My Ummah

Tracklist + Liner Notes

1. My Ummah Intro

   Aynal ummah?
   Where is the ummah?

   Rabbana unsurna
   Qawwina wahhidna
   Ilayka iltaja’na
   Our Lord help us
   Make us strong and united
   In You we have sought refuge

   Music & lyrics by Sami Yusuf
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

2. My Ummah

   My ummah, my ummah
   He will say
   Rasulullah on that day
   Even though we’ve strayed from him and his way

   My brothers, my sisters, in Islam
   Let’s struggle, work, and pray
   If we are to
   Bring back the glory of his way

   CHORUS:
   Ya Allah ya rabbal ‘alamin
   Ya rahmanu ya rahim
   Ya rabbi
   O Allah Lord of the Worlds
   O Merciful and Beneficent
   O my Lord

   Let the Ummah rise again
   Let us see daylight again
   Once again

   Let’s become whole again
   Proud again
   ’Cause I swear with firm belief in our hearts
   We can bring back the glory of our past

   My ummah, my ummah
   He will say
   Rasulullah on that day
   Even though we strayed from him and his way

   Look at where we were
   And look at where we are
   And tell me
   Is this how he’d want it to be?
   Oh no! Let us bring back our glory

   Music & lyrics by Sami Yusuf
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

3. Hasbi Rabbi

   O Allah the Almighty
   Protect me and guide me
   To your love and mercy
   Ya Allah don’t deprive me
   From beholding your beauty
   O my Lord accept this plea

   CHORUS:
   Hasbi rabbi jallallah
   Ma fi qalbi ghayrullah
   My Lord is enough for me, Glory be to Allah
   There is nothing in my heart except Allah

   CHORUS

   Hindi:
   Wo tanha kaun hai
   Badshah wo kaun hai
   Meherba wo kaun hai
   Who is the only One?
   Who is the King?
   Who is the Merciful?

   Kya unchi shan hai
   Uskey sab nishan hai
   Sab dilon ki jan hai
   Who is the most praised and benevolent?
   Whatever you see in this world is His sign
   He’s the love of every soul

   CHORUS

   Turkish:
   Affeder gunahi
   Alemin padisahi
   Yureklerin penahi
   He is the Forgiver of all sins
   He is the King of the universe
   He is the Refuge of all hearts

   Isit Allah derdimi, bu ahlarimi
   Rahmeyle, bagisla gunahlarimi
   Hayreyle hem aksam hem sabahlarimi
   O Allah hear my sorrows and my sighs
   Have mercy and pardon my sins
   Bless my night and days

   CHORUS

   Arabic:
   Ya rabbal ‘alamin
   Salli ‘ala Tahal amin
   Fi kulli waqtin wa hin
   O Lord of the worlds
   Send peace and blessings
   On Ta-ha the trustworthy
   In every time and at every instant

   Imla’ qalbi bil yaqin
   Thabbitni ‘ala hadhad din
   Waghfir li wal muslimin
   Fill my heart with conviction
   Make me steadfast on this way of life
   And forgive me and all the believers

   Hindi lyrics: Ustadh Mehboob
   Turkish lyrics: Ustadh Firooz
   Arabic & English lyrics: Bara Kherigi
   Melody: Afghani folklore
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

4. Ya Rasulallah

   Ya sadiqal aqwal ya Muhammad
   O truthful one in sayings O Muhammad
   Ya tahiral akhlaq ya Muhammad
   O pure one in character O Muhammad
   Ya hadiyal akwan ya Muhammad
   O guide of all the worlds O Muhammad
   Ya taja ruslillah ya Muhammad
   O crown of God’s messengers O Muhammad
   Ya khayra khalqillah, ya rasulallah
   O best of creation O Messenger of God

   CHORUS:
   Ya nabiyyallah, safiyyallah ya Muhammad
   Ya waliyyallah, hafiyyallah ya Muhammad
   Ya bashirallah, nadhirallah ya Muhammad
   Ya habiballah, shafi’allah ya Muhammad
   Ya khayra khalqillah, ya rasulallah

   Ya badrat tamam
   O full moon
   Nuradh dhalam
   Light of the darkness
   ‘Aliyal maqam
   In possession of a high rank
   Sayyidul kiram
   Master of the noble & generous
   Monqidhal anam
   Saviour of humanity
   ‘Alaykas salatu wassalam
   May peace & blessings be upon you

   CHORUS
   Ya nabiyyallah, safiyyallah, waliyyallah, Muhammad
   Ya habiballah, khalilallah, nadhirallah, Muhammad

