HIDAYAH
4. Sobs Tang

"So your religious value is minus, because the practice test score is zero" said Pak Noto, the Headmaster of my School.

Shocked and nervous, but I tried to calm down.

"But don't worry, because it's not entirely your fault. We'll help you with a written exam to change your grades,"

"Thank you very much, sir "a smile of relief is clearly on my face.

"After this exam is over, you can take the written exam."

With a definite nod of me, then I stepped out of the room.

With a smile I approached Susi.

"Nih I orderin fried vermicelli."

"Yes, yes! you are amazing" I said with hunger.

The clock keeps rolling, the 2nd exam we have passed. While pedaling a bicycle, I told him about my written exam.

Susi just nodded in understanding. It is not a major subject but, it is painful if the value must be minus.

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Three days passed without a hitch. This afternoon we will celebrate with gank Six.

That is eating cheap kopyok noodles festive rice fields edge. I think it feels normal. Many people came .

And many of them are traveling Cicil Bank workers. And the Tobacco warehouse clerk.

Maybe the atmosphere of the rice field is an enhancer of its taste.

Laughter from the six of us adds to the boisterous hut of this kopyok noodle. Moreover, Brahim to be able to spend two bowls .

While I only eat half, before I eat, I give half my noodles to Doni.

Doni always understood my behavior. Sometimes he was my protector more often, when someone mocked me.

"Let's ah back, kasian Husna still want to feed the chicken," asked anjas.

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Arriving at home, Mama asked me to buy her herbal medicine at the Jalan Besar Arabic store near my school.

At four o'clock in the afternoon the new herbalist shop opened. And I've got stanby in front of the store gate.

When the medicine was ready, I rushed home. How many meters I pedaled my bike. There was a scream coming from in front of me.

Without me noticing, the boy who was yelling at me spat in front of me.

Because of the close distance, it made it easier for him to spit and hit my left cheek.

I rubbed my cheek with a nelangsa. The boy smiled sinisterly as he said, "Bas on Christians!! "

"Huh...what's my fault ?" my inner.

"He seemed to have eaten the crackers of Obar Abir," I muttered as I looked at the spit stuck to my hand, soft and red.

I rubbed my palm with the fabric of the lower skirt.

As I pedal my bike slowly, on the way I think and feel.

"The boy seems to want a mosque, when viewed from his clothes and indeed the time of prayer magrib is near. "

When I got home, I kept quiet and didn't say a word. After handing over the herbs to mom.

At seven in the night, I saw my mom pinching my dad on the back. Looks like dad's soybean after coming home from the rice field.

Dad's new business after retirement, he bought several plots of rice fields. And planted according to the season.

But the father only watches, because there is already a responsible in the process. With a revenue sharing system.

I'm approaching them "Ma, I'm sleeping first. I was tired . "without stale stale then I passed by, heading for my room.

I'm looking for an escape, and sleep is the most perfect escape.

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This morning I went to school cheerfully. Last night's events have passed in the dark of the night.

Today is a written religious exam, there are only two people in class & I am with my homeroom .

I wonder why there is only one.

"Mom, is this the only thing," I asked ventured. And only answered with a nod .

"But I can't write arab Mom,"

"Write it in Latin. You can't..?"

"Yes ma'am, I can, " There are only 1 question in this written exam.

1.READ AL FATIHAH

Even though I am not a Muslim. But I memorized the reading, because every morning always recite together in class.

Is this the kind of ease I get. I'm lucky, because I don't have to think much about the test this time.

I wrote Surah Al Fatihah in Latin, whether it is true or false. But this is what I hear every day

Because there were no lessons, after the religious exam we were all allowed to go home.

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Just entering the house, I heard the screams of my mother from behind. In shock I ran closer. My father's body was already lying on the floor.

With great difficulty the three of us dragged the big body of the father onto the bed. My sister screamed hysterically as she felt the pulse. Then sobbing without a sound like a syock.

Many neighbors came. After dad's body is lifted up on a couch. Mama went out looking for help, took Dad to the hospital.

But it was too late, and my father had gone to his Lord.

The swiftness of our tears, left the most handsome man in this house. The man we always adore. We respect it, we love it with all our heart.

It was like she did not accept the departure of my father. Mama opened the rope that tied my father's leg, to hold it together . Opening the hand that has been set, in the chest.

