Baroque in Islam in 2024

In February 2024, Sami Yusuf published a recording of a Paris concert on his YouTube channel. It features a piece that has a positive effect on the heart chakra, titled L’Amour Vivant. This is the first Islamic and Middle Eastern fusion known to me that incorporates clear influences of European Baroque music. One could say that a version of Baroque is beginning here—one that, a year ago, no one would have imagined.

I noticed characteristic influences and references to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. As if the Master himself were suggesting the proper melodic solutions to Sami.

The only discordant element is the lyrical layer. I suggest that readers enable the option of lyric translation. At the beginning, three people, singing in different languages, speak about problems in male–female relationships. A man complains about a prostitute. Unfortunately, two female singers lament the absence of a man by their side. This is immediately met with an embarrassing, sexualized response from the male souls of the musicians and the audience—especially those seated in the front rows.

This two-minute moment of shame would not have occurred if the lyricists had added the word “God” a few times.

This situation arises due to the texts of Sufis and mystics such as Rumi, who carefully avoid God in their works. Some do not promote Him even in homeopathic doses. Theoretically, descriptions of longing in male–female relationships are meant to clearly indicate that a person and their Soul long for…

Opublikowano: 07/01/2026
Autor: Sławomir Majda
Kateogrie: God, Heart Energy and Love., Prayer, Religions, priests, sects, idolatry, vows.

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