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NADER KHAN is a Canadian Muslim singer/songwriter and arts educator. Over the last 20 years, he has toured and performed across Canada, USA, South Africa, UK, the West Indies, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore in solo performances, and on tours with other internationally renowned artists. Nader has spearheaded various social justice initiatives that promote local and international relief efforts through Islamic devotional music, arts, youth engagement, and inspiration.
In 2013, Nader launched #ShareTheProphet, bringing together service and devotion by channeling 100% of sales revenue from future albums into humanitarian causes. His second album, WATER was released in May 2015 to widespread critical acclaim. 100% of the album sales of Water will be going to WaterAid Canada.
In October 2014, Nader formed The Blacksmiths – a group of percussionists and vocalists from diverse backgrounds who all come together to provide a live backdrop to his songs.
Nader is an Ontario Arts Council Arts Educator, delivering workshops on drumming, Islam and music as well as social justice in schools, camps, and retreats.
“My music is about devotion, technical excellence and lyrical substantiveness. I sing songs written and inspired by classical and contemporary teachers in the Islamic spiritual tradition, and convey them in musical styles that don’t just reflect my personal growth as an artist, but also ones that listeners around the world can relate to.”
“Our #ShareTheProphet model is also a means to make the world a better place, to inspire and create more beauty. Through my work, I seek to connect hearts to God and the love of His Beloved (ﷺ).”
BurdaBlues -- Nader Khan & #TheBlacksmiths
The Keighley Munshids are keenly involved in celebrating and promoting #TheMainstay -- the first ever English translation of one of the most celebrated commentaries on the Qasida Burda. They've been inviting and encouraging artists around the world to submit their renditions of a few verses from The Burda.
I was honoured to be a recipient of one such invite. Tonight, The Blacksmiths were over at my place for our weekly practice session. So, we decided to shoot a brief video of a rendition of the first chapter of the Burda that we've been working on for the next album. Here's a sneak peak.
The opening words in English are from an epic poem that my dear friend Amir Sulaiman is composing on The Prophet (ﷺ).
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
WATER
100% OF THE SALES REVENUE FROM THIS ALBUM WILL GO TO WATERAID CANADA.
Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
After working on this selection of songs for six and a half years, I'm incredibly excited and grateful to be able to share them with you. This album reflects a significant growth for me, as a singer and songwriter. Combining my lyrics with those of my teachers, and drawing on diverse musical genres from Jazz, Blues and Hard Rock, to Arabic, Indian, Turkish and East African music, I have pushed myself way out of my comfort zone into unfamiliar genres and completely new territory as an artist. I hope you enjoy listening to them even more than I did composing them, arranging them, and recording them.
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Until 2016, revenue generated will be directed specifically to their current project in the Monze region of Zambia. This project hopes to reach 42,000 people with access to safe water, and over 40,000 people with access to improved sanitation and hygiene education. Upon the completion of this project, WaterAid Canada will redirect any further funds from the sale of this album based on their expertise.
THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BE A SADAQA JARIYA FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE INCLUDING ALL WHO PURCHASE THE CD. SOME KEY INDIVIDUALS INVESTED AS SADAQA JARIYA FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please make fatiha and send Salawat on the Beloved Messenger (peace be upon him) on behalf of; the Muslims of Edmonton Canada, The late Tahira Arif Hussain, Syed Hussain, Rabia Sultan, Abdul Majeed Khan, Ghulam Omer, Nayeem Unissa Begum, Syed Taher Mohamed, Sardar Begum, Haji Mohammad Hussain Bhatti, Mustafa Abdul Rahim Assaqqaf and Anonymous Donor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks go to my parents Nasir Mohammed Khan and Sultana Fatima, my parents-in-law Hafiz Muhammad Sagir and Nasreen Akhtar, my brothers Yasir and Zaker Khan, my sister-in-law Sufia Lodhi, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, Sidi Nazim Baksh, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Muhammad Mendes, Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad, Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh Tevfik Aydoner, Syed Mustafa Gilani, Sidi Muhtar Holland, Nermin Moufti, Umar Shahzad, Hamid Abdurrahim, Yasin Dusuroth, Tom Hamza Robertson, Mona Hayder, Mostafa Azzam, Sulayma Hassan, my niece Zara-Noor Khan, my children Nurah, Mustafa, Fatima and Zahra who get me to practice again and again, and my wife Dr Bano Murtuja - who has made all of this happen. A full list of Acknowledgements, Associate Producers and prayer requests can be found at WWW.NADERKHAN.COM
Album Sponsors include Bukhari Institute and SeekersHub Toronto.
ALBULM CREDITS:
LYRICS: Nader Khan (Presence, Echoes, Witness, Take My Hand - Part II, As Though You See Him), Imām Ahmad Razā Khān (Qasīda é Nūr, Jashn é mad é Rasūl), Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Spring’s Gift), Imam Zaid Shakir (A Moment In Your Love), Yunus Emré / Muhtar Holland (My Lord On Thee), Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Pray My Lord), Shaykh Muhammad Mendes (Zikr In Minor Pentatonic), Shaykh Umar Al Yāfi (Supplication for Rain), Imām Al Busīrī (Qasīda Al Muhammadiya), Ustad Muzaffer Warsi (Tū Kujā Man Kujā)
VOCALS: Nader Khan PRODUCER: Hamid Abdurrahim (OK-HAAM) MIXING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim MASTERING ENGINEER: Hamid Abdurrahim ASSISTANT MASTERING ENGINEER: Rodney C Daniel aka Yoda EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Bano Murtuja, Nader Khan ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Altonio Bateman (A Moment In Your Love) RECORDING, MIXING, MASTERING: 44 Pennyweight Studio, Morphius Records / Lord Baltimore Recording studio ALBUM COMPOSITION: Nader Khan ARRANGEMENT: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim, Eboni Coger (harmonies on Presence) PERCUSSION AND RHYTHM: Nader Khan, Hamid Abdurrahim ALBUM ARTWORK: Nermin Moufti WEBSITE: Nermin Moufti, Usman Khalid, Umar Shahzad PHOTOGRAPHY: Yasin Dusoruth
LANGUAGE: English
SONGWRITER: Nader Khan
INSPIRATION: A song based on a story cited by Imam Ghazali in his book “Duties of Brotherhood in Islam”, translated into English by Muhtar Holland. The story is of two friends from a pre-Islamic Jewish community, and deals with their lifestyle of devotion and worship, how one of them goes astray, and how his friend takes him by the hand, back to his original path.
LYRICS: Take my hand, come with me Take your time, but don’t you see That your ways, won’t set you free Take my hand, come with me
Take a look, inside the door Of my heart, you’ll see for sure That my love, for you is pure Take my hand, come with me
I won’t judge, won’t put you down While you lie, down on the ground Take your time, I’ll hang around Take my hand, come with me
I don’t know how I would fare If your trials, I was to bear But your burden, do let me share Take my hand, come with me
Take this hate out of your heart It’s alright that we’ve grown apart Let’s give this thing a brand new start Take my hand, come with me
Turn your anger, your glowing rage Against yourself, break out of the cage Write your story, on a brand new page Take my hand, come with me
I won’t shout, I’ll stay composed This is where, you need me most It’s not too late, the door hasn’t closed Take my hand, come with me
And if i stumble, as I walk with you I’ll take your hand, oh I’ll come with you I’ll need your strength, to pull me through But now take my hand, and now come with me ___________________________________ © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved
LANGUAGE: Arabic
INSPIRATION: This recitation of the 99 revealed names of God in the Islamic tradition was placed at the beginning of this album as a practical expression of BismiLlah ar-Rahman as-Rahim, the oft repeated formulaic beginning of all chapters of the Qur’an, save one. The phrase is popularly translated into English as “In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful“, and has been devoutly repeated by Muslims throughout the ages and across the continents at the beginning of any undertaking.
