LA ILAHA ILLALLAH
November 2021
Author and writer Ms Izabel LAnglais
The beach was
quiet compare to the summer time; still the sun shinned, the water now too cold
to swim since the weather had coolled down ... Laiilla loved to go for a walk
along the shore; this was the best time of the year to collect seashells, long red
branches corals, star fish and pebbles brought
by the waves ... as she walked, she observed the sand under her feets for any
sign of life ... crabs diggings ... turttles
trace on the sand, in the direction of the waves ... she would bring bread
with her, and when she could see the seagulls gattered together at one place,
she would trow them the bread away from it to attract them away ... then she
would run to the place where they were, and find life ... always there was
something to find ... the seagulls always weak to gluttonny, would have
forgotten in a second about this frugal pray to share, and fight competitively over the loaf of bread
instead, more plentiful for them, and
easier then crabs, all snapping little claws out, ready for a fight ; for their
size, and at the speed the seagulls had abandonned the crabs for the bread ...
she though they must be given some kind of a fight, as they were normally found still alive ...
she then would collect the little creature and bring it to the water for safety
where it would go and disapear as fast as could, away from those seagulls, still
fighting over the bread ... then proud of her good deed, she would anticipate
Allah’s reward for her merciful gesture of saving this life, and feeding the
seagulls ... looking at the horizon, she
would appreciate to feel the life the water would sweep her with in moving
strokes, dense and bubbly, calm and rolling on the sand, protective of other
life within, unnotticeable except from the few seeing of a jumping dolphin far
away ...
All the time she would find a new
creature to recsue ...
Then she would continue her walk,
and keeping her dua in her heart, she would walk slowly letting her soul feel
the world Allah has created and entrusted Humans with, to protect for him ...
The seagulls
were still flying over the area were she had trown the bread loaf, and so she
left to continue her walk ... then she felt something like a presence close to
her, and slowed down to look around her ...
a washed log on the sand, beside
where she had found the crab... an amazing hiding place ! she decided to check it closer to see if she
could observe another little creature there ... close to it, she could feel
something was there ... looking around, a furry tail was coming out from the
side ?! A little animal ? Carefully, not to get
bitten, in case it was a mudrat or oppossum ... she bent down to look under it,
talking softly ... then she seen these 2
eyes looking at her ... bright with the sun reflection ... a cat !!! ... a tiny
little cat ! ... she extended her hand softly, and presented her fingers for
him to smell ... he didn’t budge ...
after few minutes of talking to him, she reached in her purse for some snack
she brought for lunch; now that she had given the bread away ... what else she
had ... ? some curd meat and cheese ...
she took a cured meat stick and a piece of cheese and presented
it to him ... he started to purr after smelling it...slowly, he took a little
bite ... she placed the meat on the top
of the log ... he climbed on it and started to eat the meat ... she talked to
him looking around ... there wasn’t any house or anyone ... he was a stray cat
for sure ... not a young kitten, but maybe 6 months ... she tried to patted him, and he letted her,
continuying to purr and eat ... after he was done with the cheese too ... she
grabbed him gently with a hand under his stomach, petting him all the while,
and placed him to her shoulder so he could see behind her ... holding him with a hand on his back, petting
his dusted fur from the sand ... she started to walk back where she came from
to go home ... while he was still purring with a full stomach ...
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800 words
Photo is from the google Library to support the story