Okay, I would never discuss these things here, but I owe it to A R that I must clear obvious mistakes. I must say that some of the info is pretty close to the actual story, but isn't. Abdul Qadir Jeelani is a Muslim scholar from many centuries ago, so the name of the guy is Kareemullah I think (I think AR had KM studio in his honor). The name issue I have discussed before. His name was originally Abdur-Rahman or Abdul Rahman. For Roja, not his mom but K. BALACHANDER requested that he use the muslim name. So A R R wanted to use ONLY the initials A R as it sounded cool :) But Balachander liked the ring of A R Rahman, and A R became Allah-Rakha which again is actually a single name. I know it sounds pretty fantastic, but this is the real story. I hope you have seen in the past 6 1/2 years that I don't post inaccurate info about A R :)
--- In [email protected], Rahmaniac⢠<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand most of us are not completely aware of the series of events happened during those 10 transition years...so, someone in a blog nicely wrote the details... > > Rahman adds: "I am whatever because of my parent's prayers to God. I am > whatever I am - because the prayers I pray conscientiously, sincerely > and with full faith. I will be whatever I am - only because of Him, I > know it. He has given me everything. He can take everything away and I > accept His decision without any questions, without a murmur. He is > everything to me. I am just an infinitesimal creation of His. He has > created me for a specific mission. I will be committing a sin if I > don't fulfill that mission. That's my only belief. That's the only > thing that matters to me. I don't care for all the other temptations of > the world. I am born for music. I live for music. I will live for music > till the very end. My life and death are in His hands. I will live only > till He wants me to live. I will die only when He wants me to die. It's > all God's will... Insha Allah.!" > > The story: > After his father passed away, the burden of earning the bread and > butter for his family fell on Dileep's shoulders at the very young age > of 11, and because of that, he had been struggling extremely hard for > some years. > > > > His family went through a rough patch following his father's death, > which literally shook their world. He even had to work in amateur > Kannada plays at the age of 13, to earn money for his family. > > > > Because of these hardships, sometime afterwards he stopped believing in > the God. He believed that there was no God. There was a feeling of > restlessness within him. But later when he stabilized himself, he found > that the concept of God in Islam was very appealing to him. > > > > He learnt that there can be no life without a force governing, without > God. And then he found what he was looking for - in Islam. It all > happened around 1988, when one of his sisters fell seriously ill, with > similar inexplicable conditions as their father. Numerous attempts to > cure her failed. Her condition progressively worsened. The family tried > everything from medicine to religious methods like havanas and prayers > in the church. > > > > The family had given up all hope; when they came in contact with a > Muslim Pir called as Pir Karimulla Shah Qadri or Sheik Abdul Qadir > Jeelani Sahib or Pir Qadri. > > > > The family had earlier gone to the Pir when Dileep's father had similar > troubles, but were too late to save him. With Pir's prayers and > blessings, Dileep's sister made a miraculous recovery. Pir Quadri > advised the family frequently. It was Pir who taught them the purpose > of life, and also led Dileep and his family members to accept Islam. > > > > Rattled by the bad experiences earlier in the case of his father and > now his sister, and influenced by the teachings of the Pir and the > succor that they found in him, the entire family converted to Islam. So > great was the influence of the Pir on the family, that Dileep started > using the place which he had blessed first as his music room, and > later, when he started becoming successful, a studio. When the family > shifted to their current house, they resolved to stick to the devotion. > So he and his family - excluding one of his sisters - converted to > Islam. But it was not an instantaneous decision - it took them whole 10 > years to come to that decision. > > > > The meeting with Pir was, for Dileep, an inner awakening and cleansing. > He started feeling, that it is not about being Hindu or being Muslim or > anything, but there is this one feeling and that is God - The Almighty. > > > > Both his father and mother were strong believers in Astrology. His > mother took him along once to an astrologer called Ulaganathan, in > Chennai, to get the horoscope for her second daughter Bala. > > > > She asked the astrologer to suggest an Islamic name for Dileep. The > astrologer immediately suggested 'Abdul Rahman' and also asked him to > shorten it to AR Rahman. When his mother asked the astrologer why the > other initial 'R', the astrologer replied "Give him a name with those > two initials and mark my words, he will grow up to be a great man". His > mother did accordingly. > > > > This happened around when the production of the cassettes of 'Roja' was > going on. The producers had decided to credit the composer as Dileep on > the inlay cards of cassettes of the film. Dileep's mother immediately > approached director Manirathnam, and placed this unusual condition - to > credit Dileep with a Muslim name. The new name of the 25-year old > composer was: A R Rahman! And the rest, as they say, is history! > > > > The initials A and R later became 'Allah Rakha' on the suggestion of > renowned Hindi music composer Naushad Ali. Thus A Sekhar Dileep Kumar > became Allah Rakha Rahman. This was around 1988. > > > > He says, "Family problems and the need for peace of mind made us change > the faith. Sufism has given me peace. As Dileep I had an inferiority > complex. As AR Rahman I feel like I have been born again." > > > > Rahman adds: "I am whatever because of my parent's prayers to God. I am > whatever I am - because the prayers I pray conscientiously, sincerely > and with full faith. I will be whatever I am - only because of Him, I > know it. He has given me everything. He can take everything away and I > accept His decision without any questions, without a murmur. He is > everything to me. I am just an infinitesimal creation of His. He has > created me for a specific mission. I will be committing a sin if I > don't fulfill that mission. That's my only belief. That's the only > thing that matters to me. I don't care for all the other temptations of > the world. I am born for music. I live for music. I will live for music > till the very end. My life and death are in His hands. I will live only > till He wants me to live. I will die only when He wants me to die. It's > all God's will... Insha Allah.!" > > > > Religion is a very personal affair for this sober young man from > Chennai. He prays five times a day, carrying his prayer mat with him on > his tours, and retiring to the prayer room he has had built next to his > studio during recording. He says, "It's like a meditation. Each time I > pray, I die, my soul departs, and then I am like born again." > > source: http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/swb007blog/28765700 > > > ~~Rahmaniac⢠SURESH~~ > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _______________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php? category=shopping >
