God willing

See also: god willing

English

Alternative forms

• God-willing, Godwilling, godwilling
• god willing (less common)

Etymology

absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) God be willing.

Interjection

God willing

1. Used to indicate acceptance of God's will when expressing an intention or hope.
   • 1602, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:

     And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do, to express his love and friending to you, God willing, shall not lack.

2. Barring unforeseen circumstances, it is hoped that.

Synonyms

• (acceptance of God's will): Lord willing, Deo volente, inshallah
• (barring unforeseen circumstances): Lord willing and the creek don't rise
• gods willing
• please God

Antonyms

• Thesaurus:God forbid

Derived terms

• God willing and the creek don't rise

 

Related terms

• Godspeed

Translations

God willing

• Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ الله (ar) (ʔin šāʔa llāh)
• Armenian: առաջ աստված (hy) (aṙaǰ astvac)
• Bengali: ইনশাআল্লাহ্ (bn) (inośaallah)
• Catalan: si Déu vol
• Cebuano: puhun
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 如果上帝願意的話／如果上帝愿意的话 (rúguǒ shàngdì yuànyi dehuà)

• Czech: dá-li Bůh, s pomocí Boží
• Danish: om Gud vil
• Estonian: Jumala armust
• Finnish: jos Luoja suo
• French: Dieu voulant, s’il plaît à Dieu, si Dieu le veut bien, si Dieu veut, Dieu veuille (fr)

  Old French: se Dex me gart

• Galician: se Deus quer
• German: wenn Gott will, wenn Gott es will, so Gott will
• Greek: Θεού θέλοντος (el) (Theoú thélontos)

  Ancient Greek: Θεοῦ θέλοντος (Theoû thélontos)

• Hebrew: בעזרת השם (b’ezrat hashem), אם ירצה השם ('im yirtsé hashém)
• Hungarian: ha Isten is úgy akarja
• Icelandic: ef Guð lofar
• Irish: le cúnamh Dé
• Italian: a Dio piacendo (it), se Dio vuole, magari (it)
• Japanese: もし神が望めば (moshi kami-ga nozomeba), 神の思し召しがあれば (kami-no oboshimeshi-ga areba)
• Kannada: ದೈವೇಚ್ಛೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ (kn) (daivēcche iddare), ಯಾರಿಂದಲೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ (kn) (yārindalū tappisalāgadiddare)
• Latin: Deo volente, Deus vult
• Maltese: jekk Alla jrid
• Marathi: देवाच्या इच्छेने (devācyā icchene)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ka Mngu hapvendze
• Persian: ان‌شاءالله (enšâ'allâh), اگر خدا بخواد (agar xodâ bexâd), ایشالّا (išâllâ) (colloquial), اگه خدا بخواد (age xodâ bexâd) (colloquial)
• Plautdietsch: wan Gott daut haben well
• Polish: jak Bóg da, daj Boże (pl)
• Portuguese: se Deus quiser (pt), queira Deus, oxalá (pt), inxalá (pt)
• Punjabi: رَبّ چاہے (rabb cāhe), اللہ کَرے (allāh kare), اِن شاء اللہ (in śāʾ Allāh)
• Russian: с бо́жьей по́мощью (s bóžʹjej pómoščʹju), бог даст (box dast), дай бог (daj box)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏ко Бо̑г да̏

  Roman: ȁko Bȏg dȁ

• Spanish: si Dios quiere (es), si Dios lo quiere, ojalá (es), Dios mediante
• Swedish: om Gud vill det
• Turkish: inşallah (tr)
• Urdu: اللہ کرے (Allāh karē), اِن شاء اللہ (in śāʾ Allāh), اللہ چاہے (Allāh cāhē) ("Allah" can be replaced with any term relating to God), اگر اللہ نے چاہا (agar allāh ne cāhā)
• Uyghur: ئىنشائاللا (insha'alla)
• Yiddish: אם־ירצה־השם (im-yirtse-hashem, mirtseshem)
• Zazaki: İnsallah