The Sapiential Album, Vol 1

Tracklist + Liner Notes

1. One

   [Daz ouge, da inne ich got sihe]
   The eye through which I see God

   [daz ist daz selbe ouge, da inne mich got sihet]
   is the same eye through which God sees me;

   [min ouge und gotes ouge daz ist
   ein ouge]
   my eye and God’s eye are one eye,

   [Daz ouge, da inne ich got sihe]
   The eye through which I see God

   [daz ist daz selbe ouge, da inne mich got sihet]
   is the same eye through which God sees me;

   [min ouge und gotes ouge daz ist
   ein ouge]
   my eye and God’s eye are one eye,

   خَرَجْتُ في حِين بَعْدَ الفَنَا
   Annihilated, I then emerged

   وَمِنْ هُنَا بَقِيتُ بِلاَ أنَا
   Living on but without I

   وَمنْ أنَا يا أنَا إلاَّ أنَا
   And who am I, O I, but I?

   خَرَجْتُ في حِين بَعْدَ الفَنَا
   Annihilated, I then emerged

   وَمِنْ هُنَا بَقِيتُ بِلاَ أنَا
   Living on but without I

   وَمنْ أنَا يا أنَا إلاَّ أنَا
   And who am I, O I, but I?

   سُقَيْتُ كَأْسَ الْهَوَى قدِيماً
   I drank from the eternal cup of love

   مِنْ غَيْرِ أَرْضٍ وَلَاَ سَمَاءِ
   that is neither of this world below nor of heaven.

   أصْبَحْتُ فِيهِ فَرِيدَ عَصْرِي
   Thus I became peerless in my time

   بَيْنَ الْوَرَى حَامِلاً لِوَائِي
   Carrying my banner among one and all.

   لِي مَذْهَبٌ مَذْهَبٌ عَجِيبٌ
   Mine is a wondrous path, an unsurpassed path.

   بِالْحُسنِ قَدْ فَاقَ يَا هَنَائِي
   How great is its radiance and my delight therein.

   يَا مَنْ هُمُو لِلْجَمِيلِ أَهْلٌ
   If you do not give me your favor freely, I am wretched.

   إِنْ لَمْ تَمُنُّوا فَيَا شَقَائِي
   If you do not give me your favor freely, I am wretched.

   حَشَاكُمُ يَا أَُهَيْلَ نَجْدٍ
   People of Najd, far be it from you

   أَنْ تَقْطَعُوا مِنْكُمُ رَجَاَئِي
   To cut the ties of hope that bind us.

   يَا مَنْ هُمُو لِلْجَمِيلِ أَهْلٌ
   O you, who are worthy of beauty

   إِنْ لَمْ تَمُنُّوا فَيَا شَقَائِي
   If you do not give me your favor freely, I am wretched.

   لِي مَذْهَبٌ مَذْهَبٌ عَجِيبٌ
   Mine is a wondrous path, an unsurpassed path.

   بِالْحُسنِ قَدْ فَاقَ يَا هَنَائِي
   How great is its radiance and my delight therein.

   أصْبَحْتُ فِيهِ فَرِيدَ عَصْرِي
   Thus I became peerless in my time

   بَيْنَ الْوَرَى حَامِلاً لِوَائِي
   Carrying my banner among one and all.

   [daz ist ein ouge]
   It is one eye

   [und ein gesiht]
   one seeing

   [und ein bekennen]
   one knowing,

   [und ein minnen]
   one love.

   [daz ist ein ouge]
   It is one eye

   [und ein gesiht]
   one seeing

   [daz ist ein ouge]
   It is one eye

   [und ein gesiht]
   one seeing

   [und ein bekennen]
   one knowing

   [und ein minnen]
   one love.

   [daz ist ein ouge]
   It is one eye

   [und ein gesiht]
   one seeing

   [und ein bekennen]
   one knowing

   [und ein minnen]
   one love.