   Ya khitamal anbiya’i ya rasulallah
   O seal of the Prophets, O Messenger of Allah
   Ya imamal atqiya’i ya rasulallah
   O leader of the God-fearing, O Messenger of Allah
   Ya dawa’a kulli da’i ya rasulallah
   O cure for every disease, O Messenger of Allah

   Ya rabbal Mustafa
   O Lord of al-Mustafa
   Bi jahil Mustafa
   For the sake of al-Mustafa
   Ighfiridh dhunub, usturil ‘uyub,
   Forgive all sins, conceal all faults,
   ihdil qulub, likay tatub
   guide the hearts, so that they repent;
   Dha’ifi thawab, yamminil kitab,

   Multiply our reward, make our books in our right hands;
   ab’idil ‘athab, yawmal hisab
   make us far from the Fire, On the Day of Judgement

   Ya rasuli, ya habibi, ya nabiyallah
   Ya shafi’i, ya bashiri, ya safiyyallah
   Ya rasulallah

   Music by Sami Yusuf
   Lyrics by Bara Kherigi
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

5. Try Not to Cry

   You, you’re not aware
   That we’re aware
   Of your despair
   Don’t show your tears
   To your oppressor
   Don’t show your tears

   CHORUS:
   Try not to cry little one
   You’re not alone
   I’ll stand by you
   Try not to cry little one
   My heart is your stone
   I’ll throw with you

   Isam:
   ‘Ayn Jalut where David slew Goliath
   This very same place that we be at
   Passing through the sands of times
   This land’s been the victim of countless crimes
   From Crusaders and Mongols
   to the present aggression
   Then the Franks, now even a crueller oppression
   If these walls could speak,
   imagine what would they say

   For me in this path that I walk on
   there’s only one way
   Bullets may kill, bones may break
   Still I throw stones like David before me and I say

   CHORUS

   You, you’re not aware
   That we’re aware
   Of your despair
   Your nightmares will end
   This I promise, I promise

   CHORUS

   Lenny:
   No llores, no pierdas la fe
   La sed la calma el que haze
   Agua de la arena
   Y tu que te levantas con orgullo entre las piedras
   Haz hecho mares de este polvo
   Don’t cry, don’t lose faith
   The one who made water come out of the sand
   Is the one who quenches the thirst
   And you who rise proud from between the stones
   Have made oceans from this dust

   Waqas:
   I throw stones at my eyes
   ’cause for way too long they’ve been dry
   Plus they see what they shouldn’t from oppressed babies to thighs
   I throw stones at my tongue
   ’cause it should really keep its peace
   I throw stones at my feet
   ’cause they stray and lead to defeat
   A couple of big ones at my heart
   ’cause the thing is freezing cold
   But my nafs is still alive
   and kicking unstoppable and on a roll
   I throw bricks at the devil so I’ll be sure to hit him
   But first at the man in the mirror
   so I can chase out the venom

   Isam:
   Hmm, a little boy shot in the head
   Just another kid sent out to get some bread
   Not the first murder nor the last
   Again and again a repetition of the past
   Since the very first day same story
   Young ones, old ones, some glory
   How can it be, has the whole world turned blind?
   Or is it just ’cause it’s only affecting my kind?!
   If these walls could speak,
   imagine what would they say
   For me in this path that I walk on
   there’s only one way
   Bullets may kill, bones may break
   Still I throw stones like David before me and I say

   Music by Sami Yusuf
   Lyrics: Waqas Qadri, Sami Yusuf, R. Lenny Martinez, Isam Bachiri, Bara Kherigi, Omar Shah
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

6. Muhammad (Pbuh)

   Dedicated to the innocent children of Beslan

   Every day I see the same headlines
   Crimes committed in the name of the divine
   People committing atrocities in his name
   They murder and kidnap with no shame
   But did he teach hatred, violence, or bloodshed? No… Oh No

   He taught us about human brotherhood
   And against prejudice he firmly stoodHe loved children, their hands he’d hold
   And taught his followers to respect the old
   So would he allow the murder of an innocent child? Oh No…

   CHORUS:
   Muhammad ya rasulallah
   Muhammad ya habiballah
   Muhammad ya khalilallah
   Muhammad

   Muhammad ya rasulallah
   Muhammad ya shafi’allah
   Muhammad ya bashirallah
   Ya rasulallah

   Muhammad the light of my eyes
   About you they spread many lies
   If only they came to realise
   Bloodshed you despise

   Music by Sami Yusuf
   Lyrics: Sami Yusuf & Bara Kherigi
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

7. Make a Prayer

   O people
   In a hut made of tin and clay
   A small boy dreams away
   Of clean water and a meal a day
   And not to fear mines as he plays each day

   O people
   Somewhere dark and out of the way
   Aids has found yet another prey
   To save his life he just couldn’t pay
   Tell me what we’re going to do

   For our brothers in Durban
   For our sisters in Darfur
   Show me what we’re going to do
   Are we just going to sit there?
   Nice and cosy on our armchairs
   Will we not even make a prayer?

