National anthem of Mauritania (1960–2017)

Kun lil-ilāhi naṣirā, wa-ankiri al-manākirā
Wa-kun maʻa al-ḥaqqi al-ladhī yarḍā-hu minka dāʼirā
Wa-lā taʻudda nāfiʻan siwā-hu aw ḍāʼirā
Wa-sluk sabīla al-muṣṭafā wa-mut ʻalayhi sāʼirā

Fa-mā kafā awwalanā al-aysa yakfī al-ākhirā
Wa-kun li-qawmin aḥdathū fī amrihi muhājirā
Qad mawwahu bi-shubbahin wa-iʻtadharū ma-ʻādhirā,
Wa-zaʻamū mazaʻima wa-sawwadū dafātirā,

Wa-ḥtanakū ahla al-falā, wa-ḥtanakū al-ḥawāḍirā
Wa-awrathat akābirun bidʻataha aṣāghirā
Wa-in daʻā mujādilun fī amri-him ilā mirâ
Fa-lā tumārī fīhimu illā mirāʼan ẓāhirā

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