came back to my room and placed those white lilies in my room, and then I started working on few designs on my laptop and fell asleep.

I stop thinking about the dream I had and make my morning dua and get up from my bed. I check on the time it was half past seven; I get ready in other twenty minutes and start cleaning my room. I had a habit of cleaning my room myself and keeping it clean.

I could still smell the freshness from the flowers which made me feel good for some reason. When I was cleaning my room, I found something really strange and I froze in my place.

I saw the same Quran placed on the side table in my room. I was not able to register as what had happened. I pick the Quran and recite few ayats*.

I finish reading Quran and place it in my shelf. I felt much better after reading Quran. I change myself into business formals and go down stairs and greet my salaam to ammi and Sehar.

"As salamu alaikum ammi,