Us baap ne apni beti ki ek ek CD ko apne pairon talay rond kar chakna choor kar dala tha. Woh har raat use us ke kamray mein band kar deta tha, aur duaiya meeting ke dauran poore church ke samne ailaniya taur par us ke gunahon ka tazkara karta tha. Us ne apni beti ki saheliyon ke samne us ke chehray par thappar mara, aur use uksane aur neecha dikha kar farmanbardari par majboor karne ki koshish ki thi. Woh use yeh yaad dilane se kabhi nahin chookta tha ke woh khud jawani ke daur mein ek misaali bacha tha. Mere daftar mein, us ne poore josh aur azm ke saath mujh se kaha, “Main us se apni izzat karwa kar hi dam loonga, khwah yeh meri zindagi ka aakhri kaam hi kyun na ho!” Izzat pane ki chah hi us ka but bani baithi thi. Use poora yaqeen tha ke woh is ka haqdar hai. Chunanche, har maamla us ke liye izzat aur ana ka masla ban jata tha. Jahan beti ki taraf se koi be-adbi nahin bhi hoti thi, wahan bhi use apni beizzati hi nazar aati thi. Zindagi final imtihanat ka ek aisa silsila ban kar reh gayi thi jis mein us ne apni beti ko kabhi fail se behtar number nahin diye thay. Woh apni beti ki nashonuma, adam-e-tahaffuz aur daur-e-larkpan ki tamam tar uljhanon ko apni zaati tauheen samajhta tha. Us ki soch mein koi amoodi ya roohani pehlu saray se maujood hi nahin tha. Woh apni beti ko Khuda ke saath us ke taalluq ke tanazur mein dekhne ke bajaye, sirf apne saath us ke rishte ki nazar se dekhta tha. Woh khud ko ek aise khadim ke taur par nahin dekh pa raha tha jis ka kaam beti ki rehnumai karna hai taa ke us ke dil mein Khuda ka woh khauf paida ho sake jo zindagi bakhshta hai. Us ka dil is wahid hadaf ke peeche bhaag raha tha ke beti us se dare aur use woh izzat de jis ka woh khud ko haqdar samajhta tha. Kya izzat ek achhi cheez hai? Yaqeenan! Kya yeh ek aisi cheez hai jise walidain ko apne bachon ke andar paida karne ki koshish karni chahiye? Ji haan! Lekin ise mere dil par hukmaran nahin hona chahiye, warna main un baton ko bhi apni zaat par le loonga jo zaati nauiyat ki nahin hain, main Khuda ke numainde ke taur par apne asal kirdar ko nazarandaz kar doonga, aur main is cheez ko cheenne ke liye laroonga aur is ka mutalaba karoonga jise sirf Khuda hi paida kar sakta hai. Afsos ki baat yeh hai ke woh baap us but se bilkul andha ho chuka tha jo us ke dil par raaj kar raha tha, aur woh is haqeeqat ko dekhne se bhi qasir tha ke izzat pane ki isi andhi khwahish ke chakkar mein, woh apni beti ko bilkul is ke baraks rad-e-amal zahir karne par majboor kar raha tha.