A Teacher’s D'ua

Ya Allah make my student caring and kind

Open his heart, and open his mind

Make her righteous, respectful and honest

And also pious, loving and modest.

Make him appreciate the chance to come to school

And realize that knowledge is his greatest tool

To get what she wants in this life, and the next

And to be considered among the ummah’s best.

Let him see the importance of knowledge

Not just as means to get into college

That it can empower him in this life

To help out his brethren living in strife.

Show her that she can be a doctor and help save a life

And not just, instead, strive to be a doctor’s wife

Let her not measure her success on her number of purses

But instead the ability to lead a team of fifty nurses.

Let his goal not be the best grade on a test

But that he studied and tried his best

Make her do homework and turn all of it in

And study every night with true discipline.

Let him see that nothing is given without trying

And that cheating is the same thing as lying

Guide her to see that success only comes from You

And attaining Jannah is the only success that is true.

Show my student that my goal is the same

To help increase the strength of their name

To make them the best students they can be,

Ya Allah, please answer my dua, ameen!

Sweet Heart