Written by Abdul King Article
Lebanese Republic of Medieval Period was a great city situated at Western Asian continent across the Arabian hinterland, Arab people of different cities often gathered together to carry out a profitable transaction around this hinterland near the edge of the sea, not too far from the edge of this sea lies a village under the commandment of Zafar Ibn Zafrul, the Sultan of Lebanon. In this village, there was a fishmonger named Danish, his wife Aseema was beautiful, a beauty that cannot be compare with any girl in Lebanon. Danish was so much aware of how their Sultan cease and make other wifes as his, with this reason he held his wife with much care so as to avoid the coming of black fate, The day Aseema gave birth to a handsome boy was the day the golden necklace of Sultana got missing, with regard to this, the Sultan led his armies to search all the neighbouring villages under him, on this quest he found the beauty of Assema and there he decided to take her with him. Danish cry day and night missing his only love although no choice he has than to leave his things to the Almighty God. He started to raise his only child name Adil with much care and love till the boy become a man.
” You fool, what is it?” Danish shouted.
” Sorry father, it’s…am…..”
” The dream?” Danish asked.
” Yea the dream!” Adil respond.
” Same girl?” Danish asked.
” No, it’s a woman, a long haired woman, big boobs big chest and…. She’s just beautiful.”
” Okay… She told you something did she?” Danish asked.
” Yea, she told me about the girl in my dream!”
” Who is she?”
” A princess!”
” A princess! From where exactly?”
” I don’t know father, but as time went by I can figure it out!”
” Okay, your breakfast is there, three fish one cup, make sure you clean the bowls before I come back,” Danish said moving out.
” But you know I used to eat six.”
” Now it’s three and you can manage it out if interested.” Danish concluded taking his leave. Adil quickly made himself prepared, he washed himself before coming to his meal, immediately he started enjoying the meal one of his friends broke into the house.
” Wow wow wow, what is that thing you are eating big man,” Akeem said approaching.” Let’s share it into two equal half.” Akeem grabbed the bowl trying to cut a piece aside, just then Tanisha came in.
” Hi boys, were you supposed to be having your breakfast now?”
” Umm yea.” They chorus.
” Okay let’s share it into three equal half.” She said grabbing the bowl from Akeem.
” Don’t tell me you are doing this!” Adil said looking at her.
” Of course we are!” They chorus.
” But you know I used to eat six.”
” Now it’s one, and you can manage it out.” She respond dividing the fishes. ” Change of idea, I am going to have one and the half, and he is also going to have the same!”
” And what about me?” Adil asked.
” You will remain as you are.” She respond.
” But this is not a good idea!”
” It’s.” They chorus.
” Don’t forget I was hungry!”
” We were also hungry.” They chorus.
” Okay off I go.” Adil moved out of the house in sorrow, they were his friends and there was nothing he can do about it. He sank nearby watching the fishers of the village taking up their activities, it’s really amazing to have a look unto the sea, the field is fill up with people, the majority were the strangers that came from neighbouring cities and villages to carry out a transaction. His father was not among and this rose a great wonder in him, where would he go in this early forenoon? Adil started thinking, if he could have some coins now he would have suit his tummy with some food, he stood up torching his pocket, unexpectedly he felt some coins there, quickly he brought them out in surprised thinking how they got in, could that be his father? Did he do it to test him or what? He ran to old Dahma who sold fried fishes.
” Hi girl.” He said in joke.
” You fool, I am old enough to be your mother.” She said awfully.
” But you are not my mother.” He respond with gesture.
” Umm, what do you need boy?”
” Some fishes.” He brought the coins keeping them aside.
” Save your coins boy, your father asked me to give you six in the morning, afternoon and evening.”
” And what about the money?”
” He paid.” She respond. His thought was finally confirmed right, the coins in his pocket was the doing of his father, it was just a message for him to get his desire at the right time he is in need of it. His father knows that, he has no where to buy fish apart from old Dahma, with this reason, he left three fish on bowl intentionally although he knew they will not do any good in him, and then inserting the coins in his pocket while he was asleep, the meaning of this was, for him to have fond of coins so he could suit his tummy, and whenever that thought broke in his mind he must torch his pocket, that was his constant habit and his father knew it all. And if he felt the coins he will go no where apart from old Dahma because her food was the best as he said. And here he did all, all what his father wanted him to, Adil smile appreciating how clever his father was, and how dare him know all the tactics to influence a man do whatever he wanted him to. He must be going somewhere secrecy, somewhere he don’t want to let him know about. Adil enjoyed his meal, afterwards he took his leave.
” Hey, you are not saying goodbye!” Dahma said in wonder. He only looked at her with no word. ” And where is Tanisha?”
” Your daughter is safe with me!” He respond.
” Okay take care of her for me.”
” I will.” Adil moved back to his home where he found nothing apart from unwashed bowls, he cleaned them up and went to bed. He do not wake up till the evening time, he woke up yelling like before when ever he had a dream.
” You fool what is it?” His father shouted.
” Father, you…. Back.”
” You had a dream?”
” Yea the dream.”
” The girl?”
” No it’s the woman, she asked me to find my mother.”
” Your mother was dead!”
” I don’t think so, if she was dead why am I asked to find her?” Danish kept shut with no word.
” What is your plan?” Danish asked.
” I want to know more about my mother.”
” There is no time for this, just go and have your dinner before it’s late.” Danish stood up moving back to his room.
” Father!”
” What?”
” I will find her.” Danish turned back looking at him for a while before he took his leave. Adil went to Dahma’s home, there he saw her together with her daughter Tanisha singing a song, he sat next to them and together they continue the fond.
” Bye Tanisha, if you were done close the door.” Dahma goes inside leaving them out.
” I need your help.” Said Adil.
” You need my help?” Tanisha asked.
” Yea I want to get into the castle now.”
” What? Don’t you know commoners were not allow into the castle.”
” But with your help it can be allow.” Said Adil.
” How?” She asked. He grabbed her ears and talked to her in hum voice.
” Are you sure this is a good idea?”
” Yea just follow me.” Adil untie his father’s camel, together with Tanisha he climb the camel, he rode to the castle whispering his plan to her. After they approached the castle, he allowed her to ride the camel while he remained behind.
” You, stop there.” The guard shouted. He came to them looking at them suspiciously.
” Who are you?”
” I am Dahma!” Tanisha said boldly.
” Dahma, the fishmonger, oh yea yea, yea, the grand vizier ordered your presence, maybe he need some fishes.” The guard said opening the gate, Tanisha rode inside with smile, a veil on her face so that she cannot not be seen.
” Now what?” Tanisha asked.
