Dictionary / Greetings

inshallah

إن شاء الله

/in-SHA-lah/

English

God willing

French

si Dieu le veut

Part of Speech

interjection

Register

standard

Cultural Note

Used for anything in the future. Can mean genuine hope, polite maybe, or even 'probably not'. Context is everything.

Examples

Ghadi nmshi ghda, inshallah

غادي نمشي غدا، إن شاء الله

I'll go tomorrow, God willing

J'irai demain, si Dieu le veut