THE PRAYER RUG BY SHAHBANO BILGRAMI

THE PRAYER RUG BY SHAHBANO BILGRAMI

Shahbano Bilgrami

Shahbano Bilgrami is a Muslim, Pakistani English writer, film maker and poetess. though born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She spent her early life in Canada. In 1991, she came back to country with her family and completed her A levels. Than she moved to King's collage London, where she completed BS Honours in English and MA in twentieth century literature. 
In 1997, her poetry published in an anthology, by oxford university press. 

Prayer rug is basically a special designed piece of cloth that Muslims use for offering or saying prayer five times a day. Here the poetess wants to show the unification of a Muslim when he/she is on prayer rug. While you are on prayer rug you can share anything it could be desire, sorrow and problem with God. In this poem the poetess shares some feeling which a Muslim do have while he/she use to be on prayer rug.

This poem is written in a very simple language. It is in blank verse. Alliteration is there like “ship or solid stone” and “trepidation bound with the tears”.

The poems starts by describing condition of a man sitting on the prayer rug having desires in his heart and he also wants to repent on his some acts. He is having tears in his eyes because tears are considered as the easiest way to get forgiveness from God.

She further says that this prayer rug is aware with the rise and fall of man and even with his circumstances in the past. When he traveled in ship or faced hurdles in shape if solid stones because a Muslim always shares his things with his God whenever he comes on prayer rug.

The last part of poem is containing a very serious message for humanity that whiles you are on prayer rug. Don’t pray for yourself only but pray for your nation even for humanity.  And avoid for praying material thin also.

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