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عاش المليك
English: The Royal Salute
	As-Salam Al Malaki
National anthem of	Saudi Arabia
Lyrics	Ibrahim Khafaji
Music	Abdul Rahman Al-Khateeb
Adopted	1988
Music sample
	As-Salam Al Malaki (Instrumental)

For Jordanian Royal Anthem with the same name (عاش المليك), see As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni.

As-Salam Al Malaki (The Royal Salute) is the national anthem of Saudi Arabia. It praises God and asks that he will grant the King of Saudi Arabia long life. The words of the song were written by Ibrahim Khafaji (born 1935) and the music was by the Egyptian musician Abdul Rahman Al-Khateeb (b. 1923). It was adopted as the national anthem in 1984.

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Arabic	Transliteration	English translation
سارعي للمجد و العلياء مجدي لخالق السماء و ارفعي الخفاق الاخضر يحمل النور المسطر رددي الله أكبر يا موطني موطني عشت فخر المسلمين عاش المليك للعلم و الوطن	Sārʿī le l-majd-i wa l-ʿalyāʾ, Májjedī le-Khāleq as-Samā'! W-arfaʿī al-khaffāq al-ákhḍar Yáḥmil an-Nūr al-musáṭṭar Ráddedi: Aḷḷāhu ákbar, Yā mawtanī! Mawtanī, ʿíšta fakhr al-Muslimīn ʿĀsh al-Malīk le l-ʿalám wa l-waṭán!^[1]	Hasten to glory and supremacy, Glorify the Creator of the heavens! And raise the green flag Carrying the emblem of Light, Repeating: Allah is the greatest, O my country! My country, Live as the glory of Muslims! Long live the King for the flag and the country!^[1]

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