basmalas

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A form of basmala — The prepositional phrase بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm, “In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate”).

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Meanings

basmalas1

noun
  1. pluralplural of basmala.

    There are 114 basmalas in the Quran – an extra one within Al-Naml, makes up for the one missing in Al-Tawba. These basmalas are not a later addition to the chapters but were present at the time of the Prophet and are integral parts of the chapters.

    2009, Abbas Jaffer, Masuma Jaffer, Quranic Sciences, ICAS Press, →ISBN, page 78

Basmalas2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Basmala.
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