Dawlat al-Islam Qamat

Dawlat al-Islam Qamat (Arabic: دولة الاسلام قامت; English: The Islamic State Has Been Established), also known by its English name My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared, is a jihadi nasheed (chant) which became an unofficial anthem of the Islamic State. It was released in December 2013 and soon became their most popular song.[1] The American magazine The New Republic referred to it as the most influential song of 2014.[2]

Dawlat al-Islam Qamat
English: "The Islamic State has Been Established"
دولة الاسلام قامت
National anthem of the  Islamic State
LyricsUnknown
MusicAjnad Media Foundation
Adopted2013

The chant is a capella apart from sound effects of swords being drawn, feet stomping, and gunfire. It was produced by the Ajnad Media Foundation, which produces most Islamic State songs. The song has also been used by the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram to accompany speeches.[1]

Translated Lyrics

Below are the lyrics for the chant, translated from Arabic into English.[3]

My Ummah, dawn has appeared, so await the expected victory.
The Islamic State has arisen by the blood of the righteous.
The Islamic State has arisen by the jihad of the pious.
Present the spirits truly with firmness and certainty
So that the religion may be established therein by the law of the Lord of the worlds

My nation, so rejoice, do not despair that victory is near
The state of Islam was established and the majestic glory appeared
You rose to paint glory, and the era of sunset ended
With loyal men who do not fear wars

Forge an immortal glory that does not perish or disappear
My nation, God is our master, so give me your blood
Victory will not return except with the blood of the martyrs
Those who go away hope for their master in the abode of the prophets

Offer souls to God and to religion as a sacrifice
People of generosity and gifts, people of generosity and honour
My ummah, so rejoice, the sun of endurance has risen
And we marched in multitude to the glorification of everlasting glory

Let us restore the light, the faith and the glorious glory
With men who divorced the world and won immortality
And they restored the nation of glories and the greatest victory.

audio icon Ummati Qad Laha Fajrun at Archive.org, 2020

Other foreign language versions

In 2015, ISIL's propaganda agency released their first Chinese song, We are the Mujahid (Chinese: 我們是聖戰士), a chorus song with a total length of 4:06. The singer's accent is an obvious Uyghur accent.[4]

See also

References
  1. Marshall, Alex (9 November 2014). "How Isis got its anthem". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. Gardner, Simon R. (31 December 2014). "The Islamic State Produced the Most Influential Song of the Year". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ""My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared": Nasheed for the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham".
  4. "伊斯蘭國發布首支中文版聖戰歌曲[音檔]" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Central News Agency. 2015-12-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

Dawlat al-Islam Qamat at the Internet Archive


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