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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Virtue Prevails Chapter 6 Upon Ahmad's return from his business trip, he hastened to his fiancée’s home. "How happy I am with you", he told Sumayah. Sumayah replied, "I fear something may spoil our happiness. I wish it could last forever. Ahmad assured her, "Real happiness can overcome anything. Neither the passage of time nor any incident can harm true love. The angelic brightness of your face overwhelms me.

Love that changes like the weather is not real love. It is only an illusion, which vanishes in the end. Happiness that stems from materialistic pleasures is sure to disappear. It is just a dream, after which one awakes to reality. Be sure, my dear, that our marriage will be wonderful. Our souls are mingled and our hearts are close. Our ideas and beliefs are in harmony. Nothing can spoil our relationship." After Ahmad left her, Sumayah felt comforted by his words and dreamt of a joyful future.

Meanwhile, Fitnah's house was ablaze with colored lights. She had invited a special group of close friends to celebrate her husband's birthday. She dressed carefully, in the latest fashion, and precious stones encircled her neck and wrists. Fitnah looked quite beautiful as she smiled and welcomed her guests, who arrived one after the other. Salah, a young photographer, was one of her guests and was in love with her. Fitnah had given up all other lovers for his sake.

He tried to keep as near as possible to her throughout the evening, however, among the guests there was a new face who was attracted to the beautiful hostess, but was too embarrassed to begin a conversation with her. A friend of Fitnah joked, "Imagine Fitnah, my friend was reluctant to come to your party." Fitnah asked, "Really?

Why?" The friend said, "He feared you might ignore him!" Fitnah, in order to arouse her lover's jeolousy, said flirtingly, "Oh, how could I ignore such a well-known engineer?" Sami, the new friend, expressed words of thanks and Fitnah found it easy to make him attracted to her. She decided to use him as a threat if her lover, Salah, even threatened to leave her. She continued to chat with the young man until she was certain of his interest in her.

Then she left Sami and went in search of Salah, who had left the group. Fitnah knew he was annoyed by her conduct. She looked everywhere, and finally discovered him in the arms of one of her close friends in a secluded corner of the garden. She was quite upset at having lost him so quickly.