إن شاء الله

See also: ان‌شاءالله

Arabic

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔin ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/, /ʔin ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/

Interjection

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ • (ʔin šāʔa llāhu)

1. God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will (literally, “if God has willed [it]”)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:102:

     فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّابِرِينَ

     falammā balaḡa maʕahu s-saʕya qāla yā bunayya ʔinnī ʔarā fī l-manāmi ʔannī ʔaḏbaḥuka fanẓur māḏā tarā qāla yā ʔabati fʕal mā tuʔmaru satajidunī ʔin šāʔa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣābirīna

     When he was old enough to assist in his endeavour, he said, "My son! I see in dreams that I am sacrificing you. See what you think." He said, "Father! Do whatever you have been commanded. If God wishes, you will find me to be patient."

2. it is to be hoped; I hope; we hope so

Related terms

• إنْ شاءَ اَلرَّبُّ وَعِشْنَا (ʔin šāʔa r-rabbu waʕišnā)
• مَا شَاءَ اللّٰه (mā šāʔa llāh, “what God has willed”)
• بِإذْنِ اللهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
• اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
• بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
  • بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ (ʔastaḡfiru llāha, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
• آيَةُ الله (ʔāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)
• اللّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: իշալլահ (išallah)
• → Azerbaijani: inşallah
• → Bashkir: иншалла (inşalla)
• → Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (inośaallah)
• → Chinese: 印沙安拉 (yìnshā'ānlā)
• → Danish: inshallah
• → English: inshallah
• → French: inch’Allah
• → Georgian: ინშალლაჰ (inšallah)
• → German: inschallah
• → Japanese: インシャラー (insharā), インシャッラーフ (insharrāfu)
• → Hebrew: אינשאללה
• → Hindi: इंशाल्लाह (iñśāllāh)
• → Hungarian: insallah
• → Indonesian: insya Allah
• → Italian: inshallah
  • Italian: sciallo, sciallare
• → Korean: 인샬라 (insyalla)
• → Ladino: ishalla
• → Malay: insya Allah

• → Persian: ان‌شاءالله (enšâ'allâh)
• → Polish: inszallah
• → Russian: иншалла́х (inšalláx), иншалла́ (inšallá), иншаалла́х (inšaalláx), инша’Алла́ (inša’Allá)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: иншаллах

  Latin script: inšallah

• → Spanish: insha'Allah
• → Turkish: inşallah
• → Wolof: inchaalaaxu

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّه (ʔin šāʔa l-lah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔinˈʃaːɫːa/

Interjection

إن شاء الله • (ʾinšālla)

1. God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will (literally, “if God has willed [it]”)
2. it is to be hoped; I hope; we hope so