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  "ar": "Kun Faya Kun ⁦(قوالي فيلم «روكستار»، 2011)⁩",
  "en": "Kun Faya Kun (Rockstar, 2011)",
  "ur": "Kun Faya Kun ⁦(فلم «راک اسٹار» کی قوالی، 2011)⁩"
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  "ar": "قوالي لحّنه أ. ر. رحمن لفيلم «روكستار» الهندي سنة 2011 وأهداه إلى الصوفي نظام الدين أولياء، يغنيه رحمن مع جاويد علي وموهيت تشوهان والإخوة نظامي، بكلمات إرشاد كامل؛ كتبه للمشهد الذي يلجأ فيه بطل الفيلم إلى ضريح نظام الدين في دلهي ويعيش مع القوالين، ونال جائزة ميرتشي لأغنية تمثل التقليد الصوفي.",
  "en": "A qawwali composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2011 Hindi film Rockstar and dedicated to the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, sung by Rahman with Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan and the Nizami Bandhu to lyrics by Irshad Kamil; written for the scene in which the hero takes refuge at the Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi among the qawwals, it won a Mirchi Music Award as a song representing the Sufi tradition.",
  "ur": "اے آر رحمان کی قوالی جو 2011 کی ہندی فلم «راک اسٹار» کے لیے بنی اور صوفی بزرگ نظام الدین اولیا کے نام کی گئی؛ رحمان، جاوید علی، موہت چوہان اور نظامی بندھو نے ارشاد کامل کے بولوں پر گائی، اور یہ اس منظر کے لیے لکھی گئی جب ہیرو دلی کی درگاہ نظام الدین میں قوالوں کے ساتھ رہتا ہے۔"
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   "edtf": "2011",
   "hijri": "1432~",
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   "note": "The soundtrack album's year on Wikidata; its full track list was published on A. R. Rahman's site on 16 September 2011. The Hijri year is converter-derived and approximate (the Gregorian year 2011 runs from late 1431 into 1433, mostly 1432).",
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   "ur"
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    "category": "Song representing Sufi tradition",
    "result": "won",
    "year": 2012,
    "date": {
     "edtf": "2012-03-21"
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    "note": "4th Mirchi Music Awards, for the music of 2011",
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  ],
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English Wikipedia 'Rockstar (soundtrack)' (revision 1381114859 of 20 October 2026; the production section cites the composer's interviews) and Wikidata Q7355590 (revision 2345144257), read in Chrome on the founder's Mac on 6 November 2026. The title is a Qur'anic phrase; it is written only in transliteration and its meaning is given as the article gives it, never in Arabic script. No lyrics. The Mirchi award is dated from the awards article (batch 04)",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«Kun Faya Kun» قوالي لحّنه [[person/a-r-rahman|أ. ر. رحمن]] لفيلم «روكستار» الهندي سنة 2011 من إخراج امتياز علي، وأهداه إلى الصوفي [[person/nizam-al-din-awliya|نظام الدين أولياء]]. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en} {cite:wikidata-rockstar-soundtrack} وعنوانه عبارة عربية تشرحها المقالة بأنها تعني «كن، فيكون»؛ ويكتبها المتحف هنا بحروف لاتينية فقط. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "قصته",
     "markdown": "تروي المقالة أن امتياز علي حدّث رحمن عن بطل الفيلم، جوردان، الذي لا يحسن التعبير إلا بالموسيقى، وتتأثر موسيقاه بالأماكن التي يمر بها؛ فلما طُرد من بيته في الفيلم لجأ إلى [[building/dargah-nizamuddin|ضريح نظام الدين]] في دلهي وأقام مع القوالين وعزف معهم، ومن هذه الرحلة في فهم الموسيقى والحياة وُلد القوالي. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأداء",
     "markdown": "هو الأغنية الرابعة في ألبوم الموسيقى، باسم «Kun Faaya Kun ⁦(Raga Bhairavi)⁩» ومدتها سبع دقائق وثلاث وخمسون ثانية، يغنيها رحمن مع جاويد علي وموهيت تشوهان والإخوة نظامي، وكتب كلمات الألبوم كلها إرشاد كامل، ونُشرت قائمة أغانيه على موقع رحمن في 16 سبتمبر 2011. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الجوائز",
