"Faani"

Sitting in our car, on our way back from Islamabd Defense Housing Scheme:

Mama: Kal akhbar mein aya tha k famine kuch saalon tak itna barh jaye gaa k log darkhton k patay khaeein gey...

Me: Amma do you know, there is enough food in this world to feed every single person on this planet?

Mama: Nahi chalo, woh to apni jagah hai naa, mera matlab tha k yeh jo floods waghera aa jaate hain inn k baad...

Me: Mama, agar floods bhi ayein, to jo kuch bachta hai, that should be distributed equally amongst everyone, but it isn't. Jin k paas power hai, money hai, woh horde karte hain, unn ki bala se baqi sab marte hain to marein!

Ayesha: Yeah, that's right.

No converstaion for a few seconds...

A few seconds later:

Me: Waise I think all species die out ultimately, and this perhaps will be a dying out of ours.

Baba: Aur to tum ne bahut kuch parh liya hai, I would suggest k tum Quran ki English Tafseer parho.

Me: Yeah, I was thinking of that. Mein ne parhna shuru ki thi, but then other things came in the way.

Baba: Bara explicitly stated hai Quran mein, k Allah ne yeh dunya khatam karni hai. Ussi ne banai hai, aur uss ne khatam karni hai. Signs diyay huay hain Quran mein, k yeh zameen apney orbit se nikal jaye gi, two planets will collide, and the sky will turn red as a result of the immense heat produced. Sab khatam ho jaye gaa kyunke Allah ne yeh sab khatm karna hai.

Me: Hmmmm......



An hour later, sitting beside Ayesha, watching her pray:

Me: Ayesha, one thing though, WHY does it all have to finish? Why does it have to end? Why is this world "faani"?

Ayesha: Because......