inshallah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه‎ (ʾin šāʾa llāh).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/

Interjection

inshallah

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

As a borrowed term in military slang, the expression is chiefly sarcastic, implying intent to do the opposite.

Translations

God willing (Islam)

Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه‎‎ (ʾin šāʾa llāh)
Azerbaijani: inşallah
Bashkir: иншалла (inšalla)
Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (inśaallah)
Breton: inch'Allah
Catalan: si déu vol (ca)
Chinese:
Dungan: йиншанлахў (jinšanlahw)

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 (inśāllāh)
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

Korean: 인샬라 (insyalla)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئیشاڵا‎‎ (íshalla)
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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إن شاء الله‎ (ʾin šāʾ allāh).

Interjection

inshallah

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

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