The Story Behind Ishq Hai OST
Ishq Hai OST is the title song of ARY Digital's 2021 romantic drama, sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and shaped by composer Waqar Ali and lyricist Sabir Zafar. The digital single arrived on June 8, one week before the serial premiered. Built around a recurring title refrain, the song lets Rahat move from reflective verses into an impassioned hook. Its imagery of surrender, madness, fire, and separation mirrors a plot in which love is tested by family opposition and coercive obsession. Rather than retell Isra and Shahzaib's story beat by beat, the OST supplies its emotional argument: devotion can feel exalted while also consuming judgment, comfort, and control. That tension gives the recording its dramatic pull and makes the refrain work as both a declaration of love and a warning about its cost.
Meaning & Translation
Ishq Hai means "This is love," with ishq describing an intense, consuming form of love rather than casual affection. Sabir Zafar's lyric treats love as sacrifice, loyalty, madness, and pain. Giving the heart means accepting loss; being near the beloved does not end the ache of separation. The song also presents passion as something beyond reason or control, a force that can remake a person in an instant. Its recurring title phrase is therefore not a simple celebration. It names love as a state in which devotion and suffering become difficult to separate. In English, the refrain carries both wonder and caution: this overwhelming surrender, with all its ecstasy and damage, is what the singer calls love.
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Artists & Credits
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan singer
- Waqar Ali composer
- Sabir Zafar lyricist