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Ahlam Rahman and Ayman Haq! The journey all began with an accidental glance at Islamic class. Join them to find out more about the highs and lows of...
I was getting up from the dining table, when Ayman pulled me back onto his lap. "Ahlam baby don't lie to me, what is the matter with you today. Your not yourself tell me what's wrong". "Nothing Ayman I'm fine". "That's the biggest lie ever it's blatant on your face, that your not fine!".
"Will you drop it!! If I said I'm fine I am fine, now leave me alone!".
As I walked into our room I started feeling soo guilty, I'm such a cow he's always nothing but nice to me and I can't talk to him about how I'm feeling.
*** 1 week later
The term had finally finished and the summer holidays had officially commenced. I had planned a little getaway to Bournemouth. I had rented an Airbnb that was on the beachfront. The doctors still hadn't rang me up about my blood test, I was growing more and more anxious by the day.
I had packed clothes for both of us for a week. I was waiting for Ayman to get back home, he should be home soon because it was half day at school because of the end of term.
I had put the suitcases in the boot of the car, my plan was to make him get into the car and wait until we arrived to our destination, to let him know where were at. I was sitting in the living room finishing reciting Surah Kahf as today is Friday. I could hear Ayman's car pulling into the drive. "Salaam! I've planned something for the next week, go get into some comfy clothes, we're leaving in five".
He came and hugged me tight, "sir! Yes sir!!". He marched and saluted. "Where are we going? And why do we need to leave within five minutes!". "Well it wouldn't be a surprise if I told you would it now".
"Ok cool let me go and put a T-shirt and some shorts on". The weather was boiling outside, it's weird seeing the UK actually sunny and not raining and dreary.I had made sure we had everything we needed for the week so all I had to do was wait on Ayman to get down.
"Come on! Let's see what this adventure has in store for us!!". "Yesss!! Let's go!". The drive should take roughly one and a half hours, and inshallah we will be there in time for check in.
We were half an hour into the drive when my phone had started ringing on the Aux cable. "It's an unknown number should I answer it?". "Yeah answer it god knows who it is". He had put the phone on loudspeaker because I couldn't physically hold the phone and drive at the same time.
"Hi there is this Ahlam Rahman I am speaking to?". "Yes this is she". "Ok! This is Dr Khan speaking and I just wanted to talk to you about your blood test results, is that okay?". "Yeah sure go ahead!". The blood had officially drained from my face, I hadn't meant for Ayman to find out like this. "Okay so the blood test results show that you are not ovulating properly and that your oestrogen levels are high. This is why you and your spouse are struggling to conceive. I am thinking of prescribing you Clomid, this medication should help to regulate your ovulation. And inshallah increase your chances of getting pregnant. I will prescribe for three months. If you are still not pregnant till then, we would have to refer you to a fertility specialist who could try different, fertility options with you to help you conceive. I will send the prescription to your local pharmacy. Does that sound like an appropriate plan?". "Yeah to be honest I'm willing to try anything in order to get pregnant!". "Do you have any other questions". "No that's all thank you, bye!".
As Ayman turned of the phone I could see that his fists had almost turned white. I could hear Ayman reciting أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم, in abundance. This had been mentioned in the Hadith by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). On that the Prophet said, "I know a word, the saying of which will cause him to relax, if he does say it. If he says: 'I seek Refuge with Allah from Satan.' then all is anger will go away." Some body said to him, "The Prophet has said, 'Seek refuge with Allah from Satan. (Bukhari)
The remainder of the drive was silent, all I could hear was Ayman reciting Quran in a small voice. I had made him mad, even when angry he didn't even react to be honest if roles were reversed, I wouldn't have reacted the way he did. If I'm honest I would have kind of flipped. His patience is commendable, I sound like a hypocrite, it was wrong of me to hide something like this from him. Inshallah he will be able to forgive me.
The rest of the drive went by quick, I had parked the car and began to take out our luggage. Once we had got into the Airbnb I still had no reaction from Ayman. I guess I deserve the cold shoulder.
The sun was beginning to set, I could hear the sound of the waves crashing against each other. I held my hand out to Ayman, both of us walked out to the beachfront side by side.
The sunset looked absolutely phenomenal! The red, purple and orange colours mixed together to form a splendid sunset. Subhanallah! Allah Swt creations are indeed nothing short of perfection.
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I was pulled out of my reverie when Ayman started speaking. "Baby you know how much I love you right?". He spoke in a gentle voice. "Of course I wouldn't even question your love for me. Why'd you ask?".
"Why would you hide such a thing from me, the purpose of marriage is to be there for each other. I'm meant to be your teammate. I promised that I will be here for you through the good and the bad. I could hear the disappointment in his voice and the guilt was killing me. "I feel like crap too, I'm yearning to be a father just as much as you want to be a mother. I've seen you around Aizah, the feelings in your eyes are clear as the day. You always preach about how communication is key and whatever not talk to me I'm here to listen".
"Ayman, I'm scared what if we never get pregnant". My voice began to crack, before I knew it I had tears running down my face. Ayman enveloped me in a bear hug. "My love you can't be thinking that way. Allah Swt is the best of planners, maybe he thinks that right now isn't the best for us to become parents. In Surah Luqman there is an ayah which states "be patient over what befalls you". (Quran. 31:17). All we can do in this situation is make sincere dua and wait until the time is right for us. Allah Swt has never ever failed us. Indeed our duas are being heard at Tahajjud for Allah is at the lowest heavens at that time of the night. This is a test for both of us, inshallah we will be parents soon. And if not there is other ways of us experiencing parenthood too. Inshallah, inshallah it will all work out it always does".
I pecked Ayman's cheek, "thank you! I feel much better now. And yeah inshallah it will all work out, it was wrong of me to get soo worked up about the situation. I should trust the almighty's plan".
"Can you believe it! In a weeks time it's going to be a year since we've been married. It's crazy I would have never thought I would find the love of my life. You are my world sweetheart, and I'm going to keep loving you till the end of time".
"And I love you more! You are the best life partner anyone could ask for. It's weird to think it all started with an accidental glance at Islamic class".
The End.
Authors Note :
How was it guys? How many of you guys actually made it to the end of the book? 🤣🤣
