Why Do People Say Allāhu Akbar? Likely you have heard this phrase in the news and you might wonder what it means. In the older edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam J.A. Wensinck wrote that the phrase Allāhu Akbar is " the briefest expression of the absolute superiority of the One God [i.e. Allah of Islam], is used in Muslim life in different
Allahu akbar. ( 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, page 126n:
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