use
NSString *ayah = @"La> ila>ha illAlla>hu wah}dahu> la> shari>ka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul h}amdu, wa huwa ‘ala> kulli shai’in kadir.";
ayah = [ayah stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@">"
withString:@""];
ayah = [ayah stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"}"
withString:@""];