Ali aik aam larka tha lekin uski zindagi mein ek ajeeb si kami thi — woh kabhi apne guzre hue waqt ko bhool nahi sakta tha. Har din usay apne galtiyon, apne faislon aur apne kho diye hue logon ki yaad sataati thi.
Uski maa usay kehti thi, "Beta, waqt kisi ka intezaar nahi karta. Tum zindagi mein tabhi aage barh sako ge jab tum apna maazi chhod doge."
Lekin Ali chhod nahi paaya.
Aik din usay bazar mein aik purani ghadi milti hai. Ghadi ka rang zara sa sunahla tha, lekin usmein kuch likha tha:
"Waqt ko samajhne wale kabhi gum nahi hote."
Ghadi ka bikreta aik ajeeb si muskurahat ke saath Ali se kehta hai:
"Is ghadi ko le lo beta, yeh tumhe wapis le jaye gi... tumhare maazi mein."
Ali hans padta hai. "Aise kaise mumkin hai?"
Bikreta sirf muskurata hai aur kehta hai: "Jab waqt aaye ga, tum samjh jao ge."
Jab Ali raat ko ghadi ko ghumaata hai, achanak usay mehsoos hota hai ke kamra ghoom raha hai. Hawaa tez chalti hai aur uski aankhein band ho jaati hain.
Jab woh aankhein kholta hai, woh apne bachpan ke ghar mein hota hai.
Usay apni maa ki muskaan nazar aati hai jo ab is duniya mein nahi rahi.
Ali samajh nahi paata ke yeh kya hua hai. Lekin usay ek moka mil gaya tha. Woh apne maazi ko phir se jee sakta tha.
Ali roz raat us ghadi ki madad se apne maazi ke mukhtalif lamhon mein jata. Kabhi apne doston ke saath khelta, kabhi apne maa ke saath waqt guzarta, kabhi apne woh lamhe jeeta jahan usne zindagi mein galat faislay kiye thay.
Woh un faislon ko theek karne ki koshish karta lekin har dafa kuch na kuch bigar jaata. Har dafa ek nai musibat usay gher leti.
Ali samajh gaya ke woh waqt mein phas gaya hai. Har dafa jab woh kuch badalne ki koshish karta, waqt usay phir wapas ghuma deta tha, lekin kuch aur kho deta tha.
Ek din usay apne maa ka aik purana jumla yaad aya: "Beta, zindagi ka husn is mein hai ke tum waqt ki nadaniyon ko qubool karo. Galtiyan insaan ki pehchaan hoti hain, lekin waqt ka qaidi banna tumhari tabahi hogi."
Ali ne faisla kiya ke ab woh waqt ko theek nahi kare ga, usay qubool kare ga.
Lekin ab ek masla tha — ghadi usay chhorne ko tayaar nahi thi. Ghadi ab usay khud apni taraf kheench rahi thi. Ghadi ka bikreta phir samne aya.
Usne kaha: "Tum maazi mein rehna chahtay thay, tum waqt ke musafir bannay chahtay thay — lekin waqt tumhara qaid-khana ban gaya hai."
Ali ne usay dekha aur kaha: "Main waqt ka musafir hoon, lekin ab waqt ka qaid nahi banna."
Usne ghadi tod di.
Achanak sab kuch hil gaya.
Ali ne jab aankhein kholi to woh apne waqt mein wapas aa chuka tha. Lekin ab uska nazariya badal chuka tha. Ab usay apne maazi se nafrat nahi thi. Ab usay apni galtiyon se gila nahi tha.
Ab usay maloom tha ke zindagi ka asal maqsad hai waqt ke saath chalna — usse badalna nahi.
Woh ghar se nikalta hai, aasman ki taraf dekhta hai aur muskurata hai. Pehli dafa usay lagta hai ke woh sach mein zinda hai.
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