Learning

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful

I look at history and find many a situation and people who made an impact

Today much of what we see and do does only from the true path distract

Does not one’s immediate family at least offer one some hope of growth

Or am i the person that even my dear ones think that they do loathe

 

I kneel before my Lord and shed a tear while deep in prayer

For what have I offered my family and friends to show I care?

To know that life is not that we should stagnate and grow no more

Rather, is it not a journey from this life to paradise that we live for

Perhaps not in one living person we find the complete example to follow

But from a few there is a lesson and some advice we can borrow

Then we learn it and practise it so that within our souls may grow

and with this improvement those around you will want also to know

 

That young or old, male or female each have a role to play

We can learn even from the young some of us may be grey

So acquire knowledge far and wide and the means to apply it

Then with that newfound wisdom the learning pattern is complete

 

That is who we ought to be when we impact others and learn from some
That we do not go through life as if our minds and souls are numb

But the sun needs to shine from our very souls and an active mind

Let not it be that on that great day we are raised deaf, dumb and blind