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  "en": "Without You (Sami Yusuf album)",
  "ur": "وِدآؤٹ یو ⁦(سامی یوسف)⁩"
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  "ar": "ألبوم نسبته تسجيلات أوايكننغ إلى سامي يوسف بوصفه ألبومه الثالث وأصدرته في 17 يناير 2009 بإحدى عشرة أغنية؛ قال سامي يوسف إنه صدر دون علمه وموافقته، وإنه تجميع لتسجيلات تجريبية، ودعا إلى مقاطعته، وقالت الشركة إنه ألبوم كامل وإن عقده معها لخمسة ألبومات؛ انتهى النزاع بفسخ العقد.",
  "en": "An album that Awakening Records issued as Sami Yusuf's third on 17 January 2009, with eleven songs; Sami Yusuf said it came out without his knowledge or consent, called it a compilation of demos and urged fans to boycott it, while the label said it was a complete album and that he was signed to it for five albums; the dispute ended with the contract voided.",
  "ur": "وہ البم جسے اویکننگ ریکارڈز نے 17 جنوری 2009 کو گیارہ گیتوں کے ساتھ سامی یوسف کا تیسرا البم کہہ کر جاری کیا؛ سامی یوسف نے کہا کہ یہ ان کی اجازت کے بغیر آیا اور ابتدائی ریکارڈنگز کا مجموعہ ہے، اور بائیکاٹ کی اپیل کی، جبکہ کمپنی نے اسے مکمل البم کہا؛ تنازع معاہدہ ختم ہونے پر منتج ہوا۔"
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«بدونك» ألبوم أصدرته [[listing/awakening-records|تسجيلات أوايكننغ]] في 17 يناير 2009 بوصفه الألبوم الثالث للمغني البريطاني [[person/sami-yusuf|سامي يوسف]]، بعد [[work/my-ummah-sami-yusuf|«أمتي»]] سنة 2005، ويضم إحدى عشرة أغنية سُجّلت بين 2005 و2008. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} {cite:wikidata-without-you-sami-yusuf} وكان آخر ما صدر له عن تلك الشركة، وصدوره نفسه موضع نزاع بين الطرفين. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}"
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     "heading": "النزاع",
     "markdown": "قال سامي يوسف إن الألبوم صدر دون مباركته ولا موافقته، وإن أي ألبوم يُجمع من هذه التسجيلات لا يُطرح إلا رغما عنه، ثم كتب على موقعه في فبراير 2009 أنه تجميع لتسجيلات تجريبية ومسودات أقل من مستواه، ودعا جمهوره إلى مقاطعته. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} وفي المقابل، واصلت أوايكننغ حتى أبريل 2009 عرض الألبوم في صفحة سامي يوسف على موقعها، وقالت في بيان صحفي إنه ألبوم كامل عالي الجودة من إحدى عشرة أغنية، وإن سامي يوسف موقّع معها حصريا لخمسة ألبومات. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} ودام النزاع على العقد من 2008 إلى 2009 وانتهى بانفصاله عن الشركة قانونيا، وتذكر المقالة العربية أن العقد أُبطل. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} وروت الغارديان سنة 2012 القصة من جهة الشركة: اختلف معها سامي يوسف سنة 2008 على ألبومه الثالث، وانتقل إلى شركة إي تي إم إنترناشونال. {cite:guardian-awakening-islamic-singers-2012} ويروي المتحف الموقفين منسوبين إلى أصحابهما دون حكم بينهما."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأغاني",
     "markdown": "تضم القائمة: «أسماء الله»، و«بدونك»، و«أمنيتي الوحيدة» فاصلا قصيرا، و«فلسطين إلى الأبد»، و«إنه هناك»، و«صلّوا»، و«ألف مرة»، و«أبدا أبدا»، و«أي شيء من أجلك»، و«تحية»، و«ليس باسمي». {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} ومدته في بطاقته سبع وثلاثون دقيقة وأربع وأربعون ثانية، وإن كان مجموع مدد الأغاني في القائمة الإنجليزية أطول قليلا. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ما بعده",
     "markdown": "عدّل سامي يوسف كثيرا من هذه الأغاني وأعاد إصدارها مع شركته الجديدة: «بدونك» و«إنه هناك» باسم «في كل دمعة، هو هناك» في ألبوم «حيث تكن»، و«صلّوا» باسم «إنها لعبة» و«أبدا أبدا» باسم «كل ما أحتاج» في ألبوم «سلام»، وأتاح «فلسطين إلى الأبد» معدلة للتنزيل المجاني على موقعه سنة 2009. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar}"
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    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية عن الألبوم، المراجعة 1383623240 في 3 نوفمبر 2026، وهي تستشهد ببيان سامي يوسف على موقعه. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}\n- مقالة ويكيبيديا العربية «بدونك ⁦(ألبوم)⁩»، المراجعة 67109654 في 11 يونيو 2024، وهي تستشهد ببياني الطرفين. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar}\n- عنصر ويكي بيانات Q3569505. {cite:wikidata-without-you-sami-yusuf}\n- تقرير عمر شهيد في الغارديان، 13 أبريل 2012. {cite:guardian-awakening-islamic-singers-2012}"
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    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Without You is an album that [[listing/awakening-records|Awakening Records]] released on 17 January 2009 as the third album of the British singer [[person/sami-yusuf|Sami Yusuf]], after [[work/my-ummah-sami-yusuf|My Ummah]] (2005); it has eleven songs recorded between 2005 and 2008. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} {cite:wikidata-without-you-sami-yusuf} It was the last record of his issued by that label, and its release was itself disputed between the two. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The dispute",
