Waiting for the Call

As Salam...

I do not consider myself being a nasheed fan. But, some songs really touches and reverberates my heart. This is one of them, titled "Waiting for the Call" by Irfan Makki. He sang this during the recent Maher Zain Concert in Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam.

His voiced is uniquely high pitch, akin to the late Michael Jackson's. This is a song about the call and journey to perform the Hajj, one of the 5 pillars in Islam. It describes too the feeling that one may get when in prostration to the Almighty in front of the Ka'aba. Hopefully, God grants us all the permission be with Him in Mecca Al Mukaramah. Video of Br Irfan Makki after the lyrics.

Miles away, oceans apart
never in my sight always in my heart
the love is always there it will never die
only growing stronger a tears rose down my eye

I am thiking all the time
when the day will come
standing there before you
accept this Hajj of mine

standing in ihram, making my tawaf
drinking blessings from your well
the challenges that I have suffered
and might were rekindles my imaan

O Allah! I am waiting for the call
praying for the day when I can be near the Kabah wall
O Allah! I am waiting for the call
praying for the day when I can be near the Kabah wall

I feel alive and I feel strong
I can feel Islam running in my Veins
to see my muslim brothers, their purpose all the same
greeting one another, exalting one True Name
I truly hope one day that everyone’s a Muslim.
that they remember you in everything they say

standing in ihram making my tawaf, making my tawaf
drinking blessings from your well
the challenges that I have suffered
and might were rekindles my imaan

O Allah! I am waiting for the call
praying for the day when I can be near the Kabah wall
O Allah! I am waiting for the call
praying for the day when I can be near the Kabah wall

Here is the one which was sang during the Maher Zain Live in Concert at Stadium Malawati on the 26th of Feb 2011.