My brother Shabbir was born in 1943 and within six months lost his hearing and speech following the impact of

the blast in the Bombay docks. The building where we used to stay was totally damaged.

 

There was a doctor who had come from abroad and we enlisted Shabbir for an operation. Operation na ek din

pehle my mother thought ke Aqa Moula ni raza levi joiye. Huzur ni hazrat ma maara bhai ne layi gaya to eh Moulana na saamne pehli vaar ‘maa’ bolo. Operation ni humey araz keedhi toh Aqa Moula yeh farmayu ke 18-warsey bolse.

Amazingly, he recovered his speech and hearing when he was 18. Today he speaks quite well, runs his own factory and communicates normally with his children and grandchildren. Miracle.