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Question

ASALAAM  ALEYKUM WARAHMATULLAHI  WABARAAKATU.

ALL  I  NEED  TO  KNOW  IS  WHY SURAT  AT  TAUBAH  DOES  NOT  START  WITH  BISMILLAHI  RAHMANIR RAHIM  LIKE  OTHER  SURAHS. 

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

The most important reason is that Allah ta'aalaa revealed this surah without the basmalah.  The majority of scholars, based on statements of the companions and those after them, hold the reason to be that the basmalah is security, and this surah, because of the order to fight the polytheists and stern commandments against them, does not have security [for polytheists].