Allahu Akbar (Matoub)

"Allahu Akbar" is a song written by Lounès Matoub. The song illustrated Matoub's contempt for the use of Islamic religion by the Arabs in order to annihilate the language, the traditions and the will of the Berbers.

Allahu Akbar is Arabic for "God is the greatest."

The text in English is as follows:

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In the daytime when permanent calmness ( christianity ) came, We discharged it incontinent; We said to him: we are at best, Fed on happiness and on beneficial effects, Nothing misses in our prosperity, What fades for ever what we forget one day. Our looks towards Quebla turn, As though of this place The wind of respectability had to get up. Allah is big! Allah! Arabic is the word of God. It is the language of knowledge, In no way comparable in the others. For her, you can throw yourself into the abyss, Go, topple over, sink there! Mahomet will carry to your assistance. Watch out! Do not open again eyes anymore! Call lords, sing commendations Of those who bewitch you towards torpor. Allah is big! Allah! Watch out! Do not appear from sleep! You here is wandering in the chasms of nature, The steam of opium for companions. Consider Quebla made drowsy, Also consider the chérifienne Quaaba, They are your only lamp. Bow your forehead and hit it against earth, No one comes to fluster your prostration, Listen only to your sidi sheikh: Allah is big! Allah!

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