innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun
Malay
Alternative forms
- inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (innā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūna).
Phrase
innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun
- (Islam) Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un (“We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return”) (used when a person experiences a tragedy in life, mostly used when hearing news that a person has died)