(See Qurtubi)īy instructing man to begin everything with the name of Allah, Islam has given to the whole of his life an orientation towards Allah so that he may, with each step he takes, renew his allegiance to the covenant with Allah that nothing he does, not even his very being can come into existence without the will and the help of Allah. The Holy Qur’an and the ahadith (Traditions) repeatedly instruct us to recite this verse while taking food, drinking water, performing the wudu وضو (ablution), getting on a carriage or getting down from it. ![]() According to yet another hadith (Tradition), closing the door of one’s house, putting out the lamp, covering a vessel, should all be done with the recitation of Bismillah. No important work receives the blessings of Allah, unless it is begun The Holy Qur’an again and again instructs us to begin what we do with the name of Allah. Since then this practice was established through the verbal command of the Holy Prophet (صلی الله عليه وآله وسلم) or through his act or tacit approval). The two views can be brought into agreement with each other if we ‘say that all the divine books share the common trait of beginning with the name of Allah, but the words Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Rahim بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ are peculiar to the Holy Qur’an, as is evident from certain Traditions (Ahadith) which report that in order to begin with the name of Allah anything he, undertook, the Holy Prophet (صلی الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to say the words بِسْمِک اللَّـهِم (Bismika Allahumma), but when the verse Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Rahim بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ was revealed, he adopted these words. The famous commentator al-Suyuti says that beside the Holy Qur’an all the other divine books too begin with Bismillah. It was to eradicate this practice that the first verse of the Holy Qur’an which the Archangel Jibra’il (علیہ السلام) brought down to the Holy Prophet (صلی الله عليه وآله وسلم) commanded him to begin the Qur’an with the name of Allah اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ “Read with the name of your Lord.” It was a custom in the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah جاہلیہ ) before the advent of Islam that people began everything they did with the names of their idols or gods. According to the great Imam Abu Hanifah (رح) ، it is not an integral part of any Surah except al-Naml, rather it is in itself an independent verse of the Holy Qur’an which has been revealed for being placed at the beginning of every Surah in order to separate and distinguish one Surah from another. But there is a difference of opinion among the Mujtahids مجتہدین (the authentic scholars who are entitled to express an opinion in such matters) as to whether this verse is an integral part of the Surah al-Fatihah or of all the Surahs or not. ![]() There is consensus of all the Muslims on the fact that Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ is a verse of the Holy Qur’an, being a part of the Surah al-Naml سورة النمل (The Ant) and there is also an agreement on that this verse is written at the head of every Surah except the Surah al-Taubah سورة التوبة. the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not of those who have incurred Your wrath, nor of those who have gone astray.Įxplication Bismillah بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ is a verse of the Holy Qur’an. ![]() You alone do we worship, and from You alone do we seek help.Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.Siraatal-lazeena an’amta ‘alaihim ghayril-maghdoobi ‘alaihim wa lad-daaalleen.
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