Hadra dhikr with Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Shaghouri - Google Video

Shadhili hadra with the late Shaykh Abd al-Rahman Shaghouri. This video was shot in Damascus in 2002, two years before the shaykh passed away.

A moving hadra from Diya’ al-Mawalid:

• Track 10: The Hadra I

• Track 11: The Hadra II

hahmed.com » Blog Archive » Mawlid Celebration @ The Zaytuna Institute

Subhanallah! An audio recording of the Mawlid Celebration at the Zaytuna Institute featuring Shaykh Hamza, Imam Zaid, and Dr. Umar Faruq Abdallah.

Audio: Ya Rasul Allah! - Ustadh Hasan Haffar

Naat Suntay Hain Kay Mehshar Main Sirf Unki Rasaye Hay By Syed Faseehuddin SR - Google Video

Suntay Hain Kay Mehshar Main Sirf Unki Rasaye Hay

Praising on The Prophet Muhammad (s) 2 - Google Video

Islam: Nasheed Video - Multazim Par by Junaid Jamshed - Google Video

A wonderful Urdu nasheed video with an inspiring theme.

Lyric: Mufti Taqi Usmani

smorgas22: We drank in memory of the Beloved (Ibn al-Farid)

We drank down in memory of the Beloved a wine
with which we were drunk before creation of the vine
the moon brim full, its cup the sun a crescent
circles, and myriad stars shimmer forth when wine’s mixed

Audio Renditions:
(1) Sharibna `ala Dhikr al-Habib - Syed Furqan Qadri with Syed Owais Qadri
(2) Sharibna `ala Dhikr al-Habib - La ilaha illa Allah - Fez Singers

Abu’l Joud - `Ala Ma Unadi Bi Anni Muh

On basis do I say that I’m a lover
And that I’m constantly enraptured by Taha?

Claims of love require the proof of action, and those enraptured need to establish that through following their Beloved….

Ustadh Abu’l Joud is one of the most respected munshids alive, and a respected poet himself…

Nasheeds sung by Ustadh Muti` al-Kabbani - Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah

Song Name	REAL AUDIO	MP3
Allahumma Solli Ala Muhammad	[2.97 mb]	[8.20 mb]
Allahu Allah	[2.71 mb]	[7.42 mb]
Maalana Maulan Siwallah	[2.71 mb]	[4.72 mb]
Solatuna Alan Nabi	[2.89 mb]	[7.89 mb]
Man Anzalal Amtar	[3.09 mb]	[8.47 mb]
Allahu Rabbi	[2.63 mb]	[7.21 mb]
Ya Kitab Al Ghuyub	[2.87 mb]	[4.41 mb]
Ya Imama Rusli	[2.95 mb]	[8.07 mb]

سلم أمورك لله تسلم - أناشيد محمد أمين الترمذي

ٍSubmit your affairs to your Lord, and you’ll be safe
For He is the Merciful–He Overlooks and Accepts

From sins repent, my dear brother
Your Master is Forgiving–He is pleased with those who turn to Him

Seek His assistance at all times
Let your tears flow for Him–and to Him abase yourself

You’ll find Him always giving great gifts
Rewarding and granting–and never miserly

O God! Be gentle and overlooking
For the sake of the Hashimite [Prophet]–Ta Ha the Honored

Your love, O Ta Ha, dwells in my heart
We seek your intercession–O Best of Messengers!

To listen to the Arabic song, performed by Ustadh Amin al-Tirmidhi:
سلم أمورك لله تسلم - أناشيد محمد أمين الترمذي
(click on the little circle after it loads)

Or just click on:
Tirmidhi - Sallim Umurak - Submit Your Affairs
(click on the little circle after it loads)

سلم أمورك لله تسلم - أناشيد محمد أمين الترمذي

ٍSubmit your affairs to your Lord, and you’ll be safe
For He is the Merciful–He Overlooks and Accepts

From sins repent, my dear brother
Your Master is Forgiving–He is pleased with those who turn to Him

Seek His assistance at all times
Let your tears flow for Him–and to Him abase yourself

You’ll find Him always giving great gifts
Rewarding and granting–and never miserly

O God! Be gentle and overlooking
For the sake of the Hashimite [Prophet]–Ta Ha the Honored

Your love, O Ta Ha, dwells in my heart
We seek your intercession–O Best of Messengers!

To listen to the Arabic song, performed by Ustadh Amin al-Tirmidhi:
سلم أمورك لله تسلم - أناشيد محمد أمين الترمذي
(click on the little circle after it loads)

Or just click on:
Tirmidhi - Sallim Umurak - Submit Your Affairs
(click on the little circle after it loads)

An Intimate Calling
from the Wird Book of Imam Ashraf Ali al-Tahanawi

O Messenger of Allah, I come to you seeking refuge
May my Lord’s blessings be upon you and all peace

I come distressed, seeking assistance and succor
For a soul that wrongs despite not having been wronged

O Messenger of Allah, I come to you seeking your protection
And your Lord grants you protection and you can’t be let down

O Messenger of Allah, I come to you as a guest
And the rights of guests are known to those noble

I come to you indigent and needy
With a soul possessing only tremendous sins

A stranger who has come from a strange land
Without any companions or partners

…..

