Dheere-dheere woh din bhi aa gaya...
Jiska intezaar dono parivaar kar rahe the.
Ania aur Aayan ke nikah ki taiyariyan poori ho chuki thi.
Poore ghar mein khushi ka mahaul tha.
Har taraf duaayein, muskurahatein aur shaadi ki ronak thi.
Lekin...
In sab ke beech Ania ka dil ab bhi khamosh tha.
Usne apni zindagi ko Allah ke hawale kar diya tha.
Uske dil mein bas ek hi baat thi...
"Jo Allah ki marzi hogi, wahi meri zindagi hogi."
Nikah ka waqt aa gaya.
Qazi Sahab ne Aayan se poocha—
"Kya aapko Ania bint ______ se nikah qubool hai?"
Aayan ke chehre par ek muskurahat aa gayi.
Aayan: "Qubool hai."
Doosri baar...
"Qubool hai."
Teesri baar...
"Qubool hai."
Phir Ania se bhi wahi sawaal poocha gaya.
Usne kuch pal ke liye apni aankhen band ki.
Apne Ammi-Baba ka chehra yaad kiya...
Aur dheere se kaha—
"Qubool hai."
Teen baar...
Usne bhi nikah qubool kar liya.
Isi ke saath...
Dono ek naye rishte mein bandh gaye.
Nikah ke baad sabne dono ko mubarakbaad di.
Aayan ki nazrein baar-baar sirf Ania ko hi dekh rahi thi.
Jaise use yakeen hi na ho raha ho ki jis ladki ko usne ek nazar mein pasand kiya tha...
Aaj woh uski humsafar ban chuki hai.
Rukhsati ka waqt aaya.
Ania ne apne Ammi-Baba ko gale lagaya.
Uski aankhon se aansu ruk hi nahi rahe the.
Mama: "Khush rehna meri beti..."
Baba: "Allah tumhari zindagi mein hamesha khushiyan de."
Ania bas roti rahi.
Aayan ye sab dekh raha tha.
Usne dil hi dil mein ek wada kiya—
"Aaj ke baad in aankhon mein aansu sirf khushi ke honge."
Rukhsati ke baad Ania apne naye ghar pahunchi.
Sabne uska dil se swagat kiya.
Aayan ki Ammi ne uske sir par haath rakhte hue kaha—
"Aaj se ye ghar tumhara bhi hai, beti."
Ye lafz sunkar Ania ki aankhen phir bhar aayi.
Use bahut dino baad kisi ne itne apnapan se "beti" kaha tha.
Raat ko jab sab rasmein khatam ho gayin...
Tab Aayan kamre mein aaya.
Ania chup-chaap baithi thi.
Aayan ne halka sa muskura kar kaha—
Aayan: "Aaj se humsafar hain... lekin main tum par kabhi koi zabardasti nahi karunga."
"Tumhe jitna waqt chahiye... main utna intezaar karunga."
"Mere liye tumhara sukoon sabse zaroori hai."
Ania ne pehli baar uski taraf dekha.
Usse samajh nahi aa raha tha...
Koi insaan itna samajhdar aur itna sabr wala kaise ho sakta hai?
Usne dheere se sir hila diya.
Us raat dono ne sirf baatein ki.
Na koi shikayat...
Na koi majboori...
Bas ek nayi dosti ki shuruaat.
Ania ko ab bhi mohabbat par bharosa nahi tha.
Lekin Aayan ko poora yakeen tha...
Ek din woh Ania ke dil ki har deewar gira dega.
Aur usse phir se jeena sikha dega.
To Be Continued...