West-Javanese sword inscription

[Maurice]

Originally Posted by DAHenkel

Arabic...

The line from the first image is probably the opening line of most of the books of the Qur'an...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

Which translates - In the name of God; The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Thank you very much!
At least we have the first line translated than.

Originally Posted by DAHenkel

Second image is upside down. The line is not familiar to me and I don't read Arabic...only Jawi (which uses Arabic characters) but an Arabic speaker will be able to translate it.

Every time when I ask for a translation, it seemed I have it upside down.
Thank you for the tip and I turned it around so it's easier to read for the one who can read it: