Songs of Presence : Qasidas of the Shadhili Path : New,
Beautiful 'Limited Edition' Presentation,
Arabic with English Notes,
*[A5+] Large Leather Hardback - 300 pages,
Compiled by Mustafa Styer,
Published by Ihsan Press.

Description :


Songs of Presence, Qasidas of the Shadhili Path : This outstanding limited print edition helps you master the Qasidas and elevate your choral singing. It is comprehensive, functional, durable and pleasing to the soul. With more than 100 Qasidas, 'Songs of Presence' has almost every qasida you can expect to be sung in a Sufi (or Mawlid) gathering, especially those of the Shadhili Order. This includes Inna Fi al-Janna, Ayyuha al-Ashiq, Bushra Lana, Da'uni Unaji, Qad Kafani 'Ilm Rabbi, Ya Imam al-Rusl, Ishrab Sharab Ahl al-Safa and Da' Turq al-Ghayy.


It even contains Qasidat al-Burda, al-Muhammadiyya and Tala'a al-Badru 'Alayna.


Every Arabic letter has been fully vowelled following the Mughal Qur'an system. This system was designed by great scholars to make the correct pronunciation of every letter easy on non­-Arabs. Thus Songs of Presence is as easy to read from for non-native Arabic speakers as it is for Arabs.


The Qasidas found within 'Songs of Presence' contain reflections of the spiritual states of their authors: saintly and profoundly learned sheikhs and gnostics. The majority focus on Allah, drawing close to Him and the stages which occur in that journey. The rest focus on the attributes and inward realities of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and give him peace.


Although they are found in the traditions of many Sufi orders, most of the qasidas have been chosen from the living tradition of the Shadhiliyya Sufi Order in the Levant, with the others being of North African origin.


'Songs of Presence' was specifically designed to facilitate choral singing. Repeated choruses are underlined, repeated phrases are gold-coloured and repeated verses are indicated in the margins. This lets you stay focused on the words without anxiously wondering if you'll be repeating something or awkwardly singing on whilst everyone else is repeating.


In Songs of Presence, qasidas are grouped up by maqam and ordered by letter. This helps you transition between qasidas smoothly without any frantic page-flipping. The running headers even indicate which qasida is coming up. And if you're singing a pre-agreed medley, you can pre-mark 3 additional qasidas using the two book markers and flap.


The pages are proportioned harmoniously and enjoy gilded edges. The cover is embossed and foil-stamped with design from the Abul Hasan Al-Shadhili Zawiya in Amman. Art and calligraphy adorns it, with contributions from Besim Bruncaj, Ibrahim Batchelder, Mukhtar Sanders, Alparslan Babaoglu and Mothana al-Obaydi.





Reviews :

"I use 'Songs of Presence' because it saves me the effort of constantly going back to different qasida books. It has all the most important qasaid that are sung in gatherings, mawlids and the hadra in a single book."---_{Sheikh Mohammad Irshayd, A munshid in Sheikh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri's hadra for 20 years. Now a munshid in Zawiyat Abul Hasan al-Shadhili in Amman}.



"Since the text in Songs of Presence is very clear, it’s helped me improve my Arabic reading skills. It’s a very beautiful book. Although the Lisan Tongue is unusual, I’ve found it to be useful."---_{Abu Khadija}.



"Although I bought 'Songs of Presence' to stay in sync with everyone else, I began to love it once I actually started using it. Just holding this beautifully produced book and carefully leafing through its priceless pages still gives me an awesome feeling that sends a tingle down my spine."---_{Iqbal M}.



"I really like the layout and ordering of 'Songs of Presence.' It’s so easy to find the qasida I'm looking for and the qasidas are ordered in the way that you'd typically sing them, so you don’t need to backtrack." ---_{Faisal S}.





Extract from the Foreword :


"The aim of Qasidas or spiritual odes, of which this is a compendium, is to worship Allah, by turning men's hearts to the Divine, who says, "And when My servants ask you of Me, truly I am close" (Qur'an 2:186).


The purpose of Qasidas in the Sufi path is to convey the experiential gnosis of forbearers to subsequent generations, for what comes from the heart goes into the heart, and most of the poets who wrote them were shaykhs of the tariqa who addressed their words to those with experiences like themselves, or to aspirants.