   You might ask yourself
   Why should I help these people?
   They’ll tell you why
   We’re not so different from you
   We have dreams just like you
   But they were buried with the
   bodies of our loved ones

   O people
   Are we deaf, dumb, and blind?
   What is going through our minds?
   Don’t we care for the rest of mankind?

   O people
   We claim to love peace and justice
   Why do we preach what we don’t practice?
   Let’s help them out of this darkness

   Tell me what we’re going to do
   For our brothers in Ethiopia
   For our sisters in Rwanda
   Show me what we’re going to do
   Are we just going to sit there?
   Nice and cosy on our armchairs
   Will we not even make a prayer?

   Music by Sami Yusuf
   Lyrics: Sami Yusuf & Bara Kherigi
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

8. Eid Song

   Let us rejoice indeed
   For this is the day of Eid

   CHORUS:
   La ilaha illallah
   Muhammad rasulallah
   La ilaha illallah
   Muhammad rasulallah
   ‘Alayhi salatullah
   ‘Alayhi salatullah

   Children are wearing new clothes
   Bright colours fill the streets
   Their faces full of laughter
   Their pockets full of sweets
   Let us rejoice indeed
   For this is the day of Eid

   CHORUS

   Mosques are full of worshippers
   in rows straight and neat
   Their Lord they remember, His name they repeat
   Their hands are raised to the sky
   They supplicate and plead
   On this blessed day
   Forgive us they entreat
   Let us rejoice indeed
   For this is the day of Eid

   CHORUS

   People are giving charity
   And helping those in need
   In giving they’re competing
   Today there is no greed
   Let us rejoice indeed
   For this is the day of Eid

   CHORUS

   Enemies embracing each other
   All hatred is buried
   Everyone is celebrating
   Greeting everyone they meet
   Let us rejoice indeed
   For this is the day of Eid

   Music: Persian Folklore
   Lyrics by Bara Kherigi
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

9. Free

   What goes through your mind?
   As you sit there looking at me
   Well I can tell from your looks
   That you think I’m so oppressed
   But I don’t need for you to liberate me

   My head is not bare
   And you can’t see my covered hair
   So you sit there and you stare
   And you judge me with your glare
   You’re sure I’m in despair
   But are you not aware
   Under this scarf that I wear
   I have feelings, and I do care

   CHORUS:
   So don’t you see?
   That I’m truly free
   This piece of scarf on me
   I wear so proudly
   To preserve my dignity…

   My modesty
   My integrity
   So don’t judge me
   Open your eyes and see…
   “Why can’t you just accept me?” she says
   “Why can’t I just be me?” she says
   Time and time again
   You speak of democracy
   Yet you rob me of my liberty
   All I want is equality
   Why can’t you just let me be free?

   For you I sing this song
   My sister, may you always be strong
   From you I’ve learnt so much
   How you suffer so much
   Yet you forgive those who laugh at you
   You walk with no fear
   Through the insults you hear
   Your wish so sincere
   That they’d understand you
   But before you walk away
   This time you turn and say:

   But don’t you see?
   That I’m truly free
   This piece of scarf on me
   I wear so proudly
   To preserve my dignity
   My modesty
   My integrity
   So let me be
   She says with a smile
   I’m the one who’s free
   Music by Sami Yusuf
   Lyrics: Sami Yusuf & Bara Kherigi
   Produced by Sami Yusuf

10. Munajat (Arabic)

    Wahdi fi dhulmati layli
    Fi wahshati darbi
    Hammi yuthqiluni
    Dhanbi yu’limuni
    Alone, in the darkness of my night
    In the loneliness of my path
    My worries weigh me down
    My sins pain me

    Wahdi, ad’uka wa arju
    Min dhanbi ashku
    Mali siwak
    Ana fi himak
    Alone, I supplicate to You and I hope
    From my sins I complain
    I have no one but You
    I am at Your door

    CHORUS:
    Farham ‘abdan najak
    Ya Allah, ya Allah
    Anta alraja
    Minka alhuda
    Ya Allah, ya Allah
    So forgive a servant who intimately calls You
    O Allah, O Allah
    You are all hope, From You is guidance
    O Allah, O Allah

    Rabbahu hudak
    Ma ziltu asir
    Wa’alal ‘isyan
    Ma ‘udtu qadir
    Fa’anir durubi
    Waghfir dhunubi
    Fa’anal faqir
    O Allah give me your guidance
    For I am still imprisoned
    Of disobedience I am no longer capable
    So illuminate my paths and forgive my sins
    For I am poor and in need of You

