Submitted by : qalamuddin on Youth

Excuse me are you my teacher?
Asked the boy with the smallest of feature.
Indeed! I am,
looking at him in the morning - 7.00 am

Oh! Teacher of mine,
you have opened up my mind
from ignorant to knowledgeable
and with much persistent-it is now understandable!

Oh! Teacher, my teacher,
please forgive me for calling you a "butcher".
Now, I know that you really care and love
even if I get on your nerves!

The things you taught me
From the arts to the science of astronomy!
With the skill and dedication
-that I still remember with much affection.

Teacher, my dear teacher,
please persevere
as molding a student with soul
- is a daunting task that cannot be bought or sold.

Teacher is just like a preacher*
especially of an Islamic stature
imparting the wisdom of Nature
bearing Allah Swt's signature!

Teach! Oh teacher,
from the brothers to the sisters,
turn them into respected individuals
creating an Ummah as expected of much influential

Oh Teacher! - All Muslim teachers
do remember that you too are Allah's creatures
made accountable in the life hereafter
if you neglect your duty according to the Islamic's roster!

A learned man, a teacher!
- Is definitely not a "lecher"
As a moon over the stars, masya’allah
If he teaches sincerely for the sake of Allah

Oh, Muslim teachers!
A bleak Ummah in the near future?
as your effort will definitely go down the drain
if you produced a "puppet"-just merely with brain!

Firdaus
16 May 1999.

* Al-Quran 39:9 “Say (O Muhammad): Can those who know and those who do not know be equal? Verily only the men of understanding take the heed".