” Wait for me I will come back now.” Adil moved into the castle taking his eyes here and there, wherever he sighted a cluster he must take himself there to carry out some investigation. Time has passed but found nothing, he decided to take himself back to Tanisha, on his way there he sighted a figure of the most beautiful lady he ever see, he looked again in appreciation, it was the woman in his dream. He ran forward to confirmed what he saw but found no one. He remained there for a very long time waiting for the lady to come back but she didn’t. At last he took his leave in sorrow and together with Tanisha he moved out of the castle.
” You didn’t tell me what you were looking for!” Tanisha requested.
” I will later.”
” What about now?”
” There is no prove, you will not believed me no matter what I say.” They kept quiet with no word till they approached the village. He dropped her home and rode back to his resident. He tied the camel gently before moving to bed. He lay on bed recalling the figure of the lady he saw. He continue the thinking mood till the sleep stole him away. In the forenoon, he woke up by his father’s voice calling his name.
” Wake up boy we had a lot to catch this morning.” Adil opened his eyes gradually looking at his father, he stood up fully awake and went to prepared himself. Within he came back and joined his father. After they were done taking the breakfast, Danish went out while Adil took the fishing tackle on his shoulder and together they moved to sea.
” Father I want to know more about my mother!”
” I have already told you she was held by sultan.”
” What did she do?”
” Nothing, that’s his personal habit, to cease wife of others and make them his.”
” And you didn’t do anything!”
” What can I do? Nobody have power to stand against Sultan.”
” Really? So what do you think will happen if I give it a try.”
” You will go to that place!”
” Which place?”
” Heaven!”
” Come on father, I just want to save her from this monster king of ours, and that can be done if only you tell me her name!”
” And what will happen if I refuse to?
” Come on father don’t you want to see your wife?” Danish do not say a word, he only cleaned the canoe and pulled it to the sea.
” Come and row this thing I will do the fishing. ” He said. Adil kept their fishing equipments into the canoe and took the paddle, they started the business with much fond catching a variety of fishes.
” Father you didn’t tell me her name.”
” You cannot free her, she was dead already!”
” How did you know she was dead?”
” You didn’t trust me?”
” I only wish to know.”
” Okay, her name was Areefa.”
” Areefa.” Adil said in whispered. Adil went home pleasantly with a thought that his quest will reveal a satisfactory result. In that night, with the help of Tanisha he got another chance to enter the castle for the second time, he did as before searching all over but found nothing. He started asking the servants if they ever heard woman name Areefa but none dare to say yes.
” I never heard the name Areefa.” Said the maiden.
” Okay you ever heard a story of a woman ceased by a king long ago?”
” No I didn’t, but let me take you to my friend Aseema I think she can help you!”
” Aseema.” Adil said in hum voice with smile, he just like the name although he never see the owner.
” Follow me.” Said the maiden. Adil followed her walking beside her, they spent long time walking before they approached a nice compound. Adil was so much surprised on how could a slave be giving such a nice place.
” Is this where she live?” Adil asked.
” Yes,” The maiden answered.” But you have to know this, the sultan has appreciated her beauty that is why she was giving this honour, he asked her hand in marriage for so many times but she ignored it, although he was angry with her but because of the love he felt toward her he decided to keep her safe so he can see her when ever he wish.”
” What a lucky girl! But how did she came here?” Adil asked.
” I don’t know exactly, but I thought she was a slave like me, I wish you can see her but unfortunately she was not around, maybe if you would come back some days later.”
” Okay thank you.” Adil took his leave appreciating the attentiveness of the maiden. He went back to Tanisha and together they moved out of the castle. Adil slept with serenity and woke up in the morning madly.
” Father, father.” Hurriedly he broke into his room.
” What happened?” Danish asked.
” What did you said was her name?”
” Areefa.” Danish answered.
” You are lying, I saw the woman in my dream, she said her name was Aseema. How dare you lied to me, how dare you lied to me, if not because of you I would have find her!” Adil shouted in sorrow poking his father.
” I am sorry son, although what you had is just a dream.” Danish said walking toward him.
” Don’t touch me!”Adil said in warning.” my dreams were always right.”
” You have to know I did this for you own protection.” Said Danish.
” It didn’t matter I am going to find her.”
” No you are not going anywhere!” Danish grabbed his hand, there was a quarrel between them and lastly Danish slapped him.
” I am sorry son.” Danish whispered.
” You don’t love her at all, you don’t love her that’s why you don’t want to save her from that monster, it has been many years since she was apprehended but you did nothing and you are not willing to do anything, I am leaving, I am leaving now.” Adil moved to the door trying to take himself out but Danish ran and closed the door.
” Listen to me now, I loved her and I loved you too, I didn’t tell you her real name because I don’t want to lose you, finding her might lead your end but you are just a boy and you will not know about this. Now it’s for you to think, you can decide to find your end by yourself and you can decide to save yourself by yourself, the door is yours, you can open it or close it.” There was a moment silent between them before Danish grabbed his hand.
” Come to me boy let’s have some breakfast.” Danish make sure he chilled his son excessively before they went to fishing, he struck the anxiety out and stained his heart with cheers and brighten moments. They came back gladly with fond and amusement. In the night, after Danish has went to sleep, Adil untie the camel and went to carry Tanisha, they succeeded in entering the castle safely but this time around Tanisha made sure she followed him, they walked together looking all over, Adil felt despair with regard to the long time searching they did but the maiden was no where to be found. Suddenly he sighted two knights pulling her violently, her body covered with bruises. He ran to her asking her about Aseema but she can’t answer. The knights blew him aside leaving him in pain, he wondered what kind of crime she made that caused such inhumane on her. On their way out he sighted an unbright figure of the girl in his dream, the girl he was told to be a princess. He ran to confirmed what he saw but see no one, the figure vanished. Tanisha grabbed his hand and rode them out. Adil went home distraughtly and slept in grief, he made another plan again, that he will be going alone into the castle because that will be an easier way for him to get what he want. He spent a week going to Aseema’s compound but never find her nor the maiden that showed him the place.
” Tell me what is happening! You have changed, totally changed, you are eating two instead of six!” Adil do not say a word, he only concentrated on what his father was uttering. ” You have to tell me what is happening or was it about your mother? Did you had another dream?”
” Yes I had.” Adil answered.
” Okay what did you see?”
” I see the woman, she asked me to find a necklace!” Adil stood up and grabbed a spear, he ran out while his father followed him. He cleaned the canoe and rowed it looking intently into the sea. Danish stood at the edge looking at him in wonder. ” Yea I got it.” He shouted happily bringing his spear that held a big fish. He rowed at the edge keeping the canoe aside. He brought a small knife and cut the fish to pieces. Unexpectedly they saw a necklace in one piece, Adil took it and washed it.
” It’s the golden necklace.” He said throwing it to his father. Danish looked at the necklace in wonder, so dreams are true but some are nonsense.
” What is your plan now?” Danish asked.
” To return this necklace to sultana.”
” No you can’t do that.”
” This is the only way that can save her.”
” You will be accuse of stolen it.”
” Yea I know.”
