 Languages which may not commonly use the term Allah to denote God may still contain popular expressions which use the word . For example , because of the centuries long Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula , the word ojalá in the Spanish language and oxalá in the Portuguese language exist today , borrowed from Arabic ( Arabic : إن شاء الله ) . This phrase literally means ' if God wills ' ( in the sense of " I hope so " ) . The German poet Mahlmann used the form " Allah " as the title of a poem about the ultimate deity , though it is unclear how much Islamic thought he intended to convey . 
 Languages which may not commonly use <a href='None' title='1'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>term</mark></a> Allah to denote God may still contain popular expressions which use the word . For example , because of the centuries long Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula , the word ojalá in the Spanish language and oxalá in the Portuguese language exist today , borrowed from Arabic ( Arabic : إن شاء الله ) . This phrase literally <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>means</mark></a> ' if God wills ' ( in the sense of " I hope so " ) . The German poet Mahlmann used the form " Allah " as the title of a poem about the ultimate deity , though it is unclear how much Islamic thought he intended to convey . 
Languages which may not commonly use no term Allah to denote God may still contain popular expressions which use the word . For example , because of the centuries long Muslim presence in da Iberian Peninsula , the word ojalá in the Spanish language and oxalá in tdaPortuguese language exist today , borrowed from Arabic ( Arabic : إن شاء الله ) . dis phrase literally mean ' if God wills ' ( in the sense of " I hope so " ) . Thdaerman poet Mahlmann used the form " Allah " as the title of a poem about thedatimate deity , though it is unclear how much Islamic thought he intended to convey .