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in sha Allah

US/ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/

in sha Allah is the alternative spelling of inshallah.

Meaning of inshallah

Interjection

  1. 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.
  2. (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].29 September 2020, Joe Biden, US presidential debate
    Synonyms:
    yeah, right

Origin of in sha Allah

A transcription of the Arabic إِن شَاءَ اللّٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh).

Questions about in sha Allah

What is in sha Allah the alternative spelling of?
In sha Allah is the alternative spelling of inshallah.
How do you pronounce in sha Allah?
In sha Allah is pronounced /ˌɪnʃˈɑ.lə/ (US).

Words near in sha Allah in the dictionary

  1. in secret
  2. in sequence
  3. in series
  4. in service
  5. in session
  6. in sha Allah
  7. in shape
  8. in sheets
  9. in shit
  10. in short
  11. in short order

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in sha Allah (page history and authors); inshallah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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