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."
Notre livre sacré, le Coran, est composé de 114 chapitres, et chaque chapitre commence par ce que l'on appelle la basmala, la parole au nom de Dieu, le tout-compatissant, le tout-miséricordieux, ou, comme Sir Richard Burton, pas le Richard Burton qui fut marié à Elizabeth Taylor, mais Sir Richard Burton qui vécut un siècle avant cela et qui voyagea de par le monde et traduisit plusieurs ouvrages de littérature, le traduit ainsi: "au nom de Dieu, qui compatit, le compatissant."