Original Arabic text
[1576/1] التوحيد ومعاني الاخبار وعيون اخبار الرضا: الطالقاني، عن أحمد الهمداني، عن علي بن حسن ابن فضال، عن أبيه قال: سألت الرضا عليه السلام عن بسم الله قال: معنى قول القائل بسم الله أي أسم نفسي بسمة من سمات عزوجل، وهو العبودية، قال: فقلت له: ما السمة؟ قال: العلامة
Published English translation
[1/1576] al-Tawhid, Ma’ani al-Akhbar and Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha: Al-Taliqani from Ahmad al-Hamdani from Ali b. al-Hasan b. Fadhal from his father (al-Hasan) who said: I asked al-Ridha عليه السلام about Bismillah. He said: The meaning of the words of the one who says Bismillah is - Asumm (I mark) my self with a Sima (mark) from the marks of Allah Mighty and Majestic, and that (mark) is worshipful servitude. He (al-Hasan) said: So I said to him: What is Sima? He said: A distinguishing emblem
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Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni: معتبر
Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara
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