CHAPTER 16
PART B

La fatah illa ali
La saife illa zulfiqar
La fatah illa ali
La saife illa zulfiqar

Ali, ali, ali, ali...

In the hospital,asad is aitting on a wooden bench right outside the OT,next to him is nazma who is hugging his brother for courage and next to nazma is zoya giving a side hug to her. Asad wearily looks at zoya with his red eyes, tapping over her shoulder he nods his head in yes. Zoya smiles at him even when her eyes is now flowing rivers and she gets up to make dilshad sits next to nazma.
"Bhaijaan abu theek ho jayege na?" She asks looking at her both brothers.
Ayaan shakes his head in yes quickly dropping few tears on floor. While asad just brushes her hair in order to calm her down.

Himmatein ataa karo
O madadgaar maula

Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Oh maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
The door to the OT swings with a click and a nurse comes out with few trays lined up on her palm with descending size.
"Abu theek hai na?" Nazma quickly runs and asks nurse who has her head low while thinking about the answer.
"Let the doctor tell you"she simply answers and started walking away from nazma while nazma follows her footstep till ayaan picks nazma in a side hug to stop her from scarring nurse.
"Abu!"nazma points at OT and starts crying.here dilshad is now hugging her son but the bond seems different,certain points highlight dilshad encouraging her son while some places it looks like asad is supporting dilshad silently.
Aap hi ho quwwate
Parwardigaar maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Oh maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula

The mean time tanveer enters and soon she faces millions of question by Abdul and haseena for her absence but she smartly deals with every thing and now her eyes are lock at asad and some times zoya...
"Asad abu ki tabiyat ab theek hai?" Tanveer asks asad and zoya looks upto them as she was the one spotting tanveer in hospital with a smirk and from that second she felt something weird about her behaviour.
The time passed and at many places zoya felt tanveer trying to get close with asad unnecessary but thinking its a bad timing to say anything she preserve her doubts for the better time.
Her trail of thoughts broke with the click sound again and this time the light go switch off.
Everyone gets up from their places and runs to the door direction.
"Kaise hai wo ab?"ayaan asks spotting doctor coming out.
"He is fine,but needs complete rest for now" doctor answers and ayaan looks at asad with a assuring smile.
"OK now we need to shift him to his ward please kindly make space" doctor and nurse both helped khans and baigs to shift all little while ward boys pull the stretcher in the way to rashids alloted ward.

Asad and zoya are now running with the stretcher and with them the whole family is trying to make pace. Asad looks at ayaan who is now at rashids feet crying his heart out while dilshad is crying in arms on farhaan and tanveer.
O shahe mardaan, shere yazdaan
Jaan fida tumpe maula
Himmatein ataa karo
O madadgaar maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Oh maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula

Late night the same day, dilshad and nuzhat are busy making some soup for rashid as soon they got the news of him waking up. Nikhat is busy with some foldings and family other membersbare still in hospital.
"Asad aye hai ghar" zoya comes out of her room and asks nuzzhat who is working on cooking gas.
" ji, bhaijaan uper terrace pe hai, bas thodi der pehle he laute hai" she said resuming back to cooking. Zoya giving a warm smile she makes her way to the terrace. She looks everywhere but donot found him "asad?" She calls him walking at the corner of the terrace in his search.
"Asad!" She gasp in shock seeing asad on floor with his head between his knees.
Taking slow steps she leans down on knee coming to his level on floor.
"Zoya...main dar gaya tha" asad slowly picks up his head and zoya could now see the river flowing from his swollen eyes.
She ssshh him and gets a hand behind his head making it tilt on her chest while she brushes his hair to soothe his weeping.
"Sab theek hoga asad, allah sab dekh rahe hai. Himmat rakho asad tumhe he to ghar ko ab sambhalna hai" she continues caressing his head while she softly pecks on top of his head.
"Main hu asad, main har dam sath hu" zoya asures him with a smile. And seals the promise she juat made to him with a soft kiss again on his temple.
The very same night after they went to see rashid once more in hospital,
"Asad allah ka shukar hai sab theek hai" haseena says looking at dilshad while her hands are now attached to apple that she is hidding behind her dupata.
"Ji shukar hai allah ka" dilshad repeats remeberinf doctors word on asad's health.
"To ab to nikhat ke nikah ki tayari ahuru krni chahiye firse akhir parso he to hai wo nek din" she danced imaginary visually floating herself in swimming pool of currencies.
"Per ab to ap janti hai rashid-"
"Ae rashid miya ki tabiyat to ab theek hai na ap ye sochiye ke nikah ke cards rishtedaro me bat chuke hai,nikah to ab karwana hoga na bacho ke" haseena smartly gets dilshad inside her desire bottle.
"Ji ap ye bhi bat sahi he farma rahe hai" she looks at nikhat who is not even an ounce happy on her marriage discussion. Who would be when her father is in hoapital after getting heartattack.
"Ammi main soch rahi thi ki nikah-"
"Dekho beta nikah to wahi din hoga jo din tay hua hai, ab tum itni badi nai hui ho ke bado ke faisle me uljho" haseena scolds nikhat and nikhat goes back to her room in tears.
"Waise us din asad or tanveer ka nikah bhi to hai dilshad bi, apke ghar dugni khushi aa rahi hai. Mubarak ho" haseena gives a force hug to dilshad.
"Ji shukriya but nikah tanveer or asad ka nahi ho raha hai." Dilshad states nervously very welk knew the coming reaction by haseena.
"Ye nikah ho raha hai ammi." Asad speaks out of no where and dilshad and haseena both looked at him in shock.
"Asad ab tumhe zarurat nahi hai qurbani dene ki" dilshad says reffering the emotional burden he must be bearing on his shoulder.
" nahi ammi ye nikah ho raha hai, or main apni marzi se karna chahta hu." ...
Ya ali...

Jazbaat kya hain maula
Haalat kya hain maula
Ke shaatir iske
Saare vaar hain
Ohhoo...
Har saanse khwahish sile
Saazish hai kuch hain gile
Ke mushkilaatein
Beshumaar hain

O shahe mardaan, shere yazdaan
Jaan fida tumpe maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Oh maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
Ali maula Ali maula
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