inshallah
US/ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/
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Canada/ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/
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 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.
- Hell yeah, from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be – inshallah – it will be free!28 June 2025, Bob Vylan, 2025 Glastonbury performance
- Synonyms:
- God willing, Deo volente, hopefully
- 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
inshallah meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati
inshallah in Hindi
- Islam: if God has willed it
- इंशाअल्लाह iñśāallāh, इन्शाअल्लाह inśāallāh, इंशाल्लाह iñśāllāh
inshallah in Urdu
- Islam: if God has willed it
- اِن شاء اَللّٰہ in śā' allāh, اِنْشاءَاَللّٰہ inśā'āllāh
inshallah in Bengali
- Islam: if God has willed it
- ইনশাআল্লাহ্ inośaallah
inshallah in Gujarati
- Islam: if God has willed it
- ઇન્શાઅલ્લાહ inśāallāh
More languagesFewer languages
- inshallah in Pashto
- انشاالله inšā'āllāh
- inshallah in Arabic
- إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰه ʔin šāʔa llāh
- inshallah in Malay
- insya-Allah
- inshallah in Indonesian
- insya Allah
Synonyms of inshallah
Forms of inshallah
| alternative form | insha'Allah |
|---|---|
| alternative form | in sha Allah |
| alternative Malaysia | InsyaAllah |
Origin of inshallah
Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).
Words that rhyme with inshallah
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Moskva
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
- da
Questions about inshallah
- What does inshallah mean?
- 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.
- What is inshallah in Hindi?
- Inshallah in Hindi is इंशाअल्लाह (iñśāallāh), इन्शाअल्लाह (inśāallāh), इंशाल्लाह (iñśāllāh). See Inshallah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inshallah?
- Inshallah is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce inshallah?
- Inshallah is pronounced /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/ (US).
Words near inshallah in the dictionary
Source and license
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