inshallah

English

Alternative forms

• insha'Allah
• in sha Allah

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/

Interjection

inshallah

1. God willing; Deo volente; expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, especially in a Muslim country or Islamic context.

   We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.

Usage notes

• In many contexts, including military slang, the expression is sarcastic, suggesting that the speaker has no interest in making the future event occur (thus, it will only occur if God steps in and wills it).
• In Arab countries inshallah is often added to any sentence in the future tense. It is to show that the future event is not assured and if God's will steps in, it will not happen. I wish the event happens, but I don't have it all in my hands and unpredictable can happen. I wish it happens, but if it's not God's will, it will not happen.

Translations

God willing (Islam)

• Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh)
• Azerbaijani: inşallah
• Bashkir: иншалла (inşalla)
• Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (inośaallah)
• Breton: inch'Allah
• Catalan: si déu vol (ca)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: йиншанлахў (yinšanlahw)

  Mandarin: 印沙安拉 (yìnshā'ānlā)

• Danish: inshallah
• Dutch: insha'Allah
• Finnish: jos Luoja suo (God willing); insha Allah (Islamic context)
• French: Inch’Allah (fr)
• Georgian: ინშალლაჰ (inšallah)
• German: Inschallah, so Gott will
• Hindi: इंशाल्लाह (iñśāllāh)
• Hungarian: insallah
• Indonesian: insya Allah (id)
• Japanese: インシャッラーフ (insharrāfu), インシャッラー (insharrā)
• Kabyle: mayghva rebbi
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• Korean: 인샬라 (insyalla)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Malay: insya-Allah
• Persian: ان‌شاءالله (enšâ'allâh)
• Portuguese: oxalá (pt), se Deus quiser (pt)
• Russian: иншалла́х (ru) (inšalláx), иншаалла́х (inšaalláx)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: иншаллах, иншалах, ако Бог да

  Roman: inšallah, inšalah, ako Bog da

• Spanish: inshalá, ojalá (es)
• Swahili: Mungu akipenda
• Swedish: insha'Allah
• Tajik: иншоллоҳ (inšolloh)
• Turkish: inşallah (tr)
• Urdu: انشاءالله (inśā'allāh)
• Uyghur: ئىنشائاللا (insha'alla)
• Uzbek: insholloh
• Wolof: inchaalaaxu

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إن شاء الله (ʔin šāʔ allāh).

Interjection

inshallah

1. inshallah
   • 2015, Tarek Omar, Johan Forsby, Sønner af mænd, Politikens Forlag (→ISBN)

     Vi har set videoerne og læst på lektien. Det går, inshallah.

     We have seen the videos and done our homework. It will be fine, God willing.

   • 2016, Joakim Zander, Broderen, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN)

     ... at jeg må væk, inshallah.

     ... that I have to get away, God willing.

   • 2013, Khaled Hosseini (tr. by Marianne Linneberg Rasmussen), Og bjergene gav genlyd, Rosinante & Co (→ISBN)

     „Snart, inshallah,“ sagde Nabi ...

     "Soon, God willing," Nabi said