[2544] The whole affair of the safe deliverance of the ship and its cargo is run by none but God Almighty (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī). al-Qurṭubī opines that al-basmalah (bism Allāh al-Rāḥmān al-Raḥīm; in the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Most Merciful) is to be said before all the affairs that one engages in.