Al Kahfi Land - Two Sides
Hole Time - Part 1
Fahri and his entourage have entered a forest that is deeply feared by the inhabitants of Caracas Prison. The early part of the nearby forest is like a fence made in nature to protect the area so that it is not touched by humans.
To enter the forest, Fahri's entourage must pass through trees that have prickly branches, and tall bushes that are also thorny, so that some places are very difficult to pass without machetes, fortunately, Fahri took the time to find some machetes in the prison kitchen while filling the drinking water supply.
"It's a tree anyway? Many thorns gini," asked Bram to Didan.
"Where do I know? You think the warden likes picnics here?" answer Midan while laughing.
"This tree usually grows more in North America, people there call it honey locust," Fahri said while chopping up branches of trees and shrubs that sometimes block the road.
Fortunately these thorny trees only grow in the early part of the forest, the next part of the forest begins to be friendly to its guests, namely heterogeneous forests with large trees that are slightly far apart.
After far tracing the forest, they entered the area with the contours of the uphill land. Fahri, who was trusted by the group to guide the road, occasionally stopped to check the situation around the forest, now he observed the hills with high cliffs that were still very far in front of him.
Once again Fahri stopped his entourage, this time he invited some people to make wooden sticks with a reeling tip, after which he distributed it to everyone. Fahri said, he had several times seen a large number of animals that might be dangerous, but according to him the threat of danger in this forest is not only from animals.
"In addition to being a weapon, these sticks also serve to touch the road and get rid of the barrier From now on, do not touch anything again, if forced, use a stick. Lookie! Far ahead there are beautiful blue flowers It's a poisonous plant, its name is Aconitum Napellus. The ancients, they smeared the plant on spears and arrows for war. It's just one of the many poisonous plants that grow in this forest" Fahri said.
Fahri's entourage continues the journey, they stay away from all the plants that Fahri thinks are dangerous.
Suddenly Dini screamed, he saw some of the bodies of the warden who first entered this forest. Fahri calmed Dini for a moment, then he examined the bodies with his cane.
"No one touches these bodies, they're exposed to plant toxins" Fahri said.
The midwife who recognized the bodies looked sad.
"Sorry Dadan, we are forced to not bury the bodies of your friends, our journey is still far away and we are also being pursued by the army, we are not at a safe point" said Fahri.
Fahri's entourage continued its journey. After a long walk, they began to enter the forest area that there are many large black stones, apparently they have entered the area that is said to be magnetic.
Fahri brought his machete closer to the stone, it was not attached. He was so confused, the black stones did not contain magnets as he thought, but when he tried to swing his machete, it somehow felt heavier than before in this area. Fahri was curious, he was aiming at the target with his firearm, it turns out that the tree trunk which is only 10 meters away was spared from his shot, the iron bullet was like a magnetic bend.
"God willing, the army does not look for us using a helicopter, the magnetic content is very high, but out of nowhere, wallahualam," said Fahri.
Fahri continued the journey, the further, the contour of the ground was steeper, the number of black boulders was more and more and the size was also getting bigger.
Fahri's entourage further downhill, they reach a forest area that is overgrown with banyan trees, the distance between the trees back close. Suddenly Zul finds the bodies of the warden.
Fahri examined some of the bodies with his cane. "These people died because they could snake" Fahri said.
Fahri observed his surroundings carefully, sure enough, it turns out that a lot of snakes have the same color and skin tone with the condition of this place, the camouflage is perfect.
Snake?” tanya Dini looked panicked at the word snake, Fahri held the hand Early to calm him down, “don't panic, sudden movements can actually provoke the snake to attack.”
Fahri closed his eyes with a cloth, then led him.
"Make your sticks weapons. Walk very slowly, take a good look at the footrests and banyan roots that get in the way, avoid these banyan trees, the big holes in these banyan trees are snake nests," Fahri.
Dini's face was tense, as were the men in the entourage who were afraid of snakes. A large snake approached the group and was followed by other snakes.
Fahri took off his hand Early, “don't be afraid, you shut up first, there's something I have to do,” Fahri whispered to Dini.
Fahri approached the largest snake, he aligned his head as high as the head of a large snake that raised his head, while staring at the snake. A few seconds later the snake moved away, as did the other snakes that followed it.
The group slowly moved away from the area of banyan trees until they finally reached a place that Fahri said was safe.
“Buseeet! Do not anymore ggelewatin kayak place,” said Dean who turned out to be very afraid of snakes.
