Saudi national anthem

النشيد الوطني السعودي
transcription	an-našīd al-waṭanī as-saʿūdī
Alternative title	السلام الملكي / as-salām al-malakī عاش الملك / ʿĀš al-malik
Title in German	Saudi national anthem
country	Saudi Arabia
Usage period	1950 - today
text	Ibrahim Chafaji
melody	Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib
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The Saudi national anthem ( Arabic النشيد الوطني السعودي, DMG an-našīd al-waṭanī as-saʿūdī ) is the national anthem of Saudi Arabia . The melody known as as-salām al-malakī was composed by Abd ar-Rahman al-Chatib in 1947 and declared the national anthem in 1950. For many years the national anthem was officially without a text, although there was an unofficial wording written by the poet Muhammad Talat , which extolled the king as the guardian of the holy places of Islam. Today's text was written by Ibrahim Chafaji and officially adopted in 1984. He praises God and asks that the king be given a long life.

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Arabic	transcription	German translation
سارعي للمجد والعلياء مجدي لخالق السماء وارفعي الخفاق أخضر يحمل النور المسطر ردطمل الملش الواد المله أكبور ملع ملع ملع ملعلم المله يبور ملع ملع ملع مل مل ململ أكبور ملع ملع ملع ململ ململ	Sāriʿī li-l-maǧd wa-l-ʿalyāʾ Maǧǧidī li-ḫāliq as-samāʾ wa-rfaʿī l-ḫaffāq aḫḍar Yaḥmil an-nūr al-musṭar Raddidi Allāh akbar yā mawṭinī Mawṭinī mal ʿišlim al- mus -ʿAlam wa-l-waṭan	Strive for glory and supremacy, Let us praise the Creator of Heaven, and raise the green, the fluttering flag, the mark of light! Repeat: God is greatest! Oh my country! My country, may you live forever, the glory of all Muslims! Long live the king, for the flag and the country!

See also

• List of national anthems