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United in our Differences
El Joker ft Abdullah Alhussainy
They want to deafen and silence us through hushing my opinion
Their threats have no effect, the truth will always prevail
The song ‘Baladna’ was a leaf, you had it removed but the roots run deep
Tomorrow your eraser will run out and my ink will forever remain
You destroy the work of artists and brainwash us through your broadcasts
Despite your terror, awareness spreads, my name remains your menace
You fake belief on a prayer’s rug
How do you dare perceive a God you disobey to please your masters?
You praise their dedication despite the fact
That their governance has divided their nations
I am forced to back them or else they will condemn me
God’s commandment to obey is always taken out of context
Forget it, religion will never be your actions’ cover
You’re not the chosen ones nor are you our spiritual reference
Our prophet told us we’d be divided, one band would be saved
Full of contempt for everyone else, you seem to be sure of your fate
If only all the people
were like my role model and mentor (Muhammad)
Honest in words and in doing
No Supreme Guide but Him
A high illiteracy rate has led to a major fallacy
You find a beard is all you need to be deemed infallible
In absence of Al-Azhar, TV preachers on the rise
Consensus on the street that every Sunni is a legislator
God has said the good and the evil path are laid before us
I don’t need your approval, I know which one to follow
I panic when my sister watches religious TV channels
Afraid their sexually loaded speech could gravely offend her
Do you see? Who’s insulting our religion now?
They don’t respect being under the logo of Islamic TV
They lie and boast and deceive behind their beards
The beardless in their eyes are all sinners and infidels
You’re wrong. God has created all of us equal
A political opponent’s lie is not an excuse for your corruption
No human is perfect, whether atheist or fundamentalist
But it’s disastrous to justify your lies through religion
Our Islam’s honor and prominence has been lost
at the hands of faith merchants and fanatics
To Allah we complain
Sectarian strife in Egypt has taken a new turn
People of your own faith have turned against you
It’s no more limited to being Muslim or Christian
Either you’re in my faction or you’re an enemy
Although by going to the references of our Imams
We find Islam’s morals that we have been taught
Despite the discrepancies between their interpretations
You often find one of them preferring the other’s opinion
It’s because a single text can bear two different meanings
that Imam Al-Shafie left us with two schools of teachings
Who are you beside him to promise people paradise
only if they support you and doubt others’ belief?
We were united in our differences till you turned us into enemies
Religion is a set of morals rather than a set of rituals
By the way, our religion is one of convenience not conviction
Allah, to please his prophet, made Kaaba the focal point for prayer
If only all the people
were like my role model and mentor (Muhammad)
Honest in words and in doing
No Supreme Guide but Him
Daughter of Omar Ibn Abdulaziz’s, the Great Muslim Khalifa
Asked for a new dress to celebrate Eid with her friends
He tried to get a loan to be repaid from his salary
The treasurer asked why, Omar told him, he approved
But on one condition: to guarantee he’ll stay alive
Until he repays his debt to the state or no loan
Omar returned home, his daughter was there waiting
He asked her to excuse him as he can’t possibly afford it
She cried in his arms, and endured his hardship
These are the Islam’s morals that we’ve been raised to
And Omar Ibn Al-Khattab refused to cut a slave’s hand
Although he did steal but he found he wasn’t well-nourished
His justice secured him so he didn’t need protection
I think the difference between him and your leaders is clear enough
The difference between your hypocrites and a virtuous man
This is the same difference between Muslims and imposters
If only all the people
were like my role model and mentor (Muhammad)
Honest in words and in doing
No Supreme Guide but Him If only all the people
were like my role model and mentor (Muhammad)
Honest in words and in doing
No Supreme Guide but Him
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