Muslim Religious Songs
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hai sahara." Although I am not a Muslim (or Christian or Jew) I found
the song very inspiring. The Song talked about the grace of God
(Allah/Khuda) in the face of difficulties. I liked the stanzas with
references to stories of the bible and Quran. For instance, it talked
about the difficulties of Ayub, Yunus in fish's stomach. I was also
surprised to hear that song because most religious songs of Hindi
films have been pertaining to Hinduism. It is harder to get across a
song of Muslim or Sufi pursuasion.
Here are my questions: (a) Are there any more songs of Muslim or Sufi
spiritualism in Films. (b) Could someone give the lyrics of the
Parwar-digar-e-alam song and, more importantly, explain the
Quran/Bible story in the stanza. (c) I beleive that Ayub, is Job in
english, and Yunus is Jonus in english. Is that correct? What are the
english of Yahya, Yusuf, and other Muslim names.
Regards.
-Surinder Singh
Sanjeev Ramabhadran
> Here are my questions: (a) Are there any more songs of Muslim or Sufi
> spiritualism in Films.
Along that line, the movie is "Haatim Tai". Can someone explain the
significance of the title (is it a story, a character, etc.)?
(b) Could someone give the lyrics of the
> Parwar-digar-e-alam song and, more importantly, explain the
> Quran/Bible story in the stanza. (c) I beleive that Ayub, is Job in
> english, and Yunus is Jonus in english. Is that correct? What are the
> english of Yahya, Yusuf, and other Muslim names.
Yunus is Jonah. Wouldn't Yusuf be Joseph?
Sanjeev
vsr...@mailandnews.com
>
> sp...@yahoo.com (SPS22) wrote in message news:<acfd6d89.02011...@posting.google.com>...
> > Here are my questions: (a) Are there any more songs of Muslim or Sufi
> > spiritualism in Films.
>
> Along that line, the movie is "Haatim Tai". Can someone explain the
> significance of the title (is it a story, a character, etc.)?
Hatim tai is the name of the hero in a long story (novel). This is
probably one of the earlier stories and is very popular. It is a
no-holds-barred fantasy.
Those who have not read it, must read it in original hindi/urdu.
I guess, he is a prince of some kingdom, and is very merciful and
helping. He keeps on wandering here and there, touched by the plight of
people and goes places to solve their problems.
btw the famous term "gul-e-bakawali", i guess, got popularised from this
story itself. one princess demands it and he crosses seven seas (saat
samandar paar) to fetch it for her.
those not knowing urdu (gul = flower) call it "gulebakawali ka phool". I
have read some hindi stories in which this was referred as "gulebakawali
ka phool".
just like people say "sangmarmar patthar" not knowing that "sang" itself
means stone (patthar) and the term is "sang-e-marmar".
back to music, I think, the song "main garibo.n ka dil huu.n watan ki
zubaa.n" is from this film itself. It correctly portrays the virtues
that hero upholds.
> (b) Could someone give the lyrics of the
> > Parwar-digar-e-alam song and, more importantly, explain the
> > Quran/Bible story in the stanza. (c) I beleive that Ayub, is Job in
> > english, and Yunus is Jonus in english. Is that correct? What are the
> > english of Yahya, Yusuf, and other Muslim names.
>
> Yunus is Jonah. Wouldn't Yusuf be Joseph?
>
> Sanjeev
-Rawat
SKalra902
...snipped...
I'll leave it to the Urdu experts to explain the meaning/proper usage of terms
such as 'gulebakawali', etc. However:
>back to music, I think, the song "main garibo.n ka dil huu.n watan ki
>zubaa.n" is from this film itself. It correctly portrays the virtues
>that hero upholds.
>
No. That is from Aab-e-Hayaat.
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
Afzal A. Khan
Sanjeev Ramabhadran wrote:
>
> sp...@yahoo.com (SPS22) wrote in message news:<acfd6d89.02011...@posting.google.com>...
> > Here are my questions: (a) Are there any more songs of Muslim or Sufi
> > spiritualism in Films.
>
> Along that line, the movie is "Haatim Tai". Can someone explain the
> significance of the title (is it a story, a character, etc.)?
