My Ummah

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My Ummah
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Studio album by
Released6 July 2005
Recorded2003–2005
Genre Islamic
Length63:50
LanguageEnglish, Arabic, Farsi, Turkish
Label Awakening
Sami Yusuf chronology
Al-Muʽallim
(2003)
My Ummah
(2005)
Without You
(2009)

My Ummah is the second studio album by British singer Sami Yusuf. It was released in two versions, a "music version" and a "percussion version". It is claimed to have sold between five [1] and eight [2] million copies worldwide.

Writing in Arab Media and Society, Christian Pond discussed My Ummah's increasing use of western style instrumentation, western genres such as rap, and the use of music videos similar in style and content to western artists such as Britney Spears, [3] compared to his first album.

Track list

#NameDuration
01.My Ummah (intro)1:03
02.My Ummah3:47
03.Hasbi Rabbi4:15
04.Ya Rasulallah4:47
05.Try Not to Cry feat Outlandish4:36
06.Muhammad6:07
07.Make a Prayer4:45
08.Eid Song4:56
09.Free5:09
10.Munajat (in Arabic)4:40
11.Mother (in Arabic)4:44
12.Muhammad, Part 23:12
13.We Will Never Submit2:25
14.Du'a4:40
15.Mother (in English and Turkish)4:44
16.Mother (in English and Persian)4:44

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