Talk:Mashallah
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Capitalizing "A"[edit]
I don't think that "masha'Allah" is accurate because the fatha after the hamza belongs to the verb form "masha'a" (he willed) with a wasla over the alif of "Allaah". Thus, it should be "mashaa'allaah" or "mashaa'a-llaah". Or am I wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitabparast (talk • contribs) 03:51, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
A Better Literal translation[edit]
About Literal Translation : May I suggest "What Allah has willed"
Bit of an inaccuracy[edit]
I am a fluent Arabic speaker and I have to disagree about the phrase relating to just muslims. The phrase in Arabic is used by all religions and actually does not have much to do with muslim religion. A note about the usage must also be referred to i.e. in Arab countries the phrase does not necessarily relate to Islamic religion, the phrase is also used as a slang to say "Wow", or "Oh really?" -- at least in Egypt, Syria and Lebanon it is. 222.152.139.116 (talk) 07:35, 14 May 2015 (UTC)An Arab! [if you haven't noticed!]
Requested move 21 October 2015[edit]
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The result of the move request was: Moved as requested Mike Cline (talk) 12:47, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Ma sha Allah → Mashallah – The proper English form. See discussion here In sha Allah#Proper name. Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 14:09, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support. Although without an entry in Merriam-Webster, it is still found in Oxford and Collins written as Mashallah. So per "common transcription">"basic transcription" (WP:MOSAR). - HyperGaruda (talk) 12:23, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
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Spelling[edit]
Wikipedia uses the most common English form of words; see WP:ENGLISH. The standard English spelling is Mashallah. See above discussion. Also see Google ngrams: [1] shows Mashallah over 3 times more common than Masha'Allah. Note that the phrase is given in Arabic and in translation of Arabic immediately after the English name in the lead of the article. --Macrakis (talk) 23:32, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
"Their God"[edit]
Not only for Muslims there is only one God, so it's not "their god" but "the God". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zzzrin (talk • contribs) 07:59, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Ma Shaa Allah ❤️[edit]
TiGeR سیالوی 119.73.114.23 (talk) 17:16, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Romanian use of the word[edit]
Removed the mention of Romanians in this article, since this expression or any variant of it is not used in the Romanian language — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.137.46.210 (talk) 10:25, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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