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Sufi music, a means for attaining union with God, the ecstatic culmination of mystical experience. The mysticism of Sufi poets strengthened their mystic thought from the saints of Sufi orders. Sufi music is a style of ritual performance. The fusion of traditional and modern musical trends helped in popularising Sufi music all over the world.

Late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was an artist of great stature who provided a new dimensions to the Qawwali and ghazal singing and created stir with his powerful renditions. His powerful impact on music lovers all over the world have been widely acclaimed and acknowledged. Many citations, certificates, awards, honours and titles were assigned by his dynamic, reverberating and vibrating styles of his dynamic music. Different styles from different musicians and singers from the same genre have continuously contributed to its evolution and strengthened its sinews through generations. All this leads up to a moment- by- moment account on those who follow their footsteps and further contribute to consolidate the gains already made in the field of Sufi music including Sufi qawwali which in detailed describe and analysed by the author.

The purpose of this book is to reach and understand how sufi music speaks through the eyes of Fateh Ali Khan to its listeners, and thus to discover his liberal approach to the world music.