# إن شاء الله
## Arabic

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔin ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/, /ʔin ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/

### Interjection

إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ • (ʔin šāʔa llāhu)
* God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will (literally, “if God has willed [it]”)
    سَأَزُورُ أَقَارِبِي فِي مَدِينَةِ الرِّيَاضِ هَذَا الصَّيْفَ، إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ.saʔazūru ʔaqāribī fī madīnati r-riyāḍi haḏā ṣ-ṣayfa, ʔin šāʔa llāhu.I will visit my relatives in Riyadh this summer, God willing.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:102:فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّابِرِينَfalammā balaḡa maʕahu s-saʕya qāla yā bunayya ʔinnī ʔarā fī l-manāmi ʔannī ʔaḏbaḥuka fanẓur māḏā tarā qāla yā ʔabati fʕal mā tuʔmaru satajidunī ʔin šāʔa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣābirīnaWhen he was old enough to assist in his endeavour, he said, "My son! I see in dreams that I am sacrificing you. See what you think." He said, "Father! Do whatever you have been commanded. If God wishes, you will find me to be patient."
* it is to be hoped; I hope; we hope so; hopefully

#### Related terms

* إنْ شاءَ اَلرَّبُّ وَعِشْنَا (ʔin šāʔa r-rabbu waʕišnā)
* مَا شَاءَ اللّٰه (mā šāʔa llāh, “what God has willed”)
* بِإذْنِ اللهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
* اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
* بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
** بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
* سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
* أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهَ (ʔastaḡfiru llāha, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
* اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
* آيَةُ الله (ʔāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)
* اللّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: ishalla
* → Armenian: իշալլահ (išallah)
* → Azerbaijani: inşallah
* → Bashkir: иншалла (inşalla)
* → Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (inśaallah)
* → Danish: inshallah
* → English: inshallah
* → French: inch’Allah
* → Georgian: ინშალლაჰ (inšallah)
* → German: inschallah
* → Japanese: 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)
* → Hebrew: אינשאללה
* → Hindi: इंशाल्लाह (iñśāllāh)
* → Hungarian: insallah
* → Indonesian: insya Allah
* → Korean: 인샬라 (insyalla)
* → Ladino: ishalla
* → Macedonian: ишала (išala)
* → Malay: insya Allah
* → Mandarin: 印沙安拉 (yìnshā'ānlā)
* → Persian:
** → Classical Persian: اِن‌شَاءَٱللّٰه (in-šā'al-lāh), اِن‌شَاءَ اللّٰه (in-šā'a l-lāh)
** Dari: اِن‌شَاءَ اللّٰه (in-šā'a l-lāh), اِنْشَاللّٰه (inšāllāh), اِنْشَااَللّٰه (inšā'allāh), اِن‌شَاءَٱللّٰه (in-šā'al-lāh)
** Iranian Persian: ایشَاللّٰه (išâllâh), اِن‌شَاءَٱللّٰه (en-šâ'al-lâh), اِنْشَااَللّٰه (enšâ'allâh)
** Tajik: иншоаллоҳ (inšoalloh), иншоллоҳ (inšolloh)
* → Polish: inszallah
* → Russian: иншалла́х (inšalláx), иншалла́ (inšallá), иншаалла́х (inšaalláx), инша’Алла́ (inša’Allá)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: иншаллах
    Latin script: inšallah
* → Spanish: insha'Allah
* → Turkish: inşallah
* → Urdu: اِن شاء اَللّٰہ (in śā' allāh), اِنْشاءَاَللّٰہ (inśā'āllāh)
* → Wolof: inchaalaaxu

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّه (ʔin šāʔa l-lah).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔinˈʃaːɫːa/

### Interjection

إن شاء الله • (ʾinšālla)
* God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will (literally, “if God has willed [it]”)
* it is to be hoped; I hope; we hope so