On the third day there were clouds in the sky. Salma was looking at the sea with longing eyes.
Off the coast,Abul Hasan's ship was seen dancing on the waves. A few strong gusts of wind came and it started to rain.
As the rain intensified, his field of vision narrowed.
Even the plane disappeared from sight. Despite his efforts to control it,tears fell from his eyes and mingled with the raindrops running down his cheeks.
Salma raised her hand for a long time to repeat this prayer.
My God! Protect it from the raging waves of the sea?
After the last meeting with Abul Hasan in the garden, there was a great change in Salma's thoughts and habits.
He was extremely disgusted by Abul Hasan's disobedience.
However, considering it as the highest standard of humanity, she had believed that her habit was disliked by Abul Hasan.
Of course it will be big.
Therefore, she did not dare to be naked in front of anyone again.
When Abul Hasan and his companions left for the harbor, he asked this question in his heart?
Can there be any place for me in his heart?
If he remembers the words of Abul Hasan, the darkness sometimes be imposed in his heart. And sometimes the lights of hope would shine.
Hearing Abdullah's voice, she came down. The old father asked a question?
Salma! What were you doing upstairs in the rain?
Nothing, father.
I.....!
Salma wanted to make an excuse.
But she remembered Abul Hasan's advice.
And she said,
"I was watching their ship."
Abdullah said.
They are late.
Go and change your clothes.
Talha will also come.
We will read the Quran from him.
Salma asked,
"Where did you leave them?"
He stayed at Zaid's house on the way.
He will come now.
In a few days, the result of Talha's teaching is that Salma began to consider the pleasure of God as the priority instead of the happiness of Abul Hasan in her speech.
Six months passed and there was no news of Abul Hasan.
Salma's sadness began to turn into anxiety.
She used to climb on the roof of the house in the morning and in the evening and every new ship coming towards the sea would announce the arrival of Abul Hasan.
She used to send her servant to the port several times a day.
When he would come back with a disappointed look, she would ask indecisively, you saw it well. It is possible that there are Arabs among them.
Servant replied, "He has come from such and such a place."
I came after a thorough investigation.
There was not a single Arab among them.
Like a man diving into the sea of illusion, she would have supported herself by straws and said,
"You should have asked the sailors."
It is possible that they saw an Arab ship at a port on the way or heard about them?
Servant would then run to the port.
Salma's hopes would build a palace of new hopes on the ruins of old hopes.The sad and sad face of the old servant would again give the same discouraging news and Salma's hopes would come crashing down.
Every morning she lit the lamp of hope in her heart. When the sun would hide in the waves of the sea, these lamps would also be extinguished. His heartbeats would turn into sighs and tears.
For a while, she did not let Talha or his father reveal the state of his heart.
But one evening, Salma's behavior made both of them suspicious.
It was raining heavily outside, Talha and Abdullah were sitting outside and talking, Salma was watching the scene of rain in front of the window of a room.
Abdullah said, God knows why he has not come yet. It's been eight months.
Talha said.
If God has protected him from the dangers of the sea, then the reason why he has not returned for so long is because he has gone somewhere on war(Jihad).
Abdullah said,
"Today I was told by Dilip Singh that a Malabar ship has been sunk at a distance of thirty miles from here.
Only one boat carrying five men has arrived here?
Talha asked.
How many men were on it?
Maybe there were twenty. The ship was very big and there was a lot of trade wealth on it.
How did the ship sink?
The sailors became careless when they saw the destination and the ship crashed into a rock.
Salma was sitting in room lost in her thoughts.
She heard only the last phrase and for a second every drop of blood in his veins froze.
Abdullah's voice came from the room.
These rocks are very dangerous.
Every year some ship sinks because of them. The inhabitants here believe that these rocks are temples of the god of the sea?
Hearing this, Salma's veins felt an unusual vibration. She got up and came out of her room and stood in front of her father. His father asked seeing his terrified face and stony eyes.
Daughter!
What happened to you??
For some time, no sound came out of Salma's mouth due to the intensity of emotions. The eyes sunk in the depths of grief and sorrow were saying that,I have heard what you want to hide from me.
Talha asked in surprise.
Why daughter,
What's the matter?
Salma's dry lips trembled.
Tears flowed thinly over the stoned eyes.
She said, tell me,When did their ship sink?
Who told you?
And he...
Why are you quiet ?
Say something for God?
I am ready to hear the big news.
The intensity of the hiccups and moans was breaking the continuity of his voice.
Abdullah replied worried daughter!
We were referring to a Malabar ship.
Today Dilip had told me.
No, no, you want to hide from me.
Don't give me false consolations.
After saying this, Salma went to another room with hiccups.
The old father understood something, and he didn't understand something.
He looked at Talha apologetically and got up and went to Salma's room.
Salma was lying face down on the bed and hiccups.
The old father's heart was full.He sat down close and said while patting his head.
What happened to you daughter?
Salma got up and sat down. She wiped her tears and answered while suppressing her hiccups, nothing, father, forgive me, you will never see me cry again.
But is there any reason to cry?
We hear such news every day.
After all, what was special about the news of a Malabar ship being sunk?
Salma carefully looked at her father's face and said with a little satisfaction.
Are you right?
Abdullah said angrily.
After all,Why did I need to lie?
Till today you have not doubted anything of me.If you don't believe me, ask Talha!
Salma nodded with regret and said father!
I want to apologize.
I thought...
That perhaps you were referring to the ship of the Arabs.
"Daughter, do you think that God willing, if I had heard such news about their ship, I would have been less shocked than you?"