O Positive (Atiya Khalid)- Fiction Review by Shoby

O Positive (Atiya Khalid)- Fiction Review by Shoby

O you mankind! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful (Halaal) and good (Tayyab); and do not follow the footsteps of the devil, for he is to you an avowed enemy.

(Sura e Baqarah- Ayat 168).

So it is categorically written in QURAN PAK and here ALLAH PAK is talking to the whole humanity, not only to the persons belonging to a specific religion. DO NOT eat Haraam in any case, as it will make you follow the footsteps of the eternal enemy i.e. Shetaan. 

Atiya Khalid (the emerging writer) has touched one of the most important aspect (or should I say, a dilemma) of human society in this fiction which was published in a monthly digest last year.

This materialistic world of ours is hungry for power, wealth & what not and we human beings leave no page unturned to do whatever it takes for our personal benefits and Aaqib was no different.

His father has brought him up with one loud & clear message. Never ever try to add the negative components especially the ones forbidden by ALLAH PAK in your blood, as O + has been bestowed to you, so that you can donate it to the needy ones and you should not be thankless to HIM for blessing you in such a wonderful way by maligning it with Haraam. Unfortunately, he forgets the lesson. Let me add, it is not only he, who has forgotten the true lesson, in fact we all have.

This less than 3 pages tale is a complete dose of education, where the writer has tried to kept the things very plain. Looks like the only goal of the author was to spread one big strong message without complicating the scenarios. The best thing that I found in the fiction was her very simple story telling.

She has depicted two en-masse distinctive characters and presented the contrast between them so smoothly. I am pretty sure that the author has successfully achieved what her objective was and her message was surely reached to the target audience quite clearly. 

I would surely love to read more from this writer, may be a novel or so, as I feel she has that feel in her writing which can teach you without being preachy.