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Before eating

At the start of a meal

Arabic

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Transliteration

Bismillāh.

English

"In the name of Allah."

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5376

Context

If you forget at the start, say: Bismillāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih — In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end.

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