The music for it was composed at the request of Muscat's government by James Frederick Mills, a Briton, in December 1932.
[4][5] In 1970, a modified version was written by the poet Hafiz bin-Salim as-Sayl al-Gasani, the adviser of the former Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said.
يَا عُمَان نَحْنُ مِنْ عَهْدِ النَّبِيْ أَوْفِيَاء مِنْ كِرَامِ الْعَرَبِيْ فَارْتَقِيْ هَامَ السَّمَاء وَامْلَئِي الْكَوْنَ ضِيَاء وَاسْعَدِيْ وَانْعَمِيْ بِالرَّخَاء Yā rabbanā ʾaḥfaẓ lanā jalālat as-Sulṭān Wa-sh-shaʿba fi-l-ʾawṭān Bi-l-ʿizzi wa-l-ʾamān 𝄆 Wa-l-yadum muʾayadā, ʿĀhilān mumajjadā; Bi-n-nufūsi yuftadā.
O Oman, we have been from the time of the Prophet of the most loyal and noble Arabs So ascend to the apex of the heavens illuminate the cosmos rejoice and relish in prosperity In 2020, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq issued a decree to remove the name of his predecessor, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, from the national anthem.
[8] يا عمان نحن من عهد النبي أوفياء من كرام العربي ابشري قابوس جاء فلتباركه السماء واسعدي ولتقيه بالدعاء Yā ʿUmān, naḥnu min ʿahd in-Nabī ʾAwfiyāʾ min kirāmi l-ʿArabī.