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Naghma-e-Quddusi (Quddusi's melody)

Meraj Ahmed and Party
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Naghma-e-Quddusi (Quddusi's melody)
"Naghma" literally means "melody, song". It is an instrumental prelude in Qawwali, usually based on a tune derived from the zikr "Allahu." "Naghma-e-Quddusi" means "Quddusi's melody," the traditional Sufi naghma which is said to originate at the shrine of Abdul Quddus Gangohi.