This recitation is also the very first one that I had ever done in a formal gathering of dhikr, at the December 1997 Deen Intensive Program at a winter campsite 2 hours north of Toronto. It was a clear, cold night. The multitudinous stars of an Ontario country sky lit up the crisp foot-high snow all around us. We were in a large, log cabin with subdued lighting, in the company of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Jamal Dhahabi, Shaykh Abdullah Al Kadi, and Shaykh Talal Ahdab. Also present were Sidi Nazim Baksh, Sidi Abdul-Rehman Malik, and many devoted students of sacred sciences and spiritual matters in the Islamic tradition. My recitation was followed by Shaykh Jamal’s recitation of the second chapter of the Burdah, and Shaykh Hamza’s moving commentary on it. It was a very special evening that remains vivid in the minds of all those present.
A recording of my performance from that session is still floating around somewhere on the internet. ___________________________________
TRANSLATION:
He is God, besides Whom there’s no other god
The All Beneficent, The Most Merciful, The King, The Sovereign, The Most Holy, The Source of Peace, The Guarantor, The Guardian, The Almighty
The Powerful, The Tremendous, The Creator, The Maker
The Fashioner of Forms, The Ever Forgiving, The All Compelling Subduer, The Bestower, The Ever Providing
The Opener, The All Knowing, The Restrainer, The Expander, The Abaser, The Exalter, The Giver of Honor, The Giver of Dishonor, The All Hearing, The All Seeing, The Judge, The Supremely Just, The Subtly Kind
The All Aware, The Forbearing, The Magnificent, The All Forgiving, The Grateful, The Sublimely Exalted
The Great, The Preserver, The Nourisher, The Reckoner, The Majestic, the Generous, The Watchful, The Responsive
The All Encompassing, The Wise, The Loving, The All Glorious, The Raiser of the Dead, The Witness, The Real
The Trustee, The Strong
The Steadfast, The Protecting Friend, The All Praiseworthy, The Accounter
The Initiator of all, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All, The Giver of Life, The Bringer of Death, The Ever Living, The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All, The Perceiver, The Magnificent, The All Inclusive One, The Indivisible, The Self Sufficient
The All Powerful
The All Determiner, The Expediter, The Delayer, The First, The Last, The Manifest, The Hidden, The Patron, The Self Exalted
The Most Kind and Righteous, The Ever Relenting, The Avenger, The Pardoner, The Compassionate, The Owner of All Sovereignty, The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
The Equitable, The Gatherer, The All Rich, The Enricher, The Withholder, The Distressor, The Benefactor, The Light, The Guide, The Originator, The Ever Enduring, The Inheritor of All, The Infallible Teacher
The Timelessly Patient, Sublime be His Majesty. ___________________________________ Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved
LANGUAGE: Urdu
SONGWRITER: Sayid Iqbal Azim
INSPIRATION: This naat was rendered to popular acceptance by the Pakistani Qur’an reciter and Naat performer, Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi, and enjoys a strong emotional attachment all across the Indian subcontinent. The current rendition presents it in a typically Arabic tune of the hijaz mode. ___________________________________
LYRICS: Faslon ko takalluf hai hum se agar Ham bhi bebas nahin, besahara nahin Khud unhin ko pukarenge hum dur se, Raaste mein agar paun thak jaaenge
Jaise hi sabz gumbad nazar aaega Bandagi ka qarina badal jaaega Sar jhukane ki fursat milegi kise Khud hi aankhon se sajde tapak jaaenge
Hum madine mein tanha nikal jaaenge Aur galiyon mein qasdan bhatak jaaenge Hum vahaan jaake vaapas nahin aaenge Dhundte dhundte log thak jaaenge
Naam unka jahaan bhi liya jaaega Zikr unka jahaan bhi kiya jaaege Nur hi nur sinon mein bhar jaaega Saari mehfil mein jalve lapak jaaenge
Ae madine ke zaair khuda ke liye Dastaan-e-safar mujh ko yun mat suna Dil tadap jaaega. Baat badh jaaegi Mere mohtat aansu chhalak jaaenge
Unki chashm-e-karam ko hai iski khabar Kis musafir ko hai kitna shawq-e-safar Hum ko Iqbal jab bhi ijazat mili Hum bhi aaqa ke durbar tak jaaenge ___________________________________
