Rise of a Legend
Influence to sufi Music
The influence of Sufism in Rahman’s life reflects in his Compositions too. He moved on the path of spirituality with the foot prints of Sufism.
The Sufism has an impact on rahman’s many of the works including the songs such as ‘kun faya kun’ from Rockstar, ‘piya haji ali’ from Fiza, ‘Khwaja mere khwaja’ from jodhaakbar etc. Rahman made many Musical concerts for the uplift of the Sufi Music.
Rahman was a great fan of the Qawalli
style of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He had
a great influence from Saint
Nizamuddinaulia on his life.
Rahman once said in an interview that
he has an internal connect with the saint
which is more than to put into words.
Talking about how Sufism can change the
world for the better, he said, “The need of
the hour is to share the spirituality and love
which the Sufis give within humanity. I am a
student still; I am learning a lot. I am going
from preacher to preacher to encompass the values of Sufism in my heart.
There are four stages in Sufism, namely
shari’a (exoteric path),tariqa (esoteric
path), haqiqa (mystical truth) and marifa
(final mystical knowledge). I don’t know
to which stage I belong. But I am very
fascinated by the process of getting
there. I am almost like a beggar in front
of a very rich person—the almighty.
That’s what spirituality teaches you: to
be a fakir.” Rahman Quoted in an
Interview given to the Sunday Guardian.
At the time of busy schedules this influence helps him being calm and cool. For A R Rahman Music is life, these are some incentive that made creativity an optimistic approach in. This helps him enjoying his work.
