"ما شاء الله" meaning in Arabic

See ما شاء الله in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/, /maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/ Forms: مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ [canonical], mā šāʔa llāhu [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|phrase|head=مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ}} مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ • (mā šāʔa llāhu)
  1. mashallah:
    Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.
    Related terms (بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)): بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
    Sense id: en-ما_شاء_الله-ar-phrase-nU5blMlf Disambiguation of 'بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)': 96 4
  2. mashallah:
    Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation.
    Sense id: en-ما_شاء_الله-ar-phrase-iNXL8OXP Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic phrasebook, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Arabic phrasebook: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu) (english: if God wills), بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi) (english: by the permission of God), اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru) (english: God is greater), سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi) (english: glory be to God), اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi) (english: all praise is for God), أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi) (english: I seek forgiveness from God), آيَةُ ٱللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh) (english: ayatollah, sign of God), اَللّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma) (english: God; O God)
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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "մաշալլահ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: մաշալլահ (mašallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: մաշալլահ (mašallah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "maşallah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: maşallah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: maşallah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "মাশাআল্লাহ্",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "ماشاءالله",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "māšā'allah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: ماشاءالله (māšā'allah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: ماشاءالله (māšā'allah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ماشاءالله",
            "tr": "mâšâ'allah"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: ماشاءالله (mâšâ'allah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: ماشاءالله (mâšâ'allah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "мошоллоҳ"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: мошоллоҳ (mošolloh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: мошоллоҳ (mošolloh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mashallah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mashallah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mashallah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "माशाअल्लाह"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh), माशाल्लाह (māśāllāh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "ماشاءاللہ",
            "tr": "māśā'allāh"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: ماشاءاللہ (māśā'allāh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: ماشاءاللہ (māśā'allāh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "мәшә Аллаһ",
            "3": "машалла",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: мәшә Аллаһ (mäşä Allah), машалла (maşalla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: мәшә Аллаһ (mäşä Allah), машалла (maşalla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "машаллагь",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "maşallah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kumyk: машаллагь (maşallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kumyk: машаллагь (maşallah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kurdish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "maşelah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: maşelah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: maşelah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "mashalla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: mashalla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: mashalla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "masya Allah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: masya Allah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: masya Allah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "ماشاءالله",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "maşallah"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: maşallah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: maşallah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "машала",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: машала (mašala)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: машала (mašala)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mașala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: mașala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: mașala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "ماشاء الله",
            "3": "ماشأالله",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "māša' lláh",
            "tr2": "māšalláh"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: ماشاء الله (māša' lláh), ماشأالله (māšalláh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: ماشاء الله (māša' lláh), ماشأالله (māšalláh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "машаалла́х",
            "3": "машалла́х",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "машаллах",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mašallah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah), машалах (mašalah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "ماشائاللا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: ماشائاللا (masha'alla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: ماشائاللا (masha'alla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "mosholloh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: mosholloh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: mosholloh"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mā šāʔa llāhu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ"
      },
      "expansion": "مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ • (mā šāʔa llāhu)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "if God wills",
      "roman": "ʔin šāʔa llāhu",
      "word": "إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "by the permission of God",
      "roman": "biʔiḏni llāhi",
      "word": "بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God is greater",
      "roman": "allāhu ʔakbaru",
      "word": "اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "glory be to God",
      "roman": "subḥāna llāhi",
      "word": "سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "all praise is for God",
      "roman": "al-ḥamdu lillāhi",
      "word": "اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "I seek forgiveness from God",
      "roman": "ʔastaḡfiru llāhi",
      "word": "أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ayatollah, sign of God",
      "roman": "ʔāyatu llāh",
      "word": "آيَةُ ٱللّٰه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "God; O God",
      "roman": "allāhumma",
      "word": "اَللّٰهُمَّ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:39:",
          "text": "وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mashallah:",
        "Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it."
      ],
      "id": "en-ما_شاء_الله-ar-phrase-nU5blMlf",
      "links": [
        [
          "mashallah",
          "mashallah"
        ],
        [
          "gratitude",
          "gratitude#English"
        ],
        [
          "blessing",
          "blessing#English"
        ],
        [
          "divine intervention",
          "divine intervention#English"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "roman": "bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi",
          "sense": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)",
          "word": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic phrasebook",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mashallah:",
        "Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation."
