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“Imama looked at the black sweater and the white collar peeking out of it. She put her arms around his neck and rested her head on his chest. She inhaled the soft cologne he was using. Salar was absolutely still as if he could not believe what was happening. Then, gently, he embraced her. "I am honoured," she heard him say.”
― Umera Ahmed, Peer e Kamil

“We realise our existence is confined to our being. Our demise makes not a whit difference to the world around us, nor to the scheme of things.
We come to our senses; we understand our utter insignificance.”
― Umera Ahmed

“Be it the peak of Sinai or the hour of reckoning, I'll endure the wait
To meet my beloved somewhere, anywhere, whenever, wherever.”
― Umera Ahmed, Peer e Kamil

“My life is but a separation, though in my heart she lives,
So close, so near to every pulse, yet so distant from my yearning eyes.”
― Umera Ahmed, Peer e Kamil

“Your admirer asks nothing from the kings,
For the dust of your tracks is my greatest reward.”
― Umera Ahmed, Peer e Kamil

“Imama had in her palm a tiny firefly of guidance, and in the burst of its light, she had made her way through every dark alley of life without ever stumbling.”
― Umera Ahmed, Peer e Kamil

“If you study Islam with understanding, you’ll realize its scope—how open it is. It is not a faith subscribing to narrow-mindedness and meanness; there’s no place for these in Islam. It begins with I and moves on to we—from the individual to the community. Islam does not expect you to sit on a prayer mat all day, a cap on your head and a rosary in your hands, doing nothing but praying and preaching. In fact, it asks you to make your life an example of fair dealing, devotion, honesty and diligence. It asks for sincerity and steadfastness. A good Muslim convinces others not by his words but his deeds.”
― Umera Ahmed, Pir-E-Kamil: The Perfect Mentor

“تو نے بھی اللہ سے بندے والا معاملہ کیا اس کے ساتھ، سب کچھ لے کے بھی دور ہو گئی۔”
― Umera Ahmed, Aab-e-Hayat/آبِ حیات

“The most trivial of their needs would be on their nerves and they would be slaves to whoever could fulfill their needs.”
― Umera Ahmed, Pir-E-Kamil: The Perfect Mentor

“It was not I who gave her a place in my emotions, in my heart—it was You who put her there. Why have You so filled my heart with love for her that even though I stand in Your presence, I miss her? Why have You made me so helpless that I have no power over my existence? I am that being who was created with all these failings. I am that being who has no guide but You. And that woman—she stands at every turn that my life takes, preventing me from making any move, going ahead. Either completely erase all thought of her from my heart, take away my love for her, or grant her to me. If I cannot have her, my entire life will be wasted mourning for her. If she should be mine then my tears will only be for You— grant that purity to my tears.”
― Umera Ahmed, "Pir-E-Kamil," a novel by Umera Ahmed in English