THE ISLAMIC POETRY OF SHUKRI ZAIN

The pseudonym Shukri Zain belongs to Haji Md. Zain Haji Serudin of Negara Brunei Darussalam, an oil-rich sultanate in Southeast Asia. He is a widely-travelled writer and has contributed profusely to Malay-Islamic literature. In this paper his contribution to Islamic poetry by using his native Malay language as the vehicle for his poetic expression will be discussed. The much-as-faithful-as-possible translation into English of excerpts of his poems together with the titles are provided by the contributor of this article.