الله أكبر

See also: الله اکبر

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Flag of 1930s Waziristan (Pakistan) resistance movement: الله أكبر

Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر

Etymology

اللّٰه (allāh, “God, Allah”) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar), the elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big, great, powerful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɫ.ɫaː.hu ʔak.bar/

• Audio (Egypt):

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Phrase

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر • (allāhu ʔakbar)

1. God is greater
2. oh my God

Related terms

• بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
  • بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
• إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ (ʔastaḡfiru llāha, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
• آيَةُ الله (ʔāyatu llāh, “Ayatollah, sign of God”)
• اللَّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)

Descendants

• → English: Allahu akbar
• → Swedish: Allahu akbar
• → Turkish: Allahu ekber