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Qasaid

Salawat

Vocal only Qasaid

Nader khan

Qasidas

Dhikr

Sacred Sounds - Islamic

Marhaban Ya Shahra Ramadan Dar Al Mustafa

This is a rendition of the takbiraat that I learned from an Indonesian brother while living in Hadramawt, Yemen.

Takbiraat of Eid

Syair Ibadallah by Munsyidin Al khidmah.

Recorded Live at Majlis Haul Akbar, Masjid Darul Aman, Singapore. 

Another Live Recording work of Crew Selawat.

Copyright controlled.

Ibadallah By Al Khidmah

A traditional poem (qasida) describing love of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the poet's desire to visit his blessed grave in Madina. This was sung at SeekersHub in Toronto during one of the blessed nights of remembrance. The masterful Nader Khan is also singing and playing the drum.

Al-Salamu 'Ala

CMC September - Sidi Usama Canon

The very first Al Maqasid (2014) was a powerful experience.  Set in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania, it was a spiritual awakening for people new to such experiences, and a deep revival for old hands.

In a moment before one of the evening sessions, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus asked me to sing something in Urdu.  Before I could begin, he asked me to share the refrain with everyone, and translate it for them. I shared the refrain of a very famous Urdu naat by Ustadh Muzaffar Warsi, "Tu Kuja Man Kuja" (Translation and transliteration of the refrain is shared below. A full translation and transliteration of these words that had everyone swaying, can be found at https://naderkhan.com/discography/water/ ).

There was something very special going on in this moment - everyone was as if drunk in the love of the Prophet (ﷺ).  After I shared the refrain, nobody had to encourage anyone to join in - it was a spontaneous eruption of love, where everyone sang together.  People of every conceivable racial background were swaying back and forth singing in Urdu, in love of the Prophet.  Some were weeping in longing.  Others were smiling ear to ear in celebration.

I am very grateful to have shared this beautiful moment with them.  And I am very grateful to Sidi Ahmed Zaman for having the presence of mind to capture it, and to Sidi Mohammad Najeeb Ahmed for sharing it with me.

If you listen carefully, you can clearly make out voices of Shaykh Yahya Rhodus, Maulana Abdurrahman, Shaykh Muhammad Adeyinka Mendes, and others.

My wife had a creative epiphany and suggested I try out a specific Yemeni tune for this Naat.  I played around with it for a couple of weeks, decided to sing it here.  Those who've heard others reciting it will find this rendition to be *very* different - I hope they still like it.

A studio version of this track is available on the WATER album (rel. 2015), on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.

This was the longest I'd spent translating *any* Urdu naat.  I found it exceedingly difficult, and I couldn't have done it without my wife and superhero manager Dr. Bano Murtuja.

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Tu Amir-e-Haram, mae faqir-e-ajam
Tere gun, aur yeh lab, main talab hi talab. 
Tu ataa hi ataa, mae khata hi khata
Tu kuja man kuja, tu kuja man kuja

You: The Leader of the sacred sanctuary, Me: the needy of the ignorant.
Your praise and these lips? I crave and crave. 
You give and give. I err and err.
O, where are you, and where am I! O, where are you, and where am I!

Urdu original by Muzaffar Warsi
Translation © Nader Khan & Bano Murtuja 2013, All Rights Reserved

Image of the Prophet's tomb and mosque from http://alfatihoun.edaama.org/

Nader Khan -- "Where Are You, and Where Am I" -- Al Maqasid Retreat

جديد - قمر

English version of Burdah, written by Shaykh Muḥammad Adeyinka Mendes.

Private recording at a Mawlid in Konya, 2013. 

English Qaṣīdat al-Burda

Sidi Amjad_CMC January 2014

التّوسّل النّاصريّ

The Qasida Muhammadiya is one of the most famous shorter compositions by Imam Busiri, in praise of The Prophet Muhammad, Allah bless him and give him peace.

This recording is from the weekly gathering of celebrating The Prophet, at SeekersHub Toronto [http://www.SeekersHub.org], on September 15th 2011.

I've used an Edirol R-09 recorder, mounted on a tripod about two feet away from me. The microphone on this was excellent at capturing the feel of the gathering in stereo sound. In post-production, I've just added the "Live Performance" effect in GarageBand.

Nader Khan: The Muhammadan Ode ("Qasida Muhammadiya")

The Fuqara of Sidi Hamza  sining the Burda in London Masjid with Shaykh BaBikr and many other Shuyukh London 2011

Dhikr/Hadra Qasa'id -every Saturday 8pm - Come Visit us see address
Qadiri Budshishi Zawiya, Birmingham - UK  
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Mawlid-london-main

Hada recorded at Working Masjid in Surrey 2011  - The Fuqara from Paris were also there too

Dhikr/Hadra Qasa'id -every Saturday 8pm - Come Visit us see address
Qadiri Budshishi Zawiya, Birmingham - UK  
1 Jenkins St, Small Heath, Birmingham  B10 0QH
0753-5654-125   or email islam2jannat@yahoo.co.uk

Woking Hadra 4

ما راحتي إلا لقاء الأحباب

These recordings are from private gathering that l have attended. The gatherings include Shaykh Saad Al'Attas, Shaykh Idris Watts, Keighley Munshids and the Kenya Munshids. Majority of the Qasida's recited are from Echoes from Eternity.

