El-Sayed turns "God willing" into "praise be to God"

NBC News's victory-speech excerpt captures the Michigan senator-elect explaining two Arabic expressions, then joking about who needs the translation.

Channel: NBC News Story of November 6, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of NBC News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 587,190 views.

Abdul El-Sayed spoke Arabic during his victory speech

Before the result, Abdul El-Sayed told supporters "Inshallah": God willing. At his victory celebration in Detroit, he offered a different expression: "Alhamdulillah," meaning praise be to God.

That shift from hope to gratitude is the focus of NBC News's short excerpt from his speech. The network reports that his projected Michigan victory makes him the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate.

El-Sayed begins by introducing himself by his full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, and says he is proud and honored to stand before the crowd as Michigan's senator-elect. He then recalls the phrase he had used when the outcome was still uncertain, before announcing that tonight they can replace it with words of thanks.

The excerpt drew roughly 587,000 views since yesterday. Its closing moment brings laughter from the crowd as El-Sayed explains the meaning of Alhamdulillah, joking that the translation is for right-wing observers.

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The numbers

This speech excerpt was NBC News's most-watched upload from the past two days by views gained since yesterday.

subscribers

12,200,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

10,744,267,451

views per day

9,469,506

typical day: 6,661,875

the video

views

636,509

likes

9,140

comments

964

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Fox News

15,500,000

Inside Edition

13,800,000

Vox

12,700,000

NBC News

12,200,000

MS NOW

10,100,000

Sky News

9,390,000

As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.