🌙 Everyday religious phrases

Unit 4 · Working & living in Egypt · 9 min

Egyptians use religious phrases in daily talk: إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه God willing, الحَمْدُ لِلَّه praise God, مَا شَاءَ اللَّه (said when admiring something), رَمَضَان كَرِيم Ramadan greeting, عِيد مُبَارَك blessed Eid.

Words in this lesson

• إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه (in shā’a llāh) — God willing
• الحَمْدُ لِلَّه (al-ḥamdu lillāh) — praise be to God
• مَا شَاءَ اللَّه (mā shā’a llāh) — what God has willed (praise)
• رَمَضَان كَرِيم (ramaḍān karīm) — generous Ramadan (greeting)
• عِيد مُبَارَك (ʿīd mubārak) — blessed Eid
• بِسْمِ اللَّه (bismi llāh) — in the name of God

During Ramadan, avoid eating or drinking in front of fasting colleagues in the daytime.

Project: Note two religious phrases you heard this week and when they were used.