There is also an extract from the 2011 Shaykh Nuh Suhba, Leicester. 





Kenyan Munshids

A remix of one of the tracks from the album 'From God's Beauty', sung by Manaqib Nashids.

Manaqib - Muhammad the Greatest (English and Arabic)

طالب العلم - احمد بو خاطر

رائعة جدا للمنشد المتألق عبد الرحمن ابو شعر (أبو محمود)

ربي الخالق يا ذا المنة استديو _ Rabi Ya Al Khaleq

ماعرفناخيالهم/ياامام الرسل/يالله فارحمنا at السادةالاخوةابوشعر

حضرة ذِكر صوفية - من أداء - احمد جِلمام  ومجموعة - غاية في التنظيم والانسجام


Ya Latif - يا لطيف - Full hadra

Tala' al Badru 'Alayna - Shaykh Abdul Rahman Hammami

A Collection of Classical Qasidah sung in the Medinan way by Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi Al-Madani

Khayrul Bariyah (Melodies of Medina)

A qasida penned by Shaykh Bakri Rajab. 

Oh Sons of the Elect
by Sheikh Bakri Rajab

Oh children of the Chosen one, you are my treasure,
Have mercy upon your servant, heal my broken state.
I have come to implore by Abu Bakr, 
and the one whose justice encompasses all existing,
And 'Ali, with whom Allah is well pleased, and the martyr 'Uthman.

Unite (us with) your love, oh you owners of rank,
Grant the gift of your affection, break my separation!
I have melted in love for you, and my patience is dissolved,
the estrangment within me a flame consuming sun and moon
Unite the desirous one, you endowed with 'Irfan!

Ya Bani al-Mustafa

Qasida led by Sidi Usama Canon
Chicago Mawlid on March 23rd, 2013

Allah Ya Mawlana led by Usama Canon

Ya Latif Dhikr | يا لطيف - O Gentle / Subtle

Ya Latif Dhikr | يا لطيف

LANGUAGE: English

SONGWRITER: Nader Khan

INSPIRATION: 
A song of repentance, based on the very first couplet of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi`s famous poetic compilation, the “Mathnawi”; a section of the litany “Hizb al Kabir” composed by the founder of the Shadhili Sufi order, Imam Abul-Hasan al Shadhili; the “Ode of Repentance” from the poetic compendium of the renowned Sufi scholar Shaykh Muhammad ibn Al-Habib (where the first two Arabic lines come from); and a few other readings.

The “covenant” being referred to in this song, is found in the seventh chapter of the Holy Qur’an, "The Heights" ("Al A'raf") , verse 172, but can also be taken to refer to any oath, promise, or responsibility. This event is sometimes referred to in Persian Islamic literature as “Ruz-e-alast” (the day of “alast”). The prayer at the end of the song is the prayer of Adam and Eve as they accept responsibility for their misjudgment, also from same chapter of the Qur’an, in verse 23.

LYRICS:
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06 - The Sound Of Tears (TAKE MY HAND, rel. 2008)

LANGUAGE: Arabic

SONGWRITER: Popular

INSPIRATION: 
Imam Muslim narrates in his Sahih, that Imam Ali said, “By the One Who split the grain (with growth) and created man, the Unlettered Prophet’s promise (Allah bless him and grant him peace) to me is: none shall love me except for a believer and none shall hate me except for a hypocrite.” Shaykh Muhammad Zahid, out of concern that I could be misunderstood, advised me to add the line “Kullu man sara `ala darbihimu” to the song when he first heard me perform it. It took him almost 10 seconds to compose a line that matched the song both in rhythm, and in propriety. This has been the first song that all my children have heard as soon as they were born, and today it’s their lullaby of choice.
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LYRICS:
Inna fil jannati nahran min laban
Li `Aliyyin wa Husainin wa Hasan

Kullu man kana muhibban lahumu
Kullu man sara `ala darbihimu
Yadkhulu ljannata min ghairi hazan

Hubbu ahlil bayti fardun `indana
Wa bi hathal hubbi la nakhshal mihan
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TRANSLATION:
Surely, in paradise, is a river of milk
For Ali, and Hussain, and Hasan

Whosoever loves them
Whosoever goes forth upon their path
Enters paradise without experiencing any sadness

Love of the People of the Prophetic Household is incumbent upon us
And because of this love, we do not fear tribulations
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Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved

Al-Salamu 'Ala

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