basmala

plural basmalas · alternative Basmala · alternative basmalah · alternative Basmalah

1. countableIslamThe prepositional phrase بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm, “In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate”).

   But only Kufa and Mecca counted the basmala in al-Fatiha as verse 1, whereas the readers of Basra, Damascus and Medina did not count the basmala as a separate verse but achieved the number of seven verses by subdividing other...

   2006, Oliver Leaman, The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 116

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   The basmala, also known as the tasmiya, is an Arabic word for the phrase bi- smillah ir-rahman ir-rahim, “In the name of God most compassionate, most merciful.” This is the first verse of the Quran; it begins all of its chapters but one (Q9)...

   2009, Juan Eduardo Campo, Encyclopedia of Islam, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 94

2. uncountableIslamThe act of uttering Bismillah.

plural Basmalas

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of basmala.

   It is sunnat to say the Basmala when beginning to perform an ablution, to eat, to drink and to do any useful work.

   2003, M. Sıddık Gümüş, Endless Bliss