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A True Story  ·  A Father's Voice  ·  A Son's Legacy
ميزان

MIZAAN

The Balance

A Father's Story of Faith, Fear,
and Two Minutes That Changed Everything.

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A story that had to be told.

MIZAAN is a true memoir written by a father — an international civil servant at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria — for his newborn son Mizaan, and for every parent who has ever sat in a hospital corridor at four in the morning, staring at a monitor, not knowing what the numbers mean but knowing they mean everything.

It begins with Mannat — the older brother, the answered prayer of a decade — and moves through an IVF journey across two continents, a dangerous pregnancy, a preterm birth, a 4 AM crisis, and five days in a NICU where a number fell slowly from 41 to 2.1 and each decimal point felt like a miracle.

This is not a medical memoir. It is a human one — about love, faith, and the particular courage of ordinary people in extraordinary moments.

“And the sky He has raised it high,
and He has set up the Balance.”

— Surah Ar-Rahman, 55:7

Open the book. Turn the pages.

Prologue · Chapter One · Chapter Two — read the opening of Mizaan before it publishes.

From hope to heartbeat
to coming home.

2010 – 2021
A decade of prayer. Umrah duas. Relatives asked to carry the prayer. The answer arrived on 28 August 2021 — Mannat, whose name means wish.
June 2025
The decision. Family lands in Delhi. IVF begins at Baby Joy clinic. The WhatsApp group: 'Baby Steps 2.0.'
13 August 2025
Beta HCG: 1450. Not 25. Not tentative. Unmistakably positive. Alhamdulillah.
30 August 2025
FHR: 150 bpm. The first heartbeat. “It sounded like something that is going to be okay.”
December 2025
Grade IV Placenta Previa. The landscape changes. Bricks go under the bed. The countdown begins.
17 February 2026
Jawed boards the flight. Vienna → Delhi → Patna. No turning back.
9 March 2026
The night before. Jo bhi hoga, theek hoga. Not a prayer. A decision.
10 March · 8:20 PM
Mizaan is born. Mannat also wants sweets. For the first time in days, his father laughs.
11 March · 4:07 AM
The door opens. Blue face. One hundred steps. A locked door. An attendant who asks nothing and moves.
11 March · 8 AM
Oxygen drops to 40%. “Sir, agar aap 2 minutes bhi late ho jate na…”
16 March · 5 PM
CRP: 2.1. “You are free.” The Iftar azan plays. Dady, yeh bilkul theek lag raha hai.
23 March 2026
First Eid. A tiny hand holds a father's. Two brothers. Both home.

The real story lives
in the details.

1450
Beta HCG — unmistakably here
150
Heartbeats per minute — small, fast, certain
100
Steps in the dark — covered at 4 AM in Ramadan
40%
Oxygen at the darkest moment
2 min
“If you had been 2 minutes later”
10 ml
Donated milk — the smallest miracle
9
Days Mannat stayed — never going home
2.1
Final CRP — “You are free”

“Fear is not the opposite of love.
It is often the proof of it.”

— Jawed, from the book

The details that make this story
impossible to put down.

🕱
The torch in the dark
Power cuts. NICU lights gone. A nurse monitors every baby by mobile torch — without stopping, without being asked.
🫚
Warming blood with your body
Tamanna needs a transfusion. No blood warmer. A father and Ms. Munni Aapi take turns holding the cold pouch against their bodies — giving their warmth to the person they love most.
🡷
The Ganesh murti on the stairs
Between floors in the NICU, every parent pauses. Mannat folds his small hands and closes his eyes. His father does not ask what he prayed for.
🥳
The roti on the landing
A family cooking rotis on a cylinder stove at 7 AM on a hospital staircase — because this is where their family is, and their family needs to eat.
🌙
Jo bhi hoga, theek hoga
The night before surgery. Tamanna faces the window. Then quietly: Whatever happens, it will be okay. Not a prayer. A decision.
👶
Yeh bilkul theek lag raha hai
Discharge day. Mannat holds his brother and says: Daddy, he seems completely fine.

