Song lyrics

Ajab suroor mila hai

📜 Lyrics

What wonderful joy I found through your prayer for me That God himself smiled and opened the stars for me (That God himself smiled and opened the stars for me) What wonderful joy I found through your prayer for me Begging too is an art form when I have embraced it And asked for it from him with such earnest entreaty Every tyranny of the night of separation was broken When I made the morning come by calling upon God, God What wonderful joy I found through your prayer for me That God himself smiled and opened the stars for me Thinking that someday a response would surely come I stood at his door and kept calling out in supplication These physicians are nothing but a gathering of those with poor taste Who separated me from you and made me see you as distant May God not forgive them either—then it would be a mercy For those who are ashamed of themselves through their own mistakes (For those who are ashamed of themselves through their own mistakes) My faith in my own self has grown solid and sure Nadim, what did I gain anyway through someone's faithfulness? What wonderful joy I found through your prayer for me... (What wonderful joy I found through your prayer for me) That God himself smiled and opened the stars for me

💡 Meaning & story

Chorus (Opening Couplet): What a strange joy I have found through prayer... • Explanation: The poet says that after praying to God with a sincere heart, I have found a strange spiritual peace and happiness. It felt as though a star sparkled in the sky, and that star was actually my God's smile, which signaled the acceptance of my prayer. First Verse: • Begging too is a refined art form... o Explanation: To become a beggar and ask is itself a legitimate art. I have perfected this art by this: when I stretched my hands before God, instead of asking for worldly wealth and riches, I asked for God Himself. • Every hardship of the night of separation has been defeated... o Explanation: Every difficulty and darkness of the night spent away from the beloved had to surrender, because I spent the entire night calling upon God and remembering Him, until at last I saw the light of dawn break through (that is, the difficult time passed). Second Verse: • Thinking that an answer will surely come one day... o Explanation: I stand at the door of my True Beloved (Allah) with full hope, having called out once, that today or tomorrow, surely a response filled with love will come from within. • These are healers—a gathering of tasteless people... o Explanation: The poet mocks those people and so-called sympathizers of the world who have come to cure him. He says they have no understanding of love; they wish to heal my ailment by drawing me away from the memory of my Beloved (God), which is utterly impossible. Bridge: • If even God does not forgive them, then it would be a marvel... o Explanation: This is a verse of deep psychological and emotional state. The poet says that when a person, after committing sin, becomes truly repentant and ashamed from the heart, then his forgiveness becomes certain. Here the poet says in a unique way that after sincere repentance, God's mercy is already in motion; if forgiveness does not come even after such shame, it would be astonishing. (That is, true shame itself is the real repentance). Closing Couplet (Outro): • My faith in my own self has grown firm... o Explanation: O Nadeem! On this journey of love and devotion, although I could not receive any outward or worldly reward, yet the greatest benefit of this has been that I have gained complete certainty in myself and in the truth of my character. My faithfulness has made me a stronger person from within.