Islamic Books And Poetry

               W      aseem did tell Hashim Mubeen about his conversation with Imama but he censored much that would have provoked his father. Despite that, Hashim Mubee      n was shocked into silence. =So Imama told you all this?‘ he enquired after a long pause. Waseem nodded in assent. =Call her.‘ Waseem hesitated as he left the room, but instead of going to Imama himself he sent a servant to do his father‘s bidding and returned to his own room. He did not want to be present when his father confronted her. Imama knocked at her father‘s door and entered. He and their mother were seated there in absolute silence. The way her father looked at her made her tremble. =Baba, did you…send for me?‘ in spite of her effort to control herself, her voice faltered. =Yes, I did. What‘s this rubbish that you‘ve been discussing with Waseem?‘ He asked angrily, without any preliminaries. =What did I a...

A few days later, Imama took some books with her to school. When they were together during recess, she brought the books along. =I have something for you.‘ =Really? Let‘s see what it is.‘ Imama held out two sets of books from the bag, one towards Javeria and the other towards Tehreem. They quietly glanced at the books. Javeria said nothing, but Tehreem reacted. =What‘s this?‘ she said coldly. =I brought these books for you,‘ Imama replied. =Why?‘ =So that some of your wrong impressions about us can be corrected.‘ =What sort of wrong impressions?‘ =The wrong impressions you have about our sect,‘ Imama explained. =Who told you that there are any wrong impressions about your .religion. or your prophet?‘ Tehreem asked very seriously. =I can judge that myself: that is why you do not come to my house. You think perhaps that we do not read the Quran or that we do not consider Hazrat Muhammad, peace be upon him, a prophet although that‘s not the case—we beli...