inshallah

/ (ɪnˈʃælə) /

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Islam if Allah wills it

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Word Origin for inshallah

C19: from Arabic

Words nearby inshallah

insessorial, inset, inset initial, in seventh heaven, inseverable, inshallah, in shape, insheathe, inshore, in short, in short order

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How to use inshallah in a sentence

The point of libertarianism is to limit (or, Inshallah, diminish) the size, power, and expense of government.
Up To A Point: My Problem With People Who Agree With Me|P. J. O’Rourke|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We will meet in a few days in Tripoli around the Rixos Hotel, Inshallah (god willing),” he said.
Cash for Killing Gaddafi|Igor Kossov|August 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
My head is not so beautiful as that of Rachel's daughter, but it is as useful to me; and, Inshallah, I mean to keep it.
The Arab's Pledge|Edward L. Mitford
En-Noor says that we shall certainly get them back,—all; but he adds the qualifying phrase, Inshallah!
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson

And beyond them lie another four, and yet another; better not to think of them—Inshallah, we shall sleep somewhere to-night!
Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures|Gertrude Bell
Inshallah, I will grip that spectacled old woman of a priest by the hand before I die.
Rung Ho!|Talbot Mundy
I have only now to get a little money in my pocket, and then inshallah (as the Turks say), I'll have my picture out of you.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851|Various