In the Name of Allah, most Benificial, Most Merciful..
The Bismillah has a special significance for Muslims, who are to begin each task after reciting the verse. Often, Bismillah is preceded by Ta’awwudh. In Arabic calligraphy, it is the most prevalent motif, more so even than the Shahadah. The three definite nouns of the Bismillah, Allah, ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim correspond to the first three of the traditional 99 names of God in Islam. Both ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim are from the same triliteral root, R-Ḥ-M “to feel sympathy or pity”. According to Lane, ar-raḥmān is more intensive, including in its objects the believer and the unbeliever, and may be rendered as “The Compassionate”, while ar-raḥīm has for its peculiar object the believer, considered as expressive of a constant attribute, and may be rendered as “The Merciful”.
Thus I start my post with Bismillah. May Allah guide me in writing what is beneficial to myself and others, and prtect me from falling astray or creating Hijabs for others and wasting their time.
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