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There have been many renditions of the song most notably by Payam Azizi, [4] Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Oum Kalthoum, Sami Yusuf, Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens, Mesut Kurtis, Native Deen, Raef, Maher Zain, Junaid Jamshed, Marufur Rahman and others. [citation needed]
The album includes a number of songs celebrating Yusuf's Islamic faith. [4] The international release went platinum in South-East Asia and was on best-selling lists in the Middle East and North Africa. [5] The album was released in a special edition for Turkey, including five songs re-recorded by Yusuf in Turkish. [6]
Sami Yusuf (born 21 July 1980) is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer of Azerbaijani descent. [6] He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, Al-Muʽallim, in 2003. [7] As of 2020, he has released eight studio albums, five live albums and one compilation album.
In 2012, Awakening Music took part in "Sound of Light" charity concerts. [4] In 2013 and 2014, the record label helped to organise charity concerts in coordination with Islamic Relief, Human Appeal and other charity organisations around the world with the help of artists Maher Zain, Hamza Namira, Mesut Kurtis, Raef and Irfan Makki.
He was the son of the Fatimid prince Yusuf, a younger son of the eleventh Fatimid caliph, al-Hafiz li-Din Allah (r. 1132–1149 ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Yusuf was one of the oldest surviving sons of al-Hafiz, but at the latter's death, the powerful vizier Salim ibn Masal installed al-Hafiz's youngest son, the 16-year-old Isma'il, as caliph with the ...
Since the first centuries of Islam, Arabic-speaking commentators of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faith used the term Allah as a generic term for the supreme being. [59] Saadia Gaon used the term Allah interchangeably with the term ʾĔlōhīm. [59] Theodore Abu Qurrah translates theos as Allah in his Bible, as in John 1:1 "the Word was with ...
In May 1986, Ismail al-Faruqi and his wife, Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, were murdered at their home in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, by Joseph Louis Young, also known as Yusuf Ali. [6] Young, who had prior associations with the local Muslim community, confessed to the crime, was sentenced to death, and died in prison of natural causes in 1996.
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.