in sha'a alh
God willingThe word, broken down.
إِنْ شاءَ الله reads right to left. Below, each letter in reading order, with its sound and the keys that type it.
A glottal stop carried under an alif, with a short 'i'.
A short 'i', written as a small stroke below the letter.
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop, the catch in the middle of 'uh-oh'.
A short 'a', written as a small stroke above the letter.
A long 'a' vowel. A single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A plain 'l'. A tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
What does in sha'a alh mean in Arabizi?
in sha'a alh is how you write إِنْ شاءَ الله in Arabizi, the Arabic chat alphabet. It means “God willing”. No numbers in this one; it spells out in plain Latin letters.
New to the chat alphabet? See how every letter and number maps: the Arabizi → Arabic guide. Got it the other way round, with Arabic script to convert? That is the Arabic to Arabizi converter.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 14 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
It sits in the greetings & introductions lesson of our Arabic typing practice course, if you would rather drill it next to the words it turns up with.
Practice typing this word →- 01Shift+Y→إ
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03K→ن
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05Space→
- 06A→ش
- 07H→ا
- 08X→ء
- 09Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 10Space→
- 11H→ا
- 12G→ل
- 13G→ل
- 14I→ه
This page shows the written standard. In everyday Palestinian speech, “god willing” is 'inshalla (إِنْ شاء الله). Our sister site Tfaddalu teaches the spoken dialect, with audio and example sentences. Hear 'inshalla on Tfaddalu →