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Soul of Sufi Music — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Definitive Qawwali MP3

Soul of Sufi Music is a compilation title that makes an audacious claim and then proceeds to defend it with extraordinary performances. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has participated in and won many qawwali competitions. He is one of the classic qawwals of history. He is the unforgettable music icon who gave new meanings to the traditional form of qawwali. The soul of sufi music, if that phrase points at anything specific, is the quality of genuine spiritual presence in the performance — the difference between technically excellent devotional music and music that actually transmits something beyond technique.

What Makes Sufi Music Have a Soul

iRulz hosts this collection as part of a comprehensive approach to preserving Pakistani sufi qawwali. Ustad Badar Miandad Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Faiz Ali Faiz all represent the tradition's soul from different performer positions and different moments in the tradition's history.

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FAQ

What does the soul of music mean in sufi thought? The tradition distinguishes between music that moves the outward senses and music that penetrates to the inner heart. The soul of sufi music is the quality that makes the second kind possible — the intention, preparation and spiritual state of the performer.

Is this appropriate for listeners who are not religious? Yes — the quality that makes sufi music have soul communicates across religious boundaries. Listeners who approach it aesthetically or humanistically will find genuine depth in the recordings.

Is this a good gift for someone interested in world spirituality? A compilation with this title is explicitly designed to be an entry point for that kind of listener.

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