'Nazrul' in Ishrak Hussain's voice
This Mawlid An-Nabi (Islamic Celebration of the Holy Prophet Muhammad's birthday), another of devotional songs by Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-197) is rendered in Ishrak Hussain's voice. This time around, the singer-composer and devotee of Nazrul's music is covering 'Khodar Habib Holen Najil' written over fifty percent a hundred years ago and reached the verge of extinction by the duration of time.
While Muslims worldwide raising their voice against the mocking of the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad(PBUH), this Mawlid definitely has a greater spirit to hail the prophetic teaching and philosophy. Ishrak believes that in a period such as this, it's his duty as a Muslim musician and artist to bring traditional and classical pieces of poetry and music that represent the Islamic faith to light.
Ishrak Hussain is actually a successor of Nazrul's music to his audience in Bangladesh and among the youngest representative artists of Islamic, Spiritual. Religious music in many countries for his musical works on the virtual platforms. As religious music is always his main interest, he has recently covered a few of Kazi Nazrul Islam's greatest Islamic songs, poems from the 20th century.
A number of the works are namely, "Tribhubon Er Prio Muhammad", "Khodar Premer Sorab Piye", "Muhammad Er Nam Jopechili" which got huge responses and compliments on the social media platforms, gaining an incredible number of views. The most recent song, Mawlid-Special 'Khodar Habib HolenNajil' released on October 29 on all social media platforms owned by Ishrak.
"It's an artistic expression of love and devotion I cherish for my faith and the main human regarding my faith, (Peace be Upon Him). My religion is a path of love, peace, and tolerance. But even uncountable of non-Muslims adore and love Muhammad and it is the wrongest thing to insult anyone like him, I'll keep spreading the arts that glorify him", Ishrak says.
