The Basmalah Series

Description

A beginning is the start of a journey to another beginning. It is first a thought, then an intention, then a resolve, then an action. Each completion forms a cycle that moves us to other thoughts, intentions, resolutions and actions. Our lives, then, are multitudes of small beginnings.

For a Muslim, every proper beginning is a step along the straight path, our journey to our eternal home and our ultimate meeting with the Divine. If we were to keep this end in mind, then every action we do would begin in compliance with the teachings of our Prophet (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), who would recite the words of the “Basmalah” (Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim) before beginning an action. In the name of Allah, the Entirely-Merciful, the Especially-Merciful, do we sacralize every act of existence. With His permission, we undertake each task. With His help do we hope to complete and find fulfillment. In Him do we hope for success.

Basmalah artwork would be well-suited in a dining room or eating area of the kitchen, as a reminder to begin eating in the name of Allah; at the entrance to the home as a reminder to enter in His name, or any place in the home as the relevance of this prayer can never be overstated.

Choose from any of these three contemporary renditions of the Basmalah and let it serve as a reminder to begin any of your actions with the name of Allah.