” Okay what will you do if you were accused of stolen it?”
” Just watch and see!” Adil prepared himself and went to the castle alone, he told the guards who he was and what brought him to sultan. Adil was summoned to stood before sultan and introduce himself.
” My name is Adil son of Danish, the fishmonger. I am hereby to present the golden necklace I found to Sultana.” There was terrible silent in and out of the palace, all eyes on him feeling sorry for him.
” He stole it!”The warlord shouted.
” Yea he stole it.” The knights chorus. The sultan and sultana looked at him suspiciously, although they knew he was courageous enough to present himself before them. Sultan stood up and walked toward him.
” Where did you find it?” Sultan asked.
” At the sea inside a fish.” Adil answered.
” You are courageous enough.” The sultan whispered. ” But if I were you I would have take it somewhere to sold it, so what make you not to do that?”
” Because I am man of God and I have loyalty.”
” So you do! Did you believed in God?”
” Yes I do.”
” And what about lies, did you believe in lies?” Adil kept shut with no word. ” You see the necklace you present was fake, if not fake how could you prove your loyalty here? It was missing two decade ago and you…. You just found it how? Even in bed stories I never heard someone who find a necklace in fish. Take him out of my sight.” Sultan shouted. Adil was knocked down in that moment he saw the girl of his dream, the princess he was told about. He can still see her unbright figure and behind her stood the woman that told him to come here. The beautiful woman that often visit him in his dream, she was smiling at him, waving her hands. And off he fell unconsciously. The heat and the dark, he hated the two but no choice he has as he woke up finding himself in them. He casted his eyes upon a girl next to him with the help of burning torch that was held by one guard. It seemed the guard was having some conversation with someone. He looked again in astonishment, it was the maiden, the girl that showed him Aseema’s compound. Quickly he woke her and immediately she opened her eyes she embraced him.
” What are you doing here?” She asked.
” I should ask you the same.” He answered.
” I was accused of stolen sultana’s bracelet.” She said in disgraced.
” Just like me, I was accused of stolen sultana’s necklace, you didn’t tell me your name.”
” I am Dafeela.”
” Dafeela, I never heard this your name before.” Adil said in wonder.
“Yes it was not your species name.” Said Dafeela.
” My species, what do you mean?”
” It’s okay, you have no worry about that.”
” I am Adil, glad to meet you.”
” You are welcome.”
” The bracelet, did you stole it?” Adil asked.
” Yea I did, but for you!” Dafeela respond.
” For me! What do you mean?”
” You know Aseema? She told me about you and I promised to help her.”
” I didn’t understand what you are talking about!” Adil said in wonder.
” Let me tell you a story that existed before you were born, your father Danish once caught a variety of fishes in his net, he brought them home and showed it to his only wife Aseema, she was so happy and appreciated the effort of her husband and with that she decided to cook a delicious meal for him, there she came encounter of the smallest fish she never see in her life. She showed pity to the fish and took it back to the sea where it continue its life not knowing that the fish she saved was me.”
” Who are you exactly?” Adil asked.
” I am Dafeela, the sea mermaid, I wanted to save your mother just like she saved me that was why I turned myself to maiden so as to dissemble my real nature.”
” Your real nature, can I see it?” He asked.
” No, unless if you want to die, human eyes were too weak to see the real nature of ours that was why God hid them for your protection.”
” Don’t you have toes?” Adil asked looking at her legs but see nothing apart from long attire that covered everything.
” I have no toes, no legs, what I have was tail, a fish tail. And if you continue searching for my real nature you will die.” Adil stared at her in fear, that was when he perceived the abnormality of her eyes and her anatomical structure, her eyelashes are too dark and thick as well. She wore a head scarf that covered all her hairs, the attire she wore is too long and dark covering her toes. He started recalling their first met up, he felt same strangeness in him only that he didn’t speak it out. Even now as he was locked in with her he felt it, and it’s the same feeling that woke him up, the moment she embraced him, he felt it again as if something terrible is about to happen, even now he can feel the sensation of horripilation in him.
” Do not fear me ever, I will not harm, I am here to help you. But first I want you to believe in my God, He is the Creator of everything and with His permission I can help you.”
” I already have my own god!” Said Adil, ” Let me introduce you to him.” Adil brought a small statue and lay it downward. ” We called him Ajna. He was too powerful in his era, he ruled different cities but later was betrayed and killed.”
” Betrayed how?” Dafeela asked.
” By his own brother!”
” Do God have brother?”
” What are you talking about?” Adil asked.
” My God cannot be betrayed nor can He be killed, He has no brother sister or family, no one created Him instead He will created if wishes.”
” You mean your God is not human?”
” A true God must not be human nor a statue, neither should be a spirit, monster or alien, a true God must not be seen torch or heard, a true God can only be feel, you can feel God if your faith was firmly strong.”
” And what about am.. Those people I mean…. Je.. Jesus, Christian huh?”
” Jesus is not god but a prophet and messenger, those worshipping him are illiterate belonging to members of Dark Ages.”
” But my god has the power to kill someone and even bring dead to live temporarily.” Adil said in emphasis.
” And what can you say about my God that can bring dead to live permanently?”
” Even Jesus can do that!”
” Did you ever asked Jesus who his God was? If you ever asked him what was his respond? Jesus was only giving a small power from my God so it can help him reveal the true religion. But he was ignored and considered as god.”
” And what was the true religion?” Adil asked.
” Islam.” Dafeela answered.
” But tell me what have you?” Adil asked.
” I have everything, I have all powers, I can destroy thousands knights before you open and close your eyes, I can build house with thousands storey building before you open and close your eyes, I can go to the end of the world and come back before you open and close your eyes, so you see I have everything, I have all powers.”
” Wow, that’s great, so what about me, what would I have if I believed in your God?”
” You will be giving anything you requested!” Dafeela respond.
” Anything like what?”
” Well, for instance you can be giving the power to walk on the water, to breath in the water and to make and turn things as you wishes.”
” Wow, but is this not magic?”
” No it’s not, it’s a gift, a gift from God, a similar gift giving to Jesus that was why he was considered as god.”
” Some said he didn’t asked for it!” Said Adil.
” Yes that was why he was a prophet and messenger, prophets don’t asked for such honour they will only be giving a natural gift and talent to which common people cannot have. And when ever they asked for anything they will be giving immediately unlike I and you.”
” And what cause the late answering of request to common people?”
” Sometimes it was their fault, they pray with no respect and faith, sometimes it’s from God, God can wish to test your faith although He knew the status of it, what in your heart and what you hid, He knew all but still will test you.”
” My mother, you are supposed to save her since but you didn’t do it, why?”
” Because I want to save you so I have to await the coming of this time.”
” So you can see future huh?”
” Yea I can see some!”
” I need to have that gift you mentioned.”
” First you need to believed in Allah and His messenger.”
” I do.”