>
> Sanjeev
The story of Hatim has become a legend. But he was
a historical figure all right. Known for his genero-
sity and valour, he was in fact a sort of legend in
his own lifetime. He died just before the Prophet
was born. It is likely that if Islam had not made
its advent at that period of time, the Arabs would
probably have defied Hatim and installed his idol
in Mecca. He belonged to the tribe known as Tay,
(the 't' is soft, and the 'a' is pronounced as in
'cat'), hence his appellation as Tai (one belonging
to the Tay tribe). In recent times, his name has
been distorted as "Hatim bin Tai", which is totally
wrong.
This film "Hatim Tai" had another nice song of
religious/moral significance : "Jaane wale,
KHuda ki rahmatoN ka tujh pe saaya".
Afzal
Afzal A. Khan
vsr...@mailandnews.com wrote:
>
> Sanjeev Ramabhadran wrote:
> >
> > sp...@yahoo.com (SPS22) wrote in message news:<acfd6d89.02011...@posting.google.com>...
> > > Here are my questions: (a) Are there any more songs of Muslim or Sufi
> > > spiritualism in Films.
> >
> > Along that line, the movie is "Haatim Tai". Can someone explain the
> > significance of the title (is it a story, a character, etc.)?
>
> Hatim tai is the name of the hero in a long story (novel). This is
> probably one of the earlier stories and is very popular. It is a
> no-holds-barred fantasy.
>
> Those who have not read it, must read it in original hindi/urdu.
Please see my response to Sanjeev Ramabhadran.
> back to music, I think, the song "main garibo.n ka dil huu.n watan ki
> zubaa.n" is from this film itself. It correctly portrays the virtues
> that hero upholds.
I don't think this particular song is from "Hatim Tai".
It is from another film, probably "Aab-e-Hayaat", stg.
Premnath. The music I believe was by Sardar Malik,
Anu's father.
Afzal
> -Rawat
vsr...@mailandnews.com
Thanks to all for correction about song.
btw, why is he called "sakhi" hatim tai? Isn't he?
sakhi in hindi means friends, but i am sure that such a pure hindi word
is not meant there.
similarly, i could not understand use of the same word in malika
pukhraj's nazm "ye kaun sakhi hai.n". What does it mean?
-Rawat
Sanjeev Ramabhadran
> "Afzal A. Khan" wrote:
> >
> > Sanjeev Ramabhadran wrote:
> > >
> > > sp...@yahoo.com (SPS22) wrote in message news:<acfd6d89.02011...@posting.google.com>...
> > > > Here are my questions: (a) Are there any more songs of Muslim or Sufi
> > > > spiritualism in Films.
> > >
>
>
> sakhi in hindi means friends, but i am sure that such a pure hindi word
> is not meant there.
>
> similarly, i could not understand use of the same word in malika
> pukhraj's nazm "ye kaun sakhi hai.n". What does it mean?
I believe it's a different word. The second consonant should, if
written in Devanagari, carry the little dot underneath it.
Sanjeev
urzung
This word if itransed would be 'saKii', a person full of generosity.
'sakhii' meaning friend is a different word.
Urzung Khan
ISLANDGIRLZEE
intrigued by this particular song.I must tell you one thing before I go any
further - A MUSLIM is one who submits HIS/HER Will to God's Will.This has
nothing to do with religion or whether you call yourself a Jew,
Christian,Hindu, Punjabi or anything for that matter.As a singer, myself, I
shall be more than happy to crrespond with you and educate you on the contents
of the Quran.I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Please reply to island...@aol.com
Sudhir
reason for that is that no living being should portray The Prophet.
Few songs which I know and have liked are:
DARD / Naushad / Hum Dard Ka Afsana Duniya Ko / Shamshad + Chorus
SHAMA / GHULAM HAIDER / Ik Tera Sahara, Part 1 and 2 / Shamshad
(not re-issued by HMV)
MUGHAL-E-AZAM / Naushad / Bekas Pe Karam Kijiye / Lata
SHIRIN FARHAD / S. Mohinder / Aakhon Mein Tumhare Jalwe Hain, Part 1
only (Part 2, i.e. 2nd paragraph has
slightly different theme) / Rafi + Chorus
(only Part 1 was re-issued by HMV)
Noor-e-Islam (Pakistan) / Lilak / Shah-e-Madina, Masrab Ke Waali / Salim
Raza + Chorus
Sudhir
Sudhir
Punjabi is not a religion. It is a language.
SUDHIR
----------------------------
island...@aol.com (ISLANDGIRLZEE) wrote in message
vsr...@mailandnews.com
>
> I was quite impressed that a person who has no prior knowledge of Islam is so
> intrigued by this particular song.I must tell you one thing before I go any
> further - A MUSLIM is one who submits HIS/HER Will to God's Will.