My own shaykh, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri, Allah be well pleased with him, was a poet and the leader of his sheikhs' vocalists at the hadra or 'public dhikr' in Damascus for decades.


He once told me that the content of a qasida first comes as an experience from Allah, which the sufi poet afterwards tries to clothe in words. A poet thus distills the concentrated essence of his particular experience, from a lifetime of spiritual endeavor, into the words that make up the qasida.


To borrow a metaphor from the poets themselves, just as the universe is a 'goblet' for the beginninglessly eternal 'wine' of the Divine Oneness, which it conveys to human hearts by denoting, signifying, and portending it; so too does the goblet of a qasida convey to the heart of hearers the 'wine' experienced in the author's highest apprehensions of the Divine.


The person who can benefit from these qasidas is someone whose way lies with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and whose heart lies with Allah."








The Qasidas :


---A Bi Hubb Ahbabi Ulam - by Accomplished murids of the Tilawiyya,
---A min Tadhakkur (Burdat al-Madih) - by Imam al-Busiri,
---A Tatlubu Layla - by Sheikh Mohammed al-Harraq,
---A Tubqini Fi al-Quyud - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Abadan Tahinu Ilaykum al-Arwah - by Sheikh Shahab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi,
---Ahibati In Kuntum - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ahimu Wahdi - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Ahl al-Mahabba Bi al-Mahbub Qad Shughilu - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Ahwa Qamaran - by Unknown,
---Al-'Inaya Sudaf  - by Unknown,
---Al-Hubb Afnani - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Al-Hubb Fi Sidqi al-Niyya - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Al-Ku'us al-Hashimiyya - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Al-Muhammadiyya - by Imam al-Busiri,
---Al-Mulk Mulk Allah - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Al-Qalb al-Lli Yahwakum - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Alayka Salla Llah - by Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Bahauddin al-Rawas,
---Allaha Qul - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Allaha Ya Hilalahum - by Sheikh Amin Sweid,
---Amatat 'An Mahasiniha al-Khimar - by Sheikh Mohammed al-Harraq,
---Amsaytu Fi Asri Alladhi Malakni  - by Unknown,
---Ana al-Haykal al-Dhati Li Mazhar Qudra - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Anat al-Absar - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Anni Lawaw - by Sheikh al-Hilaly,
---Anta Makr al-Butun - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Anta Nuskhat al-Akwan - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Antum Furudi  - by Ibn al-Farid,
---Aqbala al-Hibb 'Alayna - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Aqbil Ilayna Sadiqa - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Aqdim Ya Mu'anna - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Arus al-Hadra Tajallat - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ashraqat Shams al-'Iyan - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Atafat Ba'd al-Nifar - by Accomplished murids of the Yashrutiyya,
---Ataynaka Bi al-Faqr - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Aya Jirat al-Shi'b al-Yamani - by Unknown,
---Aya Murid Allah - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Aya Murid Allah Nu'id Lak Qawli Isghah - by Sheikh Mohammed al-Bouzidi,
---Aya Rih al-Saba - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Ayyuha al-Ashiq - by Attributed to Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam,
---Ayyuha al-Mushabbih Bi al-Mithl - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Ayyuha al-Tali' - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Bab Hadi - by Unknown,
---Bada Li 'Ayni - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Badi' al-Tajalli Wasi al-Majal  - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Badir Ila al-Bikr - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Bakir Li Shurb al-Rah - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Bashshiru Ahl al-Ma’ani - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Bi al-Hawa Qalbi Ta'allaq - by Unknown,
---Bi Haqqi Allah - by Unknown,
---Bi Sirri Dhat Llah - by Unknown,
---Biha Yathbutu al-Iman  - by AbdulQadir al-Labani,
---Bika Muhhida Kawni Tamhida - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Bint al-Shumus  - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Buruq al-Hayy Lamma'a - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Bushra Lana - by Sheikh Salim al-Kilani al-Bahrawi,
---Bushrakumu Khillani - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Da' Jamal al-Wajh - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Da' Turq al-Ghayy - by Sheikh AbdulHadi al-Wafai,