” Okay look at me, focus your attention and look at my eyes.”
” I can’t, your eyes are horrible.” Adil said turning aside.
” You have to do it now.”
” Why can’t you change them to normal.”
” I can’t.”
” But you said you have everything, you have all powers.”
” That was not what I meant, Allah was the owner of everything and The possessor of all powers, I am just a servant, not all things I have and not everything I can do, mermaid eyes cannot turn normal no matter how they try to dissemble their real nature, all they can do is to reduce the strangeness in them and that is what I did, so now look at me and focus your attention.” Adil took his eyes in contact to hers, immediately he do that he fell unconsciously. He was awoken by woman’s voice calling his name in whispered, next to him lay a lion skin, on the skin was a written note as follows: Son of Danish, your request will be guarantee if begin with the name of Allah. After he was done reading, the skin teared itself to fragment and vanished in the atmosphere. Adil stood up and went to the door.
” In the name of Allah I wish to see myself out of this cell.” He said in his mind. He only found himself out without knowing how it happened. The door is still closed, no sign it was opened or he was push in. He walked down the corridor passing the guards who fell asleep, he took key from one of them and unlock the door, he went out of prison looking at the beautiful palace, unexpectedly he casted his eyes on a girl, she was sitting on chair enjoying the fruits next to her. She was so beautiful to an extent he can imagined. He walked toward her looking at her beautiful face, that is when he recall the girl in his dream, the princess he was told about. For sure this must be her. The girl stood up taking few steps near him.
” Who are you?” She asked in smile.
” Adil son of Danish.” He respond. She came closer to him touching his face softly with her hand.
” You are.” Before she proceed they were surrounded by armies.
” cease him.” Shouted the sultan, ” Find the maiden now.” He commanded to one army.
” No father.” Uttered the girl, she came to sultan who paid no attention to her.
” The maiden escaped your highness.” The army said in respect.
” Take the prisoner back to his cell I will have a surprise for him tomorrow.” The sultan commanded. Adil was propelled to his cell and locked inside. He got in with serenity as he know his wishes will always be guarantee, he wished himself foods and royal bed. He dined well and slept well till the morning came.
” Warlord.” One guard shouted.
” What?” The warlord respond in anxiety.
” I saw him on bed!” Said the guard.
” Who?”
” The prisoner!”
” You fool, how could prisoner have bed?”
” I swear I saw him.” Warlord followed him to the cell, they looked inside but see no bed. Adil lying on the floor looking at them foolishly.
” You donkey, I told you to stop drinking.” Warlord shouted on warning. ” Get inside and wake him up, the sultan is waiting for him in the arena.”
” Yes sir.” The guard said in respect but still wondering what he saw, he was certain he saw bed but now it’s no where to be found. Adil was taken to arena where he saw sultan and sultana sitting on the upper level of the building, the princess was with them. Next to them was warlord and his armies, citizen of Lebanon all over trying to watch this wonderful game. The sultan stood up looking at Adil.
” Did you believed in God?” He asked him.
” I believed in Allah!” Adil respond boldly.
” While I am of your age I have that believe, but after I came of age I found this, that what I believed was indeed false, although I gave freedom to my people to believe in whatever they wish and still I remained loyal to them.”
” Ceasing and making your citizen’s wifes as yours is that a loyalty?” Adil asked with no fear.
” You remembered me my optimal girl, the girl I ceased just after she gave birth to you. Don’t you want to see her? Together with your father! Look at them behind you.” Adil turned back and casted his eyes on his father tighten under the sun, next to him stood the beautiful woman in his dream. Could she be his mother? He screamed and ran to them but before he approached the guards ceased him.
” Listen to me boy, we are going to play a game now, if you win I will free them and if I win I will kill them and kill you too, you believed in ALLAH and I believed in ajna, what you need to do now is to show me the power of your God and I will show you the power of mine. I need to see marvel, a marvel from your God, a marvelous adventure I never see in my life. Did you accept the challenge?”
” Freeing my parent is not enough, I need something in return if I win!” Adil said boldly.
” What do you need boy?” Sultan asked eagerly.
” I need only three things in return if I win, first you have to take an oath of releasing my parent, secondly you will believed in Allah, thirdly you will allow me to marry the princess.”
” No my daughter will not marry fishmonger!” Sultana shouted in anxiety.
” Mother, I love him!” Said the princess.
” Keep quiet you fool.” Sultana punched her.
” Request guaranteed.” Said the sultan.
” No you can’t do that!” Sultana said looking at him.
” Keep quiet.” He shouted in warning. ” Have no worry my love, even Hercules cannot win this game.” He said touching her hairs, ” Let the game begin now.” He commanded. Drums were played and dancing girls were invited to amuse the horde. After the fond was over, grand vizier came to sultan and lowered down in curtsy. Then he handed a lion skin to him. Sultan collected the skin and stood up to read the note inside.
” This is your first mission, and don’t forget there is no failure, here in the note it tell a story of how Ajna discovered three golden necklaces in a place called Aweena, these necklaces has the power to beautify who ever wore them no matter how ugly he was, be it a man or woman, the first necklace was stolen by Gajeer, the wizard with the power to control all eagles, on his way back to his cave the necklace fell down and roll back to Aweena, the second necklace was stolen by Tajeer, the brother of Gajeer and the wizard with the power to travel in the air, on his way back to his cave the necklace fell down and roll back to Aweena. And the third necklace was with us, that was the one you brought yesterday, now your mission is to go to Aweena and return the two necklaces to us before the count of ten.”
” The location of Aweena, I need to know more about it?” Adil requested.
” You can ask your God to tell you.” Said the sultan. The horde looked at Adil foolishly with a thought that nothing can save him now, even their god ajna spent years searching for that place and now he was asked to go there before the count of ten. Adil smile looking at princess whose already in despair. She just felt she love him and she can’t tell how. She smile back at him secretly so that sultana will not understand.
” In the name of Allah I wish to see myself in Aweena.” Adil whispered. The horde stood up in astonishment because Adil was no more standing on the field.
” Where is he where is he.” Them saying in wonder. Adil found himself in a mountainous region, the place was quiet, extremely quiet. He walked down there then suddenly he sighted a lady in white, he ran to her but before he approached she has changed another direction. He continue following her till they approached a cave. He got in the cave seeing her stood far away to the end wall. Immediately he approached the end wall she vanished. Adil stood in wonder thinking what to do, he decided to move out so he turned backward to the exit. Unexpectedly he sighted two necklaces lying on a rock. He went there looking at them pleasantly. Just after he picked them he vanished.
” Seven.” The grand vizier stopped the counting looking at Adil on the field. He held the necklaces upward for the horde to see. Among the horde there was some Muslim clusters who shouted happily praising the Great Almighty.
” Allah was indeed great Allah was indeed great.”