Three people.
One story.

For Mannat
who showed us what parenthood really means, and made us brave enough to try again. Who stayed nine days without being asked to.
For Mizaan
who arrived when the world held its breath, and left us all exhaling with relief and gratitude. Who was alive by two minutes.
For Tamanna
whose strength never showed on her face, but was visible in every breath she took. Who said jo bhi hoga, theek hoga the night before everything.

And for every parent who has ever said dua kijiye in a hospital corridor and meant it with everything they had.

“We trust doctors. And we keep our faith in God.
Both. Simultaneously. Without contradiction.”

— Jawed, from the book

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Jawed — Author of MIZAAN
Mohammed Jawed

An international civil servant at the IAEA — the International Atomic Energy Agency — headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Alumni of IIT Kanpur, Technical University Wien, and Aligarh Muslim University. He has spent his career at the intersection of science, diplomacy, and international policy.

But none of that prepared him for the night of 11 March 2026, when he ran a hundred steps in the dark carrying his newborn son whose face had turned blue.

He is not a writer by profession. He is a father who needed to write something down before he forgot how it felt. MIZAAN — The Balance is his first book, written in the weeks after his son's birth — in the quiet between feeds, in the early mornings before the house woke up.

Vienna · Delhi · S.B.Pur · Saharsa · 2021 – 2026

Publication Information

TitleMIZAAN — The Balance
AuthorMohammed Jawed
PublisherNotion Press
Published20 April 2026
ISBN-13979-8904312251
ASINB0GXV2RMBB
Pages142 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions21.6 × 14 × 0.8 cm
Weight & Origin230 g · Made in India
What People Are Saying

Words from Real Readers

From family, friends, fellow professionals and parents who have walked a similar road. Every quote here is real — from WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook and the trailer comments.

A Friend
On the book trailer

“May your son grow up reading this not just as a story, but as proof that from his very first breath, he was fought for, he was held onto, and he was never alone.”

Trailer
Dr. Saif
Resident Doctor · Doc Bhaiyya

“This is not just any other book. It tells Mizaan’s journey from his mother’s womb to her hands — and it was not easy. Every single step was crucial and breathtaking.”

Foreword
Vidya Rani
Mother of twins · Same journey

“Just the preview gave me a glimpse of what all you went thru. I totally understand the pain, can relate 100% as I too was there. I will be reading it through a mother’s lens.”

LinkedIn
Shahbaz
Reader · Family friend

“Very nice book. Heart touching story — thrill and emotion. The role of a father was patience and dedication, and most important fully trust to Allah.”

Facebook
Nanda Kumar
Cyber Security Professional

“MTTR — what you did really mattered a lot in your life. Nothing planned in our lives, we just need to respond to situations like our job in cyber security roles.”

LinkedIn
Tuba
Mizaan’s Cousin Sister

“Baby Mizaan, tum hum sab ke life mein bahut khushiyan lekar aaye ho. Main dua karti hun ki tum hamesha khush raho aur bade hokar bahut successful bano.”

WhatsApp
A Reader
On the LinkedIn article

“Running in the dark for someone you love — that line says everything. No system, no plan, just instinct and urgency. It’s hard to read, but also very real.”

LinkedIn
A Well-Wisher
On the publication post

“Many congratulations to you both. May Allah bless him with good health. Ameen. A beautiful reminder that every child is a miracle.”

Facebook
Cousin Brother
Family · LinkedIn

“Great to see you are a published author. Proud of you bhai — and proud of the story you chose to tell. Yeh sirf ek kitaab nahi, ek dastawez hai.”

LinkedIn

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One day — ten or fifteen years from now — Mizaan will open this book and wonder what the world thought of his story.
Leave him a word. A dua. A blessing. He will read them when he is ready.

Every message is saved for Mizaan. He will read them one day.

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