innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun

Malay

Alternative forms

• inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (innā li-llāhi wa-ʔinnā ʔilayhi rājiʕūna).

Phrase

innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun

1. (Islam) Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un (“We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return”) (used when a person experiences a tragedy in life, mostly used when hearing news that a person has died)