Name: Night Journey Ahmad Ikhlas and Umar A Khan @Kilburn Studios Live Lounge by Ahmad Ikhlas in Qasida's
Duration: 4 min 32 s
Description: Ahmad Ikhlas performing Night Journey with Umar Atallah Khan @Kilburn Studios for the Live Lounge event. (Rumis Cave)

Qasida's

recorded as part of The Hours, a sound installation by Edward Wickham and The Clerks

Muhammadiyya

Nahnu Fi Rawdah

RAW/ROUGH COVER
Deus mais uma vez segura em minha mão 
Minha alma aflita pede tua atenção 
Cheguei no nível mais difícil até aqui 
Me ajude a concluir... 

Quando penso que estou forte, fraco eu estou 
Mas quando reconheço que sem Ti eu nada sou 
Alcanço os lugares impossíveis, 
Me torno um vencedor... 

Estou sentindo minhas forças indo embora 
Mas Tua presença me renova nessa hora 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

O meu sonho de chegar está tão longe 
Sou humano não consigo ser perfeito 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

Deus mais uma vez segura em minha mão 
Minha alma aflita pede tua atenção 
Cheguei no nível mais difícil até aqui 
Me ajude a concluir... 

Quando penso que estou forte, fraco eu estou 
Mas quando reconheço que sem Ti eu nada sou 
Alcanço os lugares impossíveis, 
Me torno um vencedor... 

Estou sentindo minhas forças indo embora 
Mas Tua presença me renova nessa hora 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

O meu sonho de chegar está tão longe 
Sou humano não consigo ser perfeito 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

Me ajude a ousar com minha fé 
Sou pequeno eu não sei ficar de pé 
Sou dependente, tão dependente 
Vem Senhor ao meu favor... 

Me ajude a ousar com minha fé 
Sou pequeno eu não sei ficar de pé 
Me dá Tua mão, me tira do chão 
Vem me ajudar... 

Estou sentindo minhas forças indo embora 
Mas Tua presença me renova nessa hora 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

Estou sentindo minhas forças indo embora 
Mas Tua presença me renova nessa hora 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

O meu sonho de chegar está tão longe 
Sou humano não consigo ser perfeito 
Vem Senhor, vem, e me leva além... 

Além, Senhor


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Ahmad Ikhlas performing Night Journey with Umar Atallah Khan @Kilburn Studios for the Live Lounge event. (Rumis Cave)

Night Journey Ahmad Ikhlas and Umar A Khan @Kilburn Studios Live Lounge

Norwich Maliki Azan

Surah Al-Baqarah

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This poem in praise of The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, is one of my favourites.  This past Thursday (October 6th, 2011), we sang it again at SeekersHub Toronto, in an East African style.

NaderKhan: The Muhammadan Ode ("Qasida Muhammadiya") in an East African style

This is not just a song but a response to the continuous racism, murders & acts of injustice towards our Black & Brown family in U.S. as well as across the world.

Black Gold

Black Man Strain Feat. Ahmad Ikhlas

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Surat Al Baqarah Full by Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy

In episode three, Zara talks to Mustafa Briggs about the history of Islam in West Africa.

They discuss the roots of Islam in the region, the intellectual achievements of Timbuktu and other centres of learning, sufism and the empowerment of women through scholarship that can be seen throughout West African history. Mustafa also tells us about his upcoming lecture series 'Beyond Bilal'.

Shownotes: https://www.sacredfootsteps.org/2018/09/30/podcast-ep-003-islam-in-west-africa-empires-scholarship-sufism-the-empowerment-of-women/

Sacred Footsteps - The Podcast

Islam in West Africa: Empires, Scholarship, Sufism & the Empowerment of Women

Ahmad Ikhlas is a British born Jamaican convert to Islam who has used his heritage and love for the Prophet (pbuh) to generate an expressive unique style of music and poetry.

Ahmad Ikhlas also known as Marlon Gray is a 2nd generation Jamaican born and raised in South London. He was introduced to Islam in school and embraced the faith at the age of 17, following an invitation to the mosque by a close & dear friend also known as UK-Apache.

Ahmad Ikhlas was in the underground UK garage scene (known as Mc Meelos) and always had a genuine love for music production, writing lyrics and performing. While he was new to Islam he stopped his musical ventures and it took more than a decade for him to return to performing.

Reggae Qasida - The Night Journey (And The Heavenly Ascension)- Ahmad Ikhlas

Prophet Mustafa

LANGUAGE: Urdu

SONGWRITER: Muhammad Iqbal Naqibi

INSPIRATION:
This qawwali was masterfully delivered time and again by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It is rendered here more as a song than a pure qawwali. The various tangential improvisations that are expected in a qawwali have been kept to a minimum. I’ve also opted to use an opening verse that was presented in a television rendition by the Indian singer Toshi Sabri.
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LYRICS:
Hava khilaf thi, lekin chiragh khub jala
Khuda bhi hone ke kya kya sabut deta hai

Tere hi nam se har ibteda hai
Tere hi nam tak har inteha hai
Teri hamd o sana, alhamdu liLlah
Ke Tu mere Muhammad ka Khuda hai

Ye zamin jab na thi, ye jahan jab na tha
Chand suraj na thay, asman jab na tha
Raz-e-haq bhi kisi par ayan jab na tha
Tab na tha kuch yahan, tha magar Tu hi Tu

Kawnain ka masjud hai, ma’bud hai Tu
Har shai Teri shahid hai ke mash-hud hai Tu
Har ek ke lab par hai Teri hamd o sana
Har soz mein, har saaz mein mawjud hai Tu

Tu jo har aan nai shaan dikha deta hai
Dida-e-shawq ko hairan bana deta hai
Dali dali Teri takhliq ke gun gati hai
Patta patta Teri qudrat ka pata deta hai

La ilaha Teri shan ya wahdahu
Tu khayaal-o-tajassus, Tu hi arzu
Ankh ki roshni, dil ki avaz Tu

Khaliq-e-kul hai Tu, is mein kya guftagu
Sare alam ko hai Teri hi justaju
Teri jalvagari hai ayan charsu
Tha bhi Tu, hai bhi Tu, hoga bhi Tu hi Tu
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TRANSLATION:
The wind was hostile, but the lantern did burn ever so intensely
How wondrously strange are the affirmations that God presents, of His own existence

From Your name is every beginning
Unto Your name is every ending
To praise You is to say that all praise is for You alone
You are, after all, the God of Muhammad

When this land was not, and neither was this earth
When the moon and the sun were not, and neither was this universe
When the secret of Reality hadn’t yet been bestowed upon anyone
Then, there was nothing here, save You

You’re the one prostrated to, and worshipped in both existences
Every thing attests to Your existence, ergo You are The Witnessed
It’s Your praise and extolling that is on the lips of everyone
You are Existent in every rhythm and in every tune

You Who manifests a novel majesty ever so frequently
You thereby bewilder eyes that are anticipating an experience of Your manifestations
Every branch sings the praise of Your creative feat
Every leaf is a sign that points towards Your supreme power

That there isn’t another god is of Your majesty, O Peerless One
It’s but You Who occupy my imagination, my curiosity, my aspiration
You are the light in my eyes, the voice in my heart

You are the Creator of every thing, without doubt
The entire universe is busied with it’s seeking of You
Your sublime manifestations are evident in all directions
You were Beginninglessly Eternal then, are Ever Present now, and will forever be Endlessly Eternal
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Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved

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Ahmad Ikhlas is a British born of Jamaican origin convert to Islam who has used his heritage and love for the Prophet (pbuh) to generate an expressive unique style of music and poetry

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