'Allah Hu Allah' by Farid Ayaz & Abu Mohammed

Opening with an 8-minute long meditative evocation of pure sound without words (the aalaap), allowing you to settle into a nameless and wordless place within yourself, this qawwali invokes the sense of the primordial, the sacred, the divine, which is at the root and source of everything. The song revels in the joy of ‘taking the name of Allah’, echoing remembrance traditions from so many other cultures, for instance 'naam-jap' or 'sumiran'. The singing itself seems to evoke the power of remembrance, repeating again and again a few simple lines of poetry with deeper and deeper satisfaction and taste. (Click on Settings for subtitles in English & in Urdu in Devanagari script. Click ‘B’ on keyboard to remove the black background in subtitles.) *** Find lyrics/translation of this song at http://ajabshahar.com/songs/details/3... Discover a universe of Bhakti, Sufi, Baul poetry and music at http://www.ajabshahar.org. *** In the tradition of starting a qawwali performance with a ‘hamd’ – a song in praise of Allah – Fariduddin Ayaz & Abu Mohammed from Karachi, Pakistan started their concert with this song on the closing night of the Festival of Kabir in Bangalore, 2009. Fariduddin Ayaz & Abu Mohammed are acclaimed qawwals from Karachi, Pakistan and belong to the 700-year-old 'Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana' of Delhi. They sing in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pushto, Hindi, Poorbi, Persian, Arabic and Turkish, intermingling with aplomb the voice of Kabir with a range of Sufi poets including Jalaluddin Rumi, Sachal Sarmast, Zaheen Shah and others. Contact them at: +92-300-2105393, [email protected] The Festival of Kabir was organized by the Kabir Project, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology along with several other partner organizations in Bangalore in February 2009. It brought together singers from India and Pakistan in an immersive week-long event that included film screenings, live music concerts and talks. Ajab Shahar is a digital archive of mystic poetry and music drawing from the rich Bhakti and Sufi oral traditions in India and beyond... Explore a world of sung and spoken wisdom at https://ajabshahar.com Song Credits: Lead Vocals & Harmonium: Fariduddin Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Chorus & Clapping: Ghulam Akram, Ali Akbar, Gayoor Ahmed, Moiz-uddin, Mubark Haris, Zarrar Ahmed, Shah Laeegh-uddin, Shehzad Hussain Dholak: Muhammad Ashfa, Muhammad Nawab Kallan Translation: Vipul Rikhi Video Credits: Cameras: Tahireh Lal & Vinay Dhodgeri Editing: Piyush Kashyap Editing Support: Shruti Kulkarni Sound: Dipanshu Mitra Sub-Titling: Kabir Khanna & Vipul Rikhi Collection: The Kabir Project Place: Bangalore, India Date of Recording: Mar 01, 2009