TRANSLATION: If distances prove themselves to be pretentious towards us We are neither helpless, nor are we without support We shall entreat Him ourselves Should our feet grow weary along the path
The moment the green dome becomes visible Slave hood shall manifest itself differently Who will have respite to bow their heads Prostrations, of their own accord, shall trickle from the very eyes
We will go out in Madina, bereft of familiar company And deliberately lose our way in its streets Having reached there, we shall not return Be it that looking for us, people grow weary
His name, wheresoever it shall be mentioned His remembrance, wheresoever it shall be made Light, and yet more light, shall fill up the breasts of those gathered Spiritual manifestations shall leap out upon the entire gathering
O Visitor of Madina, for God’s sake Do not thus share your journey’s narrative The heart will grow restless, anxious; the matter shall exceed all bounds My guarded tears shall spill forth
His magnanimous insight is well informed As to which traveler harbours how much aspiration for his journey Whensoever it may be that we be granted permission, O Iqbal We too shall pay a visit unto the court of the Liege-lord ___________________________________ Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved
LANGUAGE: Arabic
SONGWRITER: Popular
INSPIRATION: Imam Muslim narrates in his Sahih, that Imam Ali said, “By the One Who split the grain (with growth) and created man, the Unlettered Prophet’s promise (Allah bless him and grant him peace) to me is: none shall love me except for a believer and none shall hate me except for a hypocrite.” Shaykh Muhammad Zahid, out of concern that I could be misunderstood, advised me to add the line “Kullu man sara `ala darbihimu” to the song when he first heard me perform it. It took him almost 10 seconds to compose a line that matched the song both in rhythm, and in propriety. This has been the first song that all my children have heard as soon as they were born, and today it’s their lullaby of choice. ___________________________________
LYRICS: Inna fil jannati nahran min laban Li `Aliyyin wa Husainin wa Hasan
Kullu man kana muhibban lahumu Kullu man sara `ala darbihimu Yadkhulu ljannata min ghairi hazan
Hubbu ahlil bayti fardun `indana Wa bi hathal hubbi la nakhshal mihan ___________________________________
TRANSLATION: Surely, in paradise, is a river of milk For Ali, and Hussain, and Hasan
Whosoever loves them Whosoever goes forth upon their path Enters paradise without experiencing any sadness
Love of the People of the Prophetic Household is incumbent upon us And because of this love, we do not fear tribulations ___________________________________ Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved
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. ___________________________________
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 ___________________________________
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 ___________________________________ Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved
LANGUAGE: English
SONGWRITER: Nader Khan
INSPIRATION: A song based on the quoted couplet by Maulana (Mevlana) Jelaluddin Rumi. This song was first conceived of as a poem. Its tune is based on a Turkish song that I’d heard being performed by Tevfik Baba and The Jerrahi Society of Canada at a devotional concert many years ago in Toronto.
LYRICS: “My heart, like a mirror, is silent and speaking, in the hands of an Amazing Mirror Holder, For when moment by moment, there shines in the mirror, an amazing figure of beauty.” - Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, The Mathnawi
As a show of love and fidelity, to my beloved, so sublime I sought to give the most beautiful gift, that had ever been seen in our time I searched and searched in all the lands, for that very special gift I trekked the valleys of the earth, and the mountains, and the cliffs
And all the while I kept saying, “Sall Allahu `ala Muhammad” Praying that Allah would unveil the gift to me
So many things I saw in the earth, which with beauty were endowed But when I drew close to pick them up, I was spoken to from a cloud “Why to the presence of the sun, do you take a candle frail?” “Why to the ocean deep and blue, do you take a water pail?”
