RE: iky78610 Feb 2022 08:02
Vetta a reply to your question.
The Abjad numerals are a decimal number system where the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet are assigned numerical values. The value table looks like this. If you take the numeric values of all the letters of the Bismillah, according to the Abjad order, the total will be 786. In the Indian subcontinent the Abjad numerals became quite popular. Some people, mostly in India and ****stan, use 786 as a substitute for Bismillah.
Vetta some in other parts of the Islamic world don't put much importance to these numbers, so each to their own I guess and no harm in accepting or denying it.
Personally I like to start off everything with the words " I start in the name of Allah The most merciful and beneficial" hence why I use the numbers in short.
Good luck on here and no worries with asking the question, we all learn something new and hopefully soon big numbers from prem ;)