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Stuart G

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Wed Sep 30, 2020, 07:57 PM Sep 2020

Biden uses 'inshallah' in response to Trump during debate, lighting up Twitter [View all]

Source: CNN


By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN
Updated 2:47 PM ET, Wed September 30, 2020
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(CNN) -- During one of the more charged moments of the chaotic US presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden dropped a phrase from everyday Muslim and Arab vocabulary and lit up the internet.

Pressing President Donald Trump on when the American public would get to see his long-anticipated tax returns, Biden questioned: "When? Inshallah?"

In certain vernacular, "inshallah" serves as a non-committal response to a question.

Taken literally, the term "inshallah," consists of three Arabic words (In sha' Allah) which translate into "if God wills it." Spiritually it represents a submission to God's will. It can perhaps be seen as the Muslim counterpart to the Yiddish adage, "Man plans, and God laughs."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/30/politics/biden-inshallah-trump-debate-intl/index.html



When you think you have seen it all, there is more:
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Biden hit Trump with everyday Muslim and Arab vocabulary that basically means, "Man plans and God laughs"...(according to the last sentence in thabove post)...Basically a very sarcastic response to Trump about his tax returns..

Please hit the link to read the rest of the story...and this one could be one of the biggest stories of the entire debate..(I might add, I know nothing at all)...
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Brilliant retort. Too bad it was probably lost on trump and 99.99% of the MAGAts. George II Sep 2020 #1
I am afraid to tell the truth..I didn't hear it, or know about it till I read this story. Stuart G Sep 2020 #2
I heard him mutter something during that trump rant, but didn't catch what it was, probably.... George II Sep 2020 #3
It was lost on me too. ananda Sep 2020 #7
I GUARANTEE 100% of the MAGAT MORONS upon learning of this ..... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #20
yup they'll be blasting Biden as pro-Muslim. I thought inserting "inshallah" was brilliant. onetexan Oct 2020 #30
Some were questioning it but Many Muslims said his use of it was correct JI7 Sep 2020 #4
A little like saying "Whatever" Srkdqltr Sep 2020 #5
Or, maybe like saying.."Sure you will"...sarcastically.....I have to say...I know nothing at all.... Stuart G Sep 2020 #6
LOL 'course the Idiot didn't comprehend it. He rarely knows when he's insulted, & it doesn't take onetexan Oct 2020 #31
Was about to say the same thing relayerbob Sep 2020 #8
Seems akin to the familiar DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #28
I thought it means If God wills DLCWIdem Sep 2020 #9
Again...All I know is from the story...I am guessing about the rest..I know nothing Stuart G Sep 2020 #12
A literal meaning of "God Willing" could be used as uriel1972 Sep 2020 #16
That response went over my head. groundloop Sep 2020 #10
Here comes the "he's a secret Muslim!" attacks jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #11
This is what I expect. wnylib Sep 2020 #24
Obama forced him to convert! Ilsa Sep 2020 #26
The difference between education/reading and Trump's ignorance. rickyhall Sep 2020 #13
Maybe he picked it up firsthand in some foreign BootinUp Sep 2020 #18
Props to Joe for knowing it and using it. Double props Hassler Sep 2020 #14
"Good Lord willing, and the creek don't rise" equivalent? czarjak Sep 2020 #15
I often use it -- mostly when I'm alone LSparkle Sep 2020 #17
For a Magat to get it: "yeah, Right." Captain Zero Sep 2020 #19
It was noted last night in a post genxlib Sep 2020 #21
It was noted last night in a post genxlib Sep 2020 #22
Magats will say they used it first with the "Deus Vult" meme dustyscamp Sep 2020 #23
I know the expression from my Spanish wnylib Sep 2020 #25
Donald Trump was born in Kenya and paid taxes there IronLionZion Sep 2020 #27
When I lived in Libya 2 yrs and Saudi Arabia for part of a year UncleNoel Oct 2020 #29
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