Basmala
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![The Basmala, artistically rendered in the shape of a pear](/Images/godic/202412/23/Bismillah2722.JPG")
![Thuluth script](/Images/godic/202412/23/Basmalah-1wm2722.png")
![Mughal era calligraphy](/Images/godic/202412/23/The_Bismillah_India2722.jpg")
The Basmala (Arabic:بسملة basmala), also known by its incipit Bismillah (Arabic:بسم الله, "In the name of Allah") is the name of the Islamic phrase b-ismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful".