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Sassi

Beneath the Silence, She Bloomed

There was commotion everywhere. This night was no less than the Night of Judgment for the Muslims.This series of killings and massacres had been going on for a long time and continued until after independence But today, August 13, 1947, the situation had worsened.

Sasi, her two sisters, and her family were about to flee when the Hindus attacked their house too. They were about to jump from one fire to another.

These people had a lot of land and a house there. Sasi was leaving her land, her fiancé, and the rest of her family behind. Sasi was very brave.

She often went to the fields with her fiancé to learn how to row because it was her hobby.

"*Even in silence* ,*the heart knows how to whisper it's longing*"

"Stop, Ali, don't go. You also have sisters at home. If you leave them today, you won't even be able to see their dead faces."

His mother had clasped her hands in front of him, begging him to stop.

 "Mom, let me go, she is my fiancée, she is my love. Here are my brothers, my father, they have no one except Uncle Ashfaq"

Ali, groaning in pain, asked for permission helplessly.

 "Mushtaq Sahib, you yourself should say something, explain it to him."

Nargis Bibi now moved towards Mushtaq while Mushtaq Sahib was deep in thought.

"Let him go Nargis.... If he doesn't go today, we won't have any sacrifices to tell our future young generation.

There will be nothing for the youth of our country to be proud of, nothing.

Let him go, if he doesn't go today, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

And when the Lord asks us why we did not offer a sacrifice at the time of sacrifice, what will we say???"

Mushtaq Sahib's eyes were moist, as were the eyes of everyone in the house standing nearby.

But Mushtaq Sahib, those infidels who have no fear or honor in their hearts and are ruthless, he will kill them.

Nargis Bibi walked towards Mushtaq, wiping away her tears.

"Nargis, this is what we call sacrifice. Such people do not die, they become martyrs, and the mothers of martyrs do not cry, but feel proud.Nargis, he will have to go, for Sassi, for her sisters. How long and to where will Ashfaq protect them?"

"No!

No!

I won't let my brother go."

Someera was just about to speak, holding Ali's arm as she moved forward, when suddenly the sounds of slogans of Hindus began to be heard from outside the street.

"Daughter, don't be stubborn, let him go before it's too late, meet him and get ready, we are leaving for Pakistan, Ali will also come there with them!!"

Mushtaq Sahib had explained to Someira about his decision to travel further, which had shocked everyone.

"But father, how can this happen? Bushra's in-laws are here. How can we leave everything we have worked so hard to build?"

Ahmed asked in shock.

"Son, if it's your luck, you'll get all this even if you go back to your own country.Come on, we can't stay among these infidels anymore, nor will they let us stay.Ali, child, come here and hug me, I don't know if we'll ever meet again just go now...."

Ali and Mushtaq Sahib both hugged each other and cried a lot. Then Ali hugged Nargis Begum, then his two sisters, and finally Ahmed.

"These are all yours, it's your job to take care of them now."

"Don't worry! Just bring Sassi, Ashfaq, and everyone else to Pindi Station. We'll meet there."

Ali had left for Sassi from there and those people had also left to reach their country.

"Sasi, stay here and put this knife in front of you. I am just going to check on your mother and sisters."

Ashfaq Sahib made Sasi stand in front of the courtyard door and went to the rest of the family who were locked in the same room.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah fought this war with paper and pen, but the Muslims fought with their blood. They won this homeland by risking their blood, honor, lives, and property.

"Syria, we are stuck... We have no solution, those people are standing outside the door and we have daughters"

"Don't worry, Allah will be kind to us, this night will also pass, we will leave"

"Daughter Zainab, Samiya, both of you, continue reciting the Quran.You can't do anything but this recitation of yours will make things much easier for you."

Ashfaq Sahib had advised them both.

"Father, these people have come... These people are trying to climb the wall."

Sassi had called out to Ashfaq Sahib.

"Syria, strangle him."

Ashfaq Sahib had made this decision with a heavy heart, his eyes filled with tears.

"Ashfaq, what are you saying??"

"Father??"

Everyone asked in surprise.

"We have to do this, Sariya, I will not hand over my daughter to these infidels."

"Daughters! Forgive me."

