إن شاء الله

See also: ان‌شاءالله‎

Arabic

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إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ‎ • (ʾin šāʾa llāhu)

God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will (literally, “if God has willed [it]”)
- 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 ٱلصَّابِرِينَ‎
  falammā balaḡa maʿahu s-saʿya qāla yā bunayya ʾinnī ʾarā fī l-manāmi ʾannī ʾaḏbaḥuka fanẓur māḏā tarā qāla yā ʾabati fʿal mā tuʾmaru satajidunī ʾin šāʾa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣābirīna
  When 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

إنْ شاءَ اَلرَّبُّ وَعِشْنَا‎ (ʾin šāʾa r-rabbu waʿišnā)
مَا شَاءَ اللّٰه‎ (mā šāʾa llāh, “what God has willed”)
بِإذْنِ اللهِ‎ (biʾiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ‎ (allāhu ʾakbaru, “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 (ʾastaḡfiru llāha, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ‎ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
آيَةُ الله‎ (ʾāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)
اللّٰهُمَّ‎ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)

→ Armenian: իշալլահ (išallah)
→ Azerbaijani: inşallah
→ Bashkir: иншалла (inşalla)
→ Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (inśaallah)
→ Chinese: 印沙安拉 (yìnshā'ānlā)
→ Danish: inshallah
→ English: inshallah
→ French: inch'Allah
→ Georgian: ინშალლაჰ (inšallah)
→ German: inschallah
→ Japanese: インシャラー (insharā), インシャッラーフ (insharrāfu)
→ Hebrew: אינשאללה‎
→ Hindi: इंशाल्लाह (inśāllāh)
→ Hungarian: insallah
→ Indonesian: insya Allah
→ Italian: inshallah
- Italian: sciallo, sciallare
→ Korean: 인샬라 (insyalla)
→ Ladino: ishalla
→ Macedonian: ишала (išala)
→ Malay: insya Allah
→ Persian: ان‌شاءالله‎ (enšâ'allâh)
→ Polish: inszallah
→ Russian: иншалла́х (inšalláx), иншалла́ (inšallá), иншаалла́х (inšaalláx), инша'Алла́ (inša'Allá)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: иншаллах
Latin: inšallah
→ Spanish: insha'Allah
→ Turkish: inşallah
→ Wolof: inchaalaaxu

From Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّه‎ (ʾin šāʾa l-lah).

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