Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
لا خيار لنا فيه
English translation:
not of our own choosing
Added to glossary by
Nader Hassan
Sep 18, 2011 22:04
12 yrs ago
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Tunisian, Saudi , Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Libyan, UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Algerian, Jordanian) 
, English (Variants: British, UK, US, Canadian, Australian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
لا خيار لنا فيه
Arabic to English
Other
Other
islamic
لماذا سيحاسبنا الله على شيء لا خيار لنا فيه؟
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
9 hrs
azmi jbeili
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
United Kingdom
Competence
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, Arabic to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
14
Selected
not of our own choosing
or you can say - out of our control
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
2 hrs
We had no saying in (the matter)
We had no saying in the matter
Why would God judge us on a matter in which we had no saying?
or
Why would God judge us on a matter we had no saying in?
Why would God judge us on a matter in which we had no saying?
or
Why would God judge us on a matter we had no saying in?
2 hrs
not within our control
Another suggestion, less literal
7 hrs
Ahmed Badawy
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Native in Arabic
Saudi Arabia
Quality adept, Time Bound, Client Mind
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 21 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
28
have no choice to do/say/behave
we have no (the mere )choice or choice (as)to do/say/behave
9 hrs
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
213
27 mins
we cannot chose/decide
مع التحيات
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Note added at 2 días11 horas (2011-09-21 09:12:21 GMT)
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I wanted to say "choose".
Sorry!
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Note added at 2 días11 horas (2011-09-21 09:12:21 GMT)
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I wanted to say "choose".
Sorry!
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