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inshallah

interjection

  1. God willing (used mainly by Muslims or in Islamic contexts)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/ / /ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/

intj

Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).

  1. Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.

    We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.

    Hell yeah, from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be – inshallah – it will be free!

  2. Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about.

    Donald Trump: And you'll get it to see it [i.e. his taxes].

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