Mashallah
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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“It will make Iran more isolated,” warned former Iranian diplomat Mashallah Sefatzadeh.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022
“The border towns and villages and tribes along Iran’s East, West and Southern borders are poor and vulnerable to extremism,” said Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, an Arabic affairs analyst.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2017
Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, a prominent reformist journalist and editor of the now-closed Neshat newspaper, said he knew Abutalebi in the 1980s.
From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2014
“It’s not serious. It’s the excitement! Who would have thought at ninety-one I’d be setting foot for the first time in the land of our ancestors. Mashallah, mashallah.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Mashallah, God has granted you a special talent.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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