Allahu akbar

اللّٰه أكبر‎

• Allah akbar

From Arabic اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَر‎ (allāhu ʾakbar), from nominative form of اللّٰه‎ (allāh, “God”) + أَكْبَر‎ (ʾakbar), elative form of كَبِير‎ (kabīr, “great”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌaləhuː ˈakbɑː/, /əˌlɑːhuː ˈakbɑː/

Allahu akbar

1. (Islam) "God is most great"; the Muslim takbir, or liturgical proclamation, used to accept sovereignty of God and as a common form of thanksgiving. [from 17th c.]
   • 1742, James Fraser, The History of Nadir Shah, London 1742, p. 126n:

     Tokbîr is repeating three times these Words, اللّٰه أكبر Allah Akbar, which is to say, GOD is Greatest, before the Kelmah abovementioned.

   • 2004, Yuri Bagrov, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2004:

     The official said it was not immediately clear who the attackers were, but said some of them were shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a frequent cry of Chechnya's separatist rebels.