ما شاء الله

ما شاء الله

See also: ماشاءالله‎

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/, /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/

Phrase

مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ‎ • (mā šāʾa llāhu)

1. mashallah:
   1. Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:39:

        ‏وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا‎

        wa-lawlā ʾiḏ daḵalta jannataka qulta mā šāʾa l-lahu lā quwwata ʾillā bi-l-lahi ʾin tarani ʾanā ʾaqalla minka mālan wawaladan

        And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children

   2. Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation.

Related terms

• إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ‎ (ʾin šāʾa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ‎ (biʾiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
• اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ‎ (allāhu ʾakbaru, “God is greater”)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ‎ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ‎ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ‎ (ʾastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• آيَةُ ٱللّٰه‎ (ʾāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)
• بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ‎ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
  • بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ‎ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
• اَللّٰهُمَّ‎ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: մաշալլահ (mašallah)
• → Azerbaijani: maşallah
• → Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)
• → Classical Persian: ماشاءالله‎ (māšā'allah)
  • Persian: ماشاءالله‎ (mâšâ'allah)
  • Tajik: мошоллоҳ (mošolloh)
• → English: mashallah
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh), माशाल्लाह (māśāllāh)

  Urdu: ماشاءاللہ‎ (māśā'allāh)

• → Kazakh: мәшә Аллаһ (mäşä Allah), машалла (maşalla)
• → Kumyk: машаллагь (maşallah)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: maşelah

• → Ladino: mashala
• → Malay: masya Allah
• → Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله‎
  • Turkish: maşallah
  • → Macedonian: машала (mašala)
  • → Romanian: mașala
• → Pashto: ماشاء الله‎ (māša' lláh), ماشأالله‎ (māšalláh)
• → Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)
• → Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah), машалах (mašalah)
• → Uyghur: ماشائاللا‎ (masha'alla)
• → Uzbek: mosholloh