   German words: Meister Eckhart
   Arabic words: Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari
2. Ateshgah
3. Nasimi (Live)

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam,
   The two worlds are contained in Me
   But I will not be contained in these worlds
   I cannot be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam
   I am the Treasure* of no abode,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Tir mənəm, kaman mənəm, pir mənəm, cavan mənəm
   I am the arrow, I am the bow, I am the old, I am the young

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam,
   The two worlds are contained in Me
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam.
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Zərrə mənəm, günəş mənəm, çar ilə pəncü şeş mənəm,
   I am the particles, I am the Sun
   I am the Four**, and I am Five and the Six more***

   Surəti gör bəyan ilə, çünki bəyana sığmazam.
   See [the universe as] My face and describe it,
   as I will not be contained in your description

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam,
   The two worlds are contained in Me
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   I will not be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Nara yanan şəcər mənəm, çərxə çıxan həcər mənəm
   I am the burning bush, I am the rock that ascended to Heaven

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam,
   The two worlds are contained in Me,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam.
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   I will not be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Zərrə mənəm, günəş mənəm, çar ilə pəncü şeş mənəm,
   I am the particles, I am the Sun,
   I am the Four, and I am Five and the Six more

   Surəti gör bəyan ilə, çünki bəyana sığmazam.
   See [the universe as] My face and describe it,
   as I will not be contained in your description

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam,
   The two worlds are contained in Me,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   I will not be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Ərşlə fərşü kafü nun məndə bulundu cümlə çün,
   In short, [the carpet of] Divine Command (kun) in the Universe found manifestation in Me so that

   Sən bu nişanla bil məni, bil ki, nişana sığmazam.
   you would know Me by these signs,
   but beware! I cannot be contained in signs.

   Tir mənəm, kaman mənəm, pir mənəm, cavan mənəm,
   I am the arrow, I am the bow, I am the old, I am the young

   Dövləti-cavidan mənəm, ayinədana sığmazam.
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   I will not be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Gərçi bu gün Nəsimiyəm, haşimiyəm, qureyşiyəm
   Even though today I may be a Nasimi, a Hashimi, a Qurayshi****

   Tir mənəm, kaman mənəm, pir mənəm, cavan mənəm,
   I am the arrow, I am the bow, I am the old, I am the young

   Dövləti-cavidan mənəm,
   I am the Eternal Treasure

   Gərçi bu gün Nəsimiyəm, haşimiyəm, qureyşiyəm,
   Even though today I may be a Nasimi, a Hashimi, a Qurayshi

   Məndən uludur ayətim, ayətə, şana sığmazam
   From Me the signs of My power find existence,
   But I will not be contained in My sign of power

   sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam
   I cannot be contained, I cannot be contained,
   I will not be contained,
   I cannot be contained

   Tir mənəm, kaman mənəm, pir mənəm, cavan mənəm,
   I am the arrow, I am the bow, I am the old, I am the young

   Dövləti-cavidan mənəm, ayinədana sığmazam.
   I am the Eternal Treasure,
   But I will not be contained in a jewelry box

   sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam
   I cannot be contained, I cannot be contained,
   I will not be contained,
   I cannot be contained

   Kövni-məkandır ayətim, zatidürür bidayətim,
   Being and existence are the signs of My power,
   My Eternity is in My Essence

   Sən bu nişanla bil məni, bil ki, nişana sığmazam.
   Know Me by this sign, but beware! I will not be contained in signs.

   sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam
   I cannot be contained, I cannot be contained,
   I will not be contained,

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam
   The two worlds are contained in Me,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam.
   I am the Treasure of no abode,s
   I will not be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Zərrə mənəm, günəş mənəm, çar ilə pəncü şeş mənəm,
   I am the particles, I am the Sun,
   I am the Four, and I am Five and the Six more

   Surəti gör bəyan ilə, çünki bəyana sığmazam.
   See [the world as] My face and describe it,
   as I will not be contained in your description

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam
   The two worlds are contained in Me,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gənci-nihan mənəm mən uş,
   I am the Hidden Treasure, o My servant,

   Eyni-əyan mənəm, mən uş,
   I am the manifest, I am, My servant

   Gövhəri-kan mənəm, mən uş,
   I am the treasure mine, o My servant

   Bəhrəvü kana sığmazam.
   But I cannot be contained in the oceans and mines.