Help me, O Messenger of Allah, for I
Am at a loss, and despair has reached my very bones

Grant mercy, O Son of Aminah, grant mercy
For in sin have I been nursed and grown

It is your intercession I seek in distress and ease
And your healing when sickness befalls me

You are my support when darkness befalls
And in struggles you are my sure sword

If you seek forgiveness for me, O Master, even once
I’ll be of those upright on religion

Every limb of mine obeys you as if a slave
And in my heart love for you is constant

O God grant me success throughout my life
To pray weeping while others are asleep.

[Source: Munajat-e-Maqbool, 234-238, Idara-e-Islamiyat, Lahore, 1995]

Audio: Allah’s Blessings Be Upon You, O Light! [download]
by Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi
source: www.Tasawuf.ws

Syed Furqan Qadri - As-Subhu Bada Min Tal`atihi

copenhagen interpretation: Burda I - An eloquent new translation of the Burda, by Yusuf Zanella.

Is it your memory of tents near Dhi Salam that
draws tears wed to blood from your eyes –
the squall from Kazima,
lightning out of Idam’s umber?And eyes, you say, enough yet they water?
Heart, you say, sense yet it soars?
The lover thinks love is hid?
What, by tears and smoking heart? [read more]

Two Shaykh Diya’ Renditions
At DeenPort, the Mawlid Hajji Imran contains a lively rendition (with duff) of the first two chapters of the Burda by Shaykh Diya’. Shaykh Diya’ also has a slow and very passionate rendition of these first two chapters of the Burda.

Tunisian and Maghribi and Yemeni Renditions
A Tunisian rendition of the Burda is also available at DeenPort (though curiously named “Borda”). There is also a full rendition of the Burda by a Maghribi group. This rendition is highly praised by Ustadh Tirmidhi. Another Maghribi rendition, by Moulay Touhami al-Harraq, is also available. The DeenPort News people are ga-ga over it. The Ahbab al-Mustafa group (from Hadhramawt, Yemen) have a full rendition of the Burda, too:

Burda (Ahbab al-Mustafa) - Parts: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Indian Renditions
The Altaf Brothers (Pakistan) have an Indian-style rendition of the Burda, with hadra-style background dhikr. Sayyid Furqan Qadri has lively Indo-Pak rendition of the Burda, also with hadra-style background. Qari Waheed Zafar’s rendition of the Burda is one of the ‘classic’ Indo-Pak recitations of the Burda. It was the first one I ever heard. Muhammad Owais Qadri’s rendition is sublime. Other renditions by him are also available. Fasihuddin Sohrawardi’s rendition moves the heart and soul. Imam Jilani, of High Wycombe Mosque, has this rendition, hosted on Sidi Mas’ud Khan’s site.

Imam Hamza’s contributions
Zaytuna Institute & Academy has a beautiful documentary (video) on Introducing the Burda of al-Busiri. It features Imam Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, and others:

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The Alhambra Productions has The Burda, with a full translation by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, and a powerful rendition by the Fez Singers. Beautiful.

Sunni Styles - The Burda of Hadrat Ka’b bin Zuhair

The Messenger a light is, source of light,
An Indian blade, a drawn sword of God’s swords,
… [read more] (with Ustadh Martin Lings’ translation….)

English nasheed: Very Good Madinah

Because there is no city like Madinah!
Very good Madinah
Beautiful Madinah
My choice is Madinah

Very Good Madinah

Also not to miss:
Sweet Madina - Yearning for the abode of Allah’s Beloved - Very Very Different Different - www.SeekersDigest.org (with full lyrics)

Not quite Ustadhs Haffar or Tirmidhi or Diya’… but good enough for a smile or smiles.

Rumi - Creator and Creation - from the Mathnavi - Dar al-Masnavi - SunniStyles

596 The tears of (our) eyes are running, because of separation from You. (And) intense sighs are flowing from the depths of (our) souls. An infant doesn’t argue with (its) nurse [to get milk] but weeps, while not knowing (anything about) bad or good. [read more]

Love Poems of Rumi

Love
is reckless; not reason.

Reason
seeks a profit.

Love
comes on strong,

consuming
herself, unabashed.

 

Yet,
in the midst of suffering,

Love
proceeds like a millstone,

hard
surfaced and straightforward.

 

Having
died of self-interest,

she
risks everything and asks for nothing.

Love
gambles away every gift God bestows.

 

Without
cause God gave us Being;

without
cause, give it back again.

