basmalah
(بسملة)
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basmala |
| Short Description: |
Formula of blessing, found at the beginning of all but one of the sūrahs of the Koran. |
| Long Description: |
traditional Muslim formula of blessing, found at the beginning of all but one of the sūrahs of the Koran, the full form being Bismi ’Llāhi ’r-Rahmāni ’r-Rahîm (Arabic: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم), “In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful”. |
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Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life |
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