Arabic vocabulary
بِسْمin the name of
How to say “in the name of” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
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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