Inshallah (If Allah Wills)

In sha' Allah, in Arabic إن شاء الله, is an Islamic phrase used not only by Arab Muslims, but also by English-speaking Muslims. The literal meaning of "in sha' Allah" is "if wills God" and Muslims have to (because of verses 18:23-24) say this phrase whenever they say their plan to do something.

The phrase in Arabic

With diacritics it is written as:

• إِن شَاءَ اللَّهُ

In the old Qur'anic Uthmani script, the شَاءَ is written with alif maddah:

• إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ

The three words are:

• إِن - in - (a particle) if
• شَاءَ - sha' - (3rd person perfect verb) wills ^[1]
• اللَّهُ - Allah - (proper noun) God

The three letters in شَاءَ are:

• ش - shin
• ا - alif
• ء - hamza

Hamza is read as a glottal stop (closing the throat), which is indicated by the apostrophe "In sha' Allah".

The root of شَاءَ is شيا.

Some Muslims write in and sha together, so they get insha. انشاء الله (insha' Allah) means "we created/invented Allah" (insha is from a different root نشا). So by writing in and sha' together they proclaim that Allah is a man-made god. ^[2]

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