Listening advice – Sufi music

A selection of works from the Sufi tradition and its contemporary resonances.
To listen as one contemplates a flame, without seeking to understand, simply to let the vibration open a passage between the visible and the invisible. 

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Abida Parveen – “Yaar Ko Humne”

Voice of a rare intensity, where the prayer becomes pure intoxication.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – “Allah Hoo Allah Hoo”

The most famous Qawwali song, a vortex of love and devotion.

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Mercan Dede – “Nefes” (album)

Bridge between the whirling dervishes of Anatolia and electronic soundscapes.

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Al Kindi Ensemble & Sheikh Habboush – “Dhikr Allah”

Rhythmic invocation where each beat becomes a step towards the center.

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Habib Meftah – “Foolad”

Persian modernity, blowing from the lands of southern Iran.

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Keyvan & Bijan Chemirani – “Dar E Dunya”

Dialogue of Persian percussion, pulsation of the inner world.

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Saieen Zahoor – “Toomba”

Trance of the Punjab, ecstasy of nomadic voices.

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Aynur – “Rewend”

Between pain and transcendence, the Kurdish voice rises to the sky.

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Arkan – “Lamma Bada”

Andalusian heritage and mystical grace, song of suspended beauty.

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Mercan Dede - “ Jalâl ed - Dîn Rûmî“

The master’s word, woven with heavenly sounds.

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Ensemble Al Firdaus – “Ya Man Hu”

An Andalusian prayer where voice and oud merge into pure light.

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Mustafa Atef – “Qamarun”

Luminous Sufi melody, soft as the moonlight.

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Mohammad Reza Shajarian – “Bidad”

The master of Persian singing, a spiritual breath of infinite depth.

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Hafez Nazeri – “Rumi Symphony Project“

Encounter between Sufi poetry and symphony orchestra.

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Sheikh A,hmed Al-Tûni – “The Sultan of All Mushidin”

Egyptian song in tribute to the Beloved.

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Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali – “At the feet of the Beloved”

Heirs of Nusrat, they perpetuate the Qawwali fervor with majesty.

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Omar Faruk Tekbilek – “Whirling”

Instrumental dervish music, breath of the ney and the sacred drum.

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Niyaz – “Allahi Allah”

Fusion between electronics, Persian singing and Sufi inspiration.

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Sabri Brothers – “Tajdar-e-Haram”

One of the most emblematic hymns of Pakistani Sufism, powerful and sacred.

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