DeenPort

The Maghribi Burda by Moulay Touhami al-Harraq
[Download]

Seeker’s Digest » Blog Archive » Lend my eyes a look at Your Beauty - Sung by Hasan Haffar

Lend my eyes a look at Your Beauty - Sung by Hasan Haffar

Hassan Haffar Sings,

“Lend my eyes a look
At Your Beauty
That I may attain felicity
On the Day when skies are rent asunder.”

Another song: (Ustadh Haffar with other leading Munshids of Aleppo (Halab)

Ya Rasul Allahi Ya Man Fadluhu Sami al-Sama’

“O Messenger of Allah!
O One whose honor is exalted beyond the sky
You are truly the seal of Prophets
In you have I become ecstatic.”

Seeker’s Digest » Blog Archive » Lend my eyes a look at Your Beauty - Sung by Hasan Haffar

Lend my eyes a look at Your Beauty - Sung by Hasan Haffar

Hassan Haffar Sings,

“Lend my eyes a look
At Your Beauty
That I may attain felicity
On the Day when skies are rent asunder.”

Another song: (Ustadh Haffar with other leading Munshids of Aleppo (Halab)

Ya Rasul Allahi Ya Man Fadluhu Sami al-Sama’

“O Messenger of Allah!
O One whose honor is exalted beyond the sky
You are truly the seal of Prophets
In you have I become ecstatic.”

Sheikh Hasan Haffar - One of the best Islamic singers alive - Seekers Digest Archives (March 2004)

This page contains some excellent songs of Ustadh Hasan Haffar, of Aleppo (Syria), one of the very best munshids alive.

copenhagen interpretation: A Poem by Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri: From Beauty Is My Wine

From the beauty of Being is my wine
I tasted it – pure, licit
It’s of the traits of my full moon
It has taken on that perfection
A face came in glory
Creation flew from its radiance
If you would meet Him
Heart, make your passion His passion…

This isn’t our worldly wine. It is the wine of Divine Unity.

[Read this beautiful translation of a poem by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shagouri. Yusuf Zanella © 2005]

Technorati Tags: sufism, poetry, islam, shadhili

Nasheed: [MP3] Ustadh Tirmidhi:  Stand fast at the door of your Lord - Ilzam Baba Rabbik

Ustadh Amin Tirmidhi is regarded as the “shaykh of munshids” (Islamic singers)…

To listen: Tirmidhi - Stand fast at the door of your Lord

الزم باب ربك - محمد أمين الترمذي

My heart has become attached to my yearning

And my eyelids have left all sleep…

Burda - Ahbab al-Mustafa

Parts: [1]  [2]   [3]   [4]   [5]   [6]   [7]   [8]   [9]   [10]

Drunk on the Wine of Divine Unity - La ilaha illa Allah "We drank in the Remembrance of the Beloved an inebriating wine, our intoxication was from before the creation of grapes." -Lines from Ibn al-Farid (Allah be pleased with him)

Audio: Alawi Sama’a - "I drew close to Layla’s neighborhood when I heard her call…"

By Shaykh al-Alawi. 

Audio: Qasida Burda - Sayyid Furqan Qadri

Audio: Owais Qadri & Furqan Qadri - All of creation says, "Allah, Allah!"

Audio: Ustadh Tirmidhi - Da` Turq al-Ghayy (’Leave the ways of folly’)

Leave the ways of folly

For this world is fleeting

Nothing will remain

Except the Living and Sustaining…

DeenPort - Mawlid Hajji Imran with Hadra

A beautiful mawlid held for Hajji Imran Chowdhury (SunniPath.com), with Shaykh Diya.

Track 1: Stunningly beautiful Qur’anic recitation.
Track 2: A very lively rendition of the Qasida Burda (first 2 chapters).
Track 3: A passionate and moving hadra.

Ustadh Hasan Haffâr in Praise of the Family of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Who has an ascription like yours

to the Messenger of Allah?

 

Even kings have no rank

in comparison to you…

 

Audio: Song - Laha Nur al-Nur (’The Light of Lights has Appeared’) - Abu’l Joud

Ustadh Abu’l Joud is one of the best munshids alive–and, like many of the best munshids alive, he’s Halabi… (from Aleppo)

Image: Ottoman wooden balconies in Aleppo (Halab)… also:

.:. Audio: Allah Allah Allah Ya Mawlana - Sharibna `ala Dhikr al-Habibi Mudamatan - Sayyid Furqan Qadri with Sidi Owais Qadri, singing Ibn al-Farid…

Lines from Ibn al-Farid (Allah be pleased with him),

"We drank in the Remembrance of the Beloved an inebriating wine
Our intoxication was from before the creation of grapes."

This wine the Sufis talk about is a "pure, life-giving wine" of spiritual meanings, not the worldly wine. They use this term because of the state of resultant ecstasy and spiritual joy.

Harmonia Alcorani

Words: W. Obeidullah Cunliffe      Tune: Scots traditional…