” Keep quiet.” The sultan shouted. ” He did nothing, this was only the beginning, he still have nine missions before he get his freedom.” The two necklaces were compared to the other copy and confirmed right. Grand vizier gave another lion skin to sultan and took his seat.
” Your second mission was about a story of a drinker named Rasheed, this man has been drinking for more than twenty years but never got drunk. each and every day he must full his tummy before going to sleep but nothing ever happened, your mission was to find a tentative reason why he was not getting drunk, and you have six count for this.” Sultan sank down while grand vizier started the counting.
” In the name of Allah I wish to find the reason why Rasheed is not getting drunk.” Adil said in his mind. Abruptly he fell down unconsciously. grand vizier continue the counting till he reached four then Adil woke up.
” I have found it, the answer was from the story, Rasheed was Imam and it was forbidden to drink in Islam, because of this the clever Rasheed decided to be drinking in the night before getting to sleep when ever he feel like doing. He usually tightened himself with a chain and closed his room. Then he will drink and got drunk but nobody will know because before morning approached he will turn normal. One day he forgot to tights himself with a chain and closed his room only, after he drink he got drunk and so he decided to rape his daughter. he broke in her room but found nothing apart from her corpse lying on the bed, and that was when his senses returned to him. He cry and cursed himself thinking how would she feel if she was alive and saw him in this situation, he also cry and thank The Almighty for bringing back his senses, the people that trusted him, that listen to his sermon, how would they react if they found this mischievous guilty. He was ashame to ask forgiveness to The Almighty, he spent years committing sins but still it remained hidden, the Almighty had protected him although he was a sinner. From this day Rasheed never drink. He remained in peace to the rest of his life.”
” This was great.” Said the sultan, ” And why was that The Almighty Allah protected him although he was a sinner?”
” It was because The Almighty Allah love His servants unlike ajna. And this was the beauty of Islam. The Almighty often give chances so that sinners can repent, you can spent years committing sins but nothing will happen to you. ”
” Good indeed, here is your third mission.” The sultan collected another lion skin from grand vizier and started reading as follow : ” There was once a philander named Ghanem, he was well known by many women since his youth age, he grew old but his attitude seemed incessant. In his mind he wanted to repent but no matter how he try he cannot withstand it. One day he had a dream, in his dream he saw three watermelon, the first one was divided into two, the second one was divided into four and the third one was not divided at all. Your mission was to tell us the meaning of this dream and you have five count for it.” Adil did as before, he asked for a wish and fell down unconsciously, just after grand vizier counted four he woke up.
” The dream he had was a sign for him to repent.” Adil started talking. ” The first melon he saw was telling him to fast for two days, Monday and Thursday, meanwhile the melon was divided into two, if he keep this fasting constantly every week, his desire for sex will permanently disappear, and the second melon he saw was telling him to marry four wifes, meanwhile it was divided into four, and if he did this it will help him have resistivity toward his desire, the third melon he saw was telling him to become full man, a full man that was independent and cannot be subdue by whores, meanwhile the melon was not divided so he will not have the evil desire if he did as he was told.”
” Excellent.” Said the sultan,” Here is your fourth mission and you have six count for it. Somewhere in the North there was a castle next to a sea, no one knows when it was built and no one knows who rule there, no one ever got in that castle and come back alive. But stories predicts that at the middle of this castle lay three fruits, the first one was golden apple and the second one was golden orange, the third one is not known but was drawn by Ajna, your mission is to retrieve these three fruits before the count of six.” Adil asked for a wish then suddenly disappeared, before the count of four he returned with all what he was asked to. ” You didn’t tell us what you saw in the castle!”Sultan requested.
” I saw women!” Adil said looking at him.
” Women how?”
” I will not say anything about this because the mission was just to retrieve the fruits not to speak of what I saw.”
” Ajna was the true GOD, he broke in that castle and come back alive.” Sultan shouted in please.
” Ajna was not the true GOD, he broke into the castle but not able to retrieve the fruits,”
” What do you mean?” Sultan asked in pain.
” Ajna was just a wizard, a common magician that used his magical powers to fool people, before he was betrayed and killed by his brother did you ever asked him how he lost his left hand!”
” He said it was his natural creation!” Sultan shouted.
” His natural creation! So this mean he was created nor he created anything”
” No he created himself!” Sultan shouted.
” With no left hand?” Adil asked. ” It seemed you have little knowledge on your false god but let me update you now, the castle I just went through was built thousand years ago by Raheeta the immortal queen of siren, her sisters Lareeta and Mareeta on her side obeying any command she asked them to, the three golden fruits served as their lifes, and it was known that if the fruits were burnt so the three sisters will be dead. because of this they built a castle next to a sea and decided on their own to secure their lifes. The first golden apple belong to Lareeta, and the second golden orange belong to Mareera, the third one was not known because it was a flower, a golden flower that belong to Raheeta, Ajna wanted to steal these three fruits so that he can force the three sisters to either become his bride or he will burn them, so he created an invisible cloak for himself, he wore the cloak and went to the castle not knowing that it’s not fit for him, his left hand was out without his perception, immediately he stepped into the castle Raheeta cut the hand with her index finger, in an attempt to make an escape he sighted the two fruits, the third one was not recognized but he drew it and consider it as fruit not knowing that it was a flower, he went home yelling in pain and sorrow.” Adil handed the items to sultan. ” Here they are you can decide what to do with them.”
” I am going to burn them.” Said the sultan.” Your fifth mission was about a smelling girl, very ugly and extremely dirty hermit named Dalia, she often hide herself into the forest to avoid been seen by men, she come to village once a week to buy her need, but every week she goes back home, some unknown men must rape her violently. This keep on happening constantly every week she moved out. The thing was disturbing her but the girl has no choice than to leave her things to the Almighty God. Your mission is to find reason why men go after this ugly girl I spoke of . You have four count for it.” Adil asked for a wish and fell unconsciously. Within he stood up and started talking.
” It was the beauty of Islam, that women were ordained to cover their body with Hijab to avoid been seen by men, to avoid exposing their hidden part, and to avoid inducing men interest on them, women of Dark Ages does not know about this, that was why they wear tightened clothes, to them it beautify their body but it don’t, it only induce men interest on them, an evil interest on them. Although Dalia was ugly but she was not poor, God satisfied her with enough coins to buy whatever she desire but she chose to remain dirty as she was, she chose to wear tightened clothes because she thought they could add beauty on her. She chose to isolate herself from her family thinking that could be an only way in which her prayers could be accepted. Dalia was only ugly on the face but not on her body, she was giving a gift that men need and yet striking them with affection through her tightened clothes, so why would she not be rape?”
” What about the smell, don’t they feel the smell on her body?” Sultan asked.
” The man that was eager to have excretion will never care about the dark, and the same thing to this men, their interest was extremely worst to an extent where by the smells on her was seemed like perfume on them.” Adil answered.
