[1] The Meanings of the words of Bismillah...

[1] The Meanings of the words of Bismillah: وفى كتاب التوحيد باسناده إلى صفوان بن يحيى عمن حدثه عن ابى عبد الله عليه السلام انه سئل عن بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ؟ فقال: الباء بهاء الله والسين سناء الله والميم ملك الله، And in the book of Tawheed by its chain to Al-Safwan Bin Yahya from the one who narrated it to him: (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws where he questioned about In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful [1:1] , ‘He -asws said: ‘The ‘ Ba ’ is for Bahaullah (Beauty of Allah -azwj ) and the ‘ Seen ’ is for Sanaullah (The Splendour of Allah -azwj ) and the ‘ Meem ’ is for Mulkullah (The Kingdom of Allah -azwj )’.

قال: قلت الله ؟ قال: الالف آلاء الله على خلقه من النعيم بولايتنا، اللام الزام الله خلقه ولايتنا He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘(What about) ‘Allah?’ He -asws said: ‘The ‘ Alif ’ stands for the Favours (آلاء) of Allah -azwj to His -azwj creatures which He -azwj has Graced by our -asws Wilayah ; and ‘ Laam ’ is (الزام) Necessitation by Allah -azwj our -asws Wilayah upon His -azwj creatures ‘.

قلت، فالهاء ؟ قال: هو ان لمن خالف محمدا وآل محمد صلوات الله عليهم، قلت: الرحمن، قال بجميع العالم قلت: الرحيم ؟ قال: بالمؤمنين خاصة. I said: ‘(What about) ‘ Lah? (the distraction from the Path) ?’ He -asws said: ‘It is for the one who opposes Muhammad -saww and the Progeny -asws of Muhammad -saww ’. I said: ‘الرَّحْمنِ’ The Most Merciful?’ He -asws said: ‘To the whole world’. I said: ‘الرَّحِيمِ’ The Most Merciful?’ He -asws said: ‘To the Momineen in particular’.

[2] The Interpretation ( Tafseer ) of Bay Ism Allah : بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ [1:1] In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful [1:1] و عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الطالقاني (رضي الله عنه)، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد ابن سعيد مولى بني هاشم، عن علي بن الحسن بن فضال، عن أبيه، And from him who said, ‘It was narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Talaqany, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Ibn Saeed, a slave of the Clan of Hashim, from Ali Bin Al Husayn Bin Fazl, from his father who said, قال: سألت الرضا علي بن موسى (عليه السلام) عن بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ فقال: «معنى قول القائل: بسم الله، أي: أسمي على نفسي سمة من سمات الله عز و جل و هي العبادة».

قال: فقلت له: و ما السمة؟ قال: «العلامة». ‘I asked Al-Reza Ali -asws Bin Musa -asws about ‘ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ’ , so he -asws said: ‘The meaning of ‘ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ’ , ‘I name upon myself a Name from the Names of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic’, and it is the worship’.

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