It occurs at the beginning of each subsequent sura (chapter) of the Quran, except for the ninth sura. However, it is not numbered as a verse except in the first sura, according to the most common system. ![]() In the Quran, the phrase "Bismillah" is usually numbered as the first verse of the first sura. However, according to Al-Tabari's view, it precedes the first verse. The practice of giving often-repeated phrases special names is paralleled by the phrase "Allahu Akbar", which is referred to as the "Takbir" (also Ta'awwudh, etc.). Similarly, the method of coining a quadriliteral name from the consonants of such a phrase is paralleled by the name "Hamdala" for Alhamdulillah. The abstract consonantal root was used to derive the noun "Basmala", as well as related verb forms which mean "to recite the Basmala". The word "Basmala" itself was derived by a slightly unusual procedure in which the first four pronounced consonants of the phrase "Bismi-llāhi" were taken as a quadriliteral consonantal root (ب س م ل) - b-s-m-l.
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