Sami Yusuf

Sami Yusuf is a a British singer-songwriter of Azerbaijani origin described as the Islamic Bono. He was born in Tehran, Iran to Azerbaijani parents in July 1980 and raised in the United Kingdom. He is married to a German lady. His grandparents left Baku to the Qajar-Turk Empire in Persia after the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic surrendered to the Soviet Bolsheviks in 1920's.

Signed to the Awakening label his first album, Al-Mu'allim, was released in July 2003 and attained huge success. His second album, My Ummah, which was released in 2005, comes in two versions, a musical version and one with just percussion. Yusuf's music comprises mostly of songs to do with Islam and being a Muslim in today's world. He also deals with many social and humanitarian issues in his music. At present he is fast becoming a very popular figure in the Islamic world, and has made several videos of his songs.A third album is planned for release during Ramadan or in (Sept-Oct) of this year. Sami showed off two of his songs from his yet-to-be released album in some benefit concerts organized by Islamic Relief.
Nevertheless, he has also sparked controversy due to the nature of his shows which critics claim have more in common with western pop concerts than Islamic spiritual values he claims to espouse.However he has published a rebuttal to these claims on his website.

His international status has taken a clear enhancement on the second album with the participation of the trio of Outlandish on the track "Try Not to Cry".

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Mother(Arabic)
Allah u Allah
Allahu me Salli
Ya Rasullah
Hasbi Rabbi
99 Names of Allah
Quran
He Was Mohammad