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Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn WilsonEpisode 72: Hoda Mahmoudi (In Honor of Abdu’l-Baha)Hello and welcome to the Baha’i Blogcast with me your host, Rainn Wilson.In this series of podcasts I interview members of the Baha’i Faith and friends from all over the world about their hearts, and minds, and souls, their spiritual journeys, what they’re interested in, and what makes them tick.In this special episode in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the passing of Abdu’l-Baha, I’m joined by Professor Hoda Mahmoudi who holds the Baha’i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, USA. She tells me about moving to the US as a child a...2021-12-031h 04
Super Critical PodcastEpisode 20: OctopussyIn this episode, we paid our respects to the late Roger Moore and all the times he stopped a nuclear war by watching the movie Octopussy. Could a rogue Soviet commander trick Europe into disarming its own nuclear weapons? Why did the United States have so many nukes in Europe? How easy is it for James Bond to disarm a nuke while wearing clown makeup? Tim, Gabe, and returning special guest Alex answer these questions and more.
Thanks to our listeners for dealing with the November 2017 hiatus of episodes while Tim moved into a new place and barely survived holiday...2017-12-101h 59
SoulFood FMEpisode 4.27 | Eve of EidGiving life to Eid gives life to your heart on the day when only a sound heart avails you.
In this episode:
• Spiritual celebration
• Having a living heart
• Beautiful glorification
Additional resource:
• Takbiraat of Eid: https://soundcloud.com/omar_mm/takbiraat-of-eid
Intro & outro music by Nader Khan (www.naderkhan.com)2017-06-2313 min
SoulFood FMEpisode 3.30 | EidEid is a time of joy, celebration, and gratitude for the great blessing of being given Ramadan.
In this episode, you will learn:
• The realities of Eid
• The Greatest Eid
• Love & yearning
Recommended link:
• Eid Glorification: https://soundcloud.com/omar_mm/takbiraat-of-eid
Intro and outro music by Nader Khan2017-05-2611 min
SoulFood FMEpisode 3.24 | OpeningsIf you had the upper hand over someone who wronged you, how would you deal with them?
In this episode, you will learn:
• Choosing our heroes
• The Prophetic Way (Sunna)
• Guidance vs. Dominance
Recommended Links:
• Stories of mercy from the life of the Prophet ﷺ: https://soundcloud.com/mercy-fm
• "Muhammad ﷺ: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources" by Martin Lings: https://www.amazon.com/Muhammad-Life-Based-Earliest-Sources/dp/1594771537/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467187237&sr=8-1&keywords=muhammad+his+life+based+on+the+earliest+sources
Intro and outro music by Nader Khan2017-05-2612 min
SoulFood FMEpisode 30 | JoyThe believer expresses their joy in the grace and blessings of God. We pray that our Ramadan has been accepted and that you all have a blessed Eid!
In this episode:
• The point of Eid
• Importance of consistency
• Expressing joy
• Glorifying God
Recommended Link:
• Takbiraat of Eid: https://soundcloud.com/omar_mm/takbiraat-of-eid
Intro and outro music by Nader Khan2017-05-2610 min
Nader Khan's SoundCloudBurdaBlues -- A sneak-peak from Nader Khan & TheBlacksmiths#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...2016-02-1903 minNader Khan's PodcastBurdaBlues -- A sneak-peak from Nader Khan & TheBlacksmiths#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...2016-02-1903 min
Nader Khan's Podcast06 - WATER - PreviewClips - My Lord On TheeAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's SoundCloud09 - WATER - PreviewClips - As Though You See HimAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's SoundCloud07 - WATER - PreviewClips - WitnessAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast12 - WATER - PreviewClips - Jashne Amade RasulAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast11 - WATER - PreviewClips - Pray My LordAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast10 - WATER - PreviewClips - Qasida E NurAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's Podcast09 - WATER - PreviewClips - As Though You See HimAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast08 - WATER - PreviewClips - Zikr In Minor PentatonicAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's Podcast07 - WATER - PreviewClips - WitnessAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast13 - WATER - PreviewClips - Springs GiftAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast05 - WATER - PreviewClips - EchoesAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast04 - WATER - PreviewClips - Take My Hand IIAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's Podcast02 - Qasida Muhammadiya (WATER, rel. 2015)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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud10 - WATER - PreviewClips - Qasida E NurAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud11 - WATER - PreviewClips - Pray My LordAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud12 - WATER - PreviewClips - Jashne Amade RasulAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud13 - WATER - PreviewClips - Springs GiftAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud06 - WATER - PreviewClips - My Lord On TheeAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud05 - WATER - PreviewClips - EchoesAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud04 - WATER - PreviewClips - Take My Hand IIAfter 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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud02 - Qasida Muhammadiya (WATER, rel. 2015)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...2015-05-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud08 - WATER - PreviewClips - Zikr In Minor PentatonicAfter 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...2015-05-2201 min
