Teaching Page made 5/2018 Bismillah-ar-Rahman-ar-Rahim An invocation used by Muslims at the beginning of an undertaking. “Bismillah-ar-Rahman-ar-Rahim” is the very beginning: a prefatory statement to the Quran. It is the first word of the first surah (section) of the Quran, and used as a prayer before beginning anything, to do so with mindfulness, in the … Continue reading Bismillah