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بِسْم in the name of in Arabic

بِسْم is how you say “in the name of” in Arabic.

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ومثلُها بِسمِ الله عند البدء؛

And similarly, "In the name of Allah" at the beginning;

بِسْمِ in name

'in the name of' — 'bi' (in, with) fused to 'ism' (name), which heads an 'of' pairing with 'Allah'. The alif of 'ism' drops in this fixed phrase, a spelling shortcut unique to the basmala.

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