With tears still running down, Brother Yunar called relatives and distant relatives. Reporting this news loss.

By late afternoon, many of the church members had arrived. They did a body-cleaning session.

Care of the corpse in the Christian religion is started from being bathed, groomed, presented, prayed for, put in a crate.

Then enter the service, before being buried.

The bath is done by one or two people depending on the condition of the corpse.

The process of collecting the body is also ready when the body has been bathed.

Cadaver preservation is necessary to prevent the decay and spread of germs from the corpse to the environment.

Due to waiting for the family of the corpse who live in different places so it is necessary to wait for his arrival.

And at this time has been successfully made preservation of the corpse that does not change the color of the skin, the texture is not hard, does not melt and does not sting, even equipped with a fragrant odor that can be selected type

Everything is done at home, the church has arranged it. Because each congregation already has death savings that are deposited every month in the church.

We just wait for all that process.

Wearing Body Clothes . If the body of a girl is dressed in a wedding dress, if a married woman or man is dressed or blazer.

Father's body that has been bathed and worn a blue blazer dongker dear, so that he still looks handsome to face his Lord. His face was pale, with lips covered by a handkerchief.

His hands that were clinging to each other on his chest looked so severed in my heart.

My father was ready in the middle of the living room, his eyes closed tightly covered by glasses, which he used to wear.

White gloves also covered her big fingers.

I looked at his face fixed. There will be no more time in the future to see it.

No tears came out, just the tightness of my chest I felt.

My five sohibs patiently sat in the front seat, helping if any mourners came.

Tomorrow afternoon after all the relatives come, the father will be buried in Christian graves.

Four rooms full of brothers who have come. Many of them are still talking. It is a must to wait for a corpse.

They alternated sleeping. Even many neighbors sit in front while playing dominoes. To eliminate the sleepiness.

This is the form of togetherness in our village.

We have lived here for almost two years.

Many neighbors have changed their views on us. It's just that there are still kids like me who don't like me, no matter what.

In the morning, the sun was ashamed. I only slept two hours. It was also stuck with my five friends.

I went to take a bath at Husna's, because my house was full of people. And the kitchen was busy preparing meals for the guests.

"Ma, let's eat first. Let there be energy, our show is still a long time," Rayuku .

Kusuapi with a lot to tell about the state of the house, which is full of brothers who come.

His eyes were already narrowed indicating the amount of crying.

Brother Yunar and husband are also busy, preparing everything. We haven't even spoken since last night.

"Bang, take Brother Yunar to eat first. You guys have not had breakfast yet" I said to Brother Yunar's husband. And answered with a subtle nod.

During the day the Ambulance Body was parked in front of the house. But not yet in the yard.

The service will be held soon. Already lined up neat chairs for the congregation.

Like an entertainment show, home worship became a spectacle for neighbors.

All the people gathered in front of the fence of my house, saw the solemnity of the congregation singing and praying.

Perhaps this is something extraordinary, because they have never seen how Christians worship.

After the service was over and intercession was observed.

Now is the most painful moment, where all the closest families gather near the coffin.

Mama and Brother Yunar were right on my feet. I'm standing next to the crate right on Dad's right.

The pastor recited prayers for the father and all the families left behind.. By raising both hands up. As a symbol for a blessing.

Blessings to those who live.

The casket cover has been lifted, then put together. Wailing heart-wrenching cries and roars of sadness sounded clear.

As the crates were locked at each end, my mother's cries broke. Weak and helplessly drooping, that's what I saw.

While I've been held tightly by Bude Windari. Behind her body pressed her chest, to vent my sorrow.

This is the last time I've ever looked at my handsome face.

After being locked tightly, the crate is lifted and put into the hearse.

With accompaniment, the car rolled into the area of the Christian cemetery. Long distance we travel, thirty minutes drive.

There are not many mounds of land, this is a new tomb and not many inhabitants.

The hole with a size of 2.5m x 1.5m with a depth of 1.5m is ready. Flocked relatives and the congregation took the crates to be moved.

This is the final resting place of mankind. Are we for this. The event will come to pick you up.

For every living thing will feel death. Qs Ali Imron: 185

~~ Death is not the greatest disaster of this life. The greatest disaster in life is when our fear of God is dead while we are still alive ~~

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