What is said in this recitation before the Bismallah?

[DippedinJannah]

My Quran begins Al-Fatihah with "Bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm"

However, I was listening to a recitation by Mishary Alafasi and I noticed there is a sentence before the Bismallah:

http://server8.mp3quran.net/afs/001.mp3

(or: http://mp3quran.net/eng/afs_english.html )

What is this sentence?

Thank you in advance for your enlightenment.

 

[Insaanah]

Assalaamu alaikum brother,

The sentence is a'oothu billaahi min ash-Shaytaanir rajeem, which means, I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytaan.

Allah tells us in the Qur'an to seek refuge in Him before starting recitation of the Qur'an:

So when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy]. (Surah an-Nahl, surah 16, verse 89)

This is also what we recite in the first rakat of our salaat before beginning Surah al-Fatihah. After Allahu Akbar, and the opening du'a, we then recite a'oothu billaahi min ash-Shataan ir-rajeem, then bismillaahir rahmaanir raheem, then Alhamdulillaahi rabbil 'aalameen to the end of Surah al-Faatihah, followed by aameen, then bismillaahir rahmaanir raheem and then another surah.