Bismillah

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For the phrase itself, see Basmala.

Bismillah (Arabic: "In the name of God" or "In the name of Allah") is the first word in the Quran and the incipit (the shortened form) of the basmala, a name for the Quran's opening phrase in Arabic, bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm ("In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the most Merciful").

Further

Bismillah ceremony, a ceremony held for a child's initiation into Islam
Bismillah Airlines, Bangladesh
Bismillah Chowk, neighbourhood in Karachi, Pakistan
Bismullah v. Gates, United States Court of Appeal case, on behalf of Bismullah, Guantanamo detainee 968, an Afghan

People

Bismillah Khan (1916–2006), Indian classical musician
Bismillah (Guantanamo detainee 658) (born 1952), Afghan
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (born 1961), Afghan politician
Bismillah Afghanmal, Afghan politician

Fictional

Nacim Bismilla, character in the HBO drama Oz

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