Pir-e-Kamil (or Peer-e-Kamil)(Urdu: پیر کامل صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ و سلم) meaning The Perfect Mentor, is a novel written by Pakistani writer Umera Ahmad.[1] 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 with an IQ of more than 150. The story spans a time period of around ten years. It is Ahmad's most popular work. It is followed by a sequel Aab-e-Hayat. The story's protagonist, Imama Hashim, belongs to an influential Ahmadiyya muslim family living in Islamabad. She decides to convert to Sunni Islam 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 studying in a medical school in Lahore, she falls in love with her friend Zainab's elder brother doctor Jalal Ansar. But Imama's family tries to coerce her into marrying her first cousin Asjad, which is unacceptable to her , her parents respond by grounding her and taking away her cellphone.
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 with an IQ level above 150. Imama wishes to marry Jalal, but Salar lies to her that Jalal has married someone else. Imama is saddened and asks Salar to marry her so that her family will not be able to force her. Salar helps her and marries her 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 as he had promised. Salar later travels to New Haven for education, then he works for United Nations for some time before permanently settling in Lahore. Salar finally sees the errors of his ways and changes for good. Later, the scene shifts near to Kaaba, where Salar and Imama are sitting together worshiping God. Salar realizes that God has given him a blessed women to be his companion, and vows to protect her.
Imama Hashim - A Ahmadi Muslim girl who converts to Sunni Islam. Salar Sikander - Imama's rich neighbour, who has an IQ of above 150. 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. Criticism on Peer e Kamil by Umera Ahma What is next to esctacy?Pain.What is next to pain?Peer-e-Kamil is my most favourite and the first Umaira Ahmed's book that I read, following her other books.Salar was an obnoxious guy that I hated most. He gradually transformed into a good guy and the story of his transformation and "realization of self" is what Peer-e-Kamil is about.Many people criticize about Salar's I.Q. level and that why he is shown as an extra-ordinary guy.
Please guys, when it comes to "the model of in " What is next to ecstasy?Nothingness.What is next to nothingness? HOW MUCH I LOVED "What is next to ecstasy?"" Let me get this straight first,I like Umera Ahmed and i think everyone in Pakistan does.Well, because dramas based on her book adaptations are awesome and give people like me a cause to fangirl (especially if they cast fawad khan).So she is a pretty common household name even my grandfather who is seventy-ish knows about her.so you can say, her immense popularity compelled me to expect A LOT from Peer e Kamil. It's not like I hate the book or something. I have a "it's not you, its me" kind of re When i read the book.... I was very amazed by the beautiful convincing style of the author..... She made me feel that i shall conquer the worlds... by falling in love with Allah Almighty and Hazrat Muhammad(pbuh).... And she is true....!Its the magic of love that makes us feel on heavens. That makes us to believe our importancwe and purpose of breathing in this mighty universe....
The people with everything or nothing are here to bow infront of Allah ... to have faith in Prophet(pbuh) because GoThis beautiful novel ‘PEER-E-KAMIL’ is written by Umaira Ahmad and it is about eternal love, the love of Allah Almighty, that results from the love of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) . This love changes the whole life, smooths the fidgets in any personality, brings spiritual maturity and leads to eternal satisfaction and success. The main characters of this novel got entangled in this love. How, when, where….etc, this is the actual story. “Salaar Sikandar” is one of the main characters who belongs to a very affluent and liberal family. He is an astonishing young boy with an extra ordinary I.Q of 150+. He is extremely ungrateful for all of his abilities as he always tries to commit suicide not because he is unhappy with his life but because he wants to commit suicide to taste the most unbearable reality of the world, death….and every time he tries, he fails.
Salaar has all types of social evils in him as he is portrayed as one of the most unbearable persons in this book. Then one night, an incident, changes his whole life. “I will recommend all of you to study this fabulous novel and get yourself enriched with spiritual thoughts. Surely you will fall in love with this novel. All the people who are pessimistic about what is going on in their surroundings, must read it. As this novel will help them to be optimistic about life.” The other main character is ‘Immama Hashim’. She is a college girl who studies medicine and wants to become a doctor. Her family belongs to a sect called ‘Qadiyani’, and she does not believe that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is the last Prophet of Allah. Thus in this novel, she starts studying Islam with the help of her two friends ‘Sabiha’ and ‘Jawairiya’. After finding Islam, she contravenes her family’s religion. Immama also finds the way to eternal success. Then her actual journey starts towards love of Allah and His Prophet with a lot of hardships on her way.
Jalal Ansar, Sabhiha, Faizan, Saad and Dr.Sabt Ali are some of the other main characters of this novel. How they contributed to this novel, that you can grasp only after a thorough study of this novel. How Immama Hashim and Salaar Sikandar meet each other in this novel? What is their relation? How their purpose of life meets an end? And how the title PEER-E-KAMIL is featured on their lives? This is a mystery for you but after reading this novel, how the mystery makes itself revealed in your minds, that is the actual beauty of this novel and yes, also of the writer’s mental clarity about this concept. I will recommend all of you to study this fabulous novel and get yourself enriched with spiritual thoughts. As this novel will help them to be optimistic about life. They will come to know that revolution happens, and this does not demand too much time, it begins and results from only a second’s thought. Individually, if a person just thinks for a while about himself, and about his responsibilities and judges himself and finds the moment -the moment of change – revolution then begins.