ما شاء الله

See also: ماشاءالله

Arabic

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿l.lah/
• IPA^(key): /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿l.la.hu/

Phrase

مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ • (mā šāʔa llāhu)

1. what God wills
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:39:

     وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ دَخَلۡتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلۡتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالࣰا وَوَلَدࣰا

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2. God has willed

Related terms

• إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• بِإذْنِ ٱللَّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
• اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• آيَةُ ٱللَّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “Ayatollah, sign of God”)
• بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
  • بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
• اَللَّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: maşallah
• → Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)
• → Classical Persian: ماشاءالله (māšā'allah)
  • Persian: ماشاءالله (mâšâ'allah)
  • Tajik: мошоллоҳ (mošolloh)
• → English: mashallah
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh), माशाल्लाह (māśāllāh)

  Urdu: ماشاءاللہ (māśā'allāh)

• → Kazakh: мәшә Аллаһ (mäşä Allah), машалла (maşalla)
• → Kumyk: машаллагь (maşallah)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: maşelah

• → Malay: masya Allah
• → Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله
  • Turkish: maşallah
  • → Macedonian: машала (mašala)
• → Pashto: ماشاء الله (māša' lláh), ماشأالله (māšalláh)
• → Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)
• → Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah), машалах (mašalah)
• → Uyghur: ماشائاللا (masha'alla)
• → Uzbek: mosholloh