burda

Awesomeness

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Rehan

Qasidas

Hereafter

burdah

naat

Gul Azro Khata Mukhta [Naat] Sara Raza Khan

Hum Madinay Se Allah Kyun Aa Gaye

The Shimmering Light by Habib Umar bin Hafiz

Tala' Al Badru Alayna

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/

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Ratib al Haddad voluntary invocation to be recited every night after Maghrib/Isha. It is a collection of verses from the Holy Qur'an as well as the Kalimaat (declarations of belief), Tasbeehaat (praise of Allah) and Duas (invocations) which the beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has recommended.

The prestige 12th century (hijri) reviver of islam Imam al Haddad has rendered a great service to Muslims in compiling all these in one small Kitab called Ratib-ush-Shahir, popularly know as Ratib al Haddad. And being mindful of the blessed Prophet's Sunnah of not over-burdening the Muslims, he has put together just the most basic supplications which take at most 15 minutes to recite.

The Ratib al-Haddad has been recited by the students of Habib Umar in Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen. The picture is by @AbbasPhotos

Ratib al Haddad - Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim

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Surah Yaseen - Fatih Seferagic (Studio Recording)

- Surah Yasin- Muhammad Siddiq Minshawi

- Sura Fatiha - Sheikh Mohammad Siddiq Al Minshawi

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من سورة ق لمحمد صديق المنشاوي

Sheikh Muhammad Minshawi - Surah Hashr

Qasidah Burdah

Qasida Muhammadiya (The Muhammadan Ode)  | قصيده المحمدية

Qasida Muhammadiya  | قصيده المحمدية

Qasida Burdah written by Imam al-Busiri is recited by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Munshids from West Africa/ Al-Maghrebiyya.

Qasida Burda by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf w/ Moroccan Munshids

A resource for traditional qasidas (poems, odes), naats and nasheeds taken from around the world, most of which are written by various spiritual masters of the sacred path of sufism (tassawuf - the Islamic science of spirituality).

'The aim of qasidas or spiritual odes is to worship the creator, by turning the hearts to the Divine, who says 'And when My servants ask you of Me, truly I am close' (Quran 2:186).

The purpose of qasidas in the Sufi path is to convey the experiential gnosis of forebears to subsequent generations, for what comes from the heart goes into the heart, and most of the poets who wrote them where Shaykhs of the spiritual paths (tariqa) who addressed their words to those with experiences like themselves or to aspirants.

The person who can benefit from such qasidas is someone whose way lies with the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), and whose heart lies with Allah'

Source: Echoes from Eternity (Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller)

The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“Truly, in some poetry, there is wisdom.” [Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud]

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