inshallah

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inshallah

/ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/ US
/ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/ Canada

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Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).

interjection insha'Allah · in sha Allah · InsyaAllah

Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will. We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.
Similar: God willing, Deo volente, hopefully
colloquial, sarcastic Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about. Donald Trump: And you'll get it to see it [i.e. his taxes].
Similar: yeah, right

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intj Islam: if God has willed it

Español	inshalá, ojalá, si Dios quiere
한국어	인샬라 insyalla
日本語	インシャーアッラー inshāarrā, インシャラー insharā, インシャッラーフ insharrāfu
中文	印沙安拉 yìnshā'ānlā
हिन्दी	इंशाअल्लाह iñśāallāh, इन्शाअल्लाह inśāallāh, इंशाल्लाह iñśāllāh
Kiswahili	Mungu akipenda
Português	oxalá, se Deus quiser
Français	Inch'Allah, si Dieu le veut, si Dieu veut, Dieu veuille
Deutsch	Inschallah, so Gott will
Italiano	a Dio piacendo, se Dio vuole
Русский	иншалла́х inšalláx, иншаалла́х inšaalláx
العربية	إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه ʔin šāʔa llāh
עברית	אִם יִרְצֶה הַשֵּׁם im yirtseh hashem, אינשאללה inshála

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@misc{inshallah_2026,
  title = {inshallah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inshallah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}