Allahu Akbar

## الله اكبر

**National anthem of the Arab League, former national anthem of Libya, and former military march of the Egyptian Armed Forces**

### Music

ʿAbdullāh Shams al-Dīn (عبد الله شمس الدين)

### Adopted

1969
1977

### Relinquished

2011

"**Allāhu ʾAkbar**" is an Arabic military march composed by Egyptian songwriter ʿAbdullāh Shams al-Dīn in 1954 and written by Egyptian poet Maḥmūd al-Sharīf a year later in Egypt. It was first used as the anthem of the Egyptian Armed Forces when the second Arab–Israeli war ignited in 1956. It was Libya's national anthem from 1977 to 2011 during the reign of Gaddafi, until it was replaced by "Libya, Libya, Libya". It is also the *de facto* song of the Arab League. The title and lyrics are based on the Takbir.

## Lyrics

### Arabic original

الله أكبر الله اكبر
𝄆 الله أكبر فوق كيد المعتدي
الله للمظلوم خير مؤيدي 𝄇
أنا باليقين وبالسلاح سأفتدي
بلدي ونور الحق يسطع في يدي
قولوا معي قولوا معي
الله الله الله أكبر
الله فوق المعتدي

الله أكبر الله اكبر
𝄆 يا هذه الدنيا أطلي واسمعي
جيش الأعادي جاء يبغي مصرعي 𝄇
بالحق سوف أرده وبمدفعي
وإذا فنيت فسوف أفنيه معي
قولوا معي قولوا معي
الله الله الله اكبر
الله فوق المعتدي

الله أكبر الله أكبر
𝄆 قولوا معي الويل للمستعمر
وﷲ فوق الغادر المتجبر 𝄇
الله أكبر يا بلادي كبري
وخذي بناصية المغير ودمري
قولوا معي قولوا معي
الله الله الله أكبر
الله فوق المعتدي

الله أكبر
الله أكبر
الله أكبر
الله أكبر

Allāhu ʾakbar! Allāhu ʾakbar!
𝄆 Allāhu ʾakbar fawqa kaydi l-muʿtadī
Allāhu li-l-maẓlūmi khayru muʾaydi 𝄇
ʾAnā bi-l-yaqīni wa-bi-s-silāḥi saʾaftadī
Baladī wa-nūru l-ḥaqqi yasṭaʿu fī yadī
Qūlū maʿī Qūlū maʿī
Allāhu ʾakbar Allāhu ʾakbar!
Allāhu fawqa l-muʿtadī

Allāhu ʾakbar! Allāhu ʾakbar!
𝄆 Yā hadhihi d-dunyā ʾaṭillī w-asmaʿī
Jayshu l-aʿādī jāʾ yabgī maṣraʿī 𝄇
Bi-l-ḥaqqi sawfa ʾarduhu wa-bumadfaʿī
Wa-ʾidhā finīt fusūf ʾafnīhi maʿī
Qūlū maʿī Qūlū maʿī
Allāhu Allāhu Allāhu ʾakbar!
Allāhu fawqa l-muʿtadī

Allāhu ʾakbar! Allāhu ʾakbar!
𝄆 Qūlū maʿī l-waylu li-l-mustaʿmiri
Wallāhu fawqa l-gāṣibi l-mutakabbiri 𝄇
Allāhu ʾakbaru yā bilādī kabbirī
Wa-khudhī bi-n-aṣīyati l-mugīri wa-dammirī
Qūlū maʿī Qūlū maʿī
Allāhu Allāhu Allāhu ʾakbar!
Allāhu fawqa l-muʿtadī

Allāhu ʾakbar!
Allāhu ʾakbar!
Allāhu ʾakbar!
Allāhu ʾakbar!

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### English translation

God's the greatest! God's the greatest!

𝄆 And God's greatest above aggressor plots,

And God's the best supporter for the oppressed. 𝄇

With faith and weapons I shall defend my country

And the light of truth will shine in my hand.

Say with me, say with me:

God, God, God's the greatest!

God's above ev'ry attacker!

God's the greatest! God's the greatest!

𝄆 Oh this world, watch and listen:

The enemy came coveting my demise, 𝄇

I shall fight with Truth and defences

And if I die, I'll take him with me!

Say with me, say with me:

God, God, God's the greatest!

God's above ev'ry attacker!

God's the greatest! God's the greatest!

𝄆 Say with me, woe to the colonialist

And God's o'er the invader egotist, 𝄇

God's the greatest, my country, say with me:

And behold of enemies forelock and destroy it

Say with me, say with me:

God, God, God's the Greatest!

God's above ev'ry attacker!

Allahu akbar!

Allahu akbar!

Allahu akbar!

Allahu akbar!