” Nice attempt, you have done well indeed.” Sultan said in admiration, ” And here is your sixth mission, you have two count for it.” He opened the lion skin and started reading. ” There was once a hermit that care about no one not even himself, he has family but give no care to them, he got friends but to consider them not, whenever people talks to him he respond if wishes, some think he was doing this for religious purposes and some think he was doing it for some purposes, then one golden day the hermit started hallucinating, he was seeing a man with wings yelling at him to shake his hand, to have him smile and to come with him. Your mission is to find the name of this hermit and the reason for his hallucination.” Adil asked for a wish and immediately he started answering.
” His name was Raheem, his hallucination was a sign for him to repent, although people like him are still out there even now as I am talking, they care about no one and talk to no one, the reason for this was they want to prove how independent they were. How firmly they can stand with help of no one. But some reasons were unpredictable, only knows by Allah Himself, in some people, it was their natural persona not to care about anyone, this was not a crime but the crime is to ignore those that love you, those that want to help you, and those that want to be with you just like Raheem did. The wing man he saw yelling at him to shake his hand was only asking him to love those that love him, he saw him again asking for a smile meaning to help those that want to help him, the wing man also asked him to come with him meaning to follow those that want to be with him.” There was a dead silent into the arena, people looked at him in wonder and admiration of how could such a boy of his age have this talent. The sultana that hated him is now smiling at him, the princess can see the glitters of her mother’s eyes.
” Mother?” The princess called.
” What?” Sultana asked eagerly.
” You are looking at him!” Princess said in jealousy.
” He is such a sweet boy.” Sultana whispered.
” Such a sweet what?” Sultan shouted in misery.
” I am sorry your highness.”Sultana asked for apology.
” It’s nothing beautiful to praise about, he still have four mission to earn his freedom.” He said collecting the lion skin from grand vizier. ” This is your seventh mission and you have three count for it, Tareem’s ambition was to become most powerful sorcerer in the world just like his brother Ajna, so he went to his master and asked him for help. Your mission is to let us know what master told him.” Adil asked for a wish and started answering.
” The master told him for his ambition to be fulfill he must take the life of his brother by himself. Tareem fell in despair thinking how could he stand against his powerful brother, the person that raised him and gave him life, Tareem went back to the master and asked for the strength to defeat his brother, master told him about the invisible cloak made by his brother, if he can dare wear it and attack his brother for sure victory must be his. Tareem did as was told and took the life of his brother by himself, he returned to master and told him how victorious he was. The master laughed and said.
” This was very good of you to take the life of your own brother, I have hunted him for years but I never succeed and here you do.”
” What are you saying master?” Tareem asked.
” That you are fool indeed to took the life of man that gave you life, don’t you ever thought I also want to be like your brother, now you are going to follow him.” Tareem made his escape and from that day he was never seen again.”
” Excellent.” Said the sultan.” Your eighth mission is simple and a bonus to you. You have no count for it, all you need to do is to tell us how Tareem met his end.” Adil asked for a wish and started talking.
” Tareem ran to dark forest and hid himself in a cave, he spent years there feeling guilty then one day a stranger came to him and asked for a shelter. Adil welcome him and gave him all he needed.
” You seemed upset brother, is everything alright?” The stranger asked.
” I am alright.” Said Tareem.
” I only spent a week with you and all these days you don’t seemed to look alright, you have to tell me what is happening!” The stranger requested.
” I have done great many crimes, but the worst of them is the life of my brother I took with my own hands.” Tareem said shedding tears. ” He gave me everything I need, he raised me he helped me he gave me life but… I. ..I betrayed him.”
” I am sorry brother.” The stranger said looking at him. ” You really have no loyalty.” He whispered. ” But it was good that you felt what you did, the guilty in your heart can bring back your happiness and still make you innocent.”
” How?” Tareem asked.
” There was once a man that killed hundred men and at last he was forgiving and granted paradise.”
” Wow! Your God was indeed most Merciful, my brother ajna the one I killed has no mercy, people were worshipping him as god but if made any mistake he will kill them no matter how hard they begged him.”
” Your brother was not god, he was only using his magical powers to fool people, a true God will always be merciful, a true God must not be seen or heard. You can only feel God if your faith was firmly strong.”
” This was interesting, so how do I feel your God, your true God?”
” True God was Allah, believe in Him and His messenger and you will be forgiving no matter what you did.”
” I do, I sincerely do. And what about my brother? Can your God bring him back to life?”
” He can do more than that!” The stranger respond.
” Okay I need to see my brother now!” The stranger asked Tareem to stare at one direction, there he saw the reflection of his brother Ajna in a beautiful place, a beautiful place that cannot be describe. ” Is this…… Okay what is he doing there?”
” Your brother was a free man, I went to him before he died and advice him about the true faith, and thank God he recognized it sincerely.”
” Take me to him now, I need to ask him for forgiveness.”
” Okay good, now sleep, if you wake up you will see him next to you.” Tareem fell at sleep, a deep sleep he has never awaken till date, this was how he met his end, he died a free man just like his brother Ajna.”
” The stranger that came to Tareem, was he an angel or what?” Sultan asked.
” I don’t know exactly.” Adil respond.
” What about his brother Ajna, did he get to see him to ask for forgiveness?” Sultan asked again.
” I was never told about that also.” Adil respond.
” And why should you not asked your God to tell you about that?” Sultan requested.
” Because there is no need for me to know them, there are things you don’t need to asked about. You will be told if necessary. Anything that God kept hidden, never try to find it.”
” Okay before your next mission I need a favour from you!” Sultan requested.
” There is no favour between you and me!” Adil said boldly.
” But there is favour between you and princess, and I know you can do this for her if not for me.” Sultan said in husky voice. Princess stood up looking at Adil.
” For me please tell him what he need.” She said.
” Yes tell him.” Some people chorus.
” It’s okay.” Adil whispered.
” Please tell us how Tareem’s master met his end!” Sultan requested.
” Tareem’s master met his end at Raheeta’s hand, the queen of siren. His ambition was to capture the three golden fruits so he can enforce Raheeta and her sisters to either become his brides or he will burn them just like Ajna did, he wore the invisible cloak and went to the castle but unfortunately he was caught and killed.”
” I am certain you didn’t asked for a wish so how did you know about this?” Sultan asked suspiciously.
” Just like I said previously, there are things you don’t need to ask because you will be told if necessary, and that was what happened to me. I was told about this since only that I didn’t speak it out for you to hear.”
” Good, and here is your ninth mission, it will not be easy as you think.” Sultan opened the lion skin and started reading as follows: ” There was a brothel where drums were always played, dancing girls always on the ground, alcoholic beverages for all to drink, the girls on this brothel do not ask for men to come to them, rather they sing an enchanted song, who ever heard that song will try to find the doers, and who ever find the doers will never see the light of tomorrow. Your mission is to find the location of this brothel, and the girls there who are they? You have two count for it.” Adil asked for a wish and immediately he started answering.
