In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to ... of the life and work of prophets prior to the emergence of Islam. The poem revolves round the perennial concourse of religion, love ...

while poetry dances,' but in the case of Mazharul Islam, his prose performs a spiritual dance, like the whirling dervishes of Konya. You will not find such beautiful metaphors and similes in Urdu ...