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Arabic phrase to express appreciation, joy, praise, or thankfulness
Mashallah in Arabic calligraphy
Mashallah or Ma Sha Allah or Masha Allah or Ma Shaa Allah (Arabic : مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ , romanized : mā shāʾa -llāhu [note 1] God has willed it', implying that something has happened, generally used to positively denote something of greatness or beauty. It is used to express a feeling of awe or beauty regarding an event or person that was just mentioned. It is a common expression used throughout the Arabic-speaking and Muslim world , as well as among non-Muslim Arabic speakers, especially Arabic-speaking Christians and others who refer to God by the Arabic name Allah .
Etymology
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The triconsonantal root of shāʾ is šīn -yāʼ -hamza 'to will', a doubly weak root . The literal English translation of Mashallah is 'God has willed it',[1] present perfect of God's will accentuating the essential Islamic doctrine of predestination .
The literal meaning of Mashallah is "God has willed it", in the sense of "what God has willed has happened"; it is used to say something good has happened, used in the past tense. Inshallah
Other uses
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"Masha Allah" can be used to congratulate someone.[2] [3] cultures , people may utter Masha Allah in the belief that it may help protect them from jealousy , the evil eye or a jinn . The phrase has also found its way into the colloquial language of many non-Arab languages with predominantly Muslim speakers, including Indonesians , Malaysians , Persians , Turks , Kurds , Bosniaks , Azerbaijanis , Somalis , Chechens , Avars , Circassians , Bangladeshis , Tatars , Albanians , Uzbeks , Kazakhs , Turkmens , Tajiks , Afghans , Pakistanis .[citation needed
It is also used by some Christians and others in areas which were ruled by the Ottoman Empire : Serbs , Christian Albanians , Bulgarians and Macedonians say『машала』("mašala"), often in the sense of "a job well done";[4] Georgians , Armenians , Bosnian Croats , Pontic Greeks (descendants of those that came from the Pontus region), Greek Cypriots [5] Sephardi Jews .[6]
See also
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References
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^ Al Subaihi, Thamer (22 May 2013). "Mashallah: what it means, when to say it and why you should" . Thenational.ae . Retrieved 19 July 2019 .
^ Karadžić, Vuk (1818). Lexicon serbico-germanico-latinum
^ "μάσιαλλα" . Wikipriaka.com .
^ Naar, Devin E. (2019-01-31). "Sephardic Studies and the boundaries of Jewish Studies: A year in review" . jewishstudies.washington.edu .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mashallah&oldid=1234843704 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● A r a b i c w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s ● I s l a m i c t e r m i n o l o g y ● D h i k r H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g A r a b i c - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h u n s o u r c e d s t a t e m e n t s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h u n s o u r c e d s t a t e m e n t s f r o m J u l y 2 0 2 4
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
