Our holy book, the Koran, consists of 114 chapters, and each chapter begins with what we call the basmala, the saying of "In the name of God, the all compassionate, the all merciful," or, as Sir Richard Burton -- not the Richard Burton who was married to Elizabeth Taylor, but the Sir Richard Burton who lived a century before that and who was a worldwide traveler and translator of many works of literature -- translates it. "In the name of God, the compassionating, the compassionate."
O noso libro sagrado, o Corán, consta de 114 capítulos, e cada capítulo comeza co que chamamos a basmala, dicimos: no nome de Deus, o Clemente e Misericordioso ou, como Sir Richard Burton, non o Richard Burton que foi esposo de Elizabeth Taylor, senón Sir Richard Burton, quen viviu un século antes, viaxou por todo o mundo e foi traductor de moitas obras literarias, el tradúceo como: "no nome de Deus, Graciabilísimo, Misericordiosísimo".