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(idea) by robwicks (17.2 hr) (print)   ?   I like it! Sun Jun 18 2000 at 0:49:15

Arabic word which means "In the name of God". It prefaces every sura in the Qur'an except one. Normally followed by "ir-Rahman ir-Rahim", which means "The Compassionate (or Benificent), the Merciful.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:09:09

Bis*mil"lah (?), interj. [Arabic, in the name of God!]

An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.

[Written also Bizmillah.]

 

© Webster 1913.


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