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  "ar": "أنا مؤمن ⁦(ألبوم عرفان مكي، 2011)⁩",
  "en": "I Believe (Irfan Makki album)",
  "ur": "آئی بیلیو ⁦(عرفان مکی کا البم، 2011)⁩"
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  "ar": "الألبوم الثاني للمغني والملحن الكندي عرفان مكي، صدر عن أوايكننغ في 28 يوليو 2011 بثلاث عشرة أغنية، منها «I Believe» مع ماهر زين، و«Palestine»، و«لب په آتی» بالأردية؛ وأغنيته الأولى «Waiting for the Call» موضوع شائعة كاذبة نسبتها إلى مايكل جاكسون، كذّبها مكي سنة 2016.",
  "en": "The Canadian singer-songwriter Irfan Makki's second album, released by Awakening on 28 July 2011 with thirteen tracks, among them 'I Believe' with Maher Zain, 'Palestine' and the Urdu 'Lab Pae Aati'; its opening song, 'Waiting for the Call', became the subject of an internet hoax attributing it to Michael Jackson, which Makki denied in 2016.",
  "ur": "کینیڈین گلوکار عرفان مکی کا دوسرا البم، 28 جولائی 2011 کو اویکننگ سے تیرہ ٹریکس کے ساتھ جاری ہوا، جن میں ماہر زین کے ساتھ «آئی بیلیو»، «پیلسٹائن» اور اردو «لب پہ آتی» شامل ہیں؛ پہلا گیت «ویٹنگ فار دی کال» ایک جھوٹی افواہ کا موضوع بنا جسے مکی نے 2016 میں رد کیا۔"
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     "en": "Waiting for the Call"
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     "en": "I Believe"
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    "note": "featuring Maher Zain",
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     "en": "Lab Pae Aati"
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     "en": "Mamma"
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     "en": "Allahu"
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     "en": "You & I"
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    "title": {
     "en": "Khayal"
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     "en": "Al-Amin"
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    "title": {
     "en": "I'm So Sorry"
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    "title": {
     "en": "I Believe (Acoustic Version)"
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    "note": "bonus, featuring Maher Zain",
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     "en": "Mabrook (Urdu Version)"
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    "note": "bonus",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia 'I Believe (Irfan Makki album)' (revision 1381922457 of 25 October 2026, citing Last.fm, retailers and the fact-checker Dubawa, 26 August 2021) and Wikidata Q15136021 (revision 2345200042), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 7 November 2026. The hoax is told as the fact-check tells it; Makki's tweet is described, not quoted; Irfan Makki has no person record here (the figures session's field)",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«أنا مؤمن» هو الألبوم الثاني للمغني وكاتب الأغاني الكندي المسلم عرفان مكي، صدر عن [[listing/awakening-records|تسجيلات أوايكننغ]] في 28 يوليو 2011 بعد ألبومه «سلام» سنة 2006، ومدته ثلاث وخمسون دقيقة. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en} {cite:wikidata-i-believe-irfan-makki}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأغاني",
     "markdown": "يضم في نسخته الأصلية ثلاث عشرة مقطوعة: «Waiting for the Call»، و«مبروك»، و«I Believe» مع [[person/maher-zain|ماهر زين]]، و«لب په آتی» بالأردية، و«Mamma»، و«Palestine»، و«الله»، و«You & I»، و«خيال»، و«الأمين»، و«I'm So Sorry»، ثم نسخة صوتية من «I Believe» ونسخة أردية من «مبروك». {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الشائعة الكاذبة",
     "markdown": "صارت أغنية «Waiting for the Call» موضوع شائعات متكررة على الإنترنت تزعم أن مايكل جاكسون كتبها قبل وفاته سنة 2009، وأن حكومات أخفتها أو اشترت حقوقها؛ وقد كتب عرفان مكي سنة 2016 أنه هو كاتبها ومغنيها، ونفى موقع دوباوا لتدقيق الأخبار سنة 2021 أي صلة لجاكسون بها. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en} ويروي المتحف الشائعة بوصفها شائعة كذّبها صاحب الأغنية ومدققو الأخبار."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية «I Believe ⁦(Irfan Makki album)⁩»، المراجعة 1381922457 في 25 أكتوبر 2026، وهي تستشهد بلاست إف إم ودوباوا. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}\n- عنصر ويكي بيانات Q15136021. {cite:wikidata-i-believe-irfan-makki}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
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    "lang": "ar",
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   "updated": "2026-11-07"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "I Believe is the second studio album of the Canadian Muslim singer-songwriter Irfan Makki, released by [[listing/awakening-records|Awakening Records]] on 28 July 2011, after his Salam (2006); it runs 53 minutes. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en} {cite:wikidata-i-believe-irfan-makki}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The songs",
     "markdown": "The original version has thirteen tracks: 'Waiting for the Call', 'Mabrook', 'I Believe' with [[person/maher-zain|Maher Zain]], the Urdu 'Lab Pae Aati', 'Mamma', 'Palestine', 'Allahu', 'You & I', 'Khayal', 'Al-Amin' and 'I'm So Sorry', followed by an acoustic 'I Believe' and an Urdu 'Mabrook'. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The hoax",
     "markdown": "'Waiting for the Call' became the subject of recurring internet hoaxes claiming that Michael Jackson wrote it before his death in 2009 and that governments suppressed it or bought its rights; Irfan Makki stated in 2016 that he wrote and sang it, and the fact-checker Dubawa found in 2021 that Jackson had no connection to it. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en} The museum records the story as a hoax, denied by the song's author and by fact-checkers."
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, 'I Believe (Irfan Makki album)', revision 1381922457 of 25 October 2026, citing Last.fm and Dubawa. {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}\n- Wikidata item Q15136021. {cite:wikidata-i-believe-irfan-makki}"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "en",
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«آئی بیلیو» کینیڈین مسلمان گلوکار اور نغمہ نگار عرفان مکی کا دوسرا البم ہے، جو [[listing/awakening-records|اویکننگ ریکارڈز]] نے 28 جولائی 2011 کو جاری کیا۔ {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en} {cite:wikidata-i-believe-irfan-makki}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "گیت",
     "markdown": "تیرہ ٹریکس میں [[person/maher-zain|ماہر زین]] کے ساتھ «آئی بیلیو»، اردو «لب پہ آتی»، «مبروک»، «پیلسٹائن» اور «الامین» شامل ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "افواہ",
     "markdown": "انٹرنیٹ پر یہ جھوٹی افواہ پھیلی کہ «ویٹنگ فار دی کال» مائیکل جیکسن نے لکھا تھا؛ عرفان مکی نے 2016 میں واضح کیا کہ یہ گیت ان کا لکھا اور گایا ہوا ہے، اور 2021 میں حقائق کی جانچ کرنے والی ویب سائٹ دوباوا نے بھی جیکسن سے کسی تعلق کی تردید کی۔ {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مراجع",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، نظرِ ثانی 1381922457۔ {cite:wikipedia-i-believe-irfan-makki-en}\n- ویکی ڈیٹا Q15136021۔ {cite:wikidata-i-believe-irfan-makki}"
    }
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