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English
Etymology
absolute construction ; comparable to the phrase (if) God be willing .
Interjection
God willing
Barring unforeseen circumstances, it is hoped that (while generally also indicating acceptance of God's will).
1602 , The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark :And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do, to express his love and friending to you, God willing , shall not lack.
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God willing
Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ الله (ar) ( ʔin šāʔa llāh )
Armenian: առաջ աստված (hy) ( aṙaǰ astvac )
Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (bn) ( inośaallah )
Catalan: si Déu vol
Cebuano: puhun
Chinese:
Mandarin: 如果上帝願意的話 / 如果上帝愿意的话 ( rúguǒ shàngdì yuànyi dehuà )
Czech: dá-li Bůh , s pomocí Boží
Danish: om Gud vil
Estonian: Jumala armust
Finnish: jos Luoja suo
French: Dieu voulant , s’il plaît à Dieu , si Dieu le veut bien , si Dieu veut , Dieu veuille (fr)
Old French: se Dex me gart
Galician: se Deus quer
German: wenn Gott will , wenn Gott es will , so Gott will
Greek: Θεού θέλοντος (el) ( Theoú thélontos )
Ancient Greek: Θεοῦ θέλοντος ( Theoû thélontos )
Hebrew: בעזרת השם ( b’ezrat hashem ) , אם ירצה השם ( 'im yirtsé hashém )
Hungarian: ha Isten is úgy akarja
Icelandic: ef Guð lofar
Irish: le cúnamh Dé
Italian: a Dio piacendo (it) , se Dio vuole , magari (it)
Japanese: もし神が望めば ( moshi kami-ga nozomeba ) , 神の思し召しがあれば ( kami-no oboshimeshi-ga areba )
Kannada: ದೈವೇಚ್ಛೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ (kn) ( daivēcche iddare ) , ಯಾರಿಂದಲೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ (kn) ( yārindalū tappisalāgadiddare )
Latin: Deo volente , Deus vult
Maltese: jekk Alla jrid
Marathi: देवाच्या इच्छेने ( devācyā icchene )
Ngazidja Comorian: ka Mngu hapvendze
Persian: انشاءالله ( enšâ'allâh ) , اگر خدا بخواد ( agar xodâ bexâd ) , ایشالّا ( išâllâ ) ( colloquial ) , اگه خدا بخواد ( age xodâ bexâd ) ( colloquial )
Plautdietsch: wan Gott daut haben well
Polish: jak Bóg da , daj Boże (pl)
Portuguese: se Deus quiser (pt) , queira Deus , oxalá (pt) , inxalá (pt)
Punjabi: رَبّ چاہے ( rabb cāhe ) , اللہ کَرے ( allāh kare ) , اِن شاء اللہ ( in śāʾ Allāh )
Russian: с бо́жьей по́мощью ( s bóžʹjej pómoščʹju ) , бог даст ( box dast ) , дай бог ( daj box )
Scottish Gaelic: le deòin Dhè , Dia na thoiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̏ко Бо̑г да̏
Roman: ȁko Bȏg dȁ
Spanish: si Dios quiere (es) , si Dios lo quiere , ojalá (es) , Dios mediante
Swedish: om Gud vill det
Turkish: inşallah (tr)
Urdu: اللہ کرے ( Allāh karē ) , اِن شاء اللہ ( in śāʾ Allāh ) , اللہ چاہے ( Allāh cāhē ) ("Allah" can be replaced with any term relating to God ), اگر اللہ نے چاہا ( agar allāh ne cāhā )
Uyghur: ئىنشائاللا ( insha'alla )
Yiddish: אם־ירצה־השם ( im-yirtse-hashem, mirtseshem )
Zazaki: İnsallah