Explain this to those extremists and terrorists.
> This has
> nothing to do with religion or whether you call yourself a Jew,
> Christian,Hindu, Punjabi or anything for that matter.As a singer, myself, I
> shall be more than happy to crrespond with you and educate you on the contents
> of the Quran.I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.
musharraf has also started interpreting quran, zihad, etc. 900 choohe
kha ke billi haj ko chali.
> Please reply to island...@aol.com
-Rawat
vsr...@mailandnews.com
film: Dada, song: Allah karam karna, maula tu karam karna.
There was a very touching, rafi song in which virtues of observing a
roza were detailed. A little boy keeps roza and dies due to hunger and
dehydration, or so it goes. is it from some film?
-Rawat
SKalra902
If someone starts posting about religion on this ng, the best action is to
ignore the post altogether. By reacting to it, we make 'them' victorious.
Have you noticed how all such "religious" posts are made using the strangest of
email addresses?
And I myself apologize for reacting to this post by Rawat. :)
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
SKalra902
>There was a very touching, rafi song in which virtues of observing a
>roza were detailed. A little boy keeps roza and dies due to hunger and
>dehydration, or so it goes. is it from some film?
>
>-Rawat
>
There was another beautiful song by Mukesh, in the film Abdullaa (1960), "Aie
mominon suno yeh kahaanii namaaz kii", written by Shevan Rizvi and music by
Bulo C. Rani.
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
Afzal A. Khan
For "Noor-e-Islam", I think it should be "Yasrab",
instead of "Masrab".
In another thread, a Suraiyya song was mentioned,
"Beech bhaNwar men aan phansaa hai".
Also, there was the Naushad film "Sohni Mahiwal",
where there was another such song :
"Mera bichhRa yaar milaade, sadqa Rasool ka".
Afzal
Sudesh
movies.
I recently bought a CD called "O Mere Khuda - The Badsha's". This CD is a
compilation of some muslim songs sung by some great singers of yesteryears
like Mohd. Rafi, Mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor, Sudha Malhotra and Talat Mahmood.
I realy don't know if the songs were used in movies. Perhaps one of our
music friends can help us. Here's a list of the songs:
1. O Mere Khuda - sung by Mohd. Rafi
2. Mere Aaka Hai - sung by Mohd. Rafi
3. Umar Faroek-e-Azam - sung by Mukesh
4. Hai Bhohot Mashoer - sung by Mukesh
5. Agar Mielgayle Mujhko - sung by Mohd. Rafi
6. Duniya Ke Aaka - sung by Mahendra Kapoor
7. Mujhe Apna Jalwa Dekha - sung by Sudha Malhotra
8. Nabie Ye Akram - sung by Talat Mahmood
9. Dua Dinghe Tuyhko - sung by Mahendra Kapoor
10. Tere Laadlo Ke Dua Manghte - sung by Mohd. Rafi and Chorus
11. O Aasman Wale - sung by Mohd. Rafi
12. Hai Barse Fariesjhto (part I) - sung by Mohd. Rafi
13. Hai Barse Fariesjhto (part II) - sung by Mohd. Rafi
14. Jabse Nabie Ankho Me - sung by Mohd. Rafi
15. Base Hai Bilme - sung by Mohd. Rafi
16. Falak Bola (part I) - sung by Mohd. Rafi
17. Falak bola (part II) - sung by Mohd. Rafi
(CD is from Cosmic music Ltd. 21 Haji Ali Road, bombay, Santa Cruz, India)
In 1986 Venus Records & Tapes released an LP of the movie "Love and God"
(music: Naushad). This album has 8 muslim songs.
Here's a list of the songs:
1. Mohabbat Khuda Hai - sung by Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar and Chorus
2. Gulshan Gulshan Sehra Sehra - sung by Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and
Chorus
3. Mohabbat Khuda Hai (part I)- sung by Mohd. Rafi (Great song!/master
piece)
4. Rahege Jahan Mein Tera Naam - sung by Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna
Dey, Talat Mahmood, Balbir and Chorus
5. Mohabbat Khuda Hai - sung by Manna Dey and Chorus
6. Allah tere Sath Hai - sung by Mohd. Rafi and Chorus
7. Mohabbat Khuda Hai (part II)- sung by Mohd. Rafi
8. Ye Nadanon Ki Duniya Hain - sung by Mohd. Rafi
In 1982 The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. Dum Dum - India released an LP
called "Islamic songs - Ramzan Ka Mahina"
This LP is a compilation of some muslim songs sung by some great singers of
yesteryears like Shamshad Begum, Hamendra Kapoor, Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle,
Moinuddin Asar, Rani Rooplata, Shakeela Bano Poonvi and Rashida Khatoon.
