Maaz and Ayzal held eye contact for a few seconds, and maaz took a few steps towards Ayzal, but he saw a small big around 3 to 4 year ran towards ayzal and clinging to her leg tightly while looking up at her giggling. Ayzal broke eye contact with maaz and looked down as she felt someone cling to her leg, her smile returned and she scooped the little girl in her arm. The little girl immediately wrapped her arms around ayzal's neck and her legs around ayzal's waist which made Ayzal chuckled and spoke
"Assalamu walikum, sweetheart, where were you I was looking for you miyesha" the little girl named miyesha looked at Ayzal and spoke "I was sleeping, because I didn't know that you are coming here to meet us, I missed you a lot" Ayzal made an awww face, and gently booped miyesha's nose which makes her giggle and Ayzal continue "I heard that someone special was missing me, so I left everything and came here"
Maaz POV
I took a few steps towards Ayzal but a small girl moved ayzal's attention away from me towards herself, I tucked my hands in my pocket while silently looking at their conversation, I observed that girl was behaving like the one I used to know all nice and sweet, I realise a small smile tugged on my face, as I saw her returning to her usual self and it gave me a strange kind of relaxing feeling inside me. I walked further towards Ayzal and stood in front of her which draws her attention towards me, she raised her eyebrow but stayed silent, my grin turned into a smirk and spoke in a chill teasing tone"so, if I'm not misunderstanding then you're also a donator in my orphanage, right buttercup" Ayzal rolled her eyes and spoke "yeah so" i dramatically gasped and clutch my chest and spoke "ouch! Can't you be a little nice to me for once?" Ayzal looked at me with unamused look on her face because of my dramatic act and spoke " it wasn't nice to meet you, Mr owner" she turned around while holding miyesha and left towards the other kids while I kept staring at her back figure almost adoring her every single move.
AUTHOR POV
In the evening Ayzal and maaz were still in the orphanage, even though maaz management has already left, maaz also have work too but he took the opportunity to stay close to Ayzal till she is in the orphanage, they weren't interacting with each other, because Ayzal was too busy in playing and having fun with the kids while maaz was also playing with kids but his center of attention was someone specific. Ayzal was surrounded by a lot of kids while one or two were sitting on her lap including miyesha, she was completing engrossed that she didn't realise someone was continuously staring her. A teen age girl was leaning against the wall looking at Ayzal with interest and curious face, she is mesmerising her look, her way of interaction with everyone, and giving attention to every single kid, a small smile formed on her face as she saw her covered in a big wide long clothes, she actually found it interesting.
As Ayzal felt gaze on her, she looked towards the girl and her expressions softened, she looked back to the kids and spoke "I'm coming in a while, okay my angels" everyone nodded but miyesha kept holding ayzal's abaya tightly in her fist and spoke while looking up at her with her big eyes "I wanna stay with you" Ayzal chuckled and couldn't resist her bug doe eyes, she made miyesha stand on her feet, and she also stood up and held her finger, miyesha followed Ayzal while holding her fingers tightly in her grasp.
Ayzal looked at the teen girl and spoke "mind if I wanna talk to you" the girl looked at Ayzal and immediately nodded and spoke in a low but attentive tone "it's totally alright" Ayzal smile and sat down on the grass beside the girl and miyesha again sat down on ayzal's lap which caused her smile subconsciously, Ayzal moved her attention towards the girl and spoke "you are Arabella right?" Arabella nodded and spoke "how do you know, I mean I never interact with you" Ayzal wrapped her arms around miyesha and pulled her closer to her chest and spoke "I know everyone here, this place is a comfort zone for me. I also know you don't like to interact with people, but I saw you looking at me so I decided to take the opportunity and talk to you, little missy mysterious" Arabella chuckled and spoke "that's a quite big pet name, but I guess I like that, it suits me completely" Ayzal responded back to her in same humble tone "why were you looking at me?"
Arabella looked back and forth in ayzal's eyes and stayed silent for a few seconds, she looked away and spoke "I like you, I mean you really love every single kid here, and importantly I like the way you carry yourself" Ayzal looked down at herself and back to Arabella and asked "are you talking about this abaya" Arabella nodded and spoke "I never saw anyone wearing clothes like this" Ayzal sighed and leaned back on the wall as well while miyesha was playing with ayzal's abaya and Ayzal continue "it's a Muslim way to dress ourselves, and I totally understand you mustn't have seen this before, because in Canada there aren't many Muslims"
Arabella nodded and spoke in almost curious tone "you think Allah is the god" Ayzal nodded and spoke "indeed he is the god" Arabella completely moved her attention towards ayzal and spoke "I don't have any religion but Islam is the religion that make me so curious, I have heard you telling islamic to miyesha whenever you come here sometimes I really wanna know how Allah looks like, I have seen the status of jesus and other believers god, but no one showed me how Allah looks like" Ayzal smiled widely as Arabella showed interest in islam, Ayzal spoke in a gentle voice while trying to convey every meaning of her words " you know years before when islam wasn't common around the world there is a tribe in Makkah called quraysh, they also didn't believe in Allah" Arabella raised her eyebrows in curiosity and nodded as Ayzal continue "once quraysh asked jokingly "tell us about your god, how he looks like, tell us about his son or about his wife, or about someone who related to him, then you know what happened"
Arabella shook her head while looking at Ayzal innocently, Ayzal smiled and spoke " then hazrat jibrael (A.S) who is the messenger of Allah, he is ordered by Allah to convey Allah's messages to mankind.
After the question of quraysh hazrat jibrael (A.S) come down from the sky with 70,000 angels and they gave us an important surah of the quran called surah-iklas as a response of quraysh question" Arabella's curiosity reached at it's peak and she spoke urgently "what was the surah?" Ayzal smiled and replied by reciting BISMILLAH and started the surah
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Say, "He is Allah, the One.
اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ
Allah, the Eternal Refuge
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
He neither begets nor is born,
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
This surah is not too long but it showed the superiority of Allah. And this surah shows that Allah is One and unique. He is perfect, needs no one, while everyone needs Him. He has no children or parents, and nothing is like Him. It sums up the belief in Allah's Oneness (Tawheed)."
Arabella kept looking at Ayzal with amused face as how Surah iklas answered every query of quraysh, and then she spoke in a low almost desperate voice "Allah is really one" Ayzal smiled and placed her hand on Arabella's cheek and spoke "indeed he is, I know it can be complicated for you, but I know someone who can answer all your questions" Arabella beamed and spoke "I really wanna meet that person" Ayzal nodded and spoke "don't worry, I'll ask the management here, and I promise they'll take you to meet that person, you are such a clever kid, I hope may Allah guide you the best path that take you close to Allah, ameen" Arabella and Ayzal kept sharing talking, while they were blissfully unaware about maaz stares on Ayzal.
Hand in hand, for Allah we strive,
With His remembrance, our hearts alive
No wealth, no crown, no fleeting flame,
But together we whisper His holy Name.
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