    Qad ‘adal qalbu
    Fiddarbi yasir
    Farihan mushtaqan
    Lillahi yatir
    Wa rajahu ridhaka
    Yawma liqaka
    Antal qadir
    My heart has returned to walk on the path
    Full of joy and longing, flying to God
    And its only hope is gaining your pleasure
    On the day of meeting You
    You are the Omnipotent

    Music by Ustadh Firooz
    Lyrics by Ayman Tolba
    Produced by Sami Yusuf

11. Mother (Arabic)

    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

    Ummahu, ummahu, ya ummi
    wa shawqahu ila luqyaki ya ummi
    Ummuka, ummuka, ummuka ummuka
    Qawlu rasulika
    Fi qalbi, fi hulumi
    Anti ma’i ya ummi
    Mother… Mother… O my mother
    How I long to see O mother
    “Your mother, Your mother, Your mother”
    Is the saying of your Prophet
    In my heart, in my dreams
    You are always with me mother

    Ruhti wa taraktini
    Ya nura ‘aynayya
    Ya unsa layli
    Ruhti wa taraktini
    Man siwaki yahdhununi
    Man siwaki yasturuni
    Man siwaki yahrusuni
    ‘Afwaki ummi
    Samihini…
    You went and left me
    O light of my eyes
    O comfort of my nights
    You went and left me
    Who, other than you, will embrace me?
    Who, other than you, will cover me?
    Who, other than you, will guard over me?
    Your pardon mother, forgive me

    Music by Sami Yusuf
    Lyrics: Sami Yusuf, Bara Kherigi & Zakariya Siddiqi
    Produced by Sami Yusuf

12. Muhammad (Pbuh)

    Performed, composed & arranged by Sami Yusuf
    Produced by Sami Yusuf

13. We Will Never Submit

    Lan nakhdha’
    Lan narhal
    Lan naskut
    Lan nansa
    We will never submit
    We will never leave
    We will never be silenced
    We will never forget

    Music by Sami Yusuf
    Lyrics by Bara Kherigi
    Produced by Sami Yusuf

14. Du'a (Turkish)

    Ne guzel yaratmissin nimetlerini
    biz kullarina ey Yuce Allah
    Nasil sukredelim verdigin bu kadar
    ihsanlarina ey Yuce Allah
    How beautiful are the blessings
    You’ve bestowed upon us your servants O mighty Allah
    How can we ever thank You
    for all the bounties you’ve bestowed upon us O mighty Allah

    CHORUS:
    Her zaman ismin dilimizde ey Allah, ey Allah
    Her zaman askin kalbimizde ey Allah, ey Allah
    Your name is always on our tongues
    Your love is always in our hearts

    Biz gunahkar, biz perisan,
    Sen Rahimsin, hem de Rahman
    Aglarim, yalvaririm,
    Bagisla bizi…
    We are reckless sinners
    You are most merciful and most compassionate
    I cry and implore You to forgive us

    Kendimize yazik ettik,
    Hak yolunda hata ettik,
    Aglarim, yalvaririm,
    Bagisla bizi…
    We’ve wronged ourselves
    From the way of truth we have strayed
    I cry and implore You to forgive us

    Music & lyrics by Ustadh Firooz
    Produced by Sami Yusuf

15. Mother (Turkish)

    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

    Turkish:
    Ben derdimi kime söyleyeyim
    Sensiz ana
    Senin kadrini hic bilemedim ben
    Aziz ana

    Resul buyurdu;
    Cennet analarin ayaklari altinda
    Senin hayalin aklimda,
    ruhumda, ruyalarimda

    Sen gittiginde canim gitti,
    Ayrilik bir yaman dertti,
    Dunya bana cefa etti,
    Benim aziz anam

    Aglarim ben bulut gibi,
    Dilimdesin sarki gibi,
    Gunahlarim derin derin
    Hakkini helal et ana

    To whom will I tell my sorrow
    in your absence, mother?
    I didn’t know your real value, my beloved mother

    The Messenger (pbuh) said
    “Paradise is under the mothers’ feet”
    Your image is in my heart, my soul, and my dreams

    When you left, my soul left
    Our separation was painful
    The world gave me pain
    and sorrow my beloved mother

    I cry like a cloud
    You are like a song on my tongue
    I’ve wronged you countless times
    Forgive me mother

    Music by Sami Yusuf
    Lyrics: Sami Yusuf, Bara Kherigi & Ustadh Firooz
    Produced by Sami Yusuf