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أسماء الله الحسنى - للحبيب عمر بن حفيظ

Qasidah Ya Tarim

Ba'alawi Qasida  at Yemen Hadramaut

"Qad Kafani `Ilmu Rabbi" (My Lord's Knowledge Suffices Me) is a powerful statement of reliance and trust on Allah, authored by Imam Abdullah b. Alawi al-Haddad (1634 CE [1044 Hijri] - 1720 CE [1132 Hijri]), the great Islamic scholar and spiritual guide from Hadhramawt, Yemen. Imam al-Haddad was a distinguished poet, and this particular qasida (devotional song) is one of his most-recited poems. A brief bio of the Imam may be found here: http://www.alhaddad.org/blog/?p=382.

(Accompanying picture of the Imam's mosque in Yemen is taken from http://thedowra.com.)

This particular rendition of the qasida is something I'd first heard performed at the Seekers Retreat in Melbourne (April 2011), by "The Singaporean Haqqani Ensemble" - Sidi Abdul Shakor Hadi leading the vocals, along with drumming and choral support from Sidi Muhammad Nassir, and the rest of the ensemble.

I was fortunate enough to recite this rendition of the qasida to Habib Umar bin Hafidh, at a private gathering in Melbourne Australia, in May 2011, before returning to Canada.  Many thanks to Sidi Usama Canon for facilitating this auditioning.


TECHNICAL NOTES:
I've recorded it here in Apple's GarageBand, using a Blue Yeti USB microphone (reviewed here at wired.com: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2009/11/pr_yeti/), a recent gift from a good friend that I'm putting to good use.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
(the lyrics in Arabic, along with the translation, may be downloaded from: http://www.halaqa.org/Media/Docs/Qad%20kafani%20english.pdf)

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
 from asking or choosing
For my du’a and my agonising supplication
 is a witness to my poverty.
For this secret (reason) I make supplication 
in times of ease and times of difficulty
I am a slave whose pride 
is in his poverty and obligation
----------
O my Lord and my King
 You know my state
And what has settled in my heart 
of agonies and preoccupations
Save me with a gentleness 
from You, O Lord of Lords
Oh save me, Most Generous 
before I run out of patience (with myself)
----------
O One who is swift in sending aid
 I ask for aid that will arrive to me swiftly
It will defeat all difficulty 
and it will bring all that I hope for
O Near One Who answers 
and All-Knowing and All-Hearing
I have attained realisation through my incapacity, 
my submission and my brokenness
----------
I am still standing by the door, so please my Lord
 have mercy on my standing
And in the valley of generosity, I am in i’tikaf (solitary retreat)  
So, Allah, make my retreat here permanent
And I’m abiding by good opinion (of You) 
 For it is my friend and ally
And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company  
All day and night
----------
There is a need in my soul, O Allah 
so please fulfill it, O Best of Fulfillers
And comfort my secret and my heart
 from its burning and its shrapnel
In pleasure and in happiness  and 
as long as You are pleased with me
For joy and expansion is my state  
and my motto and my cover
----------

Qad Kafani - My Lord is Sufficient - by Imam Haddad, sung by Nader Khan

SHEIKH NUH HA MIM KELLER (born 1954) is an American convert to Islam. He is a teacher, orator, reciter, translator of Islamic books and a specialist in Islamic law. He is authorised by Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri as a Sheikh in Sufism in the Shadhili Order. He studied philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chicago and the University of California. Keller converted to Islam from Christianity in 1977.

His English translation of Umdat al-Salik, Reliance of the Traveler (Sunna Books, 1991), is a Shafi'i manual of Shariah. It is the first Islamic legal work in an European language to receive the certification of Al-Azhar University. This translation has led to his work becoming influential among Western Muslims. Sheikh Keller currently lives in Amman, Jordan and travels extensively throughout the world, with teachings of Islam. 

Rufiat - Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Ahbab Al Mustafa | Mawlaya Sali Wa Salim | 1436 | Audio One

All Music by ACCOLADES (Anas Canon & Joel Van Dijk)for Decorative Audio - Produced by Anas Canon & Joel Van Dijk
Recorded and Mixed by Anas Canon

Lyrics by Baraka Blue and Anas Canon
Vocal performance by Baraka Blue and MilTron

Lyrics...
Have you no heart?
Have you no art?
Have you no spark 
Of light that you could shine into this dark?

Mr. Marksman, have you no mark?
Well, aim it steady then 
And go and blow his brains apart.
Have you no moment soon
When you too must depart?
The flood is soon descending on us all
have you no ark?

Have you no conscious?
Have you no monsters?
Tucked away somewhere 
Hidden deep within your closet?
As you judge every soul 
On your path that comes across it?
Have you no sense at all? 
Have you lost it?

Have you no imagination?
Or has its castration been completed
By the flashing screens and distraction stations?
Have you no aspiration
Past amassing and attaining
That which you gon' have to leave behind you
When the casket takes you?

Have you no semblance of remembrance 
Of what heaven is?
And the oath you swore to the Benevolent
When he said "am I not your Lord?"
And you said yes He is.
Have u ever tried to reminisce before genesis?

Have you no name?
Have you no game?
She's standing all alone there 
Just waiting for you man.
Have you no aim?
Have you no rain? 
While you sitting wondering why no rainbows came.
Have you no lane?
Have you no pain?
Looking back at what has past 
and looking forth at what remains?

Have you no shame?
Have you no change?
To spare, my belly hungry 
Have pity on me man.

Have you no respect?
Have you no regret?
Have you no eyes? 
It's right before ur nose and you ain't noticed yet.

Have you no hustle?
Have you no muscle?
Have you no one 
That when you have no one 
You can run to?
Have you no mojo 
in the dojo with the king fu?
Do you know or you know not
You got some knots you need to undo?


Have you no sadder news?
Have you no gratitude?
Have you no flyer shoes
This party gon' be cracking fool!


Have you no way to get a hold of yourself?
Good God, have you no control of your self
Have you no pen to make a note to yourself?
Have you tried to guard your tongue 
like you guard your wealth?

Have you no empathy?
Have you no sympathy?
Have you no sickness that's in need of a remedy?
I'm lost in these strange lands, have you no embassy?
Once the war is finally won
Have u no inner peace?


Have you nothing more
Than money to share with this world of ours?
Do you even know
What's lurking and bubbling inside your soul? 

I wanna be better than
Better than, better than my self!


Have You No Heart? (Feat. MilTron) - Baraka Blue meets ACCOLADES in the Villa Mocca

The album opens with a dua’aa (prayer). Anything worth doing should begin with a clear intention and a sincere prayer. The beat is a north/west African fusion and the brother blesses it with this melodic prayer for God to accept this from us.

"Love and Light"- Baraka Blue - (Produced by Anas Canon)

Boom ShakaLaka - Baraka Blue - (Produced by Anas Canon)

Album: Sound Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO5OchDDKrY

Come as you Are - Baraka Blue - (Produced by Anas Canon)

Gold Black - Baraka Blue - (Produced by Anas Canon)

Myst - Baraka Blue - (Produced by Anas Canon)

Myst Unplugged

One of these days - Baraka Blue - (Produced by Abdul Malik)

Reach for the Sky - Baraka Blue - (Produced by Anas Canon)

Sweetest Fruit - Baraka Blue (Feat. Mos Def) - (Produced by Anas Canon)

al biru wa taqwa

Ya Alim as Sirri Minna

Rabbi Inni - Author - Habib `Ali al-Habshi

Nahnu fi rawdah - Muhammad ibn Habib

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