"The word 'Allah' too is a symbol. The true creator of this universe cannot be imprisoned in a few letters. When you see a thing from the front, you need two eyes. In order to see it from all six sides, you would need twelve eyes! So that which is standing at infinity, how can you see it with these two paltry eyes? For that you need 'baseerat'... the vision of your inner eye, the eye of your soul… which alone is capable of seeing it from all sides." - Farid Ayaz
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Fariduddin Ayaz along with his brother Abu Mohammad and extended family are acclaimed qawwals from Karachi, Pakistan and belong to the 700-year-old 'Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana' of Delhi. They sing in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pushto, Hindi, Poorbi, Persian, Arabic and Turkish, intermingling with aplomb the voice of Kabir with a range of Sufi poets including Jalaluddin Rumi, Sachal Sarmast, Zaheen Shah and others. Contact them at: +92-300-2105393, abupk@yahoo.com
This is one of a series of uploads for Ajab Shahar, a webspace dedicated to mystic poem and song, created by the Kabir Project team (www.ajabshahar.org ; www.kabirproject.org).
Interview Translation: Prashant Parvatneni & Shabnam Virmani
Video Credits:
Camera & Interview by: Shabnam Virmani
Production Assistance: Smriti Chanchani
Editing: Megha Bhaduri & Shruti Kulkarni
Sub-Titling: Prashant Parvatneni
Collection: The Kabir Project
Place: Karachi, Pakistan
Date of Recording: March 2006