   Tir mənəm, kaman mənəm, pir mənəm, cavan mənəm,
   I am the arrow, I am the bow, I am the old, I am the young

   Dövləti-cavidan mənəm, ayinədana sığmazam.
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   I will not be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Gərçi bu gün Nəsimiyəm, haşimiyəm, qureyşiyəm,
   Even though today I may be a Nasimi, a Hashimi, a Qurayshi

   Məndən uludur ayətim, ayətə, şana sığmazam
   From Me the signs of My power find existence,
   But I will not be contained in My sign of power

   sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam, sığmazam
   I cannot be contained, I cannot be contained,
   I will not be contained,
   I cannot be contained

   Həm sədəfəm, həm inciyəm, həşrü sirat əsinciyəm,
   I am the shell, I am the kernel,
   I am the upholder of the Doomsday and Suspender of the Bridge*****

   Bunca qumaşü rəxt ilə mən bu dükana sığmazam.
   So you make a robe out of this cloth for such a day,
   For I will not be contained in your store,

   Şəhd ilə həm şəkər mənəm, şəms mənəm, qəmər mənəm,
   I am the sugar, I am the honey, I am the Sun, I am the Moon,

   Ruhi-rəvan bağışlaram, ruhi-rəvana sığmazam.
   I bestow spirit to all things, But I will not be contained in spirit

   Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahana sığmazam,
   The two worlds are contained in Me,
   But I will not be contained in these worlds

   Gövhəri-laməkan mənəm, kövnü məkana sığmazam
   I am the Treasure of no abode,
   I cannot be contained in being or in the engendered world

   Mən bu cahana sığmazam
   I will not be contained in these worlds

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   *An allusion to the saying of the Prophet (a hadith qudsi wherein God speaks through the Prophet): ‘I was a Hidden Treasure and I longed to be known. So I created the creatures and they came to know Me.’
   **An allusion to the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
   ***An allusion to the Five Ahl al-Kisa (People of the Cloak: the Prophet, Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Hossein) and to other revered figures
   **** Names of tribes/families
   *****An allusion to the bridge (al-sirat) that human beings must cross after death to enter Paradise.

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   More information:

   Imadeddin Nasimi (1369-1417), an Azerbaijani poet, philosopher and sage, was the author of the first Divans (collections of poetry) in the Azerbaijani language. Considered as one of the greatest mystical Turkic poets of his time, he also composed poems in Persian and Arabic. Although few details are known about his life, his passionate poetry shows his deep knowledge of Islamic poetic traditions as well as a genius for composition, and it shows a depth of knowledge of Islamic, particularly Sufi, intellectual teachings that indicates that he must have had training in these fields. His gift as a poet was instrumental in conveying Hurufi Sufi philosophy to the Turkish-speaking population of Anatolia, a philosophical perspective that is still echoed in the certain Sufi orders today.

   The poem in the composition, ‘Nasimi’, has elements of a tradition of ecstatic sayings that emerge from a deep inner state of knowing, an overpowering spiritual state that is often fleeting. Ecstatic sayings such as those of Mansur al-Hallaj, Bayazid Bastami, Nasimi, and others, need to be interpreted in the context of the mystical vocabulary of their times. And it is necessary to understand the religious forces, the social and political life, and the whole culture of the Islamic world within which these figures lived and died. Without a profound understanding of this context certain of their words, which on the surface can resemble infidelity, are easily misconstrued.

   In this poem, Nasimi returns repeatedly to the contrast between the ‘two worlds’, the physical and spiritual. By naming opposites—‘I am the old, I am the young’— he points beyond them to unity, to tawhid, to the divine unity that is one of his principle themes. For Nasimi, the signs of God (ayat Allah) are found throughout creation, but they are not limited by this realm alone.

