God willing: Im Yirzòeh Hashem-In Sha Allah

Raphael Jospe; Yonatan Milo

doi:10.1163/15700704-12341240

God willing: Im Yirzòeh Hashem-In Sha Allah

Raphael Jospe, Yonatan Milo

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Abstract

Except for three passages in the New Testament, the earliest usage in Jewish literature of the phrase God willing (or: if God wills) dates from the Islamic period. The Hebrew im yirzòeh Hashem reflects the Arabic in sha Allah, but without the underlying Islamic occasionalist denial of natural causality and emphasis on divine omnipotence and decree (al-qadar) propounded by Al-Ghazali and Ash'arite Kalam. The Hebrew term merely reflects belief in divine providence and not occasionalism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-27
Number of pages	27
Journal	Review of Rabbinic Judaism
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15700704-12341240
State	Published - Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Al-Ghazali
God willing
Im yirzòeh Hashem
In sha Allah
Islam
Occasionalism

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