Qasida's

recorded as part of The Hours, a sound installation by Edward Wickham and The Clerks

Muhammadiyya

Nahnu Fi Rawdah

Ahmad Ikhlas performing Night Journey with Umar Atallah Khan @Kilburn Studios for the Live Lounge event. (Rumis Cave)

Night Journey Ahmad Ikhlas and Umar A Khan @Kilburn Studios Live Lounge

Flamenco Salawat- by Al Firdaus Ensemble 
Event organised by Rumi's Cave
Sunday 9th March 2014
Kilburn
London

Flamenco Salawat- by Al Firdaus Ensemble

رفعت أستار البين ** وبدت أنوار العين
تنجلي من غير أين ** فاشهدوها يا صوفية

أنا مرآة حبيبي ** في هواه نفسي طيبي
عن سواه نفسي غيبي ** واطرحي الأشيا الردية

مذ بدا في ذي المشاهد ** صرت راكعا وساجد
شاكرا له وحامد ** إذ طواني في الهوية

يا هنائي في لقائي ** يا بقائي في فنائي
يا ضيائي في سمائي ** يا حياتي الأبدية

أقبل الساقي علينا ** قدم الكأس إلينا
فاحتسينا وارتوينا ** من كؤوس الهاشمية

صاح فاغنم المعاشا ** كم ميْت أتاهم عاشا
حاشا أن يخيب حاشا ** من أتى بصدق النية

أخل قلبك للتجلي ** واجلِ عينك للتملي
والسوى يا خلي خلّي ** وافن في الذات العلية

واشرب الكأس جهارا ** لا ترى في الشرب عارا
وهمْ واخلع العذارا ** في المعاني الأقدسية

جدّ سيرا للمنازل ** وانتهج نهج الأوائل
لا تصغ لقول عاذل ** إنما الإصغا بلية

هي كل الكل أصلا ** ليس للعاذل فعلا
ما عذول الحب إلا ** مرسل من ذي العطية

ثم صل ذا الجلال ** على باب الاتصال
طه والصحب والآل ** ما حدا حادي المطية

قصيدة رفعت أستار البين للشيخ عبد الرحمن الشاغوري

99 Names Of Allah by Qari Yaeesh

This poem in praise of The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, is one of my favourites.  This past Thursday (October 6th, 2011), we sang it again at SeekersHub Toronto, in an East African style.

NaderKhan: The Muhammadan Ode ("Qasida Muhammadiya") in an East African style

Qad Kafani Ilmu Rabbi (Scottish style)

Sung by Harmonia Alcorani.

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A gorgeous qasida by Imam al-Haddad, here sung in a Scottish Style by Harmonia Alcorani.

Translation:
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)

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

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

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

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

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

There is a need in my soul, O Allah
so please fulfil 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

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

Tim Winter (Eski)'s Album

Qad Kafani || Scottish Style || Qasida Imam al-Haddad || Harmonia Alcorani

Prophet Mustafa

LANGUAGE: Urdu

SONGWRITER: Muhammad Iqbal Naqibi

INSPIRATION:
This qawwali was masterfully delivered time and again by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It is rendered here more as a song than a pure qawwali. The various tangential improvisations that are expected in a qawwali have been kept to a minimum. I’ve also opted to use an opening verse that was presented in a television rendition by the Indian singer Toshi Sabri.
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LYRICS:
Hava khilaf thi, lekin chiragh khub jala
Khuda bhi hone ke kya kya sabut deta hai

Tere hi nam se har ibteda hai
Tere hi nam tak har inteha hai
Teri hamd o sana, alhamdu liLlah
Ke Tu mere Muhammad ka Khuda hai

Ye zamin jab na thi, ye jahan jab na tha
Chand suraj na thay, asman jab na tha
Raz-e-haq bhi kisi par ayan jab na tha
Tab na tha kuch yahan, tha magar Tu hi Tu

Kawnain ka masjud hai, ma’bud hai Tu
Har shai Teri shahid hai ke mash-hud hai Tu
Har ek ke lab par hai Teri hamd o sana
Har soz mein, har saaz mein mawjud hai Tu

Tu jo har aan nai shaan dikha deta hai
Dida-e-shawq ko hairan bana deta hai
Dali dali Teri takhliq ke gun gati hai
Patta patta Teri qudrat ka pata deta hai

La ilaha Teri shan ya wahdahu
Tu khayaal-o-tajassus, Tu hi arzu
Ankh ki roshni, dil ki avaz Tu

Khaliq-e-kul hai Tu, is mein kya guftagu
Sare alam ko hai Teri hi justaju
Teri jalvagari hai ayan charsu
Tha bhi Tu, hai bhi Tu, hoga bhi Tu hi Tu
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TRANSLATION:
The wind was hostile, but the lantern did burn ever so intensely
How wondrously strange are the affirmations that God presents, of His own existence

From Your name is every beginning
Unto Your name is every ending
To praise You is to say that all praise is for You alone
You are, after all, the God of Muhammad

When this land was not, and neither was this earth
When the moon and the sun were not, and neither was this universe
When the secret of Reality hadn’t yet been bestowed upon anyone
Then, there was nothing here, save You

You’re the one prostrated to, and worshipped in both existences
Every thing attests to Your existence, ergo You are The Witnessed
It’s Your praise and extolling that is on the lips of everyone
You are Existent in every rhythm and in every tune

You Who manifests a novel majesty ever so frequently
You thereby bewilder eyes that are anticipating an experience of Your manifestations
Every branch sings the praise of Your creative feat
Every leaf is a sign that points towards Your supreme power

That there isn’t another god is of Your majesty, O Peerless One
It’s but You Who occupy my imagination, my curiosity, my aspiration
You are the light in my eyes, the voice in my heart

You are the Creator of every thing, without doubt
The entire universe is busied with it’s seeking of You
Your sublime manifestations are evident in all directions
You were Beginninglessly Eternal then, are Ever Present now, and will forever be Endlessly Eternal
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Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved

07 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Allah Hu [Urdu]

The Jewelled Necklace Of The Resplendent Prophet's Birth. The Mawlid of al-Barzanji Recorded Live in Cape Town By The Al-Zawiya Singers.  the Mawlid of al-Barzanji, one of the classics of traditional Islamic culture. It is a sung celebration of the birth and greatness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s, traditionally recited on the anniversary of his birth. Giving thanks for the Holy Prophet is an obligation in Islam; and in this work, Imam Ja’far al-Barzanji (d.1764), a scholar of Kurdish origin who was born and studied in Madina, has given the world the most popular of all recitals of the Prophetic birth. This recording of the Mawlid al-Barzanji was made in Cape Town, with the celebrated Mawlid Jama’at of the Al-Zawiya Mosque, under the direction of Shaykh Seraj Hendricks, formerly Chair of the Fatwa Committee of Cape Town. This was sang in the presence of the prestige scholar of the Shafi school Habib Umar (Tarim, Yemen). This content is not my property.

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