mashallah en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /mɑˈʃɑlɑ/ (General-American)
- /mɑːˈʃælə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mɑˈʃælə/ (General-American)
- /mɑːˈʃɑːlɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰه (mā šāʔa llāh).
Meanings
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Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.
Mashallah, I hear Akhmad say. Mashallah. I ask him what it means. “Mashallah, it's to be thankful. Something wonderful.” It means, literally, “God wills it.” And yet it seems, there's a kind of joy inside the word, too. Some large, cosmic gratitude.
2019, Maggie Paxson, The Plateau, Penguin, →ISBN, page 308:
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Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation.
'Mashallah, fine set of boys you've got here, sir,' he smiled, shaking us all by the hand, and giving Jamal a mock punch on the shoulder. 'Y'all new to the masjid?' ' Yes, we are,' Dad answered him. 'It's our first time here as a family.'
2014, Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers: A Muslim Love Story, Kube Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:
- An indication of excitement, surprise or astonishment. Wow!
Coordinates
Relateds
Allah · what hath God wrought · inshallah
Translations (39)
fi kuten Allah haluaa (God has willed it) · sh машала (God has willed it) · sh машаллах (God has willed it) · hi माशाल्लाह (God has willed it) · lad mashala (God has willed it) · fr mashallah (God has willed it) · tl mashallah (God has willed it) · ru машаалла́х (God has willed it) · ps ماشأالله (God has willed it) · az maşallah (God has willed it) · hy մաշալլա (God has willed it) · ug ماشائاللا (God has willed it) · gu માશાઅલ્લાહ (God has willed it) · ar مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (God has willed it) · th มาชาอัลลอฮ์ (God has willed it) · kk машалла (God has willed it) · sh mašala (God has willed it) · ur ماشاءاَللہ (God has willed it) · tg мошоаллоҳ (God has willed it) · sh машалах (God has willed it) · kk мәшә Аллаһ (God has willed it) · sh mašalah (God has willed it) · fa ماشاءالله (God has willed it) · fi masha Allah (God has willed it) · ps ماشاء الله (God has willed it) · id masya Allah (God has willed it) · kmr maşelah (God has willed it) · tr maşallah (God has willed it) · ja おかげさまで (God has willed it) · ru машалла́х (God has willed it) · kum машаллагь (God has willed it) · ms masya Allah (God has willed it) · hi माशाअल्लाह (God has willed it) · uz mosholloh (God has willed it) · mk машала (God has willed it) · bn মাশাআল্লাহ্ (God has willed it) · de maschallah (God has willed it) · mr माशाल्लाह (God has willed it) · sh mašallah (God has willed it)