So I said, ‘And what is the name?

From Isa Bin Abdullah, from his father, from his grandfather, from; (Imam) Ali -asws has said: ‘It reached him -asws that they had removed بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful [1:1] , so he -asws said: ‘It is a Verse from the Book of Allah -azwj , the Satan -la made them remove it’ (when general Muslims recite second verse in Salat they omit Bismillah).

[4] و في الحديث عن مولى الأمة و إمامها أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) أن عبدالله بن عباس جاءه (عليه السلام) يسأله عن تفسير القرآن، فوعده بالليل، فلما حضر قال: «ما أول القرآن؟». قال: الفاتحة. قال: «و ما أول الفاتحة؟» قال: بسم الله. قال: «و ما أول بسم الله؟». قال: بسم. قال: «و ما أول بسم؟». قال: الباء، فجعل (عليه السلام) يتكلم في الباء طول الليل، فلما قرب الفجر قال: «لو زادنا الليل لزدنا».

And in the Hadeeth, from Master -asws of the community and its Imam -asws Amir-Al-Momineen Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws that: ‘Abdullah Bin Abbas came to him -asws asking him -asws about interpretation of the Quran. So, he -asws gave him an appointment at night. When he came, he said, ‘What is the first (start) of the Quran?’ He -asws said: ‘Al-Fatiha’. He said, ‘And what is the start of Al-Fatiha?’ He -asws said: ‘Bismillah’ (In the Name of Allah -azwj )’.

He said, ‘And what is the start of Bismillah?’ He -asws said: ‘Bism’ (In the Name). He said, ‘And what is the start of ‘Bism’?’ He -asws said: ‘The ‘Ba’. And he -asws went on to speak about the ‘Ba’ for most of the night. When it was near to the dawn, he -asws said: ‘Had the night increased for us, I -asws would increase more (of this explanation)’. [5] وباسناده إلى امير المؤمنين عليه السلام انه قال وقد سئل ما الفائدة في حروف الهجاء فقال على عليه السلام ما من حرف الا وهو اسم من اسماء الله عزوجل.

By its chain up to Amir-ul-Momineen -asws who -asws when asked: ‘What is the benefit of the letters of the Alphabet?’ So, Ali -asws said: ‘ There is not a (single) letter from the letters (of the Arabic Alphabet) but it is a Name from the Names of Allah -azwj the Mighty the Majestic’.