AR Rahman Religion: Music composer AR Rahman is in news about his personal life. They have announced divorce after 29 years of marriage. AR Rahman has separated from wife Saira Banu. AR Rahman has always been in the news regarding his personal life. He converted to Muslim religion in the 1980s. He was born in a Hindu family, but later he accepted Islam.
In 2000, in a BBC talk show, he told why he had adopted Muslim religion. AR Rahman had told that there was a Sufi who treated his father during his last days. AR Rahman’s father was fighting cancer. Later, when he and his family met that Sufi after 7-8 years, he decided to adopt another religion.
Why did you adopt Muslim religion?
AR Rahman told- There was a Sufi who was treating my father in his last days. We met him later after 7-8 years. Then we adopted another spiritual path which brought us peace.
Nasreen Munni Kabir’s AR. Rahman: AR Rahman told in The Spirit of Music- My mother used to follow Hindu religion. He always had an inclination towards spirituality. The house on Habibullah Road where we grew up had Hindu religious paintings on the walls. There was also a picture of Mother Mary holding Jesus in her arms and a picture of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina.
Let us tell you that AR Rahman’s earlier name was Dilip Kumar. Regarding changing his name, he had told- The truth was that I never liked my name. No disrespect to the great actor Dilip Kumar, but that name did not match the image I had seen of myself.
This is how the musician got a Muslim name
AR Rahman had told that he got the name AR Rahman from a Hindu astrologer. Before his conversion, his family had gone to an astrologer with the horoscope of his younger sister, they wanted to get her married. At that time when Rehman asked about changing his name, the astrologer suggested the names Abdul Rehman and Abdul Rahim. AR Rahman said, “He suggested the names Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rahim. He said any name would be fine for me. I liked the name Rahman. There was a Hindu astrologer who gave me my Muslim name.
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