      ],
      "id": "en-ما_شاء_الله-ar-phrase-iNXL8OXP",
      "links": [
        [
          "mashallah",
          "mashallah"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune#English"
        ],
        [
          "evil eye",
          "evil eye#English"
        ],
        [
          "congratulation",
          "congratulation#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mashallah"
  ],
  "word": "ما شاء الله"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic multiword terms",
    "Arabic phrasebook",
    "Arabic phrases",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "մաշալլահ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: մաշալլահ (mašallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: մաշալլահ (mašallah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "maşallah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: maşallah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: maşallah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "মাশাআল্লাহ্",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "ماشاءالله",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "māšā'allah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: ماشاءالله (māšā'allah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: ماشاءالله (māšā'allah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "ماشاءالله",
            "tr": "mâšâ'allah"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: ماشاءالله (mâšâ'allah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: ماشاءالله (mâšâ'allah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "мошоллоҳ"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: мошоллоҳ (mošolloh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: мошоллоҳ (mošolloh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mashallah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mashallah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mashallah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "माशाअल्लाह"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh), माशाल्लाह (māśāllāh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "ماشاءاللہ",
            "tr": "māśā'allāh"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: ماشاءاللہ (māśā'allāh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: ماشاءاللہ (māśā'allāh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "мәшә Аллаһ",
            "3": "машалла",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: мәшә Аллаһ (mäşä Allah), машалла (maşalla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: мәшә Аллаһ (mäşä Allah), машалла (maşalla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "машаллагь",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "maşallah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kumyk: машаллагь (maşallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kumyk: машаллагь (maşallah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Kurdish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "maşelah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: maşelah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: maşelah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "mashalla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladino: mashalla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladino: mashalla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "masya Allah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: masya Allah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: masya Allah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "ماشاءالله",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ماشاءالله"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "maşallah"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: maşallah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: maşallah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "машала",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: машала (mašala)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: машала (mašala)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mașala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: mașala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: mașala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "ماشاء الله",
            "3": "ماشأالله",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "māša' lláh",
            "tr2": "māšalláh"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: ماشاء الله (māša' lláh), ماشأالله (māšalláh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: ماشاء الله (māša' lláh), ماشأالله (māšalláh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "машаалла́х",
            "3": "машалла́х",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: машаалла́х (mašaalláx), машалла́х (mašalláx)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "машаллах",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mašallah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: машаллах (mašallah), машалах (mašalah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "ماشائاللا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: ماشائاللا (masha'alla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: ماشائاللا (masha'alla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "mosholloh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: mosholloh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: mosholloh"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mā šāʔa llāhu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ"
      },
      "expansion": "مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ • (mā šāʔa llāhu)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "if God wills",
      "roman": "ʔin šāʔa llāhu",
      "word": "إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ"
    },
    {
      "english": "by the permission of God",
      "roman": "biʔiḏni llāhi",
      "word": "بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "english": "God is greater",
      "roman": "allāhu ʔakbaru",
      "word": "اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ"
    },
    {
      "english": "glory be to God",
      "roman": "subḥāna llāhi",
      "word": "سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "english": "all praise is for God",
      "roman": "al-ḥamdu lillāhi",
      "word": "اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "english": "I seek forgiveness from God",
      "roman": "ʔastaḡfiru llāhi",
      "word": "أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ"
    },
    {
      "english": "ayatollah, sign of God",
      "roman": "ʔāyatu llāh",
      "word": "آيَةُ ٱللّٰه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi",
      "sense": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)",
      "word": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ"
    },
    {
      "english": "God; O God",
      "roman": "allāhumma",
      "word": "اَللّٰهُمَّ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:39:",
          "text": "وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mashallah:",
        "Expressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mashallah",
          "mashallah"
        ],
        [
          "gratitude",
          "gratitude#English"
        ],
        [
          "blessing",
          "blessing#English"
        ],
        [
          "divine intervention",
          "divine intervention#English"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mashallah:",
        "Expressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mashallah",
          "mashallah"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune#English"
        ],
        [
          "evil eye",
          "evil eye#English"
        ],
        [
          "congratulation",
          "congratulation#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maː ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaː.hu/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mashallah"
  ],
  "word": "ما شاء الله"
}

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