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Opening takbir

Read the Arabic. Recall the meaning before you reveal it.

Narrated recitation

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Approximate Roman guide: Allahu akbar

Our concise English rendering
Allah is greater.

Bukhari 757 describes beginning with takbir. Muslim 601 includes these Arabic words within a longer opening expression. The displayed English is our concise rendering.

Sahih al-Bukhari 757 ↗

Sahih Muslim 601 ↗

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