Another end...
The semester has ended. Today I conducted my last exam and it is always sad to see the students go their own ways ... We spend time with them for an entire semester and then suddenly and abruptly everything comes to an end. I realised this when one of my students walked up to me after submitting his answer script and thanked me. I was obviously touched. Not every student comes up to you and thanks you for merely having taught them three days a week for an entire semester. He had always been a very good student and at times also used to pass some witty comments in the class to lighten up the mood. The best thing about him was that despite being witty and intelligent he was never disrespectful and that is why I used to let him have his opportunities ... And today, after thanking me he also apologised for those witticisms. I just asked him to always do his best in life because not everyone is able to do so! It is extremely difficult to practise ehsaan - excellence - in one's life. This is one thing that I myself want to achieve in life - spiritual excellence that could give rise to a unified life full of excellence in every single thing.
As all the students walked out of the room one after another, I was reminded of the initial classes I had with them. When they were all a bit apprehensive and intimidated by their head-to-toe-burqa-clad 'English' teacher. lol. It is always an experience in itself to gauge student responses in the initial few classes. And then when they finally realise that 'English' teachers could also be burqa-clad and that their appearance does no harm to their teaching practices, they start feeling comfortable and also begin to open themselves up in class. Okay, now I should better hold myself back because I can go on and on with this digression... It is one of my favourite subjects!
So, I was talking about parting with yet another batch of my students... It was sad, as usual, for me. Do not know if they too felt the same. I really hope and pray to Allah SWT that may all these young Muslims - both the girls and the boys - become pious and God-conscious. May they prioritise taqwa in their lives when they step out of this place called university and enter into the field of 'practical life'. May Allah gather all of us once again in jannah! May Allah SWT save them from the shuroor and fitan of the present day life. Above all, may Allah put His Love and the love of His beloved Prophet sallallahu alaihi wassallam in their hearts. aameen
As all the students walked out of the room one after another, I was reminded of the initial classes I had with them. When they were all a bit apprehensive and intimidated by their head-to-toe-burqa-clad 'English' teacher. lol. It is always an experience in itself to gauge student responses in the initial few classes. And then when they finally realise that 'English' teachers could also be burqa-clad and that their appearance does no harm to their teaching practices, they start feeling comfortable and also begin to open themselves up in class. Okay, now I should better hold myself back because I can go on and on with this digression... It is one of my favourite subjects!
So, I was talking about parting with yet another batch of my students... It was sad, as usual, for me. Do not know if they too felt the same. I really hope and pray to Allah SWT that may all these young Muslims - both the girls and the boys - become pious and God-conscious. May they prioritise taqwa in their lives when they step out of this place called university and enter into the field of 'practical life'. May Allah gather all of us once again in jannah! May Allah SWT save them from the shuroor and fitan of the present day life. Above all, may Allah put His Love and the love of His beloved Prophet sallallahu alaihi wassallam in their hearts. aameen
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Took this picture on my way back from the university...
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Thanks. As for the other info, well, this is just a blog :) ... So some other time perhaps, inshaAllah
Majworld:
Welcome to my blog. And thanks for the kind comment. :)
But what's amazing is that you teach in niqab (if I'm right?)!!! Splendid! I remember this one time I had to do a speech in my college and even though they were all girls there but just because I was afraid they might take pictures so I put my Niqab on. The speech went well... but later when the judge came on the stage, she went on saying things like, "...covering your face can be a barrier if you're teaching..." (I wasn't teaching but anyway). Either way you could say that she wasn't the nicest to me. However what pleased me was that later several college students approached me and praised my boldness in wearing the niqab back then. I thought they were the judges for me and for them I won... so I did!
Yes, you are right :) ... And it is no barrier at all. I remember asking one of my teachers about this very 'masala' of the niqaab being a speech-barrier and he immediately gave us the example of the entire radio industry which merely thrives on voice/speech!
Unfortunately it is the social perceptions that shape our attitudes. One just needs to offer some peaceful resistance to such ideas, specially in the environment as that of the universities.
jazaakumullahu khaira for your comment!