Sami Yusuf – Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum

Sami Yusuf – Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum

From album 'Barakah'

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Raag: Ahir Bhairav

Commentary: Although the exact origins of this qawwali are unknown, it is sometimes sung to revere the 12th century Sufi saint, Fariduddin Masud Ganjshakar (or Baba Farid) of the Indian subcontinent. A direct descendant of the second caliph of Islam, ‘Umar ibn Khattab

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Lyrics & Melody : Traditional Islamic (Indian Subcontinent)

Arrangement : Sami Yusuf

Mix : Vishnu Rajan

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Chorus :

يا حيُ يا قيوم

(Arabic)

يا راحمُ يا رحمن

يا عادلُ يا منان

يا حافظ يا ستار

يا واحدُ يا غفار

يا مالكُ يا رزاق

Tu khāliq-e- har khallāq

Har rāz tujhe ma‘lūm 

Chorus

Tu mithl hai to la-raib

Tu pak hai to be-aib 

Tu zistka hai unwan

Tu sakhir-e-harudwan 

Teri zat hai azz-o-jal

Tu har mushkil kahal 

Har samt hai teri dhum 

Chorus

Translate

Chorus :
(O the Ever-Living, The Ever-Lasting One!)

(O the Most-Merciful, the Beneficent
O the Just One, O the Bestower (of blessings)
O the Protecting One, the Concealing One
O the Only-One, the Forgiver
O the One who owns everything, who provides for everyone)

(You are the Creator of all creators
You know every secret)

Chorus

(You are the quintessence of certainty
You are pure and immaculate
All life begins from You
You are the Subduer of all enemies
Your being is eternal
You are the solution to every problem
You are known all over)
Chorus