    

4. The Centre

   Why am I in this place torn asunder by blight?
   Shorn by the blades of inequity, drowned by darkness,
   Immersed in the turbid waters of negligence and forgetfulness?
   Question not why, but understand this simple truth:
   Here is the Centre that is the Centre of all wheres,
   Now is the moment at the heart of all times.
   Ask not why here and now

   But be in the here and now
   Here is the Centre that is the Centre of all wheres,
   Now is the moment at the heart of all times
   Ask not why here and now

   But be in the here and now
   To find the key to all existence

    

5. Pearl

   I spent a thousand sleepless nights
   In wait of dreams I could not find
   I walked a thousand empty roads
   In search of signs to bring me home
   With every breath I spoke your name
   And heard it rolling in the waves
   Beneath a veil of ocean blue
   I broke illusion from the truth

   You said, walk to me and I’ll find you
   Call me and I’ll show you
   Hiding like a pearl for you
   To heal and guide you
   From deep inside you
   Hiding like a pearl for you

   And from the pulse beneath my skin
   You called me to a source within
   Where every layer revealed one more
   A secret brighter than before
   And at the heart there lay just one
   The root of all that I’d become
   I watched the surface start to break
   Free of form, free of shape.

   You said, walk to me and I’ll run to you
   Call me and I’ll show you
   Hiding like a pearl for you
   To heal and guide you,
   From deep inside you
   Hiding like a pearl for you.

    

6. Cadence

   On that moment before all moments,
   On that morn before the world was born,
   When we did Thy Lordship witness,
   Seeing Thy Countenance, hearing Thy Command,
   Uttering the yea that echoes forever within,
   Did we the cadence of Divine Music hear.

   In this lowly world I hear that Music near and far,
   In the plucking of the oud and the tar,
   In the drone of the sitar and the gong of the gamelan,
   In the haunting melodies of those monks
   Singing in unison of Thy Glory,
   In the rhythmic drumbeats issuing from verdant forests,
   And the shepherd’s ney breathing upon the hills,
   In all those voices chanting of the love for Thee,
   In all music that celebrates Thy Beauty inviolable,
   I do hear that cadence of Divine Music,
   And so in the chanting of the birds and the singing of the whales,
   In the murmur of the wind through those majestic trees,
   And even in the silent invocation of the mountains and the stars,
   For is not the substance of all Thy creation,
   But invocation of Thy Blessed Names
   chanted in the cadence of Divine Music?

   But most of all it is in solitude with Thee,
   When I and Thou are alone in intimacy,
   That I hear so clearly the cadence of that Music Divine
   Which I heard on that pre-eternal dawn,
   And which ceases not to resonate within,
   Bearing witness to the reality of Thy Presence,
   Echoing the cadence of that Divine Music,
   Echoes from the myriads of created beings
   That are but nothingness reflecting Thy Theophanies.

   Let me be alone in Thy intimacy,
   So as to hear again in the clearest of sounds,
   The cadence of that Music Divine
   Which I heard at the moment of encounter with Thy Face,
   In that pre-eternal moment of creation,
   The moment that is now and ever shall be the eternal now.

    

7. Al Faqir

   أنا الفقير اليك يارب
   I am in need of You,

   أنت عني عني غني
   but You have no need of me

   الضعف فيّا فيّا أصيل
   I am weak

   وأنت ربٌّ ربٌّ قوي
   but You are abundant in strength

   الكل يفنى يفنى ويبلى
   All things vanish and disintegrate,

   وأنت وحدك وحدك حيّ
   but You alone are the Living

   أحيا بروح روح طموح
   You gave me life and an aspiring spirit,

   ملأ رجاءاً وخوفا
   full of hope and fear

   فأنت مولانا يا مولانا
   For you are our Protector,

   مولانا يا مولانا
   O Protector, O Protector!
8. Let Us Not Forget

   Let us not forget who we are, whence we came, where we shall go;
   Let us not forget that pre-eternal day when we bore witness,
   Bore witness to His Lordship with a resounding yea,
   Which does still echo under the vaults of the celestial realm.

