Maher Zain

Salam. Good day!

Kali pertama saya dapat emel dari sahabat pasal seorang penyanyi nasyid dari Sweden yang baru meningkat naik. Saya 'paksakan' juga diri untuk tekan link youtube yang diberi, ye lah mane tahu kot-kot best nasyid die. Saya suka je lagu apa pun, penyanyi manapun, asalkan lagunya berunsurkan ketuhanan. Saya mudah tertarik pada melodi... selepas itu barulah saya akan hayati sepenuhnya lirik. Memang adatlah kite akan tertarik pada sesuatu yang menarik kan? Lepas tu barulah kita akan menghayatinya... Memang tak rugi saya klik link hari tu, nasyid yang diperkenalkan amat straight forward dan 'segar'. Pendek kata...saya suke lah!

Maher Zain

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Maher’s first musical inspiration came from his father, who was a singer himself, performing locally in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Tripoli – Lebanon. Fascinated by the music and instruments, Maher got his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially became part of Maher’s world.

The family moved to Sweden when Maher was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. With things changing around him, one thing remained the same – his strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. It didn’t take him long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is.

After being involved for a while in the music scene in Sweden as a music producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started working with RedOne with Swedish artists, and later moved with him to New York. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat Deluna on her debut album which included smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’.

Maher had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a glamorous business, but for Maher it felt like this was far from what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something wasn’t right”. RedOne was on the verge of breaking into the big time, going on to work with artists like Akon, Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, Brandy, New Kids on the Block, and Michael Jackson to mention just a few, and becoming one of the most sought-after music producers in the world. Maher however was restless and eventually decided that the music industry and all that surrounded wasn’t the right place for him and he returned to Sweden. It wasn’t until he met a group of brothers who were active in the Islamic community in Stockholm and he started regularly attending his local mosque that he felt like he’d reached ‘home’.

Maher feels blessed to able to finally find the right way, and feels like it’s his turn now to help others through his music to do the same: “If I had one thing I’d like to tell people out there it would be that it’s so easy to see the right way if we just open our eyes and look properly; that’s what happened to me.”

SubhanaLlah... Kite rase semangat bila jumpa orang yang hebat dan kuat semangat kan? Hope this bro akan diberi kemudahan dan kekuatan utk menghadapi cabaran dalam memperjuangkan Islam melalui muzik. Hayati setiap lirik dan melodi yang dialunkan. You'll find the strength insyaAllah. Enjoy yourself!

InshaAllah
Everytime you feel like you cannot go on
You feel so lostThat your so alone
All you is see is night
And darkness all around
You feel so helpless
You can’t see which way to go
Don’t despair and never loose hope
Cause Allah is always by your side
Insha Allah x3
Insya Allah you’ll find your way
Everytime you can make one more mistake
You feel you can’t repent
And that its way too late
Your’re so confused, wrong decisions you have made
Haunt your mind and your heart is full of shame

Don’t despair and never loose hope
Cause Allah is always by your side
Insha Allah x3
Insya Allah you’ll find your way
Insha Allah x3
Insya Allah you’ll find your way

Turn to Allah
He’s never far away
Put your trust in Him
Raise your hands and pray
OOO Ya Allah
Guide my steps don’t let me go astray
You’re the only one that showed me the way,
Showed me the way x2
Insha Allah x3
Insya Allah we’ll find the way

Dan banyak lagi nasyid-nasyid beliau yang menarik... boleh cari di youtube. Antara lagu yang saya minat InshaAllah, For The Rest of My Life, Open Your Eyes, Thank You Allah. Ini intro je, hope anda semua suka.