Thank You Allah

Thank You Allah ⁦(the Arabic article titles it «الحمد لله»)⁩ is the debut studio album of the Lebanese-Swedish singer Maher Zain, released by Awakening Records in November 2009 with thirteen songs and two bonus tracks. ^{1 2} The English article gives 1 November as the release date and the Arabic article 11 November; the museum records both without deciding between them. ^{1 3}

Recorded between 2007 and 2009, the album mixes R&B, soul and religious song; the standard edition runs 56 minutes and 36 seconds, and Maher Zain produced it with Bara Kherigi. ¹ The songs are mainly in English, and the best known were released in Arabic, French, Turkish, Urdu, Malay and Indonesian versions: an Arabic 'Ya Nabi Salam Alayka', the Urdu 'Allah Hi Allah Kiya Karo' with Irfan Makki, and a Malay 'Insha Allah'. ¹ A Platinum Edition with three bonus tracks appeared in Malaysia in 2011 through Warner Music Malaysia, and a two-disc edition in Indonesia in 2012 through Sony Music Indonesia. ¹

The core list is 'Always Be There', 'Ya Nabi Salam Alayka', 'Insha Allah', 'Palestine Will Be Free', 'Thank You Allah', 'Allah Hi Allah Kiya Karo', 'The Chosen One', 'Baraka Allahu Lakuma', 'For The Rest Of My Life', 'Hold My Hand', 'Awaken', 'Subhan Allah' with Mesut Kurtis and 'Open Your Eyes', followed by the Arabic version of 'Ya Nabi' and an acoustic 'Thank You Allah'. ¹ Maher Zain wrote the songs with Bara Kherigi, Bilal Hajji, Salah Galal, Hamza Namira and others. ^{1 3}

Two songs address the Prophet: 'The Chosen One', whose video ends with a line saying every act of kindness in it was inspired by his life and teachings, and 'Ya Nabi Salam Alayka'. ¹ 'Palestine Will Be Free' tells of a Palestinian girl who does not lose hope, and 'For The Rest Of My Life' is about marriage. ^{1 3}

The album was certified eight times platinum in Malaysia by January 2011, which the Arabic article credits to Warner Music Malaysia and describes as the best-selling album of 2010 there; in Indonesia it was certified ten times platinum in October 2011 and twenty times by June 2016, with sales above 300,000 copies. ^{1 3} In September 2011 Maher Zain was nominated at the 18th Anugerah Industri Muzik for the Malay version of 'Insha Allah' in the category of best Malay song performed by a foreign artist; the category went to Rossa's 'Ku Menunggu'. ¹ The album reached number 117 on the Belgian albums chart (Ultratop Flanders) in 2023. ¹

View counts are changing platform figures, each attributed to the date it was read: the English article, at its revision of 9 May 2026, reported more than 19 million views for the 'Palestine Will Be Free' video, more than 20 million for 'Insha Allah' and more than 7 million for 'The Chosen One'; the Arabic article, at its revision of 10 August 2026, reported more than 81 million for the international version of 'Ya Nabi Salam Alayka' and 54 million for 'Insha Allah'. ^{1 3}

The 'Palestine Will Be Free' video was released on 8 August 2009; 'Insha Allah' on 1 May 2010 in four languages, directed by Mike Harris; 'The Chosen One' on 1 August 2010, directed by Lena Khan; and 'Ya Nabi Salam Alayka' on 13 August 2011, directed by Hamza Jamjoum. ^{1 3}

It was followed by Forgive Me in 2012, which the Wikidata item records as the next album. ² Thank You Allah remains the album that introduced Maher Zain to a worldwide audience, as his record in the museum tells. ¹

• English Wikipedia article on the album, revision of 9 May 2026. ¹
• Arabic Wikipedia article «الحمد لله ⁦(ألبوم)⁩», revision of 10 August 2026. ³
• Wikidata item Q7710482. ²