How to say "God willing / hopefully" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningGod willing / hopefully
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
إِن شَاءَ اللَّه
in shāʾa llāhאן שאא אללה
إن شاء الله
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בעזרת השם
be'ezrat hashemبِئِزْرَات هَاشِم
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ش-ي-أIsraelis say אינשאללה too — the phrase was borrowed wholesale into Hebrew slang. And Allāh (from al-ilāh, 'the God') is cognate with Hebrew אלוה, 'God' — many scholars connect אל as well.
Related Hebrew word:אינשאללהinshallaإِنْشَالَّا
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In a phrase
إِن شَاءَ اللَّه نَلْتَقِي غَدًا
in shāʾa llāh naltaqī ghadanאן שאא אללה נלתקי ע'דןGod willing, we'll meet tomorrow
More in Greetings & Essentials
- praise God / thank Godal-ḥamdu li-llāhالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهתודה לאל
- okay / fineṭayyibطَيِّبבסדר
- here you go / please, go aheadtafaḍḍalتَفَضَّلבבקשה, הנה
- congratulations!mabrūkمَبْرُوكמזל טוב
- by your life! (please, I beg you)bi-ḥayātakبِحَيَاتَكבבקשה ממך, בחייך
- well done! (lit. may He give you health)yuʿṭīka l-ʿāfiyaيُعْطِيكَ الْعَافِيَةכל הכבוד