A JOURNEY TO MITHAI

I would like to share a loooonnnng hectic and tragic journey for the big cause…..that’s MITHAI ( SWEETS )

Ok…it goes like this....

Living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia….my cousin Saima informed me from Delhi that she had sent for me some Mithai and her wedding invitation card by her uncle’s hand which I supposed to collect from his place. I had not expected that mithai uncle would be living in Makkah….anyways, that was not a big deal to get there so I planned to visit there in my weekend….as I was not familiar with Makkah city ( know only kaaba… cuz’ mulla ki dour masjid tak ), before leaving from Jeddah, called mithai uncle to get his residence location…..whatever he explained, I got the half of it…cuz he told me in a way that seemed even he was unsure where he was living. I took his cell no and told him that I would call him when I reach there. I took my friend zahid with me as a company to avoid any unexpected khoaari !

On our way to Makkah….zahid said, lets perform tawaf after getting mithai from there. I told him straight NO ! ….that we would perform tawaf some other day ’cuz…mainay sachay dil say sirif mithai ki niyyat ki hay…..and I wanted to get back home early…he said what kind of muslim am I ???…going to Makkah and leaving from there without performing tawaf ??? he felt awkward and kept insisted… I again simply told him NO !!!

He put his hands together in a prey position and looked up the night sky…and uttered loudly……….YA ALLAH !!! ….haider ko maaf kar daina…..aur mujhay bhi …kion keh may is kay saath safar kar raha hoon…lekin too jaanta hay kay meri niyyat saaf hay !!
He insited me to prey as well but I was keep telling him …mujhay mithai chahiyeh bass!!

After a while, it started lightning in the sky ( a huge one ) and then a dust storm started….

Zahid started shaking like hell….he fastened his seat belt quickly…and said….haider …abhi bhi waqt hay…..maafi maang lo allah say. …..as allah was giving signs….!!!

When we reached makkah and took the route towards the residence…we did not find those marks as explained by mithai uncle…..as he told me that we would find only one hospital and only one fuel-station there. But on our way, we actually found several hospitals and many fuel stations …..zahid started shouting…..WE ARE LOST !!.... WE ARE LOST !!!

I said to my friend…. the reason I brought you along was that you could calm me down if something unexpected would happen….and now u started to panic??????

We then stopped at one spot and asked a guy there about the location….he told us that we were on a right track….but the required location is still further away from there. We were happy to hear that at least we were heading in right direction….then again many zigzag roads came ahead ….and my friend started shouting again …..WE ARE LOST !! WE ARE LOST !!!

After a while we found ourselves in MINA – ARAFAT ( That’s MEDAAN-E-HASHAR )…

I could never forget the look of zahid’s face !!! He said ……haider change your niyyat !!! change your niyyat NOW !!! before…. is medaan main abhi hamara hashar ho jai !!!!....and I said only one word…. MITHAI !!!

I decided to stop there to ask that guy….my friend shouted….NOOO…!!!DON’T STOP!!! He might be mout ka farishta !!!!

I said …don’t worry….us ko bhi gari main saath bihta laingay aur thori si mithai khila daingay….that guy told us that we took the wrong turn…..we had to go back ...and pick the right street ( or he meant… pick the right path )

Anyhow….after half an hour of more khoari….we finally reached the spot where uncle had told. I called uncle from there….he directed us to his home…and finally we were in his home.

Uncle and aunty were very sweet …as I already named them as mithai uncle and aunty….We had chat about current events, India and Pakistan politics, family matters bla bla bla, had very tasty seekh kawabs ...we were there like one hour ….I offered them to visit my place whenever they would visit Jeddah.

In the middle of conversation, Zahid announced that we were already late …we had to go for tawaf then back home….Uncle also said yahan aaye ho to acha hay tawaf kar kay hi jao !!! I asked him ….ok let us know the both routs ….how to get to kaaba from here and how to take the highway to Jeddah from there ...he told us so.

As we got inside the car….. I exclaimed….lets open the mithai box and go home! zahid became very angry and said he would not touch the mithai at any cost…
After a while on our way to find exit from makkah….we found ourselfs lost again…!!! we asked the police at small check point the highway to Jeddah…..he told us that was old Jeddah highway with no streetlights….he guided us to the new highway. it took us half an hour to reach there finally…!!.on our way back …my friend sat quite except his lips were murmuring with silent prayers….

I offered him mithai on the way…..he agreed hasitantly and hungrily..…when he opened the box….he said…what is this???…..all mithai in one color???...…..( that was suhan halwa ) he was expecting rung barungi mithaiyaan.....!!! I said jo bhi hay yehi hay…..khao …it was very tasty indeed !!

finally reached Jeddah late late night !!! had dinner out….and reached home mentally exhausted !!!

Moral : sabar ka phal hamisha mitha hota hay.......aur jab niyyat kharab ho to kaam bhi kharab hotay hain !!!!

by haider agha