Freddy Mercury was born in Iran, and usually self-identified as "Persian". So he would have heard "Bismillah" a lot - it means "BY the will of Allah!, may this be made so!" (In Moorish Spain, this god worn down to "O Jala!" (spanish j prounounced as a strong H) Someone might say, "If this lottery ticket I'm buying wins the jackpot! (May God so will it!) - I'll get my old klunker of a car fixed."
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