Suhail Najmi with vocals from friends : Usman, Assad and SayfAllah.
Featurings from Shaeed Ayashi. Participation on some tracks, from Brother Dash, Iman and "Le 40".
Only percussive instruments are used in this coming album...
Thanks to www.ilayka.com and www.meemmusic.com, as partners for this album. Pre-order on www.nasheeds.com
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The Nasheed is an ancestral and millenarian art. Since the dawn of Islam and in all Muslim societies, these poetries praising and exalting God and The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and these religious odes have been a source of spiritual delectation for souls searching for peace and serenity. In this modern era, there is a great scope for young artists to innovate and modernise this noble art to make it more accessible and penetrable for the young generations. The Nasheed is a vivifying and nourishing experience for the relationship of the human being with God. As Imam Al-Ghazâlî righteously said: ..The purpose of the ode is to inspire the love of God, and the ode which provides the listener with that love is a beneficent ode...
The cover of the album “Ilâhî” represents the mosque of Ibn Tûlûn in Egypt. It was built in the 9th century by the Mamluk general Ahmet Ibn Tûlûn. This mosque is the oldest monument and also the most remarkable piece of architecture from the Muslim civilization in Egypt. “Its most important part is the immense central courtyard, like a vast spanning desert, with no other frontier than beauty: beauty of its arcades in their repetitive harmony and balance, suggesting infinity. Its countless doors opening towards a universe without limit” wrote an admirer of this beautiful mosque. Built with bricks and adorned with stucco, the central courtyard is a square with an attractive fountain for ablutions in its middle and a minaret at one end. The Ibn Tûlûn mosque is a symbol of purity and harmony of Islamic design, highlighted by the aura of light it stands in, symbolising Divine guidance...
Suhail Najmi was born in Pakistan and brought up in Paris, the diversified and cosmopolitan capital. He started singing in Urdu when when he was 11, later on, he added Arabic, French and English to his repertoire. His first album ..Ilâhî.. is a tribute to this rich cultural heritage and provide the listeners with an original synthesis of the art of Nasheed. In this album, he presents some classic odes of the Islamic legacy in an actualised composition and modern rhythmic. Some items are in solo, while in some others, his voice is accompanied by a choir of male voices and percussion instruments. Album "Ilâhî" to be launched in 2008...
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