SECOND REMINDER: Yaumu Al-thalaatha, 4th day of Jumaadal Aakhir (Tuesday 20th February). IMPORTANCE OF BASMALAH (saying: Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem OR BismilLah). BismilLah. Let's continue from the first reminder; It is considered proper Islamic manners to begin to read or to do any action with the name of the Supreme Creator, ALLAH by saying BismilLah or In the name of ALLAH. This can be seen in the following verses: Read in and with the Name of your LORD, Who has CREATED, CREATED human from a clot clinging (to the wall of the womb). Recite, and your Lord is the All-Munificent, Who has taught (human) by the pen, taught human what he did not know. (Alaq 96:1-5). These are the verses which are the earliest revealed verses in the QUR'AN. This is in keeping with the basic Islamic principle that is emphasized in the verse, “He is the First and the Last, the All-Outward and the All-Inward. HE has full knowledge of everything” (Hadid 57:3). ALLAH (GOD) is the Unique One to Whom every creature owes its existence and from Whom the beginning of everything originated. Every beginning, every action and every operation is achieved only with HIS NAME. Due to this, ALLAH willed the basmala (the expression of Bismi’llahir-Rahmani’r-Rahim, meaning “In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate”) to be the key to the 113 chapters, as well as an independent verse within another chapter. There are many narrations that emphasize the importance of the basmala which will follow in the third reminder in Shaa ALLAH. May Allah keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.