Here's a list of the songs:
1. Ramzan Ka Mahe-Mubarak Aagaya (movie: Ramzan Ka Mahe Mubarak) sung by
Shamshad Begum and Chorus
2. Utho Momino Keh Sahar Hoyi (non movie) sung by Moinuddin Asar
3. Mahina Ramzan Ka Sab Nirala Hai (non movie) sung by Mahendra Kapoor
4. Ramzan Ka Mahina - part I (movie: Chand Mubarak) sung by Shamshad Begum
5. Ramzan Ka Mahina - part II (movie: Chand Mubarak) sung by Shamshad Begum
6. Roze Rakho Namaz Padho (movie: Shan-E-Ramzan Mubarak) sung by Rani
Rooplata
7. Ramzan Ki Barkat - part I (movie: Chand Mubarak) sung by Mohd. Rafi
8. Samzan Ki Barkat - part II (movie: Chand Mubarak) sung by Mohd. Rafi
9. Taqdir Se Roza Daron Ki (non movie) sung by Moinuddin Asar
10. Rakhta Hai Jo Roza (movie: Shan-E-Khuda) sung by Asha Bhosle
11. Ramzan Hai Barkat Ka Mahina (movie: Shan-E-Ramzan Mubarak) sung by
Shakeela Bano Poonvi
12. Alwida Mah-E-Ramzan (movie: Shan-E-Ramzan Mubarak) sung by Rashida
Khatoon
In the 80-ties an illegal record had been released in Holland called
"Qawwalis and Devotional songs". This LP is a compilation of some muslim
songs sung by Iboo Qawwal, D.C. Dey, Kaloo Qawwal, Abraham Bhagat and
Shamshad Begum. I think that only the songs of Shamshad Begum are movie
songs. Here's a list of her songs:
1. Jhooli Ko Mere Sarkar
2. Shaan-E-Mohammad
I know that some of the songs above are really rare. You will not find all
the songs in de CD-shops simply because the LP's aren't tranfered to CD's
yet because the market for this kind of songs is not that big (worldwide).
If you like some of the songs above then I can sent you the songs by e-mail.
Just sent me a message to bandagi...@hotmail.com
Have a nice day.
Sudesh Sitaram
Holland
17-01-2002
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Cricfan
> hai sahara." Although I am not a Muslim (or Christian or Jew) I found
> the song very inspiring. The Song talked about the grace of God
> (Allah/Khuda) in the face of difficulties. I liked the stanzas with
> references to stories of the bible and Quran. For instance, it talked
> about the difficulties of Ayub, Yunus in fish's stomach. I was also
> surprised to hear that song because most religious songs of Hindi
> films have been pertaining to Hinduism. It is harder to get across a
> song of Muslim or Sufi pursuasion.
You may also want to look outside of Hindi cinema for songs of this
genre. There was a discussion on Amir Khusrau on soc.culture.indian in
1991. I'm afraid, I can't seem to find it on the deja archives. The
thread went on about sufi/muslim songs in Indian culture (incl some
popular wedding songs).
Amir Khusrau (Persian/Brijbhasha poet in India during the 12th
century)
was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. Most qawaali's
with the words " Nizamuddin Auliya" are compositions of Khusrau. He
has
been credited with a lot of innovations to Hindustani classical music
and
also the invention of Qual - now known as Qawaali. His songs are sung
in
weddings etc. too.