     "markdown": "Sami Yusuf said the album was released without his \"blessings nor consent\", and that any album made from these recordings could only reach the market against his wishes; in February 2009 he wrote on his website that it was a compilation of demos and sketches below his standards, and asked his fans to boycott it. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} The label, for its part, kept the album on Sami Yusuf's page of its website into April 2009 and said in a press release that it was a complete, high-quality album of eleven songs, and that he was signed to it exclusively for five albums. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} The contract dispute ran from 2008 to 2009 and ended with his legal separation from the label; the Arabic article says the contract was voided. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} The Guardian told the label's side in 2012: Sami Yusuf had a dispute with Awakening over his third album in 2008 and joined ETM International. {cite:guardian-awakening-islamic-singers-2012} The museum gives both positions, each attributed, with no verdict."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The songs",
     "markdown": "The list runs 'Asma Allah', 'Without You', the short interlude 'My Only Wish', 'Forever Palestine', 'He Is There', 'Sallou', 'A Thousand Times', 'Never Never', 'Anything For You', 'Salutation' and 'Not In My Name'. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} The infobox gives 37 minutes and 44 seconds, though the English track list adds up to a little more. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Afterwards",
     "markdown": "Sami Yusuf edited many of these songs and re-released them with his new label: 'Without You' and 'He Is There', as 'In Every Tear, He Is There', on Wherever You Are; 'Sallou' as 'It's a Game' and 'Never Never' as 'All I Need' on Salaam; and an edited 'Forever Palestine' as a free download on his website in 2009. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, 'Without You (Sami Yusuf album)', revision 1383623240 of 3 November 2026, citing Sami Yusuf's statement on his website. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}\n- Arabic Wikipedia, «بدونك ⁦(ألبوم)⁩», revision 67109654 of 11 June 2024, citing both sides' statements. {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar}\n- Wikidata item Q3569505. {cite:wikidata-without-you-sami-yusuf}\n- Omar Shahid, The Guardian, 13 April 2012. {cite:guardian-awakening-islamic-singers-2012}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«وِدآؤٹ یو» وہ البم ہے جسے [[listing/awakening-records|اویکننگ ریکارڈز]] نے 17 جنوری 2009 کو برطانوی گلوکار [[person/sami-yusuf|سامی یوسف]] کا تیسرا البم کہہ کر جاری کیا؛ اس میں 2005 سے 2008 کے درمیان ریکارڈ ہونے والے گیارہ گیت ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:wikidata-without-you-sami-yusuf}"
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     "heading": "تنازع",
     "markdown": "سامی یوسف نے کہا کہ البم ان کی اجازت اور رضامندی کے بغیر جاری ہوا، اسے ابتدائی ریکارڈنگز کا مجموعہ کہا اور مداحوں سے بائیکاٹ کی اپیل کی۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} کمپنی نے اپریل 2009 تک البم اپنی ویب سائٹ پر رکھا اور کہا کہ یہ مکمل البم ہے اور سامی یوسف پانچ البموں کے لیے اس کے پابند ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar} معاہدے کا تنازع 2008 سے 2009 تک چلا اور قانونی علیحدگی پر ختم ہوا؛ گارڈین کے مطابق وہ اس کے بعد ای ٹی ایم انٹرنیشنل سے وابستہ ہوئے۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en} {cite:guardian-awakening-islamic-singers-2012} عجائب گھر دونوں موقف ان کے قائلین کے نام سے بیان کرتا ہے۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "گیت اور بعد کی اشاعت",
     "markdown": "گیتوں میں «اسماء اللہ»، «وِدآؤٹ یو»، «فارایور پیلسٹائن» اور «ناٹ اِن مائی نیم» شامل ہیں؛ سامی یوسف نے ان میں سے کئی کو ترمیم کر کے بعد کے البمز «وئیرایور یو آر» اور «سلام» میں دوبارہ جاری کیا۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مراجع",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا، نظرِ ثانی 1383623240۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-en}\n- عربی ویکیپیڈیا «بدونك»، نظرِ ثانی 67109654۔ {cite:wikipedia-without-you-sami-yusuf-ar}\n- ویکی ڈیٹا Q3569505۔ {cite:wikidata-without-you-sami-yusuf}\n- دی گارڈین، 13 اپریل 2012۔ {cite:guardian-awakening-islamic-singers-2012}"
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