Pre-save the New Album ‘ECSTASY’: https://sy.lnk.to/EcstasyAlbum Download/Stream 'Barakah' (Deluxe Version) http://andnt.co/Barakah-Deluxe Watch Sami's Official YouTube playlist http://andnt.co/SYplaylist – Join Sami Yusuf on Spotify and add your favourite tracks to your personal playlist http://andnt.co/SY-Spotify – Subscribe to Andante Records official YouTube channel http://andnt.co/YTSubscribe Follow Sami Yusuf on: http://www.twitter.com/samiyusuf http://www.facebook.com/samiyusuf http://www.instagram.com/samiyusuf http://www.samiyusufofficial.com DESCRIPTION Dastgāh: Shūr (Avaz-e Abū ‘Atā) Commentary: This beautiful song comes from the Kurdish Qadiri zawiyas (Sufi centers) of Western Iran. It is a traditional devotional piece expressing love of the Prophet and longing to visit Medina. The original words are in Kurdish but additional verses in Persian, Turkish and Arabic have been added. The traditional khānghāh daf rhythm of “Ḥay Allah, Ḥay Allah” is incorporated into this piece with a time signature of 10/8. *This section (till the Kurdish refrain) is an entirely new composition added by Sami Yusuf with words by Payam Azizi. To learn more about this piece download the full album and 27 page digital booklet from here: iTunes http://smarturl.it/SYBarakah-Deluxe Learn more about "Barakah" here http://smarturl.it/Barakah-Deluxe CREDITS Performed & arranged by Sami Yusuf Kurdish words by Mohamed Azizi Additional Kurdish words by Payam Azizi Arabic words by Dr. Imed Nsiri Music: Traditional Islamic (from Kurdistan region) Additional composition by Sami Yusuf Recorded @ Andante Studios Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios Published by Andante Records & Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World Executive Producer Sami Yusuf Director Saleh Nass Producer AKKASA Production 1st AD Mustafa Al Lawati DOP Mohammed Al Harthy Cinematography and Steadycam Operator Malik Al Kindi Camera Assistant Ahmed Al Harbi Drone Operator Mohamm