In the name of Allah

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Hi.I am going to start a lecture in English with the name of Allah because I am going to talk to devout Muslims.I was working on an opening sentence, I come up with the following sentences. I would be grateful if you could tell your opinion about them.In the name of Allah, the compassionate the merciful. In the name of the creator of all good things. In God we trusted.In the name of Allah, the designer, the creator and the initiator.Would you give me more sentences like the above ones.Thank you very much

Non sequitur · Accepted Answer

hrsaneiHi.
I am going to start a lecture in English with the name of Allah because I am going to talk to devout Muslims.
I was working on an opening sentence, I come up with the following sentences. I would be grateful if you could tell your opinion about them.

In the name of Allah, the compassionate the merciful.
In the name of the creator of all good things.
In *** we trusted.
In the name of Allah, the designer, the creator and the initiator.

Would you give me more sentences like the above ones.
Thank you very much

Not being a Muslim, I really coudn't say.

I would change "trusted" to "trust", since I am assuming you didn't once trust him, but no longer do.

Hrsanei · Answer

Thanks for you response.

It does not necessarily need to be a muslim quote.

Christians and the Jewish have similar opening sentences about ***.

Can you tell me what are they?

Thanks

Non sequitur · Answer

hrsaneiThanks for you response.
It does not necessarily need to be a muslim quote.
Christians and the Jewish have similar opening sentences about ***.
Can you tell me what are they?
Thanks

Maybe here?

http://prayer-and-prayers.info/simple-short-prayers/index.htm

These seem rather generic and could be swapped around.

Although, Islamic prayers seem to have a certain style of opening.

Here is one I found:

1.1 ?????? ?????? ???????????? ?????????

1:2 ????????? ????? ????? ????????????

1:3 ?????????? ?????????

1:4 ???????? ?????? ???????

1:5 ??????? ???????? ????????? ??????????

1:6 ??????????? ?????????? ????????????

1:7 ??????? ????????? ???????? ????????? ????? ?????????? ????????? ????? ???????????

(In the name of ***, the most beneficent, the most merciful

All appreciation, gratefulness and thankfulness are to Allah alone, lord of the worlds

The most beneficent, the most merciful

The possessor of the day of recompense (i.e., on the last day of judgment)

You we worship, and you we seek help

Direct all of us to the straight path (i.e., to the way of Islam)

The way of those on whom you have bestowed your grace, not the way of those who have earned your anger, nor of those who have lost their way and are astray)

Hrsanei · Answer

Thanks.

The one you quoted is a part of prayer muslims say 17 times every day .

Having grown up in an Islamic country and by Muslim parents, I know the whole by heart.

What I am looking for is something everybody in everypart of the world might say at the begining of his speech or while he is talking about ***.

I know christians say similar things while they are having rituals in churches.

Thanks again .

Let's see what others say about it.

Non sequitur · Answer

hrsaneiThanks.
The one you quoted is a part of prayer muslims say 17 times every day .
Having grown up in an Islamic country and by Muslim parents, I know the whole by heart.
What I am looking for is something everybody in everypart of the world might say at the begining of his speech or while he is talking about ***.
I know christians say similar things while they are having rituals in churches.
Thanks again .
Let's see what others say about it.

No problem.

I'm not Muslim, Christian or Jewish, so I'm a little uncertain and uninformative in these things.

Sorry I couldn't help more.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Is it a lecture about religion? If not, it is not customary in most Western countries, as far as I know, to begin by mentioning *** in any form.

Clive

Mister Micawber · Answer

"Thank *** somebody came to my lecture"?

Non sequitur · Answer

CliveHi,

Is it a lecture about religion? If not, it is not customary in most Western countries, as far as I know, to begin by mentioning *** in any form.

Clive

I totally forgot that part

Hrsanei · Answer

Thanks Clive.

Thanks Mister Micawber. That was a good one.

I am not going to talk about religion ,actually it is a scientific lecture for mechanical engineers.

Since they were muslim, I thought of starting with the above mentioned phrases.

I just do not know how to start my lecture.

How about this one;

Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for your presence, today I am going to talk about . . . .

Thanks

Mister Micawber · Answer

Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for your presence, today I am going to talk about . -- That is fine, hrsanei, but if your audience is indeed a Muslim one , it seems to me that your original brief invocations are fine, too. Since it is a lecture on engineering, these seem quite appropriate:

In the name of the creator of all good things – ladies and gentlemen, thanks for your presence, today I am going to talk about ...

In the name of Allah, the designer, the creator and the initiator – ladies and gentlemen, thanks for your presence, today I am going to talk about ...

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