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Ya Nabi- Sallallahu Alaihi Wallahi Wasallam- By- Taimur Shahid Malik

Native Deen's latest album, "The Remedy."

My Lord

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

MORNING DUAS_ For Protection_ Blessings_ Rizq _  Omar Hisham

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🫅🏿 can yall smell the fear in the air they scared of the king these peasants know they ain't worth my time these cowards scared this ain't rap beef this real life ain't no hiding and ain't no ride my wave put them gloves on I'm rocking both of y'all to sleep bet get my lick back for the disrespect and I hidden jealousy y'all had on your chest this is what the people get for believing in two cowards y'all going to walk with that shame what y'all did to yall sister y'all going to feel my pain y'all going to feel my wrath don't forget that part y'all know what y'all did to her only at two years old I opened her up to the world and now she ain't scared of love go get that money out the mud baby don't get in my business I told you that before you left I'm a man I got to handle my business like I told Aja Ferrell and them two ware babies put this in there face I'm putting them back in their place for that secret hate and this for trying to eat off my family's table now we about to eat off y'all family's plates I need all the extras I'm out here changing lives saving lives I'm big blood a mentor to my young brothers while y'all out here spreading lies and trying to hide from y'all past two for one my family tree bout to eat up the family business they knew it was over when I crowned they family tree 2015 November 19th I can never forget the phone call I was at Marc's on Mayfield and green when I had to leave work that morning peeled out the parking lot everybody knew my gray 2008 Impala LT only like 130,000 miles on the dash with the A on it I let my child mother handle the paperwork I got the cash Aja Ferrell bless me with my son a prince a king Marley the Martian welcome to the family business son oh they got a lesson to learn don't ask me why I'm moving different they is not moving the way I move your grandma ain't tell you the truth yet Glenora couldn't wait to take it for a test drive🗣️ shhhh hey John let me borrow the keys to the car somewhere tearing up the e-way her favorite line shhhhhhhhhh😂🤣💯 let me borrow the car tonight shhhh I put some gas in it🤞🏿

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