Meanings
mashallah1
- IslamExpressing the speaker's gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention in its occurrence. God willed it.
Mashallah, I hear Akhmad say. Mashallah. I ask him what it means. “Mashallah, it's to be thankful. Something wonderful.” It means, literally, “God wills it.” And yet it seems, there's a kind of joy inside the word, too. Some large, cosmic gratitude.
2019, Maggie Paxson, The Plateau, Penguin, →ISBN, page 308 - IslamExpressing the speaker's wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye; used in congratulation.
'Mashallah, fine set of boys you've got here, sir,' he smiled, shaking us all by the hand, and giving Jamal a mock punch on the shoulder. 'Y'all new to the masjid?' ' Yes, we are,' Dad answered him. 'It's our first time here as a family.'
2014, Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers: A Muslim Love Story, Kube Publishing Ltd, →ISBN - An indication of excitement, surprise or astonishment. Wow!
Mashallah2
- IslamA male given name from Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah, “God willed it”).
Mashallah, the cook, housekeeper and moral guardian of the family, had a different relationship with each of us. For Achim he felt deep respect, with some distance; he was jealous of Marianne, fearing for his sovereignty in the domestic sphere;...
2006, Irene Gill, Oma, Mu and Me, APS Publishing1 more example
At this early stage of the narrative, this manner of describing Mashallah's state of mind foreshadows a more radical loss of self, i.e., a journey that transforms him from an ordinary and insignificant bank guard to a visitor to the court of Harun...
2015, Nasrin Rahimieh, Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity, Routledge, →ISBN, page 19
Origin
mashallah · interjection
- Arabicمَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰه
- Englishmashallah
From Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰه (mā šāʔa llāh).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Mashallah · proper noun
- Arabicمَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه
- EnglishMashallah
From Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه
- مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah)God has willed it
Bengali মাশাআল্লাহ্
- মাশাআল্লাহ্ (maśaallah)God has willed it
Chinese Mandarin 真主所願 /真主所愿
- 真主所願 /真主所愿 (zhēn zhǔ suǒ yuàn)God has willed it
Finnish kuten Allah haluaa, masha Allah
- kuten Allah haluaaGod has willed it
- masha AllahGod has willed it
French mashallah
- mashallahGod has willed it
German maschallah
- maschallahGod has willed it
Hindi माशाल्लाह, माशाअल्लाह
- माशाल्लाह (māśāllāh)God has willed it
- माशाअल्लाह (māśāallāh)God has willed it
Indonesian masya Allah
- masya AllahGod has willed it
Japanese おかげさまで, マーシャーアッラー
- おかげさまで (okagesamade)God has willed it
- マーシャーアッラー (māshāarrā)God has willed it
Malay masya Allah
- masya AllahGod has willed it
Persian ماشاءالله
- ماشاءالله (mâšâ'allah)God has willed it
Russian машалла́х, машаалла́х
- машалла́х (mašalláx)God has willed it
- машаалла́х (mašaalláx)God has willed it
Tagalog mashallah
- mashallahGod has willed it
Thai มาชาอัลลอฮ์
- มาชาอัลลอฮ์ (maa-chaa-an-lɔɔ)God has willed it
Turkish maşallah
- maşallahGod has willed it
Urdu ماشاءاَللہ
- ماشاءاَللہ (māśā’allāh)God has willed it
Cite this entry
mashallah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashallah
“mashallah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashallah. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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