“Betul, I also heard fighting with Bong,” Zul said.
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Budi Raharjo approached Fahri. "Sorry Fahri, just reminding, we have not prayed" said Budi Raharjo.
"Betul Pak Budi, God willing when we meet a place that is somewhat safe from the dangers of nature, we will mushroom Dhuhur and Ashar prayers in Ashar time. But after that we have to move back quickly, we have to find a place that is really safe before the sun goes down, because this journey must stop when it is dark," said Fahri.
"Agree, Fahri," said Budi Raharjo.
They continue the journey with a long stomach that has been empty, even the supply of water brought by Fahri has also been exhausted, fortunately everyone in the group Fahri has strong stamina, so that they do not complain at all and ask for rest.
Moments later Fahri's entourage has arrived in a forest area that has different natural conditions again than before. The contours of the plains in this area are very irregular, there are parts that climb with ramps, some are steep, not even a few vertical ones. Black rocks are also increasingly dominating the land.
The further they walk, the more extreme the terrain, even finally they are faced with a dead end that is bounded by vertical cliffs that they have to climb.
Fahri began to climb the cliff by relying on the strength of his fingers, grip and foot, he climbed without difficulty, after he reached the top he stalled 2 rope, he climbed, the rope is 3 banyan roots connected into one. Some members of the group just understood the purpose of Fahri asking to collect the roots of banyan earlier.
"Here, you go up first! Hold the two ropes, wrap the rope around your arm in alternating ways so that it locks, continue, placing both feet on the cliff wall. You dare?" Fahri asked from above with a shout.
"Brave!" Answer Early loud, is there any other answer choice? Early Murmuring in the heart.
Dini follows Fahri's instructions, as he is able to kill his fear, it turns out not to be as difficult as he thought. After Dini, one by one the members of the group climbed the cliff in the Early way without difficulty.
All the members of the entourage had been on top of the hill, they saw the green expanse of the forest again in front of him. After this stretch of forest, they saw the cliffs again, the members of Fahri's troupe worried that they would take them up the cliffs, because the height did not make sense to ride in this way.
This part of the forest is very friendly. The entourage passed through it without finding obstacles, in the middle of this stretch of forest there are many shallow rocky river flows. Fahri decided to give his entourage a chance to pray here. His entourage can drink and replenish the water supply that has been depleted, even here there are also many fruit trees that they know, so they can fill an empty stomach after praying.
Fahri chose a flat stone that is wide enough above the river to perform congregational prayers. Apparently almost all the members of this group are Muslims, except Bram and Dean.
All members of the Muslim entourage headed to the river to take ablution, although in fact only a few of them who regularly perform prayers five times. All mankind's arrogance to the Creator, when it feels very near death, must be seeking God.
Budi Raharjo who was appointed as the priest, explained about the procedure of praying khauf so that the congregation who did not know could run it.
"Sholat Khauf is a prayer in a state of war, there are several procedures of khauf prayer that are adapted to the conditions. At the moment the war is not yet underway and we do not know which way the enemy will come. In this condition, the congregation will be divided into two groups, one line of prayer with the priest and another row guarding the enemy. After the first row finished praying, the second row performed his prayers with the priest. We can pray by keeping our weapons. Ustad-ustad pesantren jebolan, Fahri and David, or maybe others have a different opinion?" ask Budi Raharjo.
"I follow the opinion of the imam," said Fahri. Other Muslim groups also agreed to follow the imam.
"Fahri, David, Zul, Didan, Anto and Ridwan, please divide in two groups. Dini, since this stone is not wide enough, you on the rock behind it huh. Oh yes, sorry, Bram and Dean, we pray first," said Budi Raharjo.
"Please Mr. Budi, we can help in case," said Bram and Dean.
After praying, filling the stomach and carrying a supply of water, Fahri's entourage resumed the journey. Fortunately the physical condition of the group as new on charge, because Fahri had to bring his entourage back to climb the cliffs again.
The group had not reached the highest cliff yet, it turned out that there was another cliff in front of him that was slightly higher than the cliff they had climbed.
As usual, Fahri went up first. Upon reaching the top, his body felt weak. It speaks a thousand languages.
“You sleeping? Haha. Throw the rope, Fahri!” shout Zul.
2 Straps stretched from above. Fahri's entourage again repeated the same way to climb the second cliff. One by one managed to reach the second hill, after arriving above the face of the person who had ascended instantly became tense, they saw a terrifying scene, the terrain in front seemed very impossible to pass through.
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