بسم الله

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بِٱسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.mi‿l.laːh/

Phrase

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ • (bi-smi llāhi)

1. in the name of God

Related terms

• بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)
• إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu, “what God wills”)
• بِإذْنِ ٱللَّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ (l-ḥamdu lillāhi, “all praise is for God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
• اَللَّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)
• آيَةُ ٱللَّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “Ayatollah, sign of God”)