Qatar
السلام الأميري
As-Salam al-Amiri
Peace to the Amir
1996
1996
Sheikh Mubarak bin Saif al-Thani
Abdul Aziz Nasser Obaidan
✝ God / Faith ❤ Love of homeland 🏛 Identity 💪 Resilience |
Key Facts
- 1. Qatar's anthem was performed at the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in front of over a billion television viewers, marking its largest global audience ever.
- 2. The anthem's musical arrangement uses traditional Arabic maqam scales, giving it a modal quality distinct from the major-key marches common in Western national anthems.
- 3. Qatar shares a musical kinship with other Gulf state anthems; its melody was influenced by the same regional compositional tradition that shaped the anthems of Bahrain and the UAE.
Lyrics
قسماً بمن رفع السماء
قسماً بمن نشر الضياء
قطر ستظل عالية
سيراً على نهج الأنبياء
قطر في قلبي دعاء
قطر في قلبي نور وسناء
قطر في قلبي قطر
شرف وإباء
قطر الحماية يوم النداء
يوم الفداء يوم الوفاء
قطر درع الرجال في المعالي
في ساح العز والإباء
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialQatar adopted its current anthem in 1996, replacing a purely instrumental anthem that had been in use since 1954. The new anthem added lyrics for the first time and reflects Qatar's Islamic identity and loyalty to the ruling Al Thani family.