Wala ghaliba illa Allah

Wala ghaliba illa Allah (Arabic: ولا غالب إلا الله, "And there is no victor except Allah") is an Arabic phrase that was used as the motto of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state to rule parts of the Iberian Peninsula.

[2] There is a reference to the phrase in the book Rawd al-Qirtas by Ibn Abi Zara’ al-Fassi, where he described the victory of the Almohads, led by Yaqub al-Mansur, in the Battle of Alarcos over the Spanish Christian forces, led by Alfonso VIII of Castile.

Ibn Abi Zara' said, "When Alfonso VIII - may God curse him - had decided to attack Muslims with his entire army... he heard the drums and the trumpets.

[3] A second theory mentions that in the siege of Seville, the Castilians were aided by an unspecified Nasrid ruler of Granada.

[5] The phrase is usually seen in buildings in Southern Iberia that date back to the late periods of Islamic rule, such as the Alhambra palace.