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A Child’s Wish
My dear big sisters you are to me
My closest friends and family
And dear big brothers you have a part
Inside my home and near my heart
Though young I am
My bones are small
I wish to tell you something – all
I wish to see the greatest signs
That Allah kindly gives mankind
I wish to plant my growing feet
On the Path of joy and peace
I wish to grow with Islamic conscience
And know my Creator’s Love and Patience
I wish to learn those humble tasks
And do the things that Allah asks
I wish to act on how to best
Help my parents and give them rest
My food and water, I wish to share
With other children because I care
And for my neighbours I wish to try
To be their friend and bring them smiles
So brothers and sisters teach me please
Pour into my heart your expertise
And train me all I need to know
To strive into the world I go
And O Allah! I pray to You
To guide me and my Ummah too
And on You let us all depend
Respond O Lord! My Best Friend.
- Ayesha bint Mahmood
SOURCE: Rays of Truth. Poems on Islam by Ayesha bint Mahmood. The Islamic Foundation, 1997.
