inshallahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• insha'Allah, in sha Allah

語源

Borrowed from Arabic إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَٰه (ʔin šāʔa llāh, literally “if God has willed [it]”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˌɪn.ʃɑˈlɑ/
• 韻: -ɑː

間投詞

inshallah

1. (Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.

   Synonyms: God willing, Deo volente, hopefully

   We will sign the contract tomorrow, inshallah.

   • 28 June 2025, Bob Vylan, 2025 Glastonbury performance:

     Hell yeah, from the river to the sea, Palestine must be, will be – inshallah – it will be free!

2. (colloquial, sarcastic) Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events, as if they need a divine intervention to come about.

   Synonym: yeah, right

   • 29 September 2020, Joe Biden, US presidential debate:

     Donald Trump: And you'll get it to see it [i.e. his taxes].
     Joe Biden: When? Inshallah?

使用する際の注意点

• In sarcastic contexts, it suggests that the speaker has no interest in making the future event occur, thus, it will only occur if God steps in and wills it. Unlike the Arabic usage, this seems to be more attested in English than the literal meaning.