بسم الله

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• بِٱسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.mi‿l.laːh/

Phrase

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ • (bi-smi llāhi)

1. bismillah, in the name of God

Related terms

• بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
• إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu, “what God wills”)
• بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (l-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
• اَللّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)
• آيَةُ ٱللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: бисмилла (bismilla)
• → Kazakh: бісмілдә (bısmıldä)
• → Mandinka: Bisimilaay
• → Malay: sembelih (by metathesis)