#my longtime friend in the KSA uses these so much that I started using them when talking to her

[the-iron-orchid]

Just another Muslim-heritage-coding headcanon for Asra...

He still occasionally uses phrases like Inshallah, Mashallah, and Alhamdulillah, particularly when his emotions are running high.

And when he really, really wants something to go well, he’ll start the task with a whispered Bismillah under his breath.

(Usage notes under the cut - again, I am not Muslim myself, and additions and suggestions are welcome!)

Inshallah means ‘if Allah wills it’ or ‘God willing’, and is used in the same way - to speak of things that one hopes will come to pass, acknowledging that Allah’s will supersedes all else. (It is also used to politely or obliquely refuse a request, and I 100% see Asra being sassy enough to do this...)

Mashallah means ‘Allah has willed it’, and is used to invoke protection from envy and the Evil Eye when someone speaks of their good fortune or is praised - the implication is that this is a thing that God has willed, so nothing else can interfere or take it away. A person can say this for themself, or another may say it for them, but someone will absolutely say it!

Alhamdulillah means “Praise be to Allah” or “Thank God!” It is used when someone has achieved something difficult, or when a difficult situation turns out well. (It is also used when people sneeze, with specific responses outlined in the Qur’an.) Again, the implication is that all praise for good things that happen is due to Allah alone - a way of keeping the ego in check and practicing gratitude.

Bismillah means ‘in the name of Allah’ and acts as a blessing upon the undertaking one starts it with. It is the very first word in the Qur’an.

#headcanons #The Amazing Technicolor Boifriend #my longtime friend in the KSA uses these so much that I started using them when talking to her #and the message we send each other most is 'mashallah bby' #I told her if we ever dropped an album it would be called that xD #anyway this was totally inspired by the 'Inshallah they find him' post because that slew me to death