Ashfaq Sahib had said while folding his hands in front of them and crying. They were both crying profusely.

"Father, please forgive us... Father, please go to Pakistan and tell them about our sacrifices... Mother, these sacrifices should not be wasted."

Samiya had said, bursting into tears.

"Mother! My child!!"

When Sariya tried to strangle Zainab with her own dupatta to stop her breathing, she fell helplessly.

Sariya's patience was exhausted and she too burst into tears and said, "Oh my God! Please forgive us!!!"

Ashfaq Sahib has almost strangled Samiya. He was unable to control his emotions and was crying.

"Father! They have come!!"

Sassi came saying suddenly and when she saw them both strangling them, she stopped in shock. And they both turned towards her. Both Samiya and Zainab fell down.Both Ashfaq Sahib and Surya came out of the room and locked it.

"Mom!! Dad!! What did you both do?? Mom, she was pregnant, she was going to be a mother, what did you do?? What will you answer her husband?? She told this good news to her husband only yesterday!!"

Sassi, wide-eyed with surprise, asked the question as if she were turning to stone. There were more tears in her eyes than surprise.

These were the days when there was blood in the eyes of the infidel and tears in the eyes of the Muslim.

"I will tell him that if I had not killed his wife and child, those infidels would have stripped him of his honor and then hung her on a spear and paraded her throughout India. That is why I saved his honor from being violated."

Sriya had answered boldly, but there was moisture in her eyes, and only then did the infidels come from above.

"Yes, Maulana Sahib!!! Your girl is here, we were looking for her here and there!!"

"Stop your nonsense!!"

Sasi and her father tried hard to defend themselves, but unfortunately, they killed Sasi's parents and took Sasi away to be the target of their brutality.

When they opened the door of the room, they found only one body lying there. They did not spare Samia either and took her body away too.

Zainab hid in the chest in the room because she was worried about her child. When she got outside, she screamed.

She remembered those infidels carrying Samia's body on their shoulders, and then the bodies of her parents were in front of her.

"If the infidels did not spare the body of my dead sister, what will they spare for my lonely soul... I wish my mother would strangle me... I wish I could die with you too..."

She burst into tears and said that at one point someone had put a hand on her mouth and said "shhshsh" and told her to be quiet, to which she also became quiet.

When he lifted his hand from Zainab's face, Zainab looked back in fear, but she was not startled; it was her cousin.

"I came here to pick you up, but..."

He couldn't say anything further and Zainab's tears started flowing again.

"Where are Sassi and Samia??"

She started crying even louder at Noman's question.

"Okay, okay!!! Just be quiet, we have to go, Zainab." Numan had told her to go.

"I won't leave my parents. If you want to go, go. I will stay with them and take care of them. You'll see that my mother will wake up soon."

"Zainab, don't be stubborn, we have to leave here, we have to get on the train before dawn."

"No!! I won't go!! I want to stay with Mom and Dad"

Zainab had laid her head on Mushtaq Sahib's chest and was crying profusely.

"Where are you going, Mushtaq Sahib, secretly at this hour of the night??"

Seeing them all leaving, an infidel addressed them on the deserted road, which meant their death.

"Nowhere, Ramu, just some relatives are nearby, we are going to their house to inquire about their well-being..."

Mushtaq Sahib tried to turn the conversation around, but he was unsuccessful.

"Okay!! Let's go!! we'll leave you"

These people were holding sticks and swords in their hands.

"No, we'll go ourselves, thank you guys!!"

Ahmed had just turned to face forward after saying this when these guys attacked.

Ahmed told Bushra and Sumaira to run away, they both ran away and the infidels injured all three of them and ran after them.

Mushtaq Sahib and Nargis Begum had fainted, but Ahmed was still a little conscious. He mustered up the courage and followed them as far as he could, but then he fainted and fell down.

"Bushra, our journey has only been this far, now we will meet in heaven, so go this way and I will go that way"

Sumira had said, pointing to Bushra.

They both ran far ahead, not even knowing where they were.

"Not so! If life lasts, we will meet again, Sumira"

Bushra said, holding Sumira's hand and hugging her, and then both of them said goodbye to each other and separated.

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