The other method is known as the Abjad numerals' method or ordinal method. One method is the most common alphabetical order (used for most ordinary purposes), beginning with the letters Alif ا, ba ب, ta ت, tha ث etc. There are two methods of arranging the letters of the Arabic alphabet. NumerologyThe total value of the letters of "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim" according to one Arabic system of numerology is 786. It will be blessed for you." - From Abu Dawood Alternative Christian meaningArabic-speaking Christians sometimes use the word Basmala ( Arabic: بسملة) to refer to the Christian liturgical formula "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" ( باسم الآب والابن والروح القدس, bismi-l- ’abi wa-l-ibni wa-r-rūḥi l-qudusi), from Matthew 28:19. He then said, "Eat together and mention the Name of Allah over your food. The Prophet smiled at this and said, “Satan had been eating with him but when he mentioned the Name of Allah, Satan vomited all that was in his stomach.” - From Abu Dawud and Al-Nasa'i Wahshi bin Harb reported Some of the Sahaba of the Prophet said, "We eat but are not satisfied." He said, "Perhaps you eat separately." The Sahaba replied in the affirmative. When he raised it to his mouth, he said, Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu. That man did not mention the Name of Allah till only a morsel of food was left. From Muslim Umaiyyah bin Makshi reported The Prophet was sitting while a man was eating food. If he forgets to do it in the beginning, he should say Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu (I begin with the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end).” - From At- Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud Jabir reported I heard the Prophet saying, “if a person mentions the Name of Allah upon entering his house or eating, Satan says, addressing his followers: ‘you will find no where to spend the night and no dinner.’ But if he enters without mentioning the Name of Allah, Satan says to his followers ‘you have found a place to spend the night in’, and if he does not mention the Name of Allah at the time of eating, Satan says ‘you have found a place to spend the night in as well as food’”. For example:Īisha reported The Prophet said, “When any of you wants to eat, he should mention the Name of Allah in the beginning (Bismillah). There are several ahadith that encourage Muslims to recite it before eating and drinking food. said to him: ‘Write “Bism (In the name of)”.’ And Jesus said to him: ‘What is “Bism”?’ The teacher said: ‘I do not know.’ Jesus said: ‘The “Ba” is Baha’u'llah (the glory of Allah), the “Sin” is His Sana’ (radiance), and the “Mim” is His Mamlakah (sovereignty).” The Basmala has a special significance for Muslims, who are to begin each task after reciting the verse. “The Messenger of Allah (the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that Jesus was handed by his mother Mary over to a school in order that he might be taught. In a commentary on the Basmala in his Tafsir al-Tabari, al-Tabari writes: According to Lane, ar-raḥmān is more intensive, including in its objects the believer and the unbeliever, and may be rendered as "The Compassionate", while ar-raḥīm has for its peculiar object the believer, considered as expressive of a constant attribute, and may be rendered as "The Merciful". Both ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim are from the same triliteral root, R-Ḥ-M "to feel sympathy or pity". SignificanceThe three definite nouns of the Basmala, Allah, ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim correspond to the first three of the traditional 99 names of God in Islam. The Basmala occurs within the 27th sura: in verse 30, where it prefaces a letter from Sulayman to the Queen of Sheba, Bilqis. It occurs at the beginning of each subsequent sura of the Qur'an, except for the ninth sura (see, however, the discussion of the 8th and 9th chapters of the Qur'an at eighth sura), but is not numbered as a verse except, in the currently most common system, in the first sura (chapter). OccurrenceIn the Qur'an, the phrase is usually numbered as the first verse of the first sura, but according to the view adopted by Al-Tabari, it precedes the first verse. The practice of giving often-repeated phrases special names is paralleled by the phrase Allahu Akbar, which is referred to as the "Takbir" (also Ta'awwudh, etc.) and the method of coining a quadriliteral name from the consonants of such a phrase is paralleled by the name "Hamdala" for Alhamdulillah. This abstract consonantal root was used to derive the noun basmala, as well as related verb forms which mean "to recite the basmala". were taken as a quadriliteral consonantal root b-s-m-l (ب س م ل). The Basmala artistically rendered in the shape of a pearThe word "basmala" itself was derived by a slightly unusual procedure in which the first four pronounced consonants of the phrase bismi-llāhi.
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