For you i will give everything
To knock upon your door
You are the calm beyond the storm
The peace i’m searching for
Allāhumma Ṣalli ʿAlā Sayyidinā Wa-Mawlānā Muḥammadin, Wa-‘Ala L-Ālihi Wa-Ṣaḥbihi Wa-Bārik Wa-Sallim
For you i would give everything
For you i’d give it all
You are the praised and merciful
The chosen one for all
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr Yā Hudā (Ṣallā Llāhu ʿAlā Muḥammad)
Ṣalli ʿAlā Khayr Al-Anbiyāʾ (Ṣallā Llāhu ʿAlā Muḥammad)
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr Yā Muṣṭafā…(Ṣallā Llāhu ʿAlā Muḥammad)
Ṭāhā (Ṭāhā)
Mujtabā (Mujtabā)
Yā Rasūl
Rasūl Allāh
Yā Ṭāhā … Yā Ṭāhā
Yā Muṣṭafā
Muṣṭafā
Yā Imām Al-Mursalīn
Rasūl Allāh
Yā Imām Al-Mursalīn
Ḥabībī…
Rasūl Allāh
To know you is to love you
O light upon light
So take my hand and lead me
Lead me through the night
O lover of the poor and weak
Most generous and kind
A gift sent from high above
O healer of mankind
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr Yā Hudā (Nūr ʿAlā Nūr Yā Hudā)
Ṣalli ʿAlā Khayr Al-Anbiyāʾ (Ṣalli ʿAlā Khayr Al-Anbiyāʾ)
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr Yā Muṣṭafā…(Ṣallā Llāhu ʿAlā Muḥammad)
Ṭāhā…(Ṣallā Llāhu ʿAlayhi Wa-Sallam)
Mujtabā… (Ṣallā Llāhu ʿAlā Muḥammad)
Yā Rasūl Allāh
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr
Nūr ʿAlā Nūr
The new single, ‘Light upon Light’, is an extraordinary collaboration between A.R. Rahman and Sami Yusuf. Grammy and Academy award winning composer A.R. Rahman, India’s most renowned musician and composer, has teamed up for the first time with Sami Yusuf to produce this lyrical, devotional song.
‘Light upon Light’ is a love song for the Prophet of Islam. The artists believe that, in these turbulent times in which we live, these times when it can seem like the darkness of hatred threatens to overwhelm us, it’s crucial to look to the light surrounding us. And so this song is about the light of kindness, beauty and compassion that eternally radiates into this world. It’s about the light that dispels darkness. It’s about the light we need to see our way forward. Here it’s called the light of Muhammad, but as Rumi said, however many lamps are lit, there is only One Light.
CREDITS
Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by A R Rahman
Singers
Sami Yusuf
AR Rahman
Lyrics
Sami Yusuf
A R Rahman
Will Knox
Transliteration by Dr. Yousef Casewit
Executive Producer:
A R Ameen
Musicians
Additional Vocals: A R Ameen
Flute: Kareem Kamalakar
Charango: Hriday Gattani
Strings: Sunshine Orchestra
Conducted by VJ Srinivasa Murthy
Additional Programming
Dilshaad Shabir Shaikh
Sound Engineers
Suresh Permal, Karthik Sekaran, Jerry Vincent, Vishnu Rajan
Recording Engineer
Vishnu Rajan
Mixed by Pradvay Sivashankar
Mastered by Suresh Permal
Artwork by Madi Jahangir @ Andante Studios
Lyric Video by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios