ما شاء الله

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See also: ماشاءالله

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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
        And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed ; 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.

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