Peer-e-Kamil by Umera Ahmad

                                          

This novel is the story of the union of two people Imama Hashim and Salar Sikandar. But this union occurs after a long and painful spiritual and moral journey of both characters.Imama Hashim an intelligent, witty, active and hardworking teenage girl. Her dream is to become Pakistan’s famous eye specialist otherwise she would die.

Salar Sikandar a cool teenager with an IQ level of 150. Intelligent, skilled, athletic, talented and a cool guy…….. nearly every western girl can fantasize hi.But Imama is “Qadiyani or Mirzai”. And Salar is obsessed with suicide and other indecent and sinful activities.

Life darkens, Imama’s friend tells her that her sect is not true and she is not a true Muslim. She takes it seriously and after a painful journey, she becomes a true Muslim. And on the other hand, Salar fascination comes true and he hardly escapes from death, in this way he also becomes a pious Muslim.

The special thing about the novel is that it consists of diverse characters and they are also relatable. Dialogues are just amazing. And it shows the moral side of religion Islam. It shows how can we maintain the balance between religion and the world. It shows the true nature of humans and it also shows that how meagre we humans are?