   Let us not forget the intimacy of the Beloved’s embrace,
   The warmth of Her bosom when we in union were.
   We have now fallen and forgotten who we are,
   Wandering on earth with no compass in hand.

   But we can remember, so let us not forget.
   Let us not forget that although cast in this lowly world,
   Although blinded by veils of neglect and heedlessness,
   Although forgetfulness our second nature has become,
   We are placed here on earth to remember and can remember.

   Let us not forget then to remember our Origin and End,
   To remember who we really are as we make this journey of earthly life.

    

9. Circle

   I see you in the wings that chase the night
   Circling the warmth of candlelight
   I hear you in the wind as the two poles spin
   Whispering the truth your heart holds in
   I feel you in the chill as the seasons turn
   Laying down a seed, with its lessons learned.

   The circle spins a perfect line
   Free from borders, free from time
   I close my eyes and clear my mind
   The circle joins your love with mine

   I feel you in the sand of the desert earth
   You know my hunger, know my thirst
   I hear you in the cry of distant rain
   Coming back to answer the call again
   I meet you in the centre of the sacred dance
   Reminding me your truth is in my heart

   The circle spins a perfect line
   Free from borders, free from time
   I close my eyes and clear my mind
   The circle joins your love with mine

    

10. Prism

    All of your waves
    Have come from one
    The seed has spread
    The dawn of light
    Has split from white
    To blues and reds

    Behind it all
    There must be more

    Seven colours of day
    Show the light of your way
    Have I found what is lying behind
    The fire in your eyes?
    Do you see what I see?

    And from one breath
    All sound was formed
    Your words could sing
    The prism shares
    Your secret layers
    Unraveling

    Behind it all
    There must be more

    Seven colours of day
    Show the light of your way
    Have I found what is lying behind
    The fire in your eyes?
    Do you see what I see?

    Every heart, Every hand, Every head
    Rise up
    Every thought, Every tear, Every smile
    Rise up
    Every fear, Every doubt, Every trouble
    Rise up
    Every hope, Every wish, Every prayer
    Rise Up
    Every faith, Every creed, Every colour
    Rise Up
    Every mind, Every soul, Everyone
    (Rise Up)

    Do you see what I see?

     

11. Light Upon Light

    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
12. Lament

    My father be the ransom of him for whose sake I melted with anguish!
    My father be the ransom of him for whose sake I died of fear!
    The blush of shame on his cheek is the whiteness of dawn conversing with the Redness of eve
    They left me at al-Uthayl and an-Naqá

    Who will compose my distracted thoughts?
    Who will relieve my pain?
    Guide me to him!
    Who will ease my sorrow?
    Who will help a passionate lover?

    Whenever I keep secret the torments of desire
    My tears betray the flame within and the sleeplessness
    They left me at al-Uthayl and an-Naqá

    And whenever I say, ‘Give me one look!
    The answer is, ‘Thou art not hindered but for pity’s sake.’
    My father, my father, my father

     

13. Come See

    I am walking, burning, burning,
    Love has stained my heart with yearning,
    Neither crazy nor discerning –
    Come, see, what love has done to me.

    Gel gör beni beni aşk neyledi
    Derde giriftar eyledi

    Come, see, what love has done to me.

    One day like the winds I’m blowing,
    One day like the roads I’m going,
    One day like the floods I’m flowing.
    Come, see, what love has done to me.

    Take my hand and keep me staying –
    Take me else, to You conveying,
    No more tears, for laughs I’m praying.
    Come, see, what love has done to me.

    Walking round with Majnun’s madness,
    Seeing Her in dreams my gladness,
    Waking up again in sadness.
    Come, see, what love has done to me.

    I am Yunus, poor and stricken,
    From my exile my steps quicken,
    Head to toe I hurt and sicken.
    Come, see, what love has done to me.

