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The use of the greeting differs when interacting with non-Muslims such as people of the book (ahlul kitab). Some scholars are divided on the issue. Most believe that when greeted by non-Muslims, Muslims can only respond by stating "wa ʿalaykum" ("and upon you") instead of the longer version, while others suggest replying with a salam.
In Urdu, the word is used with the meaning "God willing". In Hebrew the same term is used, borrowed from Arabic (אינשאללה). The original Hebrew term is בעזרת השם (with God's help). In Swahili, the term inshallah is used frequently by the Muslim population, while Christians might prefer the phrase Mungu akipenda, "if God wants".
According to a standard dictionary etymology of the English word, amen passed from Greek into Late Latin, and thence into English. [11] From Hebrew, the word was later adopted into the Arabic religious vocabulary and leveled to the Arabic root أ م ن, [12] which is of similar meanings to the Hebrew. The interjection occurs in the Christian ...
The word Allah is also used by Christians in predominantly Islamic countries and countries where both faiths exist side by side regularly such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, etc. Aiqūna (أَيْقونة) Icon As-salamu alaykum (السَلامُ عَلَيكُم) is a greeting in Arabic that means "Peace be upon you".
Word commonly found in English-language dictionaries. No need for the italics either. —Ruud 16:42, 28 October 2015 (UTC) Support. I'm very familiar with the word/phrase inshallah, but I've never seen it transliterated as "in sha Allah" except on this article. "In sha Allah" doesn't fit the standard pronunciation as well, either.
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The phrase written in Arabic Recitation of إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ in 2:156 Muslim Cemetery along the Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem with the phrase written on the tombstone
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