WHY IS THE BASMALAH LIKE THIS?

Some people may have wondered why the Basmalah consists of the words “Bismi-llahi-rrahman-irrahim” and they may have wondered why Basmalah is not like “Bismi-llahi-azizül-hakim” or “Bismi-gaffuru-kerim” or “Bismi-semi”. God has more than 100 names in the Quran and still why only “God-Gracious-Merciful”, names were used in Basmalah? Why Basmalah did not consist of other two names or five names of God? Why did Basmalah consist merely of these three names? What is the wisdom of God?

The findings about 19 help us witness to the wisdom of God. Only the four names of God which form the Basmalah are repeated as the multiples of 19. The other name “Witness” (Shadid) is not used in the Basmalah, is repeated exactly as many as times as the word “Name” (Isim). This enhancess the miracle because it replaces the name “Isim” in the table which gives the names of God. As we have seen before, the total of the repetitions of the names, “God (Allah)”+”Gracious (Rahman)”+”Merciful (Rahim)” are used as the multiplies of 19, 142+3+6=151. As the coefficient of ”Isim” in the Basmalah, whose coefficient is 1, is replaced with the word “Witness” (shahid), with a coefficient 1 again, which is in the table of the names of God, the total of the coefficients of that table remains the same, 152 (19X8), since these two words have the same coefficients. By this way, both the coefficient of the basmalah and coefficient of the total of the table of God’s names, each of which is formed by 4 words, are the same that is multiple of 19. (Remember that the number 19 is the 8th prime number, and that 8 is also has a meaning)

We have seen that all the suras except the sura “Repentance” have a basmalah at the beginning and that the missing basmalah is found 19 suras later. This special condition adds many new characteristics to the miracle of the Quran. If all the suras had basmalah at the beginnings, then to have 114 basmalas would be quite normal because of the symmetric structure and consequently we would not pay any attention to the number of Basmalahs. The same is true for the table of God’s names. To have 3 common, 1different values upset the symmetry, but on the other hand, the miracle of the concordance between two different subjects like the names of God and the basmalah enhances the value of the miracle.

In this way the code of 19 explains the wisdom why the basmalah, the most repeated words group in the world, is formed like this. We believe that there must be much to be said about this subject. But it is quite important that the first rational explanation why basmalah is formed like this is made by the help of 19.

The most repeated group of words in the world is God’s revelation and it is coded with 19. Some people may think that God chose Basmalah just because it is coded with 19. Others may think that just because God chose those words, the Basmalah is coded with 19. We believe that both these explanations should be considered as an arrangement of the Eternal might.