Ukusuka Kwingozi Ukuya Ekupholeni

Ngo-Agasti 2023, u-Aqeel Ahmad, ityendyana eliseLahore, ePakistan, wasinda kwisiganeko sobundlobongela esatshintsha ubomi bakhe ngonaphakade.

U-Aqeel wayekhwele i-rickshaw kwindawo yaseGajjumata xa amadoda amabini awayekhwele isithuthuthu azama ukuhlutha ifowuni yakhe ephathwayo. Ngexesha lomzabalazo, waphoswa kwi-rickshaw, wabetheka intloko yakhe kwisamente, waza walahlekelwa zingqondo. I-ambulensi yamthwala yamsa esibhedlele.

Emva kweentsuku ezisithoba, u-Aqeel wafumana isifo sohlangothi esibuhlungu esabangelwa kukuqhekeka kobuchopho. Kwafuneka atyandwe ingqondo ngokukhawuleza. Xa wavuka, wayene-global aphasia — ingxaki yolwimi eyayimthintela ekuthetheni, ekufundeni nasekubhaleni.

Ngaphambi kokuba ahlaselwe sistroke, u-Aqeel wayesebenza kwicandelo lezabasebenzi kwinkampani eseLahore. Emva koko, walahlekelwa ngumsebenzi wakhe, kwaye ubudlelwane bakhe baphela. Ukuchacha kuye kwahamba kancinci kwaye kwamenza wazivalela yedwa.

Abahlobo abaninzi babesokola ukuqonda imeko yakhe xa wayengakwazi ukuthetha kakuhle. Okwamncedayo ngabazali bakhe, ababa ngabona bantu bamxhasayo nabamncedayo ukuba athethe xa wayengakwazi ukuthetha yedwa.

Kwiminyaka emibini yonyango kunye nokuziqhelanisa imihla ngemihla, intetho ka-Aqeel ibuya kancinci kancinci.

“Ndibuyisela ulwimi lwam, igama negama,” utshilo u-Aqeel.

Amapolisa awazange afike, kwaye amadoda awayenoxanduva awazange abanjwe. Namhlanje, u-Aqeel uthi oko akusekho ngqalelo yakhe. Ingqalelo yakhe kukubuyela esimeni, ukwamkela, kunye nokwakha ubomi bakhe ngokutsha.

“"Ukulwa yinto yexeshana, kodwa ukuyeka kuhlala ngonaphakade. Ngoncedo lukaThixo, ndiyaqhubeka."”