ما شاء الله

See also: ماشاءالله

Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Phrase

مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa 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 ʔiḏ daḵalta jannataka qulta mā šāʔa l-lahu lā quwwata ʔillā bi-l-lahi ʔin tarani ʔanā ʔaqalla 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.

Descendants

  • Armenian: մաշալլահ (mašallah)
  • Azerbaijani: maşallah
  • Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)
  • Classical Persian: ماشاءالله (māšā'allah)
  • 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
  • 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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