الله أكبر
See also: الله اکبر
Arabic
Arabic phrasebook
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Etymology
اللّٰه (allāh, “God, Allah”) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar), the elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big, great, powerful”).
Pronunciation
Phrase
اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر • (allāhu ʔakbar)
- God is greater
Descendants
- English: Allahu akbar
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”)