---Da'uni Unaji - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Dakhil Ya Sufiyya - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Dam'i Mihtal (Ya Bard al-Asal) - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Danawtu Min Hayy Layla - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Darat Bi Majla Abha - by Sheikh Tahir al-Rais,
---Darat Ku’us al-Gharam - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Dhat al-Khimar - by Accomplished murids of the Yashrutiyya,
---Fa Ya 'Ajaban Li Khamr - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Fa-Mnun In'aman Bi al-Qurb - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Fi Kull Anin Hasbuna - by Sheikh Khalid al-Ansari,
---Habibi Anta Li Zahir - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Hannini Bi Dhikr Allah - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Haqiqati Himtu Biha - by Sheikh al-Akbar Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi,
---Hasbi Rabbi Jalla Allah - by Unknown,
---Hatiha Sirfan Nadimi - by Unknown,
---Hilal al-Huda Qad Lah - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Huwa al-Hubb Fa-Slam Bi al-Hasha - by Ibn al-Farid,
---Idha Raduni - by Sheikh Ali Wafa,
---Idha Ra’awni - by Sheikh Ali Wafa,
---Idi Shuhudi - by Unknown,
---Idu Ilayya al-Wisal - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Ihi Nasima al-Ashar - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Ijma'u Bi al-Qurb Shamli - by Unknown,
---Ilmu al-Tawhid - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Ilwaw Ilwaw - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ilzam al-Bab - by Unknown,
---In Jabartum Kasra Qalbi - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---In Lam Tashhad Dha al-Mashhad - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Inna Fi al-Janna - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Inni Idha Ma Dhakartu Rabbi - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Ishrab Sharab Ahl al-Safa - by Unknown,
---Iyyaka Tashhad Ghayrahu - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Jalla Wajhun Laha Min Khalf al-Niqab  - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Jumlati Afnat-ha Shubbuh - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Ka al-Shams Laha Li 'Ayni - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Kana Li Zill Rusum - by Sheikh Ali Wafa,
---Kashafa al-Mahbub - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Kayfa Ihtiyali Ya Rifaqi  - by Unknown,
---Kull Waqt Min Habibi - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Kun Ma'a Allah - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---La Qad Ana Shay'un 'Ajib - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Laha Barq al-Dhat - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Laka al-Hamd - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Laka Fi Qalbi Darun - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Lam Azal Fi al-Hubb Ya Amali  - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Lamma Bada - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Lana Hallu Wa Ma Hallu Niqaba  - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Lattafa al-Rah - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Law Kunta Dha Ittisal - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Lawlaka Lawlaka - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Ma Ajhala Man Yalum - by Unknown,
---Ma Ladhdhat al-'Aysh - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Ma Li Siwak - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Ma Madda Li Khayr al-Khalq Yada - by Unknown,
---Ma Rahati  - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Mahbub Qalbi Lah - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Man Dhaqa Ta'm Sharab al-Qawm  - by Ibn Bint al-Mayliq,
---Man Fatahu Minka Waslun - by Abul-Mawahib al-Shadhili,
---Man Yahim Fi Jamali - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Mata al-Qalb al-Shaji - by Sheikh Shakir al-Himsi,
---Mazahir al-Haqq La Tu'addu - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Min Jamal al-Kawn - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Mudh Nawaytu al-Safar - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Mudh Sha'at al-Dhat al-'Aliyya - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Muridan Sari' - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Nabda' Bismi al-Qadir - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis,
---Nadaytuha Fi Mashhad al-Ihsan - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Nahnu Fi Rawdat al-Rasul Hudur - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Nasamat Hawaka Laha Araju - by Unknown,
---Nur Badri Lah - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Qad 'Ammat al-Bariya (Ya Ayuha al-Nabi) - by Sheikh Abd'al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Qad Bada (al-Ghayba Fi Shuhud al-Dhat) - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Qad Kafani 'Ilm Rabbi  - by Imam Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad,
---Qad Sarafna al-'Umra Fi Qil Wa Qal - by Unknown,
