单词 | inshallah |
释义 | inshallahint. ‘If Allah wills it’, traditionally used by Muslims to express a wish or hope. Cf. God willing at god n. and int. Phrases 1a(d)(ii). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > subject to outside forces [phrase] if (also and) God willc1300 will God1488 please the pigs1683 Deo volente1767 inshallah1857 1857 J. Bowring Kingdom & People of Siam II. xvi. 304 Inshallah! Such promptitude was, I believe, never before exhibited in an Asiatic Court. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. iii. 74 But,—Inshallah! we endure only for a while... Allah is great! we can wait. 1909 M. Diver Candles in Wind xviii. 183 Guns—Inshallah! The guns of the Maharajah. 1911 T. E. Lawrence Let. 21 May (1938) 104 I have been photographing this last week—and will more next. Developing too inshallah. 1922 T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 Nov. 384 I'm hoping to find a regular means of dodging up to London... In a few days, insh'allah. 1959 W. S. Burroughs Naked Lunch 40 We aren't a matriarchy here, Insh'allah. 1971 Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 11 Apr. 4/2 Nadir Shah Yahya Khan may fancy himself as the Scourge of Dacca. But people's voices wild with pain, Inshallah! surely they will rise again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < |
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