VA - Soulful Sufi (2009) MP3 320 kbps | World, Ethnic, Folk & Sufi | Label: Sony Music | 2CD | 286 MB Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened, noted the great Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi in the 13th century. Don t open the door to the study and begin reading, he writes. Instead, Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. Sufism is the mystical and ancient branch of Islam that emphasizes the seeker s path toward ecstatic unity with God. This path is opulently embroidered with many means to remembering God, or dhikr (also transliterated as zhikr), including chanting the names of God, prayer, meditation, poetry, Qur anic recitation, praise and music. While orthodox Islam looks down on music, many Sufi traditions seek to utilize its emotive and communal power towards the goal of dhikr. Frequently, a spiritual leader or sheikh (called a pir in certain languages) will lead disciples in these practices in communal rites of remembrance. One central form of group dhikr is called sama . While sama literally means listening, it has the connotation of a spiritual concert of sacred music, often with dance. Sufi communities or orders are found throughout the Muslim world, from South and Central Asia through Turkey, Iran, the Levant and northern, eastern and western Africa. With that wide a geographical and cultural spread for Sufism itself, Sufi musical practice is itself equally diverse. Each Sufi order or brotherhood has its own traditions, and forms of Sufi practice vary greatly from region to region. It s not surprising, then, to find that Sufi musical forms are wildly distinct and varied; to the newcomer, it might even seem quite startling to discover that, for example, qawwali from Pakistan and India is linked spiritually and historically to, say, the whirling dervishes of Turkey or the Wolof-language praise songs from Senegal. However, all these different facets of ritual and performance have the same goal in mind: to lose oneself in remembering God and in drawing closer to the divine. Another wonderful Chant du Monde release with many fine Sufi performances is their double-disc set of recordings made live in Morocco in 2001 at the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music. For a more modern take on Sufi dhikr, try Ocean of Remembrance: Sufi Improvisations & Zhikrs (Interworld), led by Turkish clinical psychologist and music therapist Orьj Gьvenз, a member of the Mevlevi Sufi order. -Anastasia Tsioulcas Tracklist: Disc: 1 1. Teri Deewani - Kailash Kher 2. Zindagi Ye - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 3. Teri Justajoo - Roop Kumar Rathod 4. Ek Lau - Aamir 5. Tere Bina (Guru) - A R Rahman 6. Saiyyan - Kailash Kher 7. Ha Raham (Mehfuz) - Aamir 8. Maujood Hain - Jaswinder Singh 9. Noor Ul Ala Noor - Meenaxi 10. Masha Allah - Saanwariya 11. Dilruba - Kailash Kher 12. Waqt Par Bolna - Hariharan Disc: 2 1. Mitwa - Shafaqt Amanat Ali Khan 2. Bandya - Khuda Kay Liye 3. Gurus of Peace - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, A R Rahman 4. Allah Hoo - Khuda Kay Liye 5. Albela Saajan - Kailash Kher 6. Sajni - Master Saleem Feat Shruti Pathak 7. Tere Naina - Kailash Kher 8. Soniyo From the Heart - Krishna 9. Ishq Nachaya - Sona 10. Ay Hairathe - Hariharan 11. Heer - Sukhwinder Singh 12. Haan Tu Hain - Jannat
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