Be a helper for God, and censure what is forbidden, 
And turn with the law which, which He wants you to follow, 
Hold no one to be useful or harmful, except for Him,
And walk the path of the chosen one, and die while you are on it!
For what was sufficient for the first of us, is sufficient for the last one, too.
And leave those people who do evil things with respect to God. 
They misrepresented him by making him similar, and made all kinds of excuses. 
They made bold claims, and blackened notebooks.
They let the nomads and the sedentary people, both make bitter experiences, 
And the great sins of their [doctrinal] innovations bequeathed small. 
And just in case a disputant, calls you to dispute about their claims, 
Do not, then, dispute on them, except by way of an external dispute.

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Mauritania

Words by:Baba Ould Cheikh
Music by:traditional (arranged by Tolia Nikiprowetzky)
Adopted:1960

One of the more unique anthems of the world, Mauritania's anthem is based on an
old poem by Baba Ould Cheikh, who was inspired to write due to the problem of
the myriad of Arabian sects that were developing at the time.

The first president of the country, shortly before independence from France,
asked the director of the orchestra of the French broadcasting service, Tolia
Nikiprovetzki, to select a melody to be used for the future anthem. This
melody, known for many centuries and was the melody that originally belonged to
the verses, was selected from the many selections of folk music that were
considered.

The peculiar rhythym of the anthem (known as "fatchou") makes it very difficult
to sing, thus the anthem is often (but erroneously) listed as wordless.

Special thanks to:Josh Lim for some of this information, the lyrics in Hasaniya
Arabic script, and the sheet music; and to Michael Bristow for some of this
