The Iqra'

Yusuf is getting ready to leave the house.It's 8pm.He turns off all lights,fans and other electronics in the house.He does this almost every nights.He now lives alone,since his father was admitted to the hospital last month.His father got cancer or something,he's not so sure.Like he even care.

After set on the alarm,locks the door,he then slide into his 206.As soon as he arrived at Zouk,he got a call,but he ignored it.After he met his friends and had some drinks,he got another call.Even though it spoiled his mood,but he pick it up anyway.

"Assalamualaikum.Is this Yusuf?" The voice of the caller is a woman.

"Erm...Yeah.Yusuf here.Who am i speaking to?"

"I'm Aunty Sue.This is urgent!I need you to get here immediately!"

"Here as in where?"

"DEMC.I'm not sure how to tell you this,but your father just died.30 minutes ago."

Silent.
"Umm...Yusuf.Are you still there?"
"Err...Yes.I...I'm here."
"So please come here A.S.A.P."The conversation ends.

When he arrived at DEMC,it's almost midnight.All of his relatives are there.Including the ones he never knew had.They all had numb looks.Uncle Man,Aunty Sue's husband gave Yusuf a hug when he saw Yusuf walking slowly towards him.

"I've take care of all the preparations.Insya-Allah by dawn,everything's done".Aunty Sue said to Yusuf.

What preperation?For sure Yusuf don't know what he's suppose to do now.

It's around 7am and his father has safely been buried.When it's almost dawn,the corpse is taken to the nearest mosque.Again,he just watch everyone doing their work: bathe the corpse,pray and other stuffs.

6.15am :-

"Why are you here?" Adena's confused to see Yusuf just sit at the corner.

"Why couldn't i?"

"Why didn't you join them pray?Why did you just sit here?"

"Umm...I don't pray."Yusuf felt almost embarrassed to confess.

"But why not?My teacher said that if we pray,we can go to heaven.Don't you know that?"

"No,actually.I didn't learn that at school."

"Really?Why didn't you learn about that?"
"Because i learnt about something else."
"Ohh...Then,that means...you don't know anything,ye?Hmm...Did you took Arabic?"

"No".Yusuf shook his head slowly.

"No?Then how are you suppose to read al-Quran?"

"I don't."
"If that's the case,then...here." Adena gave him a small book.He took it and read the cover.

"What is this?" Yusuf ask Adena since he couldn't understand the title.

"I'm giving you my Iqra'." She smiled,sincerely."I've finish this book,and soon i will read al-Quran.I didn't need it anymore,so you can have it."

"Oh!Thank you,dena."And she skips away,happily.

He opens the book.I remembered this.When i was a kid,Uncle Man used to teach me how to read Iqra'.But as i started moving away from Kampung,no one ever tried to teach me Iqra' again.So,possibly i just forgot.

Yusuf sigh.He could not believe that for more than a decade,he lives under no guidance towards the right path,and so today,on a day of lost...he received a sign,by a 6 years old girl,Adena.
Alhamdulillah.Yusuf had found back the right way towards Him,and this Iqrar' will be his first guide,for the second time.Insya-Allah~

THE END

source:aj