Recorded at Dar Al-Mustafa ,formula which is read after the mid afternoon(Zuhr) prayer. (Hizb Nasir of Imam Al Hadad ,may Allah be well pleased with him.

02 Hizb Nasir-Imam Al Hadad

Al Burdah Capter 1 (Ahbab Al Mustafa)

This album has been a long time coming. It showcases a very specific form of Islamic devotional singing from South Asia / The Indian Subcontinent, commonly referred to as “Na’at”, literally “description” in the Arabic origin of the word, and specifically in praise of The Prophet (ﷺ). Most of the more commonly spoken languages in this region have a na’at tradition – Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, and others. For this album, I’ve selected a few from my most favourite Urdu ones that I’ve heard and sung growing up. (There’s more than a few that I’ve deferred for future releases.)

For those who are new to the Na’at genre, it comprises of poems recited in solo acapella, without any dependence as such on any accompanying percussion or backup vocals. This is a difficult genre to excel in – there’s nothing whatsoever for the vocals to hide behind, and it takes a certain amount of fearlessness to do this live. Many talented and accomplished contemporary reciters have experimented in recent years by adding a vocal chanting percussion, but I wanted to go totally old school with this rendition.


DEDICATIONS:
I’m specifically dedicating this album to first to the elders in my family – both sets of my late grandparents, and both sets of my wife’s late grandparents. My wife’s grandmother, Nani Ammi, was the most recent to pass away from among our grandparents. Whenever we would visit her, after our meals, she would make the entire family go silent (all 536 of them!), sit me down by her knees, and announce, “Everyone will be silent now! My son will recite some na’at!” I now make it a habit to recite a na’at every time I visit her grave in Sheffield UK, and have hope in my Lord’s generosity that He allows her to hear it.

This album is also dedicated to my parents and to my parents-in-law, who have always appreciated these na’ats every time I’ve recited them in their presence.

And lastly, this album is also dedicated to our dear recently departed sister, Sr. Parween Baksh, who would often request these Urdu recitations whenever we would visit her home and would enjoy them greatly.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Many thanks go to my wife, Dr. Bano Murtuja, who had been encouraging me for over a decade to record and release a na’at album. She was also instrumental in the actual recording process by being my soundboard and director in the studio. Like many of my professional achievements, this wouldn’t have happened without her involvement and encouragement.

Thanks are also due to my dear friend Mohamed Adel Rassoul, who snapped the picture on the cover art when we visited the Best Of Creation (ﷺ) in March of 2022, and to my producer in Toronto, Norm Sabourin, who did an amazing job with the final production, creating just the right ambience for a sound that’s entrancing, contemplative, and sacred.

All album credits, lyrics, and translations, will insha’Allah be posted on the Discography page when this album becomes publicly available on Monday, Dec 12, 2022.


Please recite the Fatiha** and send prayers on the Beloved Messenger (ﷺ) on behalf of everyone who has worked to bring this song to you.

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** The first chapter of the Holy Qur’an

Dayāré Mustafā

Térī Jāliyāń

Téri Jāliyāń (The Grille) - Nader Khan - Dayāré Mustafā

05 Qad Kafani 'Ilmu Rabbi

Saeeda

Absolutely beautiful recitation of the names of the beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallalaahu alaihi wa sallam by Ustadh Al Hunafa, along with Sheikh Nooriddin Durkee and Sheikh Ninowy. May Allah preserve them all.     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXDKiJRmKFE

Names Of Rasool Allah Sallalaahu Alaihi Wa Sallam - Asma an Nabi - by Shaykh Muhammad Hunafa

Talama Ashku Gharami - As Long As I Protest My Love For You

Hadha qalbi Ya Ilahi, Hadha qalbi Ya Ilahi
Hadhi hi ruhi Ya Ilahi, Hadhi hi ruhi Ya Ilahi
Yuhibuka Ya Rab, Yuhibuka Ya Rab
Wa yuhibu nabiyakal kareem

Chorus:
Talama ashku gharami ya nural wujood
Talama ashku gharami ya nural wujood
Wa unadi ya tihami ya madinal jud

Mun yati aksa marami ahza bish-shuhood
Mun yati aksa marami ahza bish-shuhood
Wa ara babas-salaami ya zakil judood

Chorus

Ya tirazal kawni inni aashiq mustahaam
Mugramun wal madhu fani ya badrat-tamaam

Chorus

Isrifil aa raada anni adnanil ghraam
Isrifil aa raada anni adnanil ghraam
Fiqa qad ahsantu zanni ya samil uhood

Chorus

Ya sirajal ambiyaa-i ya aalil janaab
Ya sirajal ambiyaa-i ya aalil janaab
Ya imaamal atqiyaa-i inna qalbi zaab

Chorus

Wa alaykal-lahu salla Rabbi zul jalaal
Wa alaykal-lahu salla Rabbi zul jalaal
Yakfi ya nural ahillah inna hajri taal
Yakfi ya nural ahillah inna hajri taal

Chorus

Allah Hu Allah (repeat)


The Translation.

TALAMA ASHKU GHARAMI - As long as i protest my love to you

ya Allah this is my heart, ya Allah this is my heart
ya allah This is my soul, ya allah This is my soul
ya allah they both Love you
and Love your greatest prophet

Chorus:
as long as i protest my love to you,O' the light of existance.
and i keep Calling O' tihami(prophet Mohammed), the kind,
the generous.
and i keep Calling O' tihami(prophet Mohammed), the kind,
the generous.

Chorus:

My hope, The utmost aim is that i have the
witnesses in the judgment day
My hope, The utmost aim is that i have the
witnesses in the judgment day

and see AL SALAM Gate in my own eyes O' Allah who guided our grandfathers to Islam

Chorus:
O' my Brothers, iam a lover, iam An infatuated.
O' my Brothers, iam a lover, iam An infatuated.

A criminal in it, and the praise mortal.

Chorus:
O' Israfil (Angel) what a Death, The love exhausted me.
O' Israfil what a Death, The love exhausted me.

In you a suffering has mastered O' Loyal of the promises.

Chorus:
O the prophets lamp, O' O a high-ranking (ya Mohammed).
O the prophets lamp, O' O a high-ranking (ya MOhammed).

O' Devouts Leader, My heart has dissolved.

Chorus:
Allah with the magnificence invoked peace upon you.
Allah with the magnificence invoked peace upon you.

O' the light of existance ya Allah, My abandonment lengthened.
O' the light of existance ya Allah, My abandonment lengthened.

ALLAH O' ALLAH (repeat)

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*Tihami: he is the Prophet Mohamed peace be upon him, because he was born in Makkah, and Makkah is In region Called Tihama

*Israfil: the Angel who blows in the trumpet to declare a judgment day by Allah's command.

Talama Ashku Gharami

Hadra With Shaykh 'Abdel Rahim, the son and successor to Shaykh Buzidi al Bujrafi at the Zawiyah in Nador

Hadra With Shaykh 'Abdel Rahim

This is a live recording from a gathering in South Africa at a masjid.  It was recorded on just a regular phone, and I've kept it raw without effects or noise reduction in order to leave the moment untouched.  Thank you Uncle Ebrahim Kazee for sharing it. :)

Nader Khan: Tu Kuja Man Kuja voice-only live in South Africa

Al - Wadhifa

Al Madad-Habib Syech Mega Mawlid 2013

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]

Talama Ashku Gharami

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