Basmala - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Basmala - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Graham, William A.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060960
Doc. NO	:	ALei1357
Main Entry	:	Graham, William A.
Title & Author	:	Basmala - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Graham, William A.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,883 words)
Abstract	:	The basmala has historical precedents in pre-Islamic usage. Al-Zamakhsharī (d. 538/1144) long ago noted the ancient Arabs' use of the formula “in the name of [the deities] al-Lāt [or] al-ʿUzzā” (1:29). Toufic Fahd (42), citing the Taʾrīkh of al-Ṭabarī (d. 310/923) and the Kitāb al-Aghānī of Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī (d. 356/967), describes bi-smika llāhumma (“in your name, O God”) as an epistolary formula used by “the ancient Arabs” to begin any written document. Theodor Nöldeke points out
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1357.pdf