” It was the beauty of Islam that forbidden the playing of musical instruments because of its negative effect, some might think listening to music brings only fond but truly it don’t, listening to music was the leading causal of sexual desire, it bring about calamities like earthquake and genie attack. It also lead to hypocrisy, poverty and hunger, permanent madness because of the tension in the brain. It takes away faith like fire takes away bushes in the harmattan season. It was also the beauty of Islam that forbidden the drinking of alcohol, to drink alcohol is a madness to a fully man, did you recall the story of Rasheed, the man that tried to rape his daughter because he was drunk, he was completely out of his senses, do you think he can do that if he was normally healthy? Have I ever told you a story of harlot named Hadia, the woman that died in a painful illness, the illness she received by men of her type while taking up their fond, do you think she could have such illness assume she maintain her virginity with respect? Now let me tell you about the brothel you asked of, it was located in the northern river not too far from Raheeta’s castle. And the girls there were siren under the commandment of Raheeta. The spell of their enchanted song can only work against badmen who often take pleasure in music and women, a real believer will never experience such calamity for ever because he will be protected by Allah Himself.”
” Very good,” Said the sultan. ” Here is your last mission and you have one count for it.”
” One count.” Princess stood up.” This is not fair.” She shouted.
” This is not fair.” Some men chorus.There was little murmuring before the sultan shouted.
” Keep quiet,” He stood up. ” This is my rule and it must be obeyed, and if you fail all the nine missions you have done will receive no regard.” He poked Adil. ” All you need to do is to watch grand vizier while I read your mission for you. Immediately he count one your mission will be terminated.” Sultan opened the lion skin and started reading.” The distance between Lebanon to Bagsha was seventy years but Ajna the most powerful sorcerer in the world minimized such journey to seven days, Bagsha was once ruled by malicious queen named Farisha, together with her people they were doing apart from adultery, gambling, drinking and all sort of crimes, but as I am telling you this story now Bagsha no longer exist, the city was wiped away from the surface of the earth, and the reason for this was, Bagshan people ignored the true God and embraced false ones, they were cursed and turned to flowers, an evil flowers that tear anyone who cross them to pieces, men no longer go to Bagsha, even the spirits king himself was afraid to cross those flowers, for more than thousand of years there was no rainfall into that place, there was no light, it was but a dark and dark and dark.”
” What does Ajna do there?” Adil asked.
” He went there to stop the haunting but unfortunately he was caught, he was even lucky to lost one eye,” The sultan answered. ” it was known that if anyone can dare cross the flowers and cut the queen among them then Farisha and her people will rise again and embrace the true religion.”
” So what do you want me to do there?” Adil asked.
” Your mission was to recognize the queen among the flowers and cut her down.”
” But how do I recognize the queen among them?”
” You can ask your God to tell you.” Sultan answered.
” It was also known that the queen among them was beautiful than all of them?” Said the sultana.
“No, that’s not the point.” Sultan shouted. ” The point was that all Bagshan are beautiful and absolutely looking alike so you see all the flowers must be beautiful and absolutely looking alike.” Sultan stared at Adil foolishly before he proceed.. ” Your mission start now and you have one count for it.” There was dead silent into the arena, people looking at Adil feeling sorry for him, their thought was that he cannot make it, his optimal friend Akeem was among the horde in the arena, next to him was Dahma and her daughter Tanisha all looking at him in pity, sultana whose having fond of him wanted to help but there was no way to, the princess was already in despair, if there was way to sacrifice her life for him she will, but the thing was beyond her power, she cannot stand against sultan. But can she just leave him take away her love, she has to do something even if it will cost her life. The princess stood up mildly looking at Adil, quickly she grabbed a sword from one knight and threw it to him.
” Run for your life.” She shouted trying to approach him,
” Cease her.” Sultan shouted. The guards ran in speed and brought her back to her sit, on doing so her bracelet fell down, Adil took it and wore it on his hand.
” I will return your bracelet for you.” He said.
” And what about me, what will I hold of you.” Princess asked.
” Hold this for me.” He threw one coin to her.
” In the name of Allah I wish to see myself in Bag..” Instead of him to say Bagsha, he made mistake and said Bagda. He fell down unconsciously and awoke by murmuring, he opened his eyes gradually seeing himself in a new place, he was tightened with chain, guards all over beating him violently together with his mates, he looked at the people over there in surprised, their skin was dark unlike his. He can’t believe he was captured, was he a servant for now? How does it happened? ” Hey untie me untie me I need to get to Bagda now.” He shouted. Unexpectedly he felt a blow on his nose.
” Keep quiet you fool, you are now in Bagda.” The bald man said in sorrow. Adil looked at the city they approached. It was beautiful indeed. They were led in and taken to sultan, the sultan asked each one of them to speak his name and where he’s coming from.
” This one.” The bald man poked Adil.” We found him in the desert.” He said. ” Speak now.” He punched him.
” I am Adil son of Danish from Lebanon.”
” Lebanon!” The sultan said in surprised. ” I never heard about this place.” He said suspiciously. ” And what are you doing in the desert alone?”
” It was not my wish to come here, I….I don’t know how it happened.”
” You don’t know how it happened! Okay where do you wish to be?”
” They called it Bag…Bagss….. I mean Bagda, Its a …..”
” This is Bagda.” Sultan shouted.
” No it was not, that place…. There are flowers over there and….I need to find them before the count of one.”
” Count of one.” Sultan said in wonder.
” He is fool.” Said the bald man.
” Not only fool but completely out of his senses, take him to cell till I request his presence.” Adil was taken to cell and locked there, he remained as servant in this city for a very long time together with his mates. They were asked to perform all the difficult tasks. One day while he was lying in his cell, one guard came and opened the cell, the guard broke inside looking at him.
” My name Maleeya, I am glad to meet you.” Adil looked at the figure that stood before him.
” Are you a girl? How did you….?”
“-It’s a long story.” She interrupted.
” What do you want?” He asked.
” The place you were looking for, I can help you! But first you need to tell me how you came here!”
” I have gift, a guarantee to any wish I asked for, and that wish is what made me come here.”
” prove it.” She said.
” Okay what do you want?”
” Just turn me to anything you wish for.”
” Okay,” He whispered. ” In the name of Allah I wish to see Maleeya turn to rat.” Before he closed his mouth Maleeya was turned to rat. He took the rat on his hand hilariously with fond. He dropped it and wish for it to be normal.
” How dare you turned me to rat?” She shouted distraughtly.
” I am sorry, don’t forget you asked for prove and here I gave it to you.”
” You are fool indeed.”
” Yea whatever, but how did you know you were turn to rat?”
” I can feel it, I cannot talk but my fully sense is still with me.” She respond.
” Okay how can you help me?”
