Inshallah


Inshallah, also spelled InshAllah or In sha Allah, is an Arabic language expression meaning "if God wills" or "God willing". The phrase comes from a Quranic command which commands Muslims to use it when speaking of future events. The phrase is commonly used by Muslims, Arab Christians, and Arabic-speakers of other religions to refer to events that one hopes will happen in the future. It expresses the belief that nothing happens unless God wills it and that his will supersedes all human will.

Other languages

Maltese

A similar expression exists in Maltese: jekk Alla jrid. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic, the Arabic dialect that developed in Sicily and later in Malta between the end of the 9th century and the end of the 12th century.

On the Iberian Peninsula

In the Spanish and Portuguese languages the expressions ' and ' come from the Arabic expression ʾin shāʾa llāh.

Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian

In Bulgarian, "daĭ Bože /Дай Боже, Български, Serbo-Croatian, "ako Bog da/ако Бог да" is a South Slav expression calqued from Arabic. Owing to Ottoman rule over the Balkans, it is used extensively in Bulgaria and in the ex-Yugoslav countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Montenegro even sometimes used by non Muslims.