'God Is the Greatest') is an Egyptian pro-military patriotic song composed by songwriter Abdalla Shams El-Din in 1954 and written by poet Mahmoud El-Sherif in 1955.

It was first used by the Egyptian Armed Forces as a marching song during the Suez Crisis in 1956.

"Allahu Akbar" was originally an Egyptian military marching song which became popular in Egypt and Syria during the Suez Crisis.

[1] The lyrics were written by Mahmoud El-Sherif, and the music was composed by Abdalla Shams El-Din.

"Allahu Akbar" was adopted as the official national anthem of the Libyan Arab Republic on 1 September 1969, by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, showing his hopes of uniting the Arab world.

However, when Libya and Egypt broke off diplomatic relations following the latter's 1979 peace treaty with Israel, the Egyptian origins of the national anthem were no longer mentioned by official government sources.

𝄆 Allāhu akbar fawqa kaydi l-muʿtadī Wa-llāhu li-l-maẓlūmi xayru muʾayyidī 𝄇 Anā bi-l-yaqīni wa-bi-s-silāḥi saʾaftadī Baladī wa-nūru l-ḥaqqi yasṭaʿu fī yadī Qūlū maʿī, qūlū maʿī Allāh, Allāh, Allāhu akbar!

𝄇 With faith and with weapons I shall defend my country, And the light of truth will shine in my hand.

𝄆 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 her with me!