786. This number has therefore acquired a significance in folk Islam and Near Eastern folk magic and also appears in many instances of pop-culture, such as its appearance in the 2006 song '786 All is War' by the band Fun^Da^Mental. A recommendation of reciting the basmala 786 times in sequence is recorded in Al-Buni. Sündermann (2006) reports that a contemporary "spiritual healer" from Syria recommends the recitation of the basmala 786 times over a cup of water, which is then to be ingested as medicine. It has also become common to abbreviate the phrase by typing "786", especially in online communication, and especially among South Asian Muslims. Unicode In Unicode, the Basmala is encoded as one ligature at code point U+FDFD in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block. This character is single-handedly known as the widest character in Unicode in some situations. See also List of Christian terms in Arabic Glossary of Islam Al-Fatiha Besiyata Dishmaya Bshuma in Mandaeism Deus vult and the Trinitarian formula in Christianity Inshallah Names of God in Islam Shahada Six Kalimas Notes References Further reading External links Bismillah Samples, a collection of bismillah art-forms. Bismallah in Tadabbur-i-Qur'an''. Meaning of Bismillah Beyond Probability, God's Message in Mathematics. Series 1: The Opening Statement of the Quran (The Basmalah). The Blessed Basmala - Seeking a healing cure by means of Basmala, the pure Islamic terminology Arabic words and phrases Al-Fatiha Quranic verses Arabic calligraphy Religious formulas