Moon landing is a hoax?

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18 hours ago, Hamdi999 said:

Thats neat, thanks for increasing my iman.

May Allah bless you brother. Keep me in your prayers.

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On 8/14/2026 at 2:10 PM, Guest guest said:

 

Salam, Brother. The phrase Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim appears at the start of every chapter except Surah At-Tawbah (Chapter 9). The number of verses some say is 6,236 verses. If a count of verses includes the opening Bismillah across all chapters, the total calculation shifts higher to 6,348 or 6,349. 

 

 

 

 

Kitāb Musnad al-Imām ‘Alī (عليه السلام):

 

655/1 - It was said to the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him): Tell us about “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” is it part of the opening chapter of the Quran? He (peace be upon him) said:

 

Yes, the Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family) used to recite it and count it as one of its verses, and he would say: The Opening of the Book is the seven oft-repeated verses (1) .

 

656/2 - Al-Bayhaqi, Abu Bakr bin Al-Harith Al-Faqih informed us, Ali bin Omar Al-Hafiz informed us, Muhammad bin Al-Qasim bin Zakariyya narrated to us, Abdul-A’la bin Wasil narrated to us, Khallad bin Khalid Al-Muqri narrated to us, Asbat bin Nasr narrated to us, on the authority of Al-Suddi, on the authority of Abdul Khayr, who said: Ali (may God be pleased with him) was asked about the seven oft-repeated verses? He said: “Praise be to God.” It was said to him: It is only six verses. He said: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” is a verse (2) .

 

657/3 - Al-Tha'labi, on the authority of Ali, that when he began a surah in prayer, he would recite "In the name of God"

 

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1- Al-Amali of Al-Saduq: 148, Session 33; Tafsir Al-Burhan 1: 41; Tafsir Al-Safi 1: 82; Al-Bihar 92: 227; Wasa’il Al-Shi’a 4: 747.

 

2- Sunan al-Bayhaqi 2: 45; Kanz al-Ummal 2: 191; Tafsir al-Suyuti 1: 3; Al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah 1: 396.

 

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The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. He used to say: Whoever abandons reading it has fallen short. He used to say: It is the completion of the seven oft-repeated verses (1) .

 

658/4 - Al-Bazzaz, Al-Daraqutni, and Al-Bayhaqi narrated, on the authority of Abu Al-Tufayl, who said: I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib and Ammar saying:

 

The Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family) used to recite aloud in the written texts, “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” in the opening chapter of the Book (2) .

 

659/5 - Al-Darqutni reported, on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib [(peace be upon him)], that he said: The Prophet (may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family) used to recite “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” aloud in both surahs (3) .

 

660/6 - Al-Darqutni reported, on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib [(peace be upon him)], who said: The Prophet (may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family) said: How do you recite when you stand up for prayer? I said: Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds. He said: Say: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful (4) .

 

661/7 - Al-Tha'labi narrated, with his chain of transmission, on the authority of Ali, may God honor his face:

 

He used to say, when he began the surah in prayer, “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” and he used to say: “Whoever neglects to recite it has diminished (5) .”

 

662/8 - On the authority of Isa bin Abdullah, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, on the authority of Ali (peace be upon him), who said: He heard that some people were removing “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” so he said: It is a verse from the Book of God that Satan made them forget (6) .

 

663/9 - On the authority of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him): The Basmala at the beginning of each surah is a verse of it, and it was only

 

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1- Kanz al-Ummal 2: 191, Hadith 4049; Tafsir al-Razi 1: 196; Tafsir al-Suyuti 1: 7; Sunan al-Bayhaqi 2: 48.

 

2- Al-Suyuti’s Interpretation 1: 8; Shu’ab al-Iman 2: 434.

 

3 and 4 - Al-Suyuti's Interpretation 1: 8.

 

5- Al-Alusi’s Interpretation (Ruh al-Ma’ani) 1: 40; Al-Razi’s Interpretation 1: 196.

 

6- Al-Ayyashi’s Interpretation 1: 21; Al-Burhan Interpretation 1: 42; Al-Bihar 92: 237.

 

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The end of a surah is known by its revelation as the beginning of another, and God did not send down a book from heaven except that it was its opening (1) .

 

664/10 - Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali Abi al-Qasim al-Mufassir, on the authority of Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyad, and Ali ibn Ali ibn Sayyar, on the authority of their fathers, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Askari, on the authority of his forefathers, on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him), in a hadith in which he said:

 

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. A verse from the opening of the book, which consists of seven verses, the full of which is: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful (2) .

 

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1- Al-Safi Interpretation 1: 82; Mawaheb Al-Rahman Interpretation 1: 21.

 

2- Uyun Akhbar al-Rida, in that the Basmala is part of the praise 1: 302; Wasa’il al-Shi’a 4: 747; Bihar al-Anwar 85: 48.

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With the exception of one report, the narrations I have cited consistently state that the Basmalah is the first verse of al-Fātiḥah and the first verse of the Qur’an, while its function elsewhere in the Qur’an is to mark the separation between sūrahs—a distinguishing formula rather than necessarily a verse of every sūrah. This also explains one of the transmitted reasons for the absence of the Basmalah at the beginning of Sūrat al-Tawbah: its subject matter continues directly from Sūrat al-Anfāl, so no separation was required. The fact that Shia fiqh prescribes reciting the Basmalah audibly before the additional sūrah or Qur’anic passage after al-Fātiḥah does not establish that it is the first verse of every sūrah; in fact, the practice itself provides a clear argument against that conclusion. Al-Fātiḥah must be recited in full from its beginning in prayer, and the widely transmitted reports establish that its first verse is the Basmalah. But after al-Fātiḥah, one may recite a passage from the middle of another sūrah—for example, Qur’an 5:54–56. If the Basmalah were itself verse 1 of Sūrat al-Mā’idah, why would it be recited before verses 54–56? It makes perfect sense if the Basmalah is understood there as the distinguishing formula separating one recitation from another; otherwise, one would be reciting “verse 1” and then suddenly jumping to verse 54, potentially misleading even an ordinary listener who has been taught that every sūrah begins with a verse of Basmalah. Thus, both the weight of the transmitted reports and the actual logic of Shia recitational practice point to the same conclusion: the Basmalah is a Qur’anic verse in al-Fātiḥah and the first verse of the Qur’an, while its recurring function between the sūrahs is to distinguish and separate them, not to establish that it is a verse of every sūrah.

And Allah knows best!