Released in 2004, the who is the loved one song is a compose by a Iranian-British singer named Sami Yusuf who gained international audience from one of his album Al-Mu’allim typically hitting from Egypt and Turkey. The genre from this song is named, World music and according to Wikipedia, “World music is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.” Noting he also preformed song in Arabic, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Persian, Turkish, Punjabi, and Urdu. You may probably know him from one of his song speaking partly Arabic and partly in English (video below) (article about this song coming soon)

About the Song

Throughout the song we can hear the repetition of the word “Muhammad is the Messenger” which is a phrase of Muhammad being a prophet and a messenger because he was chosen to receive and deliver God’s final word, the Qur’an, to humanity. “La ilaha il-Allah” meaning “No god is worthy of worship, except Allah.” The two verses summarized the importance of Allah, the “master of all creation” Allah is the one who invented everything, people, animals, plants, literally everything, praying to guide us to his wonderful beliefs.

Yusuf garnered increased worldwide recognition following the release of his second album, My Ummah, in 2005. The album, using both Eastern and Western sounds, utilised wide-ranging musical instrumentation. Considered a breakthrough album, it sold over four million copies globally and was well received, particularly by young people, who identified closely with the themes of Yusuf’s lyrics.

Other Versions:

Hafiz Tahir Qadri Remake (other article about him)

Live at Alexandria Concert

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