---Qalbi Li 'Ilm al-Illah - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Qamarun Min Fawq Ghusn Naqa - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Qul Allah Ya Murid - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Qum Bina Li Nayl al-Muna - by Attributed Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Qum Wa Isqini - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Ra'aytu Khayal al-Zill Akbar 'Ibra - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Rawhun Wa Rayhan - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Rijal Allah 'Ibad Allah - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Rufi'at Astar al-Bayn - by  Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Sa'altu Qalbi (Wahdat al-Fi'l Wa al-Wujud) - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Sabbun Ahabbaka - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Safat al-Nazra - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Salabat Layla - by Sheikh Abu-al-Hasan al-Shushtari,
---Salla Llah 'Alayk Ya Nur - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Salli Ya Salam - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yallis,
---Saqa Zaman al-Ban - by Unknown,
---Saqani Mudami - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Sharibna 'Ala Dhikr al-Habib - by Ibn al-Farid,
---Suluwwi 'An al-Ahbab - by Sheikh Muhammad al-Tayeb al-Mubarak,
---Taba Li Khal' 'Idhari - by Muhammad al-Nashshar,
---Tabadda Husn (Hiya Shamsun Badat) - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Tadiqu Bina al-Dunya - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Takallam Hashimi - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Tal'at al-Mahbub - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Tala'a al-Badru 'Alayna - by The Ansar (Medinan Helpers),
---Talama Ashku Gharami - by  Sheikh AbdulHadi al-Wafai,
---Tamallaktumu 'Aqli - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Tara'at Wa La Aynan Hunaka - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Tashaffa' Ya Rasula Llah - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Tayyahatni Lubna - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Tih Dalalan Fa Anta Ahl Li Dhaka - by Ibn al-Farid,
---Wa Ahsan Ahwali - by Sheikh Mohammed al-Harraq,
---Wa Allah Ma Tala'at Shamsun - by Sheikh Al-Husayn bin Mansur al-Hallaj,
---Wa Llah Bi Suhbatihi Fuzna - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Wa Min A'jab al-Amr - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Wa Tara al-Qawm Sukara - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Wajhi Bi Nuri al-Haqq - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Wajhun Qad Ashraqa Farqaduhu - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Wasaluni Ba'd Bu'di - by Unknown,
---Ya 'Adhuli - by Umm Muhammad al-Yashrutiyya,
---Ya Ajmal al-Anbiya - by Attributed to Sheikh Ahmad Zarruq,
---Ya Badr Ma Ana - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Ya Badra Timm Bada - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Ya Bani al-Mustafa - by Sheikh Bukri Rajab,
---Ya Ghusn Ban Yasbi - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Ya Habib al-Qulub - by Sheikh Al-Husayn bin Mansur al-Hallaj,
---Ya Habibi Tala Shawqi - by Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Kurdi,
---Ya Hadi al-Rukban - by Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Bahauddin al-Rawas,
---Ya Imam al-Rusl - by Abdul Raheem al-Buri,
---Ya Jamal al-Wujud - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Ya Kawkab al-'Asr - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Ya Khaliq al-Akwan - by Sheikh Mahmoud al-Manini al-Dimashqi,
---Ya Kitab al-Ghuyub - by Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Bahauddin al-Rawas,
---Ya Latif al-Shama'il - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Ya Man 'Ala Fa Ra'a Ma Fi al-Qulub - by Al-Ghawth Abu Madyan,
---Ya Man 'Aqadtu Tiflan - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Ya Man A'ara al-Lin al-Ghusun - by Sheikh Amin al-Jundi,
---Ya Man Turid Tadri Fanni - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ya Man Yurid Hadrat al-'Iyan - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Ya Man Zaharat Bi Nurihi al-Akwan (al-Alawi) - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ya Man Zaharat Bi Nurihi al-Akwan (Nabulsi) - by Sheikh 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi,
---Ya Marfu' al-Hujb - by Sheikh Ali Wafa,
---Ya Nasim al-Wardi - by Sheikh Al-Husayn bin Mansur al-Hallaj,
---Ya Rijalan Ghabu - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ya Sa'iq al-Afkar - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Ya Salik Bi al-Huda - by Sheikh Omar al-Yafi,
---Ya Saqi al-Nudman - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Ya Talib al-Fana Fi Allah (al-Fana Fi Allah) - by Sheikh Muhammad ibn al-Habib,
---Ya Wahidan Fi Badi' al-Husn - by Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri,
---Ya Zahiran Bi al-Mazahir - by Abd al-Qadir al-Himsi,
---Yatahattak Hijabi - by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi,
---Zidni Bi Fart al-Hubb - by Ibn al-Farid.








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*Dimensions : 25.7 x 16.2cm.