Forgive Me

Forgive Me is the second studio album of the Swedish singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin Maher Zain, released by Awakening Records on 1 April 2012, after his debut Thank You Allah (2009). ^{1 2 3} It was recorded between 2010 and 2012 and produced by Maher Zain with Bara Kherigi, and its full track list was announced on iTunes on 2 April 2012. ¹

The standard edition has fourteen songs: 'I Love You So', 'Number One For Me', 'Mawlaya' on a folk text, 'My Little Girl' with Aya Zain, 'Forgive Me', 'One Big Family', 'Assalamu Alayka', 'Paradise', 'Masha Allah', 'Radhitu Billahi Rabba', 'Freedom', 'So Soon', 'Muhammad' and 'Guide Me All The Way'. ^{1 2} Maher Zain wrote them with Bara Kherigi, Bilal Hajji, Mahmoud Farouk, Hamza Namira, Emre Mogulkoc, Mustafa Ceceli, Mohamed El-Kazaz and others. ¹ Arabic versions of 'Mawlaya', 'Assalamu Alayka' and 'Radhitu Billahi Rabba' came with it, as did Turkish bonus tracks such as 'Selam Sana' and 'Neredesin', Malay and Indonesian ones such as 'Ku MilikMu', a vocals-only edition without instruments, and a Platinum Edition that added 'Insha Allah' with Fadly of the band Padi and an English 'Ramadan'. ^{1 2}

The first video, 'Freedom', came out on 27 March 2011: a live recording of Maher Zain's concert at Malawati Stadium in Malaysia on 25 and 26 February 2011. ^{1 2} 'Number One For Me' followed on 15 March 2012, directed by Mike Harris, about a mischievous childhood and an apology to a mother; the Arabic article says it passed ten million YouTube views in under a month, and The Guardian reported a million views in just over a week. ^{2 4} 'So Soon', on 3 June 2012, is about the hardship of orphans; Awakening released it with an orphans' charity the Arabic article names as «أنقذ يتيم», and Mike Harris directed it. ^{1 2} 'Muhammad', in January 2014, is about longing for the Prophet; in it Maher Zain and a group of children help a corn seller go on the umrah. ²

The English article calls the album a commercial success: over 100,000 copies sold and seven-times platinum in Malaysia as of June 2016, citing the site Media Hiburan; the awards table of the Arabic article gives four platinum certifications in Malaysia. The museum keeps both figures, each attributed. ^{1 2} Wikidata records One (2016) as the next album. ³

• English Wikipedia, 'Forgive Me (Maher Zain album)', revision 1227531183 of 6 June 2024. ¹
• Arabic Wikipedia, «سامحني ⁦(ألبوم)⁩», revision 72849394 of 21 December 2025. ²
• Wikidata item Q5469700. ³