Kullu man 'Alaiha Faan: A soul stirring Nasheed....

 

Sharing a very beautiful nasheed that I only recently discovered, and it's so profound and melodic and truthful that it's one of the finest devotional songs of praise I have heard...

The lines "Kullu man Alaiha Faan" are taken from the 26th verse of Surah Ar-Rahman (55:26) in Quran. The English meaning of which is:

"Everyone upon the earth will perish. And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor." 

The song can be heard here:

New Motivational kalam 2025 | Kullu Man Alaiha Faan | Muhammad Anas Nazeer | JSM | Nasheed Club

The song has lyrics in Hindi and Arabic/Urdu

The following lines of the song are especially very deep:

"rooh jism ko ek din chod kar yu jayegi

tum jahan raho lekin maut lene aayegi

kya faqeer kya sultan

kullu man Alaiha faan

rab ne kar diya elaan

kullu man alaiha faan

baaki hoga bas rahmaan

kullu man alaiha faan.."

Interestingly, I keep getting reminded of some lines of a song (see below) from an old Bollywood movie (Muqaddar ka Sikandar, 1979), that talks of death being the only truth in this Dunya of illusions...and likens death (or rather Angel of Death/ Malak-ul-Maut) to that devoted lover who will most certainly appear and come to take the soul....

"Zindagi to bewafa hai

ek din thukraegi

maut Mehbooba hai

apne saath lekar jayegi.."