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Hopeful Beginning

After reciting this, you can believe that you are starting your work
in a world that is controlled by God Almighty and that, if you
follow the right path, you will have divine help bestowed upon
you.
This belief, freeing you of tension and despair, gives you great
psychological courage. It inculcates the spirit of positivity. The
recitation of this verse is not simply lip-service: it shows your
conviction about the creation plan of God.
Recitation of this word not only gives you courage but it also
helps you to build a positive mode in your personality. This
positivity makes you able to plan your life on a realistic basis. This
removes all the negative thoughts from your mind. It enhances
your creativity.

Saying Bismillah is, thus, an acknowledgement of the
higher authority—that without God’s blessings you
could not achieve anything in this world.

When you say, “I begin in the name of God Almighty,” you
establish a relationship with the greatest power of the universe.
You feel that you are not alone in this world. God Almighty is on
your side. You feel that you are not an alien in this world, but an
integral part of your surroundings.

Saying bismillah hir rahman ir rahim is not a ritual. It is a real
part of belief. It is a conscious act. On the one hand, it is an
acknowledgement of the Creator of the Universe and, on the
other, it is a solemn expression of honesty and sincerity.
‘I begin in the name of God’ means I ask for the help of
God Almighty in my work and in my life. Reciting these words
amounts to refining your soul and engineering your mind on the
lines of modesty. It is an acknowledgement from the creature to
the Creator. Saying Bismillah is, thus, an acknowledgement of

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