Nader Khan's SoundCloud01 - A Moment In Your Love (WATER, rel. 2015)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...2015-05-2101 minNader Khan's Podcast01 - A Moment In Your Love (WATER, rel. 2015)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...2015-05-2101 min
Nader Khan's Podcast03 - Tu Kuja Man Kuja (WATER, rel. 2015)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...2015-05-2101 min
Nader Khan's Podcast14 - WATER - PreviewClips - PresenceAfter 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...2015-05-2101 minNader Khan's SoundCloud14 - WATER - PreviewClips - PresenceAfter 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...2015-05-2101 minNader Khan's SoundCloud03 - Tu Kuja Man Kuja (WATER, rel. 2015)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...2015-05-2101 min
Nader Khan's Podcast15 - WATER - PreviewClips - Supplication For RainAfter 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...2015-05-1801 minNader Khan's SoundCloud15 - WATER - PreviewClips - Supplication For RainAfter 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...2015-05-1801 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)04 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Take My Hand [English]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...2008-12-2201 minNader Khan's Podcast04 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Take My Hand [English]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...2008-12-2201 minNader Khan's SoundCloud04 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Take My Hand [English]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...2008-12-2201 min
Nader Khan's SoundCloud05 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Faslon Ko Takalluf [Urdu]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.
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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 sa...2008-12-2101 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)03 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Ahl Al Bayt [Arabic]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 match...2008-12-2100 minTake My Hand (Release: December 2008)05 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Faslon Ko Takalluf [Urdu]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.
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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 sa...2008-12-2101 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)01 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - The Most Beautiful Names [Arabic]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 gather...2008-12-2101 minNader Khan's Podcast01 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - The Most Beautiful Names [Arabic]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 gather...2008-12-2101 minNader Khan's Podcast05 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Faslon Ko Takalluf [Urdu]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.
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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 sa...2008-12-2101 minNader Khan's Podcast03 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Ahl Al Bayt [Arabic]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 match...2008-12-2100 minNader Khan's SoundCloud01 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - The Most Beautiful Names [Arabic]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 gather...2008-12-2101 minNader Khan's SoundCloud03 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Ahl Al Bayt [Arabic]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 match...2008-12-2100 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)08 - TAKE MY HAND - FullSong - The Quest [English]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 o...2008-12-2005 minNader Khan's SoundCloud08 - TAKE MY HAND - FullSong - The Quest [English]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 o...2008-12-2005 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)07 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Allah Hu [Urdu]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 ha...2008-12-2001 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)02 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Marhaba [Urdu, Arabic, Farsi]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.
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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...2008-12-2001 min
Take My Hand (Release: December 2008)06 - The Sound Of Tears (TAKE MY HAND, rel. 2008)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...2008-12-2005 minNader Khan's Podcast08 - TAKE MY HAND - FullSong - The Quest [English]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 o...2008-12-2005 minNader Khan's Podcast07 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Allah Hu [Urdu]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 ha...2008-12-2001 minNader Khan's Podcast02 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Marhaba [Urdu, Arabic, Farsi]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...2008-12-2001 minNader Khan's Podcast06 - The Sound Of Tears (TAKE MY HAND, rel. 2008)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...2008-12-2005 minNader Khan's SoundCloud06 - The Sound Of Tears (TAKE MY HAND, rel. 2008)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...2008-12-2005 minNader Khan's SoundCloud02 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Marhaba [Urdu, Arabic, Farsi]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.
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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...2008-12-2001 minNader Khan's SoundCloud07 - TAKE MY HAND - PreviewClips - Allah Hu [Urdu]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 ha...2008-12-2001 min