Ifar's Journey

Millions of years ago, the earth was still a ball of fire. It was still emitting magma and poisonous gases. It started cooling eventually as time flew and a magic was about to happen in few years.  

Many meteorites were falling on earth as the earth was spinning with a greater speed than now. The meteorites were causing huge damage to the earth. It was dust everywhere. As the planet changed, and the crust began to form, volcanic eruptions occurred frequently. These volcanoes pumped water vapor, ammonia, and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere around Earth. Slowly, the oceans began to take shape, and eventually, primitive life was about to evolve in those oceans.

That was when God decided to send his angels to the Earth. He wanted to run a trial on them and see how they can survive. How will they grow? How will they multiply themselves? All these questions were to be answered. So he assembled his ministry in the heaven. All the angels assembled in the hall of heaven and were eager to listen the list of candidates selected by God.

The Hall of Heaven was called Laham. It was a circle shaped hall, with trees as a fence. The trees were planted very close to each and a branch from each tree was bent towards the hall and it was like a long wooden bench in the hall. The branches also had sub-branches which was like a seat for an individual. The leaves of the tree were multi-colored and it depicted the mood of the God.

The angels in the first row where those who were created by god first and the next row was for younger angels and so on. The angels in the first row were the deciding authorities among the angels. They were discussing on the creation of new place in space and how it will be. God has been playing with space since they have seen himher. Heshe had a table with him from where he controlled the object of the space. Heshe would always play with this table and make the objects crash to each other and break them into pieces. Sometimes heshe would throw some fire in it or sometimes throw some water on it. 

A bright light appeared and God stepped in to the hall and sat on his throne. His face was covered with bright light that no one can clearly see his face. That's when God spoke with his melodious voice. His voice was soft and clear, but it created a fear in everyone's mind.

He said, "I have decided to create a life. So I have created a source of light for them, from which they will get everything. I have named it as Sun. 

Ifar walked out of his hut and noticed that it's raining heavily than usual. It was 8 AM in the morning but, it seemed like 6 PM in the evening as the dark cloud blanket was covering the sun. The sky was pouring the water and it was flood everywhere around. His and every other hut near him looked like an island. Thank god that all the huts were elevated before constructing as it rains heavily each year.  

The Madambakkam village was situated on the banks of a river. The rain this year was heavy than usual. It has been raining continuously that the sun saw the village three days back. Every year, the people of his village would make a hole for the excess water to flow out, so that the river doesn't overflow into the village. So all kinds of fishes, reptiles and other dangerous insects were flowing in the water. His neighbours were making nets to catch few fishes to prepare food. 

20 years ago Aayan and Zoya gave birth to Ifar. He was so weak when he was born and his parents struggled a lot to protect him. He was so weak that he cannot move his hands and legs like normal children. He cannot bear the normal heat and cold. So his parents protected him a lot till he developed his immunity.  He was the lovable kid to their parents

He went to Al Fajr Madarasah to study till his age of 15. Later he came to live with his parents. He always remembered his Mullah's teachings. His words were of great respect to him in his life. He decided that he will always follow his Mullah in life. After he came back from Madarasah, he never went out and made friends. In fact he did not have friends in Madarasah. His only teacher and friend so far was his Mullah Ayyub.

Every moment he could sit alone he would think of his days in Madarasah. Every time he would think and close his eyes, he can visualize the entire Madarasah. The Madarasah was located in center of Vandalur forest. Even during the day time it was scary to step out of the Madarasah gate. The walls of the Madarasah were thick and tall enough to protect from animals around. It had a very big entrance with big wooden doors. Both the doors were carved with intricate designs and painted with beautiful colors. It had a big play ground and a kitchen nearby, where food was cooked for the students in Madarasah. The Madarasah ran on a trust and donations from rich people. 

Ifar always loved to eat his food sitting along near one of the minars of the Madarasah. During night time it was scary to sit in the open place near the minar, but Ifar loved to be alone. He would watch the big forest and sky above him, hear the sound of the birds and animals and other insects and enjoy his dinner. The sound of the forest always gave him peace. So back home he was missing his Madarasah a lot. 

In the morning the rain had stopped and he came out to see that the rain water has drained. He stepped out in the mud that the flowing water has left. He walked for a minute to see that few huts were