” The place you were looking for was Bagsha not Bagda, I once heard it from my grand father, and I am sure you had made mistake while pronouncing your wish that was why you came here.”
” If that’s the case I am going now.” Adil stood up.
” No we are not done yet, I need your help, I want you to stay with me and help me defeat the sultan.”
” And why should I do that for you?”
” You are doing that for the whole people, the sultan you see was wicked, this city was once ours but he killed my parent and made it his just like he did to others, help me defeat him and I will show you riches you never dream of!”
” How would I know if you were not lying?”
” You can ask for a wish.”
” I am sorry, I can’t stay here, I was not destined to be your husband!”
” Okay tell me about my husband!” She requested.
” He was a prince, he’s coming now with his father to take over this city. He will kill the sultan and marry you, there you will be crown as queen and the prince as king.”
” How did you know this?”
” There are some wishes I will be told although I didn’t ask for them and that’s what happened now.”
” I heard screaming!”
” Yes the battle has started, I need you to stay here. Your husband is coming to this place and immediately he look at you he will fall in love with you just like you will do.”
” How would I thank you?”
” You don’t need to, just make sure you remain loyal to true religion.”
” I will.” They had a farewell before Adil started to ask for his wish.
” In the name of Allah I wish to see myself in Bag… ” Instead of him to say Bagsha he made mistake again and say Bagna. He only woke up finding himself in a longer and dreadful well, he started climbing trying to take himself out, just after he reached the quarter of the well he began to hear some horrible murmuring, he looked down there but see nothing, he continue climbing in fear thinking where the hell he find himself while the murmuring continues, this time around he don’t look downward, he held his fear in his tummy thinking it can save him, suddenly the murmuring turned to loud noises, he can hear noises but can’t understand what it’s all about, the noises has no meaning nor he recognized the language. It’s now worst, he can’t stand it anymore, quickly he took his eyes downward, the terrible thing he saw made him scream.
” In the name of Allah I wish to see myself out of this well.” He asked for wish and found himself out, people over there gave him an applause as admiration.
” What did you see inside?” One man asked him.
” The.. Shs… Shadowy things…” Adil respond.
” Come here you are mine.” The man took Adil to his home and satisfied him with meal.
” What is the name of that well?” Adil asked.
” Bagna, we called it Bagna.” The man respond.
” Oh no.” Adil whispered, he can’t believe he made another mistake in pronouncing his wish.
” No one ever come out of that well alive, so how did you got in there?” The man asked him.
” I don’t know, I only asked for a wish.”
” A wish.” The man said in astonishment. Adil told him all about his story from first chapter to last.
” You are hero indeed, but the place you want to go is dangerous, no one ever return.”
” I know, but I will give it a try, and I will appreciate if you can permit me to rest here for few days before I take my leave.” Adil requested.
” There’s no problem, you can stay.”
” The shadowy things in the well, what are they?” Adil asked.
” No one knows, they have live there for centuries. ” Adil spent three days with the man, on the fourth day he asked for a wish but unfortunately he found himself in the wrong place, this was how he continue to experience many adventures seeing wonder after wonder, calamity after calamity, decade after decade but never find the right place of his choice, his wish remain a curse to him, it only take him to a new place where he has never been before, any new place has new challenges, new calamities and new wonders he never dream of. His adventure continues till he made it to a city called Bagwa, a city where unseen beings used to haunted the hallways of the castle, no one can dare move in the night. Adil used his power and vanished these dark creatures away.
” Thank you man for saving my castle, all the haunted hallways are now free, it seemed the dark creatures were no more, now we can move in the night as wishes,” Said the sultan. Adil only smile with no word. ” I have never seen a man wear bracelet.” Sultan said in wonder.
” The princess I told you about, this belong to her, it makes me recall her, not only her but my entire home.” Adil said touching the bracelet.
” You still have chance to go back home.” Said the sultan.
” And that will be after I found the flowers.”
” But your count was already over.” sultan said in advice.
” It didn’t matter, I just want to prove how firmly I am, so they can trust me that real believer will never fall.”
” What is your plan now?”
” To give it another try.” Said Adil. ” Although I am now old man, bear all over my cheeks and grey on my head, even my skin have started to wrinkle but I never feel I am tired.”
” I need you to focus your attention in one place before you pronounce your wish, do not rush, do it slowly with concentration.” Sultan said in advice. Adil stood up and focus his attention, with concentration he pronounced his wish and luckily he found himself in Bagsha, the place he has been searching for decades, he smile pleasantly and went through the flowers, it started to rain after he stepped in there, the dark wiped away leaving the light to come in, what a blessing from The almighty Allah,nothing happened to him, he was not attack by anything, he looked intently to the beautiful flowers who seemed to look alike, there he sighted the gorgeous of them all, he knew it must be the queen, he touch it mildly with affection before he cut it down, what he saw surprises him, all the beautiful flowers turned to human, the queen knelt down before him in respect.
” With due respect, I am hereby to embrace the true religion together with all my people.”
” Rise.” Adil said looking at her, she was indeed beautiful, a beauty he has never seen, ” Thanks The Almighty Allah for saving your life.”
” Your highness.” She curtsy. ” If you didn’t mind I can take you to my palace so you can have some shelter there.”
” No thank you.” He smile at her. ” I only need one thing from you.”
” What?” She asked.
” I need your escort, you and your people.”
” As you wish your highness.” Adil asked for a wish and immediately he pronounced it he saw himself in Lebanon at the arena, queen Farisha and her people stood next to him. What surprises him most was, the coin he threw to princess do not reach her all these bygone years, she only opened her hand with the intention of holding it immediately it approached. The sultan and his people were still there waiting for the grand vizier to count one. The wrinkle on his skin, the bear on his face, the grey on his head had all vanished. Farisha and her people moved back in fear, they can’t believe the old man was turned to young man.
” This is nothing to be afraid of Farisha.” Said Adil.
” Farisha.” Sultan said in wonder.
” Don’t forget you spent thousands of years as flower with your people.” Adil continues. ” But now look at you, like nothing happened to you.” All eyes on farisha and her people, the horde in the arena have now gave their heart and trust to true religion.
” I have now believed there was no God but ALLAH and Muhammad peace be upon him was His prophet and messenger.” The horde chorus.
” And aye.” Said grand vizier.
” And aye.” Said the warlord and his armies.
” And aye.” Said Sultana.
” And aye.” Said princess.
Sultan looked at adil with admiration and smile before he uttered ” And aye.” There was a longer applause to Adil before sultan ordered all to take their leave. Farisha and her people were taken back to their kingdom, there she continue to rule as the queen of Bagsha. Danish and his wife Aseema were released, the sultan asked them to stay with him into the castle, Sultan had no son, so he asked Adil to become his heir and there after he was married to princess. Tanisha and Akeem were married, Adil asked them to join him into the castle together with all their family. There they continue to live happily ever and after.
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