Man Kunto Maula is a Manqabat

Qawwali Qawwali (Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali: কাওয়ালি ( Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontine ...

song composed by

Amir Khusro Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253–1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian s ...

in the praise of

Ali ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

. This song is based on a

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

, i.e. a saying of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

: ''Whoever accepts me as a Maula(Love), Ali is his Maula(Love) too'' Man Kunto Maula
shaah-e-mardaaN
sher-e-yazdaaN
quvvat-e-parvardigaar
laa fatah illaa Ali
laa saif illaa zulfiqaar ''King of the brave,''
''lion of God,''
'' ndstrength of God.''
''There is no victory Except (Without) A'' ''Ali nd'
''there is no sword like Zulfiqaar*.''
''* Zulfiqaar was the sword of Ali Pereanted By Allah In Jung Ul Uhud when He Was Saving Prophet Mohammed From Enimies Of Allah and Prophet Including Abu Sufiyan, Abu Jehel, Khalid Bin Waleed(all To fasther and Son), And Many Others, After Jung Al Uhud they All Converted To Islam.'' Ali imaam-e-manasto manam Ghulaam-e-Ali
hazaar jaan-e-giraamii fidaa-e-naam-e-Ali ''Ali is my master, I am the slave of Ali''
''thousands of lives can be sacrificed for the sacredness of name of Ali.''
man kunto maulaa
fa haaza Aliun maulaa ''To whom I am the master''
''Ali is the master.'' Note: ''A famous tradition (hadith) of Prophet Muhammad. Ali was his cousin and son-in-law.''
daaraa dil daaraa dil daar-e-daanii
tum tum taa naa naa naanaa, naanaa naanaa re
yaalaalii yaalaalii yaalaa, yaalaa yaalaa ''Dar – Bheetar, Aandar (inside)'' ''Dara – Andar Aa (get in or come inside)'' ''Dartan – Tanke Aandar (inside the body)'' ''Tanandara – Tanke Aandar Aa (Come inside the body)'' ''Tom – Main Tum Hun (I am you)'' ''Nadirdani – Tu Sabse Adhik Janata Hai (You know more than anyone else)'' ''Tandardani – Tanke Aandarka Jannewala (One who knows what is inside the body)'' ''Tanan Dar Aa - Enter my body.'' ''O Dani - He knows'' ''Tu Dani - You know.'' ''Na Dir Dani - You are the Complete Wisdom.'' ''Tom - I am yours, I belong to you.'' ''Yala - Ya Allah'' ''Yali - Ya Ali.'' Ali shaah-e-mardaaN imaamun kabiiraa
ke baad az nabii shud bashirun naziiraa ''Ali is the king of the brave and the great leader''
''because after the Prophet, there is Ali.''

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