    Ben yürürüm yane yane
    I am walking, burning, burning,

    Aşk boyadı beni kane
    Love has stained my heart with yearning,

    Ne akilem ne divane
    Neither crazy nor discerning –

    Gel gör beni aşk neyledi
    Derde giriftar eyledi
    Come, see, what love has done to me.
    Come, see, what love has done to me.

14. Meditation (Live)

    [Arabic:]
    Peace and salutations upon you O Messenger of Allah
    Peace and salutations upon you O Beloved of Allah
    Peace and salutations upon you
    Upon you O my Master
    Upon you O Master of the first (generations) and the last (generations).

     

15. Khorasan

    Khorasan
    I have come
    Here alone

    In my dream
    Earth and stone
    Turned to gold

    Was that you
    Long ago
    Khorasan?

    Can you guide me to the treasures I have lost?
    Can you show me every secret I forgot?
    When I came you asked me where I had come from
    You said my homeland was my kingdom all along

    Khorasan
    I must go
    Send me home

    Breathe in me

    I have healed
    I have grown

    Give me peace
    In my soul
    Khorasan

    Can you guide me to the treasures I have lost?
    Can you show me every secret I forgot?
    When I came you asked me where I had come from
    You said my homeland was my kingdom and my secret all along

    Khorasan,
    Send me home
    Khorasan.

     

16. Healing (Live)

    It’s so hard to explain
    What I’m feeling
    But I guess it’s ok
    Cause I’ll keep believing
    There’s something deep inside
    Something that’s calling
    It’s calling you and I
    It’s taking us up high to

    Healing, a simple act of
    kindness bring such meaning
    A smile can change a life, let’s start believing
    And feeling, let’s start healing

    Heal and you will be healed
    Break every border
    Give and you will receive
    It’s nature’s order
    There is a hidden force
    Pulling us closer
    It’s pulling you and I
    It’s pulling us up high to

    [Arabic:]
    Hearts in the hand of another heart
    And in God’s hand are all hearts
    An eye takes care of another eye
    And God’s eye takes care of all

    A kind word is an act of charity
    A smile to your brother is an act of charity
    All goodness is a form of charity
    O Lord, cure the illness and heal in a way that leaves behind no ailments

    Let’s start healing

     

17. The Key

    In Andalucian morning light
    In seas of azure, in dawning skies
    I watch you bloom, the birth of spring
    You are the song that all lovers sing
    You are the key holding me in

    I am a prisoner, I can’t escape
    The key is inside the forms you take
    You are the web I cannot spin
    You are the pulse beneath my skin
    You are the key holding me in

    Your love is a door I cannot find
    The only way out is from deep inside
    I’m humbled by the light you take
    When you cover every colour of the day
    I’m brightened by the night you bring
    You are the divine eternal ring
    You are the end where everything begins
    You are the key holding me in

    I’m humbled by the light you take
    When you cover every colour of the day
    Illuminated in the night you bring
    You are the divine eternal ring
    You are the end where everything begins
    You are the key holding me in
    The only key holding me in

     

