: A powerful Hamd (praise of God) often used as a performance opener.
– The shape-shifter. A playful, philosophical bomb. Nusrat turns a simple verse—“You are a puzzle, a riddle”—into a gymnastic vocal display. He swoops across three octaves, scat-sings like a jazz prophet, and makes the harmonium weep. This is the qawwali that makes rock stars weep with envy.
