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Pir-e-Kamil

Cover of English translation of novel
Author	Umaira Ahmad
Translator	Umaira Ahmad
Language	English, Urdu
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Ferozsons
Publication date	Urdu: 2004 English: 2011
Publication place	Pakistan
Media type	Urdu: Hardback English: Paperback
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Pir-e-Kamil (or Peer-e-Kamil pbuh), (Template:Lang-ur) meaning The Perfect Mentor, is a fiction novel authored by Pakistani writer Umaira Ahmad. It was first published in Urdu in 2004 and later in English in 2011. The book deals with the turning points in intervening lives of two people: a runaway girl named Imama Hashim; and a boy named Salar Sikander having an IQ level above 150. The story spans a time period of around ten years.

It is Ahmad's most popular work.

Plot summary

The story of the book is based on a girl named Imama Hashim belonging to an influential Ahmadiyya family living in Islamabad. She decides to convert to Sunni Muslim after being influenced by her friends. She attends her senior shabiha's lectures in secrecy from her family and her roommates, Javeria and Rabia. While studing in a medical school in Lahore, she falls in love for her friend Zainab's elder brother doctor Jalal Ansar. But Imama's family forces her to marry her first cousin Asjad, which is unacceptable to her as she can not marry a non-Muslim. In the result, her parents respond by locking her up in house and taking away her cell phone.

Imama seeks help from Salar whom she is antagonistic with since she is a religious girl and Salar is not, he is a rich boy,but he has an IQ level above 150.Imama wishes to marry with Jalal,but Salar lies her that Jalal has married someone else,Imama saddened and asks Salar to marry with her sothat her family will not be able to force her.Salar helps her and marries but soon after loses contact with her.

Imama finds a sanctuary under Sibt-e-Ali and his family,she changes her name and completes her studies and starts working in a pharmaceutical company in Lahore.She hates Salar because he refused to divorce her after help according to promise.

Salar later travels to New Haven for education,then he works for United Nations for some time before permanently settling in Lahore.Imama and Salar both face difficulties,problems and sorrows. After all,Salar finds the errors of his ways and changes for good. Later,the scene shifts near to Kaaba,where Salar and Imama are sitting togather worshipping God. Salar realizes that God has given him one of the blessed womans to be his companion and vows to protect her.

Characters

Main characters

• Imama Hashim - A girl who converts to Sunni Muslim from Ahmadiyya.
• Salar Sikander - A rich boy, neighbor of Imama, who has an IQ level above 150.

Major characters

• Waseem - Imama's brother.
• Jalal - A doctor and older brother of Zainab.
• Hashim Mubeen - Father of Imama and Waseem.
• Sikander Usman - Salar's father.
• Tayyaba - Salar's mother and Sikander Usman's wife.
• Saad Zafar - A friend of Salar in New Haven.
• Dr Furqan - A devoted Muslim and doctor.
• Dr Sibt-e-Ali - An Islamic scholar in Lahore.
• Saeeda Amma - First cousin of Sibt-e-Ali.

Other characters

• Akif - A friend of Salar and Akmal in Lahore. He cheats on his wife Ruba.
• Akmal - Another friend of Salar in Islamabad. He asks a girl Saneeha to help Salar and cover for Imama.
• Ammar - Salar’s younger brother. Asra is Ammar’s wife.
• Anita - Salar’s elder sister.
• Ansar Javaid - Father of Zainab and Jalal.
• Asjad - Imama's first cousin and fiance. An Ahmadiyya.
• Asra - Ammar's wife.
• Azam - Hashim Mubeen's older brother and Asjad's father. An influential Ahmadiyya leader.
• Danish - Another friend of Salar in New Haven.
• Fahd - Amina's x-fiance.
• Hasan - Salar's best friend of Salar in Islamabad. He arranges the secret marriage of Salar and Imama.
• Imama Furqan - Furqan's and Nosheen's young daughter.
• Javeria - Imama's best friend since childhood.
• Kamran - Salar's eldest brother.
• Khalid - Salar's Arabic teacher in New Haven.
• Kulsoom - Sibt-e-Ali's wife and Mariam's mother.
• Mariam - Dr Sibt-e-Ali's daughter, a classmate of Sabiha and Imama's friend in Lahore.
• Moiz - Salar's elder brother.
• Nasira - A maidservant working at Salar's house, who helps Salar and Imama marry each other in secrecy but later betrays them by informing Sikander Usman of this.
• Nosheen - A doctor and Furqan's wife.
• Qasim Faruqi - Hasan's stern father.
• Rabia - Friend of Imama and Javeria.
• Ramsha - A colleague and friend of Salar at a branch of bank in Islamabad. Her father, Zahid Hamdani, is a friend of Sikander Usman.
• Saad Hashim - Adoptive brother of Imama and Waseem.
• Sabiha - A senior student and friend of Imama's.
• Salma - Mother of Imama and Waseem. An Ahmadiyya.
• Sandra - Salar’s girlfriend in New Haven.
• Saneeya - A girl from Lahore who helped Salar.
• Sanober - Girlfriend of Akif in Lahore.
• Shakeel - Furqan's father.
• Shakeela - Asjad's mother.
• Taimur - A friend of Salar and Waseem in Islamabad.
• Tehreem - A past friend of Imama and Javeria.
• Venus - A classmate of Salar at Yale University.
• Zainab - Jalal's sister and friend of Imama, Javeria and Rabia. Their classmate.
• Zubair - Salar's maternal uncle. Brother of Tayyaba.

References

1. ^ http://www.bashaoorpakistan.com/writers/umaira-ahmed/download-urdu-novel-peer-e-kamil-pbuh-ebook-umaira-ahmed/
2. Asrar, A (2011-01-19). "Critical analysis of Urdu novels of Umera Ahmed". Retrieved 2011-10-21.

External links

• Pir-e-Kamil (The Perfect Mentor) at ferozsons.com.pk

• Urdu fiction