inshallah in Arabic
إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه ʔin šāʔa llāh
US/ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/
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Canada/ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/
inshallah in Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh). In English, inshallah means expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.
Arabic words for inshallah
- Islam: if God has willed it
- إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه ʔin šāʔa llāh
English meaning of inshallah
- interjection Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.
- interjection Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about.
inshallah in a sentence
- We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.
Synonyms of inshallah
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Questions about inshallah in Arabic
- What is the meaning of inshallah in Arabic?
- Inshallah in Arabic is إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh).
- ما معنى كلمة inshallah؟
- Inshallah: إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh).
- What does inshallah mean in English?
- Inshallah means expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.
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