The knowledge of prosody is important  in the writing of any poetic work. Prosody mainly deals with the rules that describe the diction and metrical structure of poetry. It was first coined by the Arab linguists then introduced to Persian literature and finally included in Urdu literature as well. The total number of ‘’Salim Bahoor’’ in Arabic and non-Arabic language is nineteen but the Scholars of Urdu language employed only ‘’ Mufrad Saalim Bahoor’’ in poetry of Urdu language, based on the disposition and nature of Urdu. They further narrowed its use and thus now there are only Six ‘’ Mufrad Saalim Bahoor’’ that are commonly used in Urdu poetry .This article deals with the various technicalities