It is true what they say, you do not realize what you truly have till it is gone. Shahran Nana you meant so much to a lot of people and you are going to be missed immensely. You were a warm-hearted and tender person to all.
I still remember the many days in Sri Lanka when we were small, we had so much fun! But after your father’s death you had to shoulder the responsibility of your family. You were their pillar of strength. As a result at a very tender age you had to go abroad for employment, but still you did everything with ease and aplomb. Though you were abroad for many, many years we did not sever the bond we had as children. You never failed to come to our house every time you were in Sri Lanka.
On the 12th of June 2010 you were taken away from us unexpectedly. You suffered your very first heart attack at the tender age of 42. It was indeed a shock to all those who knew you.
I know you are in a better place now, pain free, and happy, but still it does not feel like this has actually happened. We are going to miss you so much and I know so many people are too. You are always going to have a place in our lives and hearts. We all wish we could have had more time to have seen you and caught up on all those lost years. I can sit here thinking of what could have been, should have been and would have been if things were different, but that is not what I want to concentrate on. I want to hold onto and remember the good memories we have of you. We are cousins, and always will be no matter wherever we are; nothing can ever break that bond.
We never loved you any less or cared any less about you although you were abroad. When I came to Mecca to perform Hajj while you were employed there, you looked after us really well. I will not forget that. The last time you came to Sri Lanka in March we wished you and your family well and to come back safely, but alas! It was never to happen. Being apart from people you love and care about, just makes you love and care about them even more. So I’m holding onto our memories forever. You were such a lovely person - always cheery, always nice, an all round great person. Everyone who had you in their lives should be so grateful. You were a people’s person.
I know it is a great loss to your dear mother Shareefa- my periaumma, your loving, grieving wife Sharmila, to your adorable children Zikra, Maryam and Abdul Azeez, your affectionate brothers Naushad, Sabry and Fariz and your only sister Farzeena. Love is stronger than death even though it cannot stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries, it cannot separate people from love.
This was indeed a witness at your funeral in Qatar when an amazingly large number of people attended your janaza, those who did not even know you, who came in bus loads to bid you farewell. The charitable acts you have performed right throughout in your life will illuminate your grave with brilliance and make it spacious for you. Death cannot take away the memories we have of you. Our loss is God’s gain because after all God only takes the best.
May the Almighty God grant you Jennathul Firdhouse.
Your cousin
Amaana Zaheem |
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