Thursday, 18 June 2015

A is for Allah

Nasheed #1: A is for Allah - By Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)

This nasheed (Islamic song) was one I learnt as a child, and have been singing ever since. I had the privilege of performing it before Yusuf Islam himself as a teen, on one of his trips to Australia. It was simultaneously a daunting and exhilarating experience, one that I still remember as though it happened only yesterday.

I sang it as a lullaby to my baby cousin Hannah, when I was staying with her family in Ohio, USA.

I sang it, and still do sing it, as a lullaby to my own children.

It's a great Islamic way of teaching children the Arabic alphabet.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as we do.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-GOHa5-YQ