Some of his compositions can be found in the foll albums;
Album #1
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Live in London, Dec 14, 1989 1) Manqabat in
Raga
Bhairavi Maula Ali, Mauli Ali
2) Song ( Nizamuudin Auliya) " Main jagi piya ke sangh, me to piya se
naina lage re" - Raga Bilawal
3) Qaul/ Qalbana ( Nizammuddin Auliya) " Man kunto maulah - fa'altu
maulah, dratil dratil drar daani- ham tome ta na nana - ta na na re -
yalai yalali yala yaala re - man kunto maulah" sung in Raga
Bhopali/Yaman
Kalyan
Album #2
The genius of Amir Khusrau
1. Dohe - Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
2. Bandish - Sudha Malhotra, Dilraj Kaur, Krishna Kalle et al
3. Sawangeet - same as above
4. Ghazal - Mukesh & Sudha Malhotra (in Persian & Brijbhasha)
5. Tarana in Raga Darbari- Kankana Banerjee
6. Mukarniyan - Vani Jairam and Krishna Kalle
7. Khayal in Raga Zilaf - Pandit Jasraj
8. Khayal in Raga Yaman Kalyan - Pandit Pratap Narayan & Kankana
Banerjee
9. Qual ( same as NFAK's - mun kun to maulah, but much better) -
Shankar Shambhu Qawaal
10. Rang (Holi Qawaali - Awesome!!!) - same as above [folks may
remember this song being sung surprisingly well by Anu Kapoor in a
Holi special Antakshari some years back]
11. Dohe - Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Speaking of which - can anyone tell me where I can get CD's/tapes of
Shankar Shambhu? I've been trying for the past 10 years, but none of
the regular music shops have them :-(
Of course, there are quite a few pure Hindustani classical songs which
have a sufi/islamic content.
Just do a search on deja archives for amir khusrau and you will find
scores of stuff on this topic.
Cheers
Arun
Pradeep
"Allah Salim Chisti, Maula Salim Chisti" (Film :Garm Hawa. Singers:
Don't know. Anyone knows who they were?)
Also, please excuse me if this topic has been debated before:
Exactly what is a Naat? And can a song like "Bequas Pe Karam Kijiyee"
be classified as one? Thanks.
...Pradeep
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burnt_sienna
Allah he Alla kar pyar bhai... by Rafi.. in Pavitra Paapi
Cheers,
Prakash
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ajit
Yesudas, i belive, has recorded many Muslim devotional songs in Malayalam.
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urzung
Its Suriya version also exits.I have it on tape.Shama also had
Suriya's:
'ham gariibon kaa bhii puuraa kabhii armaan kar de
apanii rehmat ka zaraa ham pe bhii ehsaan kar de '
Zubeda Khanum and chorus in a Pakistani movie:
'nahii.n terii koii misaal hii
sallu alehe va aale hii '
Rafi and Asha in Hatim Tai Ki Beti:
'kaalii kamalii vaale tujh pe lakho.n salaam'
Hamida Bano and chorus in Nek Parveen [Mid 40s]
'terii zat pak hai ae Kudaa'
Urzung Khan
SKalra902
..snipped...
Where can I find this album/CD?
Happy listenings.
Satish Kalra
Cricfan
> Arun wrote:
> >Album #2
> >The genius of Amir Khusrau
> Where can I find this album/CD?
> Happy listenings.
>
> Satish Kalra
I had sent a mail to you on the above id. Just in case you didn't get
it...
I'll check my neighbourhood music stores in Sunnyvale, CA. I had
recorded it fro a CD in 1991. In other words, even if the LP is out of
print (as the Amir Khusrao site confirms), it may still be possible to
get a CD.
If I don't suceed, I can tape and mail it to you.
Cheers
Arun
bakri...@gmail.com
dongon...@gmail.com
> I recently heard the Mohammad Rafi song "Parwar-digar-e-alam, tera hee
> hai sahara." Although I am not a Muslim (or Christian or Jew) I found
> the song very inspiring. The Song talked about the grace of God
> (Allah/Khuda) in the face of difficulties. I liked the stanzas with
> references to stories of the bible and Quran. For instance, it talked
> about the difficulties of Ayub, Yunus in fish's stomach. I was also
> surprised to hear that song because most religious songs of Hindi
> films have been pertaining to Hinduism. It is harder to get across a
> song of Muslim or Sufi pursuasion.
>
> Quran/Bible story in the stanza. (c) I beleive that Ayub, is Job in
> english, and Yunus is Jonus in english. Is that correct? What are the
> english of Yahya, Yusuf, and other Muslim names.
>
> -Surinder Singh
Noor-e-xudaa from the movie Rockstar
http://hindustanisongs.com/song/HINDI/kun-fayakun
Mera Murshid Khele Holi
http://hindustanisongs.com/song/HINDI/mera-murshid-khele-holi
And pretty much every other neo-Sufi song from Coke Studio Pakistan, for example,
Rang:
http://hindustanisongs.com/song/HINDI/rang
Mujhay Baar Baar
http://hindustanisongs.com/song/HINDI/rang