     "markdown": "يذكر جدول الجوائز في المقالة أن الأغنية نالت [[award/mirchi-music-awards|جائزة ميرتشي الموسيقية]] لأغنية تمثل التقليد الصوفي في الدورة الرابعة في 21 مارس 2012 عن موسيقى 2011، {cite:wikipedia-mirchi-music-awards-en} ورُشّحت في جوائز أخرى لأغنية السنة وأفضل لحن وأفضل كلمات وأفضل أداء جماعي. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية «Rockstar ⁦(soundtrack)⁩»، المراجعة 1381114859 في 20 أكتوبر 2026. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}\n- عنصر ويكي بيانات Q7355590. {cite:wikidata-rockstar-soundtrack}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "work/kun-faya-kun-rockstar",
    "lang": "ar",
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   "updated": "2026-11-07"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "'Kun Faya Kun' is a qawwali composed by [[person/a-r-rahman|A. R. Rahman]] for the 2011 Hindi film Rockstar, directed by Imtiaz Ali, and dedicated to the Sufi saint [[person/nizam-al-din-awliya|Nizamuddin Auliya]]. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en} {cite:wikidata-rockstar-soundtrack} Its title is an Arabic phrase that the article glosses as \"be, and it is\". {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its story",
     "markdown": "The article recounts that Imtiaz Ali told Rahman about the film's hero, Jordan, who can express himself only through music and whose music takes in the places he passes through; when he is thrown out of his house he goes to the [[building/dargah-nizamuddin|Nizamuddin Dargah]] in Delhi, spends time with the qawwals and plays with them, and out of that journey into music and life the qawwali was composed. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The performance",
     "markdown": "It is track four of the soundtrack album, listed as 'Kun Faaya Kun (Raga Bhairavi)', 7 minutes 53 seconds long, sung by Rahman with Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan and the Nizami Bandhu; Irshad Kamil wrote all the album's lyrics, and the track list was published on Rahman's site on 16 September 2011. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Awards",
     "markdown": "The article's awards table lists the song as winning the [[award/mirchi-music-awards|Mirchi Music Award]] for a song representing the Sufi tradition, at the 4th ceremony on 21 March 2012 for the music of 2011, {cite:wikipedia-mirchi-music-awards-en} and nominated elsewhere for song of the year, best composition, best lyrics and best group performance. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, 'Rockstar (soundtrack)', revision 1381114859 of 20 October 2026. {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}\n- Wikidata item Q7355590. {cite:wikidata-rockstar-soundtrack}"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "en",
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   "updated": "2026-11-07"
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    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«Kun Faya Kun» قوالی ہے جو [[person/a-r-rahman|اے آر رحمان]] نے امتیاز علی کی 2011 کی ہندی فلم «راک اسٹار» کے لیے بنائی اور صوفی بزرگ [[person/nizam-al-din-awliya|نظام الدین اولیا]] کے نام کی۔ {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en} {cite:wikidata-rockstar-soundtrack}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کہانی اور ادائیگی",
     "markdown": "فلم کا ہیرو گھر سے نکالے جانے کے بعد دلی کی [[building/dargah-nizamuddin|درگاہ نظام الدین]] جاتا ہے اور قوالوں کے ساتھ رہتا ہے؛ یہ قوالی اسی منظر کے لیے بنی۔ {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en} سات منٹ ترپن سیکنڈ کی یہ قوالی رحمان، جاوید علی، موہت چوہان اور نظامی بندھو نے ارشاد کامل کے بولوں پر گائی۔ {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "اعزاز",
     "markdown": "مضمون کے مطابق اسے صوفی روایت کی نمائندگی کرنے والے گیت کا [[award/mirchi-music-awards|مرچی میوزک ایوارڈ]] 21 مارچ 2012 کو ملا۔ {cite:wikipedia-mirchi-music-awards-en} {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مراجع",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا «Rockstar (soundtrack)»، نظرِ ثانی 1381114859۔ {cite:wikipedia-rockstar-soundtrack-en}\n- ویکی ڈیٹا Q7355590۔ {cite:wikidata-rockstar-soundtrack}"
    }
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