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MashaAllah, it is not often that we get to see a renowned scholar in an informal setting, when he is relaxed and not at a formal lecture event etc. In this precious video by Sout Ilaahi, we get to experience a side of Shaykh Ninowy that few are privy to. He actually sings a whole […]

Nader Khan explores the intersections of faith and art in a night filled with music and discussion. Sharing session: Qasidah session: Anybody who came to Al Wehdah expecting to sit down quietly and simply enjoy listening to Nader Khan singing was sadly mistaken. On his second visit to Singapore to perform, Sidi Nader started the […]

Audio track: Qasidah Bushra Lana Bushra lana nilnal-muna, zalal-‘ana wafal-hana Wad-dahru anjaza wa’dahu, wal-bishru adha mu’lana   Glad tidings for us, we have attained our highest wish troubles have ceased, and well-being has come. Destiny (or: history) has delivered what was promised, and joy has become manifest everywhere.   Ya nafsu tibi bil-liqa, ya ‘ainu qarriya […]

Audio track: Qasidah Ya Imam al-Rusli   Ya imam al rusli ya sanadi, Anta babullahi mu’tamadi Fabidun yahya wa aa-khirati ya Rasullulah hihud biyadee O leader of all Prophets, o you my Support, You are the door to Allah, the one on whom I rely. In this my dunya and in my afterlife, O Messenger of […]

  Tholama asyku ghoromi yaa nurol wujud wa unadi ya tihaami yaa ma’dinal juud For so long I have complained of my loneliness Oh light of existence, light of Allah… I mention, I call you, oh, Noble Mecca, Source of excellence and sublimity… Mun-yati aqshol maromi ahzho bissyuhud wa aro baabas salami yaa azkal judud […]

[quote]The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way – Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W)[/quote] The life of Prophet Muhammad, the messenger of Allah, was a lesson for mankind. Born in 570 in Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month in the […]