Verses · Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi
إذا الشعب يوما أراد الحياة فلا بد أن يستجيب القدر
When a people one day wills to live, fate must answer
idhā sh-shaʿbu yawman arāda l-ḥayāta fa-lā budda an yastajība l-qadar — Arabic.
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Where it comes from
Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi. The opening line of “The Will to Live” (1933) by Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi; its first two lines were later taken into the Tunisian national anthem.
See it in the scripts
The script is the decision you are actually making — the same line reads differently in each. Both open already composed, free, with no account.
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This line is not a ready paint on the store yet: it is made to order in our UAE workshop, the same calligraphy paint as the other lines — from AED 60 for A3 on canvas, frameless, and framed by hand if you choose it. Send us the line and the size on WhatsApp; we confirm the price and the spelling before anything is printed. Five to seven working days after approval.
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