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bismillah
bis·mil·lah [ biss míllə ]


interjection 
Definition:
 
in name of Allah: an invocation of the name of Allah, often said by Muslims before beginning to do something
[Late 18th century. < Arabic bi-smi-llāh(i), first word in the Koran]
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