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[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 62 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

TIL Ojalá in Spanish is an Arabic loan word for Inshallah

[–] Alisu@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago
[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 27 points 4 days ago

Brb, becoming a millionaire selling "Inshallah and the creek don't rise" t-shirts.

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 45 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's a pretty fun, inclusive and effective way to immediately reveal and discard islamophobes and similar racists from your life.

[–] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I live in a very white part of amerikkka (i'm wh*te) and am always so excited when I get to greet someone with an asalam aleykum

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 37 points 4 days ago

We should get an emoji of this

Arabic calligraphy is so cool.

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't know how or why it started but as a former Muslim I love it. Feels inclusive, antiracist, and destigmatizing of Islam, not like cultural appropriation

[–] ComradeSpahija@hexbear.net 39 points 4 days ago

I am used to saying expressions like inshallah and mashallah due to how many other people in my (Albanian) family say it. Unfortunately I am as white as can be and I am French, so people often find it strange when they first hear me use these kinds of expressions. I've also gotten a few variants of "I didn't know you were Muslim" (I am not).

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 28 points 4 days ago

I had a 60+ teacher at uni occasionally dropping "inshallah" he was cool

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 34 points 4 days ago

Inshy'allah

[–] Big_Bob@hexbear.net 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Virgin: inshallah

Brad: alhamdulillah

Chad: Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa-Allah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasul-Allah

[–] Tychoxii@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago
[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 days ago

For me it started after learning Arabic

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 21 points 4 days ago
[–] sunshinesoul@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

i know that at least with my friends who are non muslim a lot of the time its in reference to this

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago

Picked it up from co-workers.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

aleawlama the uprising

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

People who don't want to say "Inshallah" can instead simply say:

""Mā kullu mā yatamannā al-marʾu yudrikuhu, Tajrī al-riyāḥu bimā lā tashtahī al-sufunu." Not all that one wishes for is attained; the winds do not blow as the ships desire.

Okay, it's probably too long and there is nothing wrong with "Inshallah". I just like this beautiful little proverb with a related, but non religious meaning too (even though my Arabic is almost non existent). Try to practice saying it, even if you don't speak Arabic. Thanks to the nice rhyme and rhythm, it actually becomes really easy to remember after a while.

The author might be Al-Mutanabbi, but it was never confirmed and it could be a pre Islamic author.