The word Bism is from Syriac as well as the islamic Bismillah

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Feb 5, 2012 at 08:31

Our dear Amin tells us that he checked in 4 Syriac language dictionaries a language that he cannot speak read or write and then he tells us he did not find anything about bism being a Syriac word so here is from a real dictionary so even the Muslim Bismillah (this is not the whole basmala) is really a loan expression from Syriac and what a disaster and let me help you

B Sh M A L L H or in the name of Allah

So how come you did not find this in your search in Syriac dictionaries or was this tablighee BS?

Eastern Syriac : ܒܸܣܡܐܲܠܠܵܗ Western Syriac : ܒܶܣܡܐܰܠܠܳܗ Eastern phonetic : bis ' mil la:h   [Religion] English : in the name of God , an expression used when a person is about to do something ;   French : au nom de Dieu , expression utilisée quand quelqu'un entreprend de faire quelque chose ; Dialect : Urmiah

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