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This article discusses the [[monotheism|monotheistic]] religion of [[Islam]] and its pre-Islamic Arab heritage. While the Quran was composed in extensive dialogue with the theology and [[Parallels Between the Qur'an and Late Antique Judeo-Christian Literature|Judeo-Christian legends of the late antique period]], the legacy of its more immediate surroundings continue to this day in terms of names, rituals and some specific beliefs.
[[File:Pre-Islamic Basmala in South Arabian Script.jpg|thumb|A Pre-Islamic basmala found in Yemen in 2018 and written in South Arabian Script. Right-to-left, the top line reads "bsmlh rḥmn rḥmn rb smwt", which has been interpreted as "In the name of Allāh, the Raḥmān have mercy upon us, O lord of the heavens"<ref>Ahmad al-Jallad [https://www.academia.edu/43388891 (draft) The pre-Islamic basmala: Reflections on its first epigraphic attestation and its original significance], pp. 3, 6</ref>|alt=|296x296px]]This article discusses the [[monotheism|monotheistic]] religion of [[Islam]] and its pre-Islamic Arab heritage. While the Quran was composed in extensive dialogue with the theology and [[Parallels Between the Qur'an and Late Antique Judeo-Christian Literature|Judeo-Christian legends of the late antique period]], the legacy of its more immediate surroundings continue to this day in terms of names, rituals and some specific beliefs.


==History of the name Allah and the Basmala==
==History of the name Allah and the Basmala==
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