Inshallah, Subhanallah, Alhumdulilah!

MuslimSister —

Salaam

Is it just me, or are these Islamic terms being misused?

I have noticed sometimes that if one says “Inshallah” which means “God willing”…that really means that they have no intention of doing it (whatever it may be).

I mean, if I ask someone to do something or be somewhere and they say to me “Yeah, definitely!” I know they have every intention of doing it…but when certain people say to me “Inshallah”…I take it as a “No”….

I’ve come across many people who use the term “Inshallah” as a polite way of saying “No” to me. …what’s that all about?

Wrong application of Islamic terms bug me as well….”So and so is so misguided-Subhanallah! (praise be to Allah)”… “Subhanallah! You’re so ignorant”… “Subhanallah you don’t know what you’re talking about”...."Inshallah! you passed your test-thats great!" ??!!

Of course, it’s incredibly important to incorporate the Dhikr of Allah (swt) into our lives…

But doesn’t anyone else find misuse and overuse a tad annoying?

Wasalaam

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MuslimSisLilSis — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 - 11:52

The Abuser of Arabic

Arabic hands down is probably one of the world’s most beautiful languages. It’s no surprise that even non-Arab Muslims would do everything they can to show the world their Arabic skills. However sometimes sentences become extremely awkward after it has been "Arabized". For example, a sentence like "InshAllah the mosque plans to hold an open house next Friday inshAllah and inshAllah it will be a success inshAllah.. Jazakallah for listening" can be semi-translated to "If God wills the mosque plans to hold an open house next Friday God-willing and God-willing it will be a success if God wills... may God grant you for listening."

I think instead of saying ‘uhhs’ and ‘umms’ a lot of people tend to just throw in a few inshAllahs and subhanAllahs just to make it sound more Islamic. I think that’s more disrespectful if anything. There are also the uncles who throw Arabic words in the wrong places.

Awful:

Girl: Guess what I just brought like four hijaabs at this store cos they were having a super Sale

Guy: INSHALLAH!!

Guy: I just got back from my mothers funeral

Guy: MASHALLAH!!!

Kid: I just got an A on my maths test

Guy: ASTAGFIRULLAH!!!!

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judda — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 - 12:07

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
Girl: Guess what I just brought like four hijaabs at this store cos they were having a super Sale

Guy: INSHALLAH!!

Guy: I just got back from my mothers funeral

Guy: MASHALLAH!!!

Kid: I just got an A on my maths test

Guy: ASTAGFIRULLAH!!!!
[/quote]

hahahahahahaha thats funny 😂

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]Arabic hands down is probably one of the world’s most beautiful languages. [/quote]
nah its way too confusing, I always found frech better, lilsis that is koranic arabic u mean right?