Sami Yusuf & Maher Zain

Sami Yusuf

Sami Yusuf adalah seorang komposer Inggeris, penyanyi dan musisi yang handal. Beliau dilahirkan pada bulan Julai 1980 dalam sebuah keluarga muzik asal Azerbaijan, belajar bermain beberapa alat muzik pada usia yang sangat muda dan menunjukkan minat dalam menyanyi dan menulis. Ia belajar muzik di beberapa institusi dan dengan komposer dan musisi terkenal termasuk komposer dari Royal Academy of Music di London, salah satu dunia yang paling lembaga muzik berprestij. Selain pendidikan di harmonisa Barat dan komposisi, Sami memiliki pemahaman yang kuat tentang mode Timur Tengah (atau Maqams) dan benar-benar mengenal dan akrab dengan kedua-dua tradisi muzik Timur dan Barat. Sejak tahun 2003, Sami Yusuf telah melancarkan album pertamanya iaitu 'al-Mu'allim' dan album keduanya 'My Ummah' serta telah terjual lebih daripada lima juta di seluruh dunia (dengan album ketiga hampir selesai). Videonya di You Tube telah dimainkan lebih dari 10 juta kali dan website-nya telah dicapai oleh berjuta-juta penyokong.Konsertnya telah menarik penonton yang besar di Timur Tengah, Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat, termasuk kehadiran 250,000 mengejutkan di Istanbul. Sami telah ditunjukkan oleh Time Magazine dan telah muncul di sampul lusinan penerbitan mainstream lain di seluruh dunia. Sami Yusuf sering menggunakan seni dan muzik sebagai cara menyampaikan mesej-mesej cinta , damai belas kasihan, dan toleransi, sementara mendorong para pemuda untuk menjadi bangga identiti mereka.

MOTHER / ya ummi

Blessed is your face
Blessed is your name
My beloved
Blessed is your smile
Which makes my soul want to fly
My beloved
All the nights
And all the times
That you cared for me
But I never realised it
And now it’s too late
Forgive me

Now I’m alone filled with so much shame
For all the years I caused you pain
If only I could sleep in your arms again
Mother I’m lost without you

You were the sun that brightened my day
Now who’s going to wipe my tears away
If only I knew what I know today
Mother I’m lost without you

You Came To Me

You came to me in that hour of need
When I was so lost, so lonely
You came to me took my breath away
Showed me the right way, the way to lead

You filled my heart with love
Showed me the light above
Now all I want ... Is to be with you

You are my One True love
Taught me to never judge
Now all I want ... Is to be with you

Allahumma solli ala sayyidina

Mustoffa ala habibika

You came to me in a time of despair
I called on you, you were there
Without You what would my life mean?
To not know the unseen, the worlds between

For you I’d sacrifice
For you I’d give my life
Anything... just to be with you

I feel so lost at times
By all the hurt and lies
Now all I want ... Is to be with you

Showed right from wrong
Taught me to be strong
Need you more than ever ..Ya Rasul ALLAH

You came to me
In that hour of need
Need you more than ever.. Ya Rasul ALLAH

You filled my heart with love
Showed me the light above
Now all I want ... is to be with you

You are my One True love
Taught me to never judge
Now all I want ... is to be with you

For you I’d sacrifice
For you I’d give my life
Anything, just to be with you

I feel so lost at times
By all the hurt and lies
Now all I want Is to be with you

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Maher Zain 

Maher’s first musical inspiration came from his father, who was a singer himself, performing locally in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Tripoli - Lebanon.

Fascinated by the music and instruments, Maher got his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially became part of Maher’s world.

The family moved to Sweden when Maher was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. With things changing around him, one thing remained the same - his strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. It didn’t take him long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is.

After being involved for a while in the music scene in Sweden as a music producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started working with RedOne with Swedish artists, and later moved with him to New York. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat Deluna on her debut album which included smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’.
Maher had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a glamorous business, but for Maher it felt like this was far from what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something wasn’t right”. RedOne was on the verge of breaking into the big time, going on to work with artists like Akon, Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, Brandy, New Kids on the Block, and Michael Jackson to mention just a few, and becoming one of the most sought-after music producers in the world. Maher however was restless and eventually decided that the music industry and all that surrounded wasn’t the right place for him and he returned to Sweden. It wasn’t until he met a group of brothers who were active in the Islamic community in Stockholm and he started regularly attending his local mosque that he felt like he’d reached ‘home’.

Maher feels blessed to able to finally find the right way, and feels like it’s his turn now to help others through his music to do the same: “If I had one thing I’d like to tell people out there it would be that it’s so easy to see the right way if we just open our eyes and look properly; that’s what happened to me.”

Insya Allah

Everytime you feel like you cannot go on
You feel so lost
That your so alone
All you is see is night
And darkness all around
You feel so helpless
You can`t see which way to go
Don`t despair and never loose hope
Cause Allah is always by your side

Insya Allah3x
Insya Allah you`ll find your way

Everytime you can make one more mistake
You feel you can`t repent
And that its way too late
Your`re so confused,wrong decisions you have made
Haunt your mind and your heart is full of shame

Don`t despair and never loose hope
Cause Allah is always by your side
Insya Allah3x
Insya Allah you`ll find your way
Insya Allah3x
Insya Allah you`ll find your way

Turn to Allah
He`s never far away
Put your trust in Him
Raise your hands and pray
OOO Ya Allah
Guide my steps don`t let me go astray
You`re the only one that showed me the way,
Showed me the way 2x
Insya Allah3x
Insya Allah we`ll find the way

For The Rest Of My Life

I praise Allah for sending me you my love
You found me home and sail with me
And I`m here with you
Now let me let you know
You`ve opened my heart
I was always thinking that love was wrong
But everything was changed when you came along
OOOOO

And theres a couple words I want to say

For the rest of my life
I`ll be with you
I`ll stay by your side honest and true
Till the end of my time
I`ll be loving you. loving you

For the rest of my life
Thru days and night
I`ll thank Allah for open my eyes
Now and forever I I`ll be there for you

I know that deep in my heart
I feel so blessed when I think of you
And I ask Allah to bless all we do
You`re my wife and my friend and my strength
And I pray we`re together eternally
Now I find myself so strong
Everything changed when you came along
OOOO

And theres a couple word I want to say

For the rest of my life
I`ll be with you
I`ll stay by your side honest and true
Till the end of my time
I`ll be loving you. loving you

For the rest of my life
Thru days and night
I`ll thank Allah for open my eyes
Now and forever I I`ll be there for you

I know that deep in my heart now that you`re here
Infront of me I strongly feel love
And I have no doubt
And I`m singing loud that I`ll love you eternally

For the rest of my life
I`ll be with you
I`ll stay by your side honest and true
Till the end of my time
I`ll be loving you.loving you

For the rest of my life
Thru days and night
I`ll thank Allah for open my eyes
Now and forever I I`ll be there for you

I know that deep in my heart

Artist: Maher Zain
Album: Thank You Allah
Copyright: Awakening Records 2009