ما شاء الله
See also: ماشاءالله
Arabic
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/, /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/
Phrase
مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ • (mā šāʔa llāhu)
- mashallah:
- 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
- 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
- Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation.
- Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.
Related terms
- إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
- بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
- اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
- سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
- اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
- أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
- آيَةُ ٱللّٰه (ʔāyatu 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: mashalla
- → Malay: masya Allah
- → Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله
- → Pashto: ماشاء الله (māša' lláh), ماشأالله (māšalláh)
- → Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)
- → Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah), машалах (mašalah)
- → Uyghur: ماشائاللا (masha'alla)
- → Uzbek: mosholloh
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