And all the while I kept saying, “Sall Allahu `ala Muhammad” Praying that Allah would unveil the gift to me
Despair would’ve got the better of me, had I not turned to my lord He sent mevlana to my help, and hope was then restored Mevlana came to me and said, “Take this advice, my son The gift you seek you’ll never find, except with your beloved one”
And all the while I kept saying, “Sall Allahu `ala Muhammad” Praying that Allah would unveil the gift to me
He said “if she is, to your own eye, the most beautiful one around Greater in beauty than her own image, such a thing shall never be found” “Take to her this mirror do, and make your poem terse” “Make your gift a better gift, with a couplet from my verse”
And all the while I kept saying, “Sall Allahu `ala Muhammad” Praying that Allah would unveil the gift to me
He cleaned my mirror of mud and grime, and etched in with his hand The verse I quote before my own, a verse with wisdom grand So praise Allah, and peace and blessings do send on his chosen one Praise him again for a “nader” gift he unveiled to a lowly one
And all the while I kept saying, “Sall Allahu `ala Muhammad” Thanking Allah that He had unveiled the gift to me
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LANGUAGE: English
SONGWRITER: Nader Khan
INSPIRATION: A song of repentance, based on the very first couplet of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi`s famous poetic compilation, the “Mathnawi”; a section of the litany “Hizb al Kabir” composed by the founder of the Shadhili Sufi order, Imam Abul-Hasan al Shadhili; the “Ode of Repentance” from the poetic compendium of the renowned Sufi scholar Shaykh Muhammad ibn Al-Habib (where the first two Arabic lines come from); and a few other readings.
The “covenant” being referred to in this song, is found in the seventh chapter of the Holy Qur’an, "The Heights" ("Al A'raf") , verse 172, but can also be taken to refer to any oath, promise, or responsibility. This event is sometimes referred to in Persian Islamic literature as “Ruz-e-alast” (the day of “alast”). The prayer at the end of the song is the prayer of Adam and Eve as they accept responsibility for their misjudgment, also from same chapter of the Qur’an, in verse 23.
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LANGUAGE: Urdu/Arabic/Farsi
SONGWRITER: Popular
INSPIRATION: An Urdu song in praise of the Prophet and well-known in the Indian subcontinent. Current rendition is based on a version composed by the Indian music director Ravindra Jain and sung by Mohammad Aziz for the popular 1990 Indian movie “Henna”. The familiar opening rubai was reportedly composed by Shaykh Sa’di Shirazi. ___________________________________
LYRICS: Ya sahibul jamalu wa ya sayyadul bashar Min wajhikal muniro laqad nawwarul qamar La yumkinuth thana`uka ma kaana haqquhu Ba’daz Khuda, buzurg toi, qissa-e-mukhtasar
Marhaba Sayyadi, Makki Madaniyy-ul Arabi Dil-o-jaan baad fidayat che ajab khush laqabi
Hoke mayus tere dar se savali na gaya Khali haath aaya magar lawt ke khaali na gaya Hai tu hi afzal-ul-insan tu mehbub-e-khuda Ae Quraishi, O Bani Hashmi, O Muttalabi Sayyadi anta habibi wa tabib-e-qalbi
Marhaba Sayyadi, Makki Madaniyy-ul Arabi
Kab ata hoga mujhe zawq-e-sanakhwan-e-nabi Ae qamar, ye meri koshish kisi qabil to nahin Meri khatir to ye nisbat bhi bohot hai mawla Mae kahaan, varna kahaan zikr-e-khuda, naat-e-nabi Dil-o-jaan baad fidayat che ajab khush laqabi
Marhaba Sayyadi, Makki Madaniyy-ul Arabi ___________________________________
TRANSLATION: O possessor of beauty! O leader of mankind It is from your enlightened countenance that the moon is illumined It is not possible to praise you in a befitting manner In short, after God, you are the greatest
Welcome, my Leigelord, O Makkan and Medinan of the Arabs How wondrous! May my heart and soul be your ransom, O sweet-titled-one
Never has a questioner turned away from your threshold in a state of despair Though he arrived empty handed, he didn’t depart empty handed You are the best among men, the beloved of God O Quraishite, O Hashimite, O Muttalabite My Leigelord, you are my beloved, and the healer of my heart
Welcome, my Leigelord, O Makkan and Medinan of the Arabs
When will I taste the refinement of being one who truly praises the Prophet O Qamar, this meagre attempt of mine is not worth anything at all For my sake, this association is sufficient, my Lord Who am I to be endowed with the remembrance of God, and the praise of His Prophet How wondrous! May my heart and soul be your ransom, O sweet-titled-one
Welcome, my Leigelord, O Makkan and Medinan of the Arabs / ___________________________________ Translation © Nader Khan 2008 All Rights Reserved