The Last Time I Saw Him

He was my class fellow from 7 to 10 grades.  He was the most intelligent student in the entire school.  Always got highest marks not only in our own class but in the whole school exams.  He never got less than 100% marks in mathematics as I remember.  I was second to him, in spite of trying my utmost to at least get equal to him.  But never, I envied him very often.  Besides in studies, he was the most gentle, humble, polite, and cultured boy, and above all, we were best friends.  Sat on the same bench.  Both of us mostly kept us much ahead of what our teacher used to teach, especially in the maths.  

In our 10th grade, we both stood in the first division, though his marks were higher than mine. In matriculation, if a student got 60% of the total marks he stood in the first division.  I got around 69% whereas he got around 75%, and got qualified for scholarship in college. 

We got admission in same engineering college.  He was same intelligent and sharp even in the college, where I was feeling difficulties to cope up with the teaching system of the college.  It was totally different from school, there was no help from the lecturers and you have to do all the preparation yourself, which I was finding very difficult.

In the third year of graduation, he got admission one of the top engineering university (level) college, and I stayed behind, and sort of left my education. But I used to see him.  I used to visit him at his home.

One day I found him sad.  I asked him the reason,  then very first time he opened his life to me.  He told me about the girl he loved,  “So what, you have a good future, you are intelligent, a good life is ahead of you, what is the problem, marry her.”

“I can’t do it, though she does want to marry me, but I can’t destroy her life!”  His eyes were welled with tears.  I got shocked, “How come you destroy her life?”  I could not control my shock. “Because I am getting blind.”  “What!” I was dumbfounded, “You have never told me that, I was your friend.”  I was got worried and felt very miserable for him.  “Have you seen any doctor?”  “Yes,” he told me, but there is no remedy for my disease here in Pakistan. I have some retinal problem, not the lenses problem so that change them.  We have researched and found that may be in Russia they have some success in the remedy of this type of eyes sickness.  And I am going to Dubai, where my eldest brother works, and from there we will try to make the arrangement. But there are very fewer chances.”

I could not give him even some encouraging words, hope, or wishes, just left him praying for him in my heart, which was extremely heavy because of the sadness for such an intelligent person, who never got any lower success in his entire education career.”

That was the last time I saw him when he was nearest to get blind.  He then went as he told me since then I could have a single clue about him, what had happened to him.  I don’t know whether he got recovered because he never replied my messages.  I visited his house too, but his entire family has left the place.

I hope that he would be okay and have a good life with the girl he loved.

 

 

 

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  • I'm feeling really bad for him but at the same time thinking positive that he may get cured and living a beautiful healthy life with his family.
  • No, bet, his family might be shifted to some other place, but because I was acquainted with my friend, so it was not necessary that they would inform me. It was not because of the girl.  She was ready to marry my friend because she also loved him.  I hope that they would have got married.

  • I am also feeling bad for that young man...but why had his family left? It was that girl for whom  his  whole family left without saying any word?

  • He was such an intelligent and bright guy, once he told me that whenever the professor of any of the classes was absent, he used to stand and started giving the lecture on the subject, of course on the request of his  classmates. 

  • Marshaa.  

    Yes, of course, I will do.

  • Yes, Risty, I also believe so.  Thanks.

  • Very SAD story, read it and feeling so sad for your friend and really eagerly feel to know what is the situation now about him and what is happened or happening of his life now. I must Pray to GOD for him from my bottom heart and expecting that he is okay & living a good & peaceful life now . Dear Mishaikh if you get any kind of information about him by anytime pls share that in your this blog for us. 

  • Oh,just like my close friend here is always telling me. Life sucks in occassion. But for me,everything happens for a reason. Just have faith..all thing work together for the good of those who love God. No matter how worse the situation is.
  • Yes Rose it is a true story.
  • Oh Mishaikh, what a sad story. It sounds as if it's a true story of a part of your life. Sometimes we think we know a person, a friend, a family member until we have to recognize we don't really know them. Everyone hides something inside as his little secret. There are things we don't want or can't to tell to anyone.
    Finally he had told you about his worries and sorries ... but until now you don't know anything news about him.
    Uncertainty about what happend is a bad thing. It's like an book we read from which someone has torn out some the pages... so we are unable to read the end of the story. Our mind tries to imagine the plot, we hope for a happy end ... but we can not be sure. So are there only questions without answers.
    I hope for you that you or someone else  finds the lost chapters of your book.

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