{"id":15848,"date":"2022-05-12T06:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T05:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/?p=15848"},"modified":"2022-05-12T06:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T05:53:51","slug":"say-god-willing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/15848\/say-god-willing\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Who Say \u2018God Willing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Using the phrase \u201cInsha Allah\u201d (God willing) is common among Muslims.<\/div>\n
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The faithful don\u2019t do anything without the remembrance of God. They believe that if they do not say \u2018God willing\u2019 before doing something, it won\u2019t be done properly.<\/p>\n

Verses 23 and 24 of Surah Al-Kahf are known as the verses of Mashiat (Allah\u2019s will), because in these verses, God tells the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to begin doing things by saying \u2018God willing\u2019 (if God wills) so as to subject it to the will of God.<\/p>\n

By saying \u2018God willing\u2019, we confirm our recognition of the fact that everything is done if God wills.<\/p>\n

There verses clarify that no one is independent in owning and in acting but that owning anything or doing anything is possible only with God\u2019s will and permission.<\/p>\n

Saying God willing does not negate one\u2019s will and ability but signifies politeness toward God and recognition of the fact that factors beyond humans\u2019 power and will also play roles in happenings.<\/p>\n

We read in verses 23 and 24 of Surah Al-Kahf: \u201cDo not say of anything: \u2018I will do it tomorrow,\u2019 unless (you add) \u2018if Allah wills.’ And remember your Lord when you forget and say: \u2018It may be that my Lord will guide me to something nearer to rectitude than this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Allameh Tabatabaei says in Al-Mizan Exegesis of the Holy Quran that these verses underline that everything in this world is under the power and authority of God and He makes every change in it that He wills and no one owns anything unless given by God. Verse 23 does not mean to say that we have no role in doing things but that by saying \u2018God willing\u2019, we subject them to the will of God.<\/p>\n

And some say that uttering the phrase \u2018God willing\u2019 when we are making decisions about future is a kind of politeness toward God in that we consider our actions to be dependent on the will of God and also by saying this phrase, we ask God to guide us to the right course. Of course, saying \u2018God willing\u2019 is not obligatory and not saying it is not a sin. But saying it before doing things or making decisions certainly signifies a worldview that considers God\u2019s will to be above all else.<\/p>\n

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Using the phrase \u201cInsha Allah\u201d (God willing) is common among Muslims.     The faithful don\u2019t do anything without the remembrance of God. They believe that if they do not say \u2018God willing\u2019 before doing something, it won\u2019t be done properly. Verses 23 and 24 of Surah Al-Kahf are known as the verses of Mashiat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7770],"tags":[12921,8154,14551,9546,19669],"class_list":["post-15848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-art","tag-ahlul-bayt","tag-allah","tag-ethics","tag-islam","tag-shia-studies-world-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}