“Except for those who repent after that and correct themselves. For indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (QURAN 3:89)
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"Bhaiya—You looked dashing in beard too, though—" I heard Faiq's remarks over me, while I wiped away the remnants of shave on my face with a towel.
"Princess! How is my 'no shave November' look?!" I barged into her room, without waiting to hear her respond to my knock. Barely looking up from the books sprawled infront of her on the study table; she shot me an irritated glance.
"Great. First you were a monkey. Now a gorilla—" She remarked exasperated, turning back to her books with a long sigh.
"Naveed—Are you going out?" I paused in my wheelchair at Mum's voice. Unable to meet her worried gaze, I fixated my gaze to my hand on the handles.
"I—I was going to—masjid—" I felt the words getting knotted in the back of my throat. After last night, I couldn't get that voice out of my mind. I wondered maybe—