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40 Nights of Prayer and patience is a series of love, friendship and faith based story written by Mumin Khaleel under the publication of Ambreen Khan. The cover artists of the book are Humaira Shafi and Hammad Sheikh. The first article was originally released on 24 December 2017. 40 Nights Of Prayer And Patience is a story of love and faith written by Mumin Khaleel. The book was first named "9½ stories" which was later denied by the production house due it it's resemblance from the Bollywood movie Krishna Cottage. The first article was published on 24 December 2017 and was one of the successful articles released under the publication of Ambreen Khan. It was later revealed that the article was leaked by someone and the whole book is not yet completed. The principal photography was first started in August 2017 but was ended in the same month because of continuous disagreements of author. The author "Mumin Khaleel" took an exit from the project in December 2017 before the article was released. Later, the cover artist "Humaira Shafi" also took an exit from the project due to production issues in February 2018. The project was exitted by Ambreen Khan in April 2018. However the single article remained to be a major success. It was revealed in January 2019 that the book project has been taken up once again and the project is going on.

Plot
In the book, Mumin introduces various characters of his life who changed him from fun loving Jolly type to moody and introvert one. How his own thoughts destroyed his mental health and how his friends betrayed him intentionally and unintentionally. How a timeless love story changed his life and how all the life issues took him close to his lord making his faith stronger and stronger. The story shows various leaps in the lives of characters. The story includes many twists and turns including the presence of many interesting characters. The book also contains some bold Fashion stunts. The main characters manage to handle all the twists and turns and ends up spreading happiness in every life. The story ends with both the main characters focusing on their lord and building up their faith stronger.

Photography
The principal photography of the book started in August 2017 immediately after the project was announced. However the photoshoot was stopped because the author disliked the snaps continuosly. The author wanted the photographs attached to the book exactly from the locations where the incidents took place. This concept made the photography much more interesting. According to publication team, the toughest job in this project was photography that took place completely in Kashmir. For this purpose many famous photographers from Kashmir were approached but none of them matched the needs of author and cover artists. In December 2017 it was said that the cover artist of the book Humaira Shafi along with her photographer will complete the shoot. This shoot never happened due to the refusal of production house. The cover artist first took the snaps herself with extra efforts including herself as a model in the snaps with different designer outfits by Manu Khan but due to her shift to Dubai she was not able to complete the shoot. However she was seen herself starring as the cover model. The half of the shoot was completed by cover artist herself. The photoshoot remained incompleted due to the sudden exit of the project by Ambreen Khan in April 2018. In January 2019 the project was reopened and the new photographers were said to be approached according to the makers.

Style & Theme
The book was originally written in simple Urdu language and was translated by author himself at the very beginning of the project. According to Ambreen Khan, the author burned three of his diaries after which he bought the successful article. The thieses so released were seen in the form of short stories. However the original text of book is not yet seen. According to Mumin, it took him almost two years to write the book. According to him, he started to write a diary when he was preparing for his board exams in October 2015. He used to write everything that happened to him in his friend circle or love life. However he officially started to work on the project in july 2017. On instagram he thanked Ambreen Khan for helping him in building up his dream of writing by publishing his first book. The original theme of story was according to its old name but after the name changed, the story was converted into a single book according to Ambreen Khan. The book designs are yet to reveal and the team is working on the project seriously. According to author, he has mentioned his lord many times in the book. He said, "Whatever i am in my life it's just because of Allah. Whatever happened to me whether good or bad, everything happened for a reason and indeed it was among the plans of Allah. I believe everything happens for a reason and if we continue to believe in Allah then everything happens for good. In the end we get all we want and i have experienced it. All we need is patience and faith in Allah". It was said that the urdu version was very good to readers. The cover artist herself appreciate the original language used in the book. Humaira said," i know mumin from very childhood and i used to share very good bond with him when we were together in Kashmir. But i never thought neither i expected that he would be able to write such a beautiful book with such a beautiful language. Unfortunately, the urdu language is not known by all otherwise I would have suggested him to let the book be published in the original language because it sounded much more better and heavy than the English version". The author also stated that he started to write the story at the time when the light was dimming and night was revealing. He remained very conscious about everything in the book. He added, that he made the use of perfume on the front page of the book. It was the same perfume that he used during the days when the stories happened to him. This made the production team much more curious about the project. The manager of the Production was said to be ready to invest as much money as wanted because of the continuous positive reviews of the book and the versatile style and theme of the book.

Production & Marketing
The short thieses of the book were released in the simple paper form however the book was said to be release in a very different designs. As the article was released, it remained a major success of 2017. After the release, the head of the production house began to call the author many times a day to accept the offer of writing a whole book. However, the project faced many production issue due to the exit of Mumin Khaleel from the project in December 2017. The project faced further delays due to the production issues. The photography was the most tough job in the whole project according to the makers. However it was half done very well by the cover artist Humaira Shafi herself. The production faced further delay when the cover artist Humaira Shafi also exited the project in February 2018 due to her personal issue with the author and production house. The cover work was later on done by Hammad Sheikh. After the exit of Mumin Khaleel and Humaira Shafi, it became very difficult for the publication house to understand the project as the story was written in 10 parts and was to be converted into a paragraph version. This job was however done by the production team itself. The author and cover artist were continuous being called to get back to the project but due to their continuous refusal the production house declared that the project can't be done without the help of author as the style and theme of whole book is on him. Due to the continuous issues of the production, the publisher of the book Ambreen Khan closed the project in April 2018. In January 2019, the banner of Ambreen Khan announced that the project will be reopened as the author and cover artist is ready to get back to the work. However, no official announcement from Humaira Shafi was declared due to her absence from social media. Also the author didn't officially announced the reopening of project.

Controversies
After the exit of Mumin Khaleel, when the article was released the author claimed that he has been cheated by the production house as he never agreed the production house to publish the article. The cover artist of the book Humaira Shafi later revealed that the thieses of the book were stolen from her room and were secretly published. This led to a tension between the author and cover artist. Due to the continuous refusals of Mumin Khaleel to work on project once again, Humaira Shafi also exited the project.

Review
The articles of book recieved positive review from the head of the production house and the team of the various publishers. The talent of Mumin Khaleel and his writing skills were highly appreciated by various publishers and cover artists. The photography done by Humaira Shafi recieved mixed reviews. Her appearance in the snaps in a different manner was highly appreciated. Also her dressing sense in the snaps was highly appreciated by the cover artists.