Istikharah Unites Us
The Ta'aruf Proposal
Another song that I love, you are the reason by Calum Scott.
There goes my heart beating
'Because you are the reason
I'm losing my sleep
Please come back now.
And there goes my mind racing
And you are the reason
That I'm still breathing
I'm hopeless now.
I'd climb every mountain
Swim every ocean
Just to be with you
Fix what I've broken
Oh, 'cause I need you to see
That you are the reason.
I am currently working on a ta'aruf proposal while listening to you are the reason, a song that I also like.
*I used to hear the word mad love* and blind love but didn't understand what it meant. Until I myself experienced it.
Like the sentence contained in the song lyrics above 'Cause you are the reason.' Yes, Aura is the reason why I can understand the meaning of mad love.
*And I've also heard the lyrics of a song like this 'I love you love you love crazy'* in one of the 2004 Indian films called Fida. From this film I can conclude that, excessive love can make him not realize that in fact he is only used by the people he loves.
Mad love can also be said excessive love, excessive can also be said lebay, but I do not mean more in loving him. Since true love is love for God the giver of love, love that is not based on love for Him, it will surely be love that is wrong and in vain.
Ten years have passed, I still harbor feelings for Aura. In these ten years, I still pray for the same person. Even though I was just admiring it.
In ten years, there have been countless number of women I have met. On campus to work. From the timid to the aggressive. Nothing can replace Aura in my heart.
Even though after I graduated from boarding school I never heard from her again, my race for her still remained, only for her.
The look of selling is not something that can make me a playboy.
After I finished typing the proposal that I was going to hand over to Aura, I also went to print it.
"Mbak, please print. The title of the file is ta'aruf's proposal." I told the counter guard while handing over my flash.
"Good, Mas. Wait a minute." she replied. He took the flash I put on the table and went to his computer.
I also sat in the chair provided. While waiting for him to finish, I called my brother.
"Assalamu'alaikum" said Brother Agatha from across the street.
"Wa'alaikumussalam." I replied. "Sister at home, brother?" my many.
"Yes, why?"
"Rizky's going to Brother's house, in a moment."
"Oh, yes, I have. Come." said Agatha.
"Yes, Brother. Rasya and Bella want to bring what food, sister?" my many.
"Anything that matters is halal" he replied.
"Ok, Brother. Assalamu'alaikum." I said ending the conversation.
"Yes, wa'alaikumussalam." he said.
After that I hung up the phone. Rasya and Bella are my nieces, the children of Agatha. Me and Brother Agatha are just two brothers.
"Mas, it's done" said the counter guard and made me a little surprised.
"Oh, yes. How many in total?" my many. "All the paper clips are one" I said.
"Everything will be Rp.8,000.00, Mas." he replied.
"Thank you, Ma'am." I told him and then I took the paper and took the change.
After I finished with the print business, I went to the mini market. I want to buy some snacks for my nephew.
I took snacks, milk boxes and ice cream, two each so that Rasya and Bella would not struggle.
Then I went to my brother's house, which took about fifteen minutes of riding a motorcycle.
"Tock... Geck... Geck... Assalamu'alaikum, brother." I said as I knocked on the door when I got home, Brother Agatha.
"Wa'alaikumussalam." he said from within. Not long after that, he opened the door. "Let's go in." ask Agatha.
"Yes, sister." I said, then I went in and continued to the TV room to hand over the food I brought to my two nephews.
"Relax, Bella. It's bring food, share it, don't struggle." I told them.
"Eh, when's Rizky coming?" ask 6-year-old Rasya.
"Just arrived." I replied.
"Well, love ya, Om. Already brought this food." said Bella who is still 4 years old.
"Yes, thank you, Om." said Rasya.
"Sama-sama." I replied as I stroked the heads of the two of them simultaneously.
After they took their rations, they left me and continued watching television.
I went to the sofa and sat down, waiting for Brother Agatha to come over to me.
"This is Brother making orange juice" he said and sat not far from me.
"Thank you, sister." said I who immediately gulped orange juice made by my dear brother.
After drinking a few sips, I put it on the table. Then I opened my backpack and took out the proposal I just printed.
"What's this?" ask Brother Agatha when I submit the proposal.
"Read it, brother." I replied after he grabbed it.
Brother Agatha observed each sentence carefully, she opened slowly sheet by sheet.
"You want to propose, Ky?" ask him after he finished reading my proposal.
"In the Lord, Brother. Pray yes, hopefully he will accept Rizky's proposal." I replied a little nervously.
"Yes, I must be praying for you. Bay the way, who is he?" ask again.
"She was Rizky's friend at school in the ponpes first, but the younger sister" I replied.
"Oh, your friend. Already familiar?"
"Not yet, Brother. Just make friends yet, what else is familiar?" my spoken.
"Loh, he said he was a friend in ponpes. How anyway? Hehe." said Brother Agatha and chuckled.
"Yes, I mean Rizky is a school, but not yet a friend, sister" I said trying to explain.
"If you don't know him yet, why would you want to submit a ta'aruf proposal?"
"Rizky never knew him. But Rizky's always watching her, brother."
"Ciiew, it turns out that his sister is a secret admirer. Haha." he said and laughed at me.
"Well, brother." I said slowly.
"I'm sorry, Brother didn't mean to laugh at you. Funny anyway, after Brother the heck you have a lot of secret admirer. Until sending a bouquet of flowers to the front door of the house. Haha." he said again with a laugh.
"That's exactly what makes Rizky not like them, sister. Different from that super cute Aura." I said.
"Owh, so her name is Aura?"
"Yes, her name is Aura."
"What a pretty name."
"Yes, Brother. Not only her name is beautiful, but her face and her character are also." I said with a smile.