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Inshallah

Translates roughly as... 'If Allah wills it'.

A marvellously useful term of complete fatalism and one which has no direct English equivalent.

The nearest thing would be '...but on the other hand I might get hit by a number 73 bus tomorrow' - uttered in tones of sodden dejection by a clinical depressive with a strong Solihull accent.

Also, in the current climate, a term almost guaranteed to increase web traffic if only from US government sniffers.