Today, Faridi is the lead singer of Fanna-fi-Allah, the West’s most successful Qawwali ensemble. Immersing himself in traditional Qawwali music during numerous stays in Pakistan and India, Faridi gradually penetrated the spiritual world of South Asia’s Islamic mystics. At the age of seventeen he found a Sufi master, converted to Islam and took the name Tahir. As a teenager, Faridi, whose name is derived from Baba Farid – a 13th century Sufi saint – travelled through India as a meditating wandering ascetic. The Canadian Tahir Faridi Qawwal, born Geoffrey Lyons, dared to do it anyway. "Allah Hu" in its basic naat form was penned by the late Maulana Syed Hasan Imdad of Pakistan.It is not easy to learn a musical tradition that has grown organically over the centuries and produced successions of masters while striving for ever greater levels of perfection – especially when you yourself come from a completely different culture. In 2nd season of Coke Studio (India), "Allah Hu" was sung by Nooran Sisters composed by Hitesh Sonik in 2012. In 1st season of Coke Studio (Pakistan), "Allah Hu" was sung by Ali Zafar along with Saaein Tufail Ahmed in 2008. It is also a song by Sufi rock musician Salman Ahmad, formerly of Junoon, the Pakistani rock band. An English version is sung by Sami Yusuf on the album Al-Muʽallim (2003), while a Malay version is sung by a popular Malaysian Nasheed group Raihan.
Versions of the song have been translated into other languages.
Versions of the song have also been sung by many other qawwals and Sufi singers, including Hans Raj Hans, Master Salim, and Faiz Ali Faiz. 2" (although all three songs do have some lyrics in common). For example, the "Allah Hoo" that appears on the Sabri Brothers 1998 CD Qawwali: Sufi Music from Pakistan is totally different from the song that became one of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's signature qawwalis, and this in turn is totally different from Qawwal Bahauddin's version on the 1991 Shalimar compilation video titled " Tajdar-e-Haram, vol. Although these songs have the same title, many of them are totally different songs. Qawwalis titled "Allah Hoo" have been performed by many different qawwals. God is Truth."the naat starts of like this Allahu diya paiyan pukaran aqa aye ayan bharan Haqq is the Arabic for "truth", so that the full dhikr translates to "God is. As a noun phrase, the chant is interpreted as meaning "God is". In traditional Sufi chant, the length of the -u is exaggerated. The "Hoo" is due to the nominative suffix ( i`rab) -u ( ḍamma) being pronounced before initial vowel, as the word Allahu is run together several times: Allahu Allahu Allahu is rendered as /al:a:hual:a:hual:a:h/ (compare the phrase Allahu Akbar where the -u is also audible).
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