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Concept
Inshallah
Summary
In Shaa Allah (ɪn'ʃɑːlə; ʾIn shāʾ Allāh ʔin ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh), also spelled In shaa Allah, In sha Allah, Insya Allah and İn şa Allah is an Arabic language expression meaning "if God wills" or "God willing". Even though saying In Shaa Allah would be more accurate, you may optionally use similar words mentioned on the wiki since it is not controversial. It was mentioned in the Quran which required the use of it when speaking on future events. In an Islamic context, it expresses the belief that nothing happens unless God wills it, and that his will supersedes all human will.; however, more generally 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, having the same meaning as the English word "hopefully".
The phrase can take on an ironic context, implying that something will never happen and is left to God's hands, or can be used as a gentle way of declining invitations.
In Adyghe, the terms тхьэм ыIомэ, thəm yı'omə and иншаллахь, inshallah are widely used by Circassians, with the meaning "hopefully" or "if God wills".
The word oxalá in Asturleonese, Galician (more rarely in this language ogallá) and Portuguese. In Spanish, the word is ojalá. They all come from the Arabic لو شاء الله (law šā' l-lāh (using a different word for "if"), from the time of Muslim presence and rule on the Iberian Peninsula. It means "we hope", "I hope", "we wish", "I wish". Also in Andalusia exists the expresion "tomara" that comes from "atamma 'Llah" in arabic with the original meaning similar to " The God will is that " that has derived to expressions in Andalusian spanish. This expression also exists in portuguese with a similar meaning.
The Bulgarian and Macedonian Дай Боже/дај Боже and Serbo-Croatian ако Бог да (ako Bog da) are the South Slav versions of the expression, calqued from Arabic, owing to Ottoman rule over the Balkans. They are used extensively in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Montenegro, even sometimes by non-theists.
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