Halal-i-Jur'at (English: Crescent of Courage) draws a parallel between dedicated patriots and people who take everything, including their country, for granted. It portrays the pain and grief of a true soldier on the insensitivities of his fellow countrymen.It was first published in Khawateen Digest and then later as part of a collection of stories in Umera Ahmed's Hum Kahan Kay Sachay They.