Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm
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Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm is the Islamic phrase meaning “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” traditionally recited at the beginning of chapters of the Qur’an and many Muslim prayers and actions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim | 1 |
| Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2756374 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm Context triple: [Surah An-Naba, openingPhrase, Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm]
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A.
Surah Al-Fatiha
Surah Al-Fatiha is the opening chapter of the Quran, consisting of seven verses that serve as a fundamental prayer and summary of Islamic faith and guidance.
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B.
Surah Al-Ikhlas
Surah Al-Ikhlas is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that succinctly proclaims the absolute oneness and uniqueness of Allah.
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C.
Ayat al-Kursi
Ayat al-Kursi is a highly revered Quranic verse known for its powerful affirmation of God's sovereignty, knowledge, and protection.
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D.
Shahada
The Shahada is the Islamic declaration of faith, affirming the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad, and is a central creed in Muslim belief and practice.
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E.
Surallah
Surallah is a landlocked agricultural municipality in the province of South Cotabato in the Philippines, known for its rice and corn production and its role as a commercial hub in the Allah Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm Target entity description: Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm is the Islamic phrase meaning “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” traditionally recited at the beginning of chapters of the Qur’an and many Muslim prayers and actions.
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A.
Surah Al-Fatiha
Surah Al-Fatiha is the opening chapter of the Quran, consisting of seven verses that serve as a fundamental prayer and summary of Islamic faith and guidance.
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B.
Surah Al-Ikhlas
Surah Al-Ikhlas is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that succinctly proclaims the absolute oneness and uniqueness of Allah.
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C.
Ayat al-Kursi
Ayat al-Kursi is a highly revered Quranic verse known for its powerful affirmation of God's sovereignty, knowledge, and protection.
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D.
Shahada
The Shahada is the Islamic declaration of faith, affirming the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad, and is a central creed in Muslim belief and practice.
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E.
Surallah
Surallah is a landlocked agricultural municipality in the province of South Cotabato in the Philippines, known for its rice and corn production and its role as a commercial hub in the Allah Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic phrase
ⓘ
Qur’anic phrase ⓘ religious formula ⓘ |
| appearsAtBeginningOf | most chapters of the Qur’an ⓘ |
| appearsInSurah |
Al-Fātiḥah
ⓘ
linked to:
Surah Al-Fatiha
An-Naml ⓘ
linked to:
Surah An-Naml
|
| associatedConcept |
dhikr (remembrance of God)
ⓘ
tawakkul (reliance on God) ⓘ |
| calligraphicUse |
Islamic calligraphy
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic calligraphy
decorative inscriptions ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic prayers
ⓘ
Islamic terminology ⓘ Qur’anic verses ⓘ |
| componentWord |
Allāh
ⓘ
linked to:
Allah
Bism ⓘ ar-Raḥmān ⓘ
linked to:
Ar-Rahman
ar-Raḥīm ⓘ |
| containsAttributeOfAllah |
ar-Raḥmān
ⓘ
linked to:
Ar-Rahman
ar-Raḥīm ⓘ
linked to:
Ar-Rahim (The Especially Merciful)
|
| culturalRole | expression of Muslim identity ⓘ |
| function |
invocation of God’s name
ⓘ
seeking blessing ⓘ seeking mercy ⓘ |
| grammaticalStructure | prepositional phrase followed by divine names ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| liturgicalRole |
opening formula of recitation
ⓘ
part of Muslim supplications ⓘ |
| meaningInEnglish | In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful ⓘ |
| mentionsDeity | Allah ⓘ |
| omittedAtStartOfSurah |
At-Tawbah
ⓘ
linked to:
Surah At-Tawbah
|
| recitedBefore |
daily activities
ⓘ
eating ⓘ important tasks ⓘ many Muslim prayers ⓘ traveling ⓘ |
| scripture |
Qur’an
ⓘ
linked to:
Quran
|
| shortForm | Basmala ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
divine mercy
ⓘ
oneness of God ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant |
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim
ⓘ
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim ⓘ
linked to:
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm
|
| usedInReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| verseNumberInSurahAnNaml | 30 ⓘ |
| writtenOn |
artworks
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buildings ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm Description of subject: Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm is the Islamic phrase meaning “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” traditionally recited at the beginning of chapters of the Qur’an and many Muslim prayers and actions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm