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    If You Ask Me (In Sa’altum)

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    Released September, 1999

    If You Ask Me (In Sa’altum)

    (Traditional, English lyrics by Yusuf Islam)

    In sa’altum ‘an Ilaahi
    Fa huwa Rahmaan ar-Raheem
    Anzala’sh-shar‘a haneefa
    Rahmata’lil-‘aalameen
    Rahmata’lil-‘aalameen

    In sa’altum ‘an kitaabi
    Fa huwa Qur’an ul-Kareem
    Damma dustuur al-hayaati
    Wa hawa nur al-mubeen
    Wa hawa nur al-mubeen

    If you ask me who my God is
    On whose name I call
    If you ask me who my God is:
    ‘He’s the God of us all’
    ‘Allah, the Merciful’

    If you ask me what my Book is
    that I hold in my hand
    If you ask me what my Book is:
    ‘It’s the Holy Qur’an
    The Holy Qur’an’

    In sa’altum ‘an nabiyyi
    Fa huwa insaanun ‘adheem
    ‘Allama’n-naasa ‘ulooman
    Jama‘a’d-dunyaa wa deen
    Jama‘a’d-dunyaa wa deen

    In sa’altum ‘an ‘aduwwi
    Fa huwa shaytaan ur-rajeem
    Khaa’inun yad‘u li-kufrin
    Wa yu‘een ul-mu‘tadeen
    Wa yu‘een ul-mu’tadeen

    If you ask me who my Prophet is
    I will say, ‘Haven’t you heard?
    His name is Muhammad
    (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

    A Mercy to the worlds
    A Mercy to the worlds

    If you ask me who my enemy is
    I will say, ‘Don’t you know?’
    If you ask me who my enemy is:
    ‘He’s that same old Devil,
    That same old Devil’

    In sa’altum ‘an Ilaahi
    Fa huwa Rahmaan ar-Raheem
    In sa’altum an kitaabi
    Fa huwa Qur’an ul-Kareem

    In sa’altum ‘an nabiyyi
    Fa huwa insaanun ‘adheem
    In sa’altum ‘an ‘aduwwi
    Fa huwa shaytaan ur-rajeem