18. The 99 Names

    1. ar-Raḥmān
    The Most Gracious

    2. ar-Raḥīm
    The Most Merciful

    3. al-Malik
    The King

    4. al-Quddūs
    The Holy

    5. as-Salām
    The Source of Peace

    6. al-Mu’min
    The Source of Safety

    7. al-Muhaymin
    The Guardian

    8. al-ʿAzīz
    The Exalted

    9. al-Jabbār
    The All-Compelling

    10. al-Mutakabbir
    The Proud

    11. al-Khāliq
    The Creator

    12. al-Bāriʿ
    The Maker

    13. al-Muṣawwir
    The Fashioner

    14. al-Ghaffār
    The All-Forgiving

    15. al-Qahhār
    The All-Subjugating

    16. al-Wahhāb
    The All-Bestower

    17. ar-Razzāq
    The All-Provider

    18. al-Fattāḥ
    The Opener

    19. al-Alīm
    The Knowing

    20. al-Qābiḍ
    The One Who Constricts

    21. al-Bāsiṭ
    The One Who Expands

    22. al-Khāfiḍ
    The Abaser

    23. ar-Rāfiʿ
    The Exalter

    24. al-Muʿizz
    The Giver of Honor

    25. al-Mudhill
    The Abaser

    26. as-Samīʿ
    The Hearing

    27. al-Baṣīr
    The All-Seeing

    28. al-Ḥakam
    The Judge

    29. al-ʿAdl
    The Jus
    

    3o. al-Laṭīf
    The Gentle

    31. al-Khabīr
    The All-Aware

    32. al-Ḥalīm
    The Forbearing

    33. al-ʿAẓīm
    The Most Great

    34. al-Ghafūr
    The Ever-Forgiving

    35. ash-Shakūr
    The Grateful

    36. al-ʿAlī
    The High

    37. al-Kabīr
    The Great

    38. al-Ḥafīẓ
    The Preserver

    39. al-Muqīt
    The Nourisher

    40. al-Ḥasīb
    The Reckoner

    41. al-Jalīl
    The Majestic

    42. al-Karīm
    The Noble

    43. ar-Raqīb
    The Watchful

    44. al-Mujīb
    The Responder

    45. ’al-Wāsi‘
    The Vast

    46. al-Ḥakīm
    The Wise

    47. al-Wadūd
    The Loving

    48. al-Majīd
    The All-Glorious

    49. al-Bāʿith
    The Resurrector

    50. ash-Shahīd
    The Witness

    51. ʾal-Ḥaqq
    The Real

    52. al-Wakīl
    The Trustee

    53. al-Qawī
    The Strong

    54. al-Matīn
    The Firm

    55. al-Walī
    The Friend

    56. al-Ḥamīd
    The Praiseworthy

    57. al-Muḥṣī
    The Enumerator

    58. al-Mubdi’
    The Originator

    59. al-Muʿīd
    The Restorer

    60. al-Muḥyī
    The Giver of Life

    61. al-Mumīt
    The Bringer of Death

    62. al-Ḥayy
    The Living

    63. al-Qayyūm
    The Subsisting

    64. al-Wājid
    The Perceiver

    65. al-Mājid
    The Illustrious

    66. al-Wāḥid
    The One

    67. aṣ-Ṣamad
    The Self-Sufficient

    68. al-Qādir
    The All-Powerful

    69. al-Muqtadir
    The Determiner

    70. al-Muqaddim
    The Expediter

    71. al-Muʿakhkhir
    The Delayer

    72. al-ʿAwwal
    The First

    73. al-ʿAkhir
    The Last

    74. aẓ-Ẓāhir
    The Manifest

    75. al-Bāṭin
    The Hidden

    76. al-Wālī
    The Patron

    77. al-Mutaʿālī
    The Supremely Exalted

    78. al-Barr
    The Good

    79. at-Tawwāb
    The Ever-Returning

    80. al-Muntaqim
    The Avenger

    81. al-ʿAfū
    The Pardoner

    82. ar-Raʿūf
    The Kind

    83. Māliku ʼl-Mulk
    The Owner of the Kingdom

    84 – 85.  Dhuʼl-Jalāli waʼl-ʼIkrām
    The Possessor of Majesty and Generous Giving

    86. al-Muqsiṭ
    The Equitable

    87. al-Jāmiʿ
    The Gatherer

    88. al-Ghanī
    The Unneedy

    89. al-Mughnī
    The Enricher

    90. al-Māniʿ
    The Preventer

    91. aḍ-Ḍārr
    The Harmer

    92. an-Nāfiʿ
    The Benefiter

    93. an-Nūr
    The Light

    94. al-Hādī
    The Guide

    95. al-Badīʿ
    The Innovating

    96. al-Bāqī
    The Immutable

    97. al-Wārith
    The Heir

    98. ar-Rashīd
    The Guide to the Right Path

    99. aṣ-Ṣabūr
    The Patient