TIGA tahun lalu, dia pernah terbuai dengan keseronokan duniawi. Bergelar pengunjung tegar pusat hiburan, meneguk minuman beralkohol serta menjadikan najis dadah sebagai peneman, penyanyi dan produser yang berhasil menghipnos pengikut dari seluruh dunia, Maher Zain, 29, secara terbuka berkongsi kekhilafan dirinya.
Berterus-terang, tidak pernah terlintas di ruang fikirnya ingin berdampingan dengan gelaran anak seni. Jejaka kacak berketurunan Lebanon dan dibesarkan di Sweden itu, sebaliknya punya alasan sendiri untuk tegak berdiri dalam belantika hiburan lantas mengalunkan kelunakan vokalnya yang dibalut puji-pujian kepada Sang Pencipta.
Berterus-terang, tidak pernah terlintas di ruang fikirnya ingin berdampingan dengan gelaran anak seni. Jejaka kacak berketurunan Lebanon dan dibesarkan di Sweden itu, sebaliknya punya alasan sendiri untuk tegak berdiri dalam belantika hiburan lantas mengalunkan kelunakan vokalnya yang dibalut puji-pujian kepada Sang Pencipta.
"Tiga tahun lalu, saya jauh daripada Allah kerana melakukan banyak perkara yang bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam. Saya juga bergaul dengan orang tidak baik. Malah, paling menyedihkan saya tidak ingat dengan bacaan Al-Fatihah. Bayangkan, sampai macam itu sekali. Saya akui keadaan ini agak serius sekali gus membimbangkan diri.
"Tidak lama kemudian, saya rasa teramat kekosongan. Apa tidaknya, saya melihat diri ini tidak sama dengan kawan lain sampaikan kami pernah berselisih faham sesama sendiri apabila mempersoal tentang cara hidup dan persekitaran tidak betul ini. Selepas itu, saya diperkenalkan kepada RedOne lantas bekerja di sampingnya bagi menerbitkan album artis lain.
"Dalam waktu sama, saya sering mengunjungi sebuah masjid dan bertemu rakan-rakan baru. Mereka banyak memberi nasihat kepada saya agar kembali kepada asal-Nya. Justeru, saya mula lebih mengenal diri sehinggakan timbul kesedaran untuk berkarya," katanya ketika ditemui pada pelancaran album Thank You Allah di Menara Kuala Lumpur Selasa lalu.
source: kosmoonline
source: kosmoonline
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salam... Alhamdulillah.. what past is past
yang penting kita harus pandang ke depan..
Allah SWT sentiasa memberi peluang kepada hambanya
untuk bertaubat..
Thank You Allah.. Kaulah satu2nya yang memahami hamba2mu..
0hh itu rupanya kisah silam maher..alhamdulillah dia dah mendapat hidayah Allah. aku suka lagu2 dia..
begitulah Allah memberikan hidayahnya kepada sesiapa saja yang Dia kehendaki.
alhamdulillah...Allah bukan sahaja memberi pintu taubat kepada dia..malah skang dikenali diseluruh dunia
memang minat kat maher zain
Fascinated by the music and instruments, Maher got his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially became part of Maher’s world.
The family moved to Sweden when Maher was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. With things changing around him, one thing remained the same – his strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. It didn’t take him long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is.
After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started working with RedOne and later moved to New York. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat Deluna on her debut album including smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’. Maher had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a glamorous business, but for Maher it felt like this was far from what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something wasn’t right”.
In January 2009, Maher Zain decided to work on an album that reflects his identity – Arab, Western and Muslim – and signed with Awakening Records. Maher’s debut album Thank Youa Allah reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s World Music charts and number 9 on the R&B charts.
In January 2010, in a music competition organized by Nujoom FM (Egypt’s biggest music radion station) Maher’s track ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alayka’ was voted as the best song for 2009. Runners up included big names like Hussein Aljismi, Mohammed Mounir and Sami Yusuf. Maher has already performed at sold out concerts in Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and the US